Phys.Org Ancient copper and silver production created four times the pollution as today …Phys.OrgHillman is near to earning her PhD from Pitt’s Department of Geology and Planetary Sciences in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences under her…
DARPA awards ALIAS programme Phase I contract to Sikorsky – Airforce Technology
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Science Shorts: Why Pluto? – Space Daily
Space Daily Science Shorts: Why Pluto?Space DailySize does matter for planets, and Pluto’s size is sufficient for it to retain an atmosphere, and implies the likelihood of geological complexity. Plus there are all those moons, from massive Charon to the…
Science Shorts: Why Pluto? – Space Daily
Space Daily Science Shorts: Why Pluto?Space DailySize does matter for planets, and Pluto’s size is sufficient for it to retain an atmosphere, and implies the likelihood of geological complexity. Plus there are all those moons, from massive Charon to the…
The Scary-Dexterous Robots of the Darpa Challenge – Wired
Computerworld The Scary-Dexterous Robots of the Darpa ChallengeWiredThat’s not the explicit purpose of the Darpa Robotics Challenge, but if it’s a side benefit, that’d be fine. What the DRC is supposed to do, though, is take the 25 finalists announced…
Mining Asteroids: There's a Lawyer for That – OZY
OZY Mining Asteroids: There’s a Lawyer for ThatOZYTwo American outfits, Deep Space Industries and Planetary Resources, have their eye on asteroids. Both are drafting plans to send surveyors and multiton extractors into space to harvest rare minerals, while Japan’s space…