Collaborate Disseminate
Despite being present in everything that contains water, tritium is not an isotope that many people were that familiar with outside of select (geeky) channels, such as DEF CON with …read more Continue reading A Tritium Story: How Afraid Should You Be Of Hydrogen’s Big Brother?
Growing up in Montana I remember looking out at night and seeing the Milky Way, reminding me of my insignificance in the universe. Now that I live in a city, …read more Continue reading Things are looking brighter! But not the stars
The Atlas family of rockets have been a mainstay of America’s space program since the dawn of the Space Age, when unused SM-65 Atlas intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) were refurbished …read more Continue reading Counting Down to the Final Atlas Rocket
Since the Apollo 17 crew returned from the Moon in 1972, human spaceflight has been limited to low Earth orbit (LEO). Whether they were aboard Skylab, Mir, the Space Shuttle, …read more Continue reading NASA Sets Eyes on Deep Space With Admin Shuffle
The use of aluminium in wiring is unlikely to bring a smile to the face of anyone who has had to deal with it in a 1960s, or early 1970s-era …read more Continue reading The Coming Copper Shortage: Aluminium or Carbon Nanotubes to the Rescue?
There’s been a movement in architecture over the past couple of decades to help tie together large urban developments with plant life and greenery. We’ve seen a few buildings, and …read more Continue reading Green Roofs Could Help Improve Solar Panel Efficiency
It’s often said that getting into orbit is less about going up, and more about going sideways very fast. So in that sense, the recent launch conducted by aerospace startup …read more Continue reading So How Does a Rocket Fly Sideways, Anyway?
Earlier this month, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced to the world that they had achieved a record 1.3 MJ yield from a fusion experiment at their National Ignition Facility …read more Continue reading Fusion Ignition: What Does The NIF’s 1.3 MJ Yield Mean For Fusion Research?
Have you heard about this One? At least three United States senators have, and they want to know what Amazon plans to do with all the biometric data collected by …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: What is Amazon Thinking by Entering the Palm-Reading Business?
There was a time when the idea of an international space station would have been seen as little more than fantasy. After all, the human spaceflight programs of the United …read more Continue reading As ISS Enters Its Final Years, Politics Take Center Stage