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- Solar sail's launch went awry, Russia says
- Solar sail's launch went awry, Russia saysA shameToo bad it wasn't successful; we humanity need to look back to space and innovative ways to explore it. New methods of propulsion such as solar sails and ion engines interest me very much, because solid-fuel rockets seem very outdated and dangerous.I...
- Discussion threads 2005-06-22
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- Royal Navy gets creative in attracting engineers - develop online game
- Engineering is not what it used to be. There used to be only 10 or so basic engineering degrees one could graduate with. Now there are hundreds (some even argue it's triple that) of specialties. Most are in demand all over the world. The technology revolution is moving at a...
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Don't envy the ENVI. GM re-VOLTing other brands
- Cool.Thanks for the news, I'm watching the electric market carefully, as I think that it may be the future. Maybe not in a pure form (the Volt is really a plug-in hybrid), but it's coming.. . . and Ford is interestingly enough advertising like crazy right now. I forget for...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- This is going to blow some fuses among global warming deniers
- RE: This is going to blow some fuses among global warming deniers"The current Pope, a self-proclaimed Christian..."???Is that writing from ignorance of Catholicism, Christianity, both, or taking a swipe at the largest Christian denomination?global waming journalist...afraid to lose a job?when people realize that CO2 caused global warming is a...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficient
- RE: Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficientIt would require an encyclopedia simply to list all the turbine applications developed over the past century. What turbines continue to dislike, however, is speed alterations. Change their speed and you lose much of their efficiency. That's...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Will the trees save us?
- In Tolkein's fantasy world the ents came to the rescue of earthlings as they struggled against the forces of Mordor. The ents were ancient trees, protecting the planet from a scorched earth policy. Real-life science indicates trees will not rescue us from global warming, that's just fantasy. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Electrics from Japanese carmakers
- Volt is not electricVolt should be considered as Hybrid. It has gasoline engine, Leaf is pure electrics. Volt is not electricVolt is propelled by an electric motor.The gasoline engine produces electricity for the electric motor, it does not propell the car. You could reason that "electric" cars...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- Rocketdyne F-1 and J-2 Rocket Engine Development and Testing
- The F-1 and J-2 Rocket Engines, developed by Rocketdyne, were the essential propulsion components of the Saturn V space vehicle. by Jason Perlow
- Image galleries 2009-07-15
- To the Moon: Rocketdyne, Keeper of the Flame
- The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...
- Blog posts 2009-07-15
- White House probes NASA, as Europeans launch two advanced telescopes
- White House probes NASA, as Europeans launch two advanced telescopesWhen you quit...reading them.RE: White House probes NASA, as Europeans launch two advanced telescopesThe Webb telescope that will be launched after Hubble is decomissioned will be able to measure infrared just as well as the Planck and Herschel. The upgrades that...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-10
- Art of pizza tossing inspires micro motor design
- Researchers at Monash University in Australia have unlocked the physics of the perfect pizza toss and will use it to design the next generation of standing wave ultrasonic motors SWUMs, devices thinner than a human hair. [caption id="attachment_1510" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Credit: Aubrie & Joseph via Flickr"][/caption] ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- HeavyMach 1.13 (Mobile)
- HeavyMach provides a jump ability and leveling up. Incoming missiles and bullets can be nimbly jumped over via your tank's propulsion system while experience points can go towards leveling your tank up. Once a new level has been reached, you can upgrade your maneuverability, defense or attack powers as needed....
- Software downloads 2009-03-25
- Starmad 1.0 (Windows)
- STARMAD is a Space Mission Analysis and Design tool, intended to enable users to quickly and easily perform the following tasks: Preliminary Orbit Analysis, in terms of Dynamics, Geometry, Manoeuvre and Maintenance, Interplanetary Transfer, and Delta-V Budget; Observation Payload Analysis, in terms of Electromagnetic Spectrum, Optics and Sizing; Spacecraft Subsystems...
- Software downloads 2009-01-01
- Project:Possibility coders hack for the disabled
- It's pretty clear now that the short-term future of technology is in cellphones. The iPhone is proof positive that location-aware, networked, camera- and voice-equipped computing is here. While the killer mainstream cellphone apps are yet to arrive, a hacking marathon at the University of Southern California...
- Blog posts 2008-12-18
- Help Steve Jobs (Or GM) Design The iCar
- The discussion of whether Steve Jobs could revitalize the auto industry by working with GM on an iCar (Steve Jobs For President. Of GM?) has been lively. But the bottom line question remains: What should that iCar be? Let's leave aside what the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Airman tells of night he was ordered to shoot down UFO
- Airman tells of night he was ordered to shoot down UFOagreedYeah, this sounds like a credible explanation. You're right - all too often one part of the government does not now what the other parts are doing.The explanation is quite simple[i]But this doesn't explain why Milton Torres was scrambled and...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet
- Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheetMissing Advances"Inevitably, the spreadsheet came up ... that statement touched off a minor storm of comment. Spreadsheets were immediately taken to task as being far too error prone."Same ol', same ol': I've had a few comments in these forums recently for suggesting...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- It's official gasoline now over $4 per gallon average in U.S.
- It's official gasoline now over $4 per gallon average in U.S.Enron Loophole ...the biggest problem IMHO is the Enron Loophole Clinton signed into law that allowed Oil to be traded on the Mercantile Exchange ... aka Commodities Market .. so instead of oil just being sold as a consumable for...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- Polar robots to explore the Arctic
- It's now almost certain that the world's ice shelves are melting. And while satellites provide lots of data about their evolution, ground-based weather stations could be even more useful. But if scientists can no longer stay on fragile and volatile ice sheets, what can they do? They can use specially...
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Self-healing computers for NASA spacecraft
- As you can guess, hardwired computer systems are much faster than general-purpose ones because they are designed to do a single task. But when they fail, they need to be totally reconfigured. This can be just a costly problem in a lab on Earth, but it can be vital in...
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
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