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Aerospace startup Dawn Aerospace has made a major advance in its push to create a highly reusable spaceplane. The latest test flight reached transonic speeds of Mach 0.92 and an altitude of 50,000 ft (15,000 m), or 3 times and 5 times, respectively, be… Continue reading Dawn Aerospace spaceplane prototype hits transonic speeds
The saga of the “not stranded” Starliner astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) has taken an embarrassing turn with NASA admitting that their one-week visit to the orbiting lab could be extended into 2025 and they may come home in a SpaceX… Continue reading Astronauts may be “not stranded” on ISS until 2025 – and return on Dragon
Northrop Grumman is developing a layered air defense against drone swarms centered on a new rapid-fire chain gun system armed with self-guided smart ammo that can take out drones at a fraction of the cost of missile defenses.Continue ReadingCategory: M… Continue reading Smart-shell-spewing rapid-fire chain gun showers targets with shrapnel
Supercritical geothermal power holds the promise of meeting humanity’s energy needs for millions of years, but how practical is it? A new analysis by Karthik Subramanian of Lux Research suggests that it may lie somewhere between improbable and impossib… Continue reading Supercritical geothermal power: Limitless promise or impossible dream?
Lockheed Martin has released more details about its Mako hypersonic missile that the company is building for the US Air Force and international customers. The multi-mission missile that flies at Mach 5+ can be launched from on a wide variety of aircraf… Continue reading Lockheed Martin’s ‘affordable’ new hypersonic missile
Kairos Power has broken ground at Oak Ridge on the first officially approved Generation IV reactor ever in the US and the first non-light-water reactor in 50 years. It is being constructed alongside a non-nuclear demonstration unit that will help infor… Continue reading First officially approved Gen IV nuclear reactor in the US breaks ground
Looking like a set of bridge supports that were accidentally installed on a cargo ship, a new wind-driven system by startup CoFlow Jet promises to reduce ship fuel costs by up to 90% using stationary cylinders with no moving parts.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Cylinder sails promise up to 90% fuel consumption cut for cargo ships
The US Army is pushing for full deployment of its first hypersonic missiles, with its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon Battery taking part in Exercise Resolute Hunter 24-2 at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada along with forces from the Five Eyes alliance.Co… Continue reading US army tests ‘Dark Eagle’ hypersonic missile in the field
Ocean Energy has deployed its 826-tonne wave energy converter buoy OE-35 at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site off the coast of the island of Oahu ahead of it being hooked up to Hawaii’s electricity grid.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: … Continue reading Revolutionary grid-scale wave energy generator deployed in Hawaii
China’s Tsinghua University has scored a world first by demonstrating the inherent safety of the first operating commercial pebble-bed nuclear reactor by shutting off the power and letting the passive systems maintain control of the reactor core.Contin… Continue reading World’s first ‘meltdown-proof’ nuclear reactor aces safety test