Tag: NASA
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This Eclipse is Different
Eclipses When the Earth, Moon, and Sun line up in space, we can see an eclipse. NASA studies eclipses from the ground, in our atmosphere, and in space, influencing solar, planetary, and Earth science. Today on April 8, the Moon’s shadow will sweep across the United States and Canada, as millions will view a total solar…
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Astrolab FLEX Moon Rover Nears South Pole Mission
Monaco, April 2024 The American company Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab), a strategic partner of the Monegasque Venturi Group, has been awarded a NASA contract to support the development of Artemis campaign’s lunar terrain vehicle. Its rover, known as FLEX, is equipped with batteries and wheels developed by Gildo Pastor’s teams in Monaco and Switzerland. Gildo Pastor…
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Marshmello (@cryptocup) NFT Makes History With Lunaprise Launch on SpaceX
Marshmello the artic pup, also known on instagram as @cryptopup, made history last week, as the first pet digital collectible art project selected for the lunar museum (“Lunaprise”) on the moon. The project was conceived by Dallas Santana, a well-known film director, web 3.0 innovator and Founder of Space Blue, the company that oversees curation of the Lunaprise…
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World First- Venturi’s Hyper-Deformable Lunar Wheel Presented At Paris Air Show
Earlier this week, Venturi Group presented its latest invention at the international Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France: a hyper-deformable lunar wheel. Venturi Lab designed and manufactured the wheel using materials it created. The Venturi wheel is a world first. A turning point in the history of the space industry, Venturi has reinvented the…
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New Lunar Rover Will Be Largest Ever And Includes Disruptive Innovations
Recently, H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco visited Venturi Group’s Monegasque headquarters. photos: Venturi/BebertWelcomed by the Group’s President, Gildo Pastor, the Sovereign was invited to take a historic first look at the lunar rover “FLEX”, developed by Venturi Astrolab (USA) in collaboration with Venturi Lab (Switzerland) and Venturi (Monaco). FLEX will be the largest and…
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Photo Essay- How Much Did Blade Runner Borrow From Barry Lyndon?
Kubrick. Scott. Which one of these directors needs their first name in order to be recognized by most movie watchers? Yeah, thought so. Let’s try this introduction another way: Kubrick. Ridley Scott. Ah that’s better. Regardless of who is more recognizable, the fact remains that both of these cinema geniuses created masterpieces on celluloid. Stanley…
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Former Canadian Minister Of Defense Claimed UFOs Are Here
Some years ago, in 2015, I spoke with Paul Hellyer the former Canadian minister of defense, who stated he believes UFOs are from another planet and that the U.S. Government has kept it covered up. As Canadian Minister of National Defense in 1963, Hellyer was responsible for integrating and unifying the Royal Canadian army, navy…
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SETI Search For Space Aliens Increases Odds With Your Computer
I graduated from the University of California at Berkeley 4 years ago with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. I received two job offers, one from SETI to work on high performance signal processing and the other from industry. One does not simply walk away from SETI, so I had the pleasure of joining the Berkeley…
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Canadian Detects And Tracks Over 4,000 Orbiting Objects
When Port Dover astronomer Michael Earl thought about how to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sputnik, he did not know what he was in for. He decided that over the year 2007, he would detect and track 1,957 individual satellites. He managed to detect 2,053 of them; nearly 100 over his initial goal. The project…
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Marriage Proposals While Orbiting Moon By 2022
Starting in 2022 it will be possible to ask for the beloved’s hand in marriage while flying over the lunar surface to the sound of Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon”. The one-week interplanetary flight will be carried out using a self-contained and autonomous spacecraft allowing the two lovers to travel alone. The ApoteoSurprise…
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High Tech Houseplants That grow air
Clairy is an astounding handcrafted object that monitors your indoor air quality and when VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds such as cigarettes, solvents, pesticides, copy machine chemicals etc.) levels are bad, eliminates pollution in your home. It makes you and your beloved ones breathe better and live better. It is much more than a pretty houseplant. How is that…
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Fast Track To The Future With Virtual Reality
The implications of what Virtual Reality can achieve are vast, and it is predicted that VR will seep into every area of our lives in the very near future. VR is not just a concept that excites the entertainment business, but has a very real presence in some of the world’s most essential industries. However,…
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Fashion And Technology Connect At New York Fashion Week
What would it be like to listen in on a discussion on new materials/textiles by a director at NASA, an entrepreneur focusing on branding for dogs and an international superstar in fashion? It may sound odd at first thought, however, in the fashion industry today everyone is linked through technology – which nowadays is every…
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Digital Bus Stops Replacing Paper Timetables In Australia
Catching a bus in Sydney just got a whole lot smarter, thanks to the new digital bus stops from Mercury Innovation and Visionect. These intelligent signs run on solar power and have been developed on energy-saving electronic paper technology to ease the daily commute in the bustling Australian metropolis. eStops New digital bus stops have…
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Largest Campus Telescope In Canada At York University
Toronto’s York University will soon play host to the largest telescope on a university campus in Canada. The university announced recently that the new one meter telescope will arrive in 2018 to replace the existing 40 cm telescope which is used to conduct astronomical research. The current record holder (at the time of this article)…
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On Demand Car Services Are Latest Group To Take Heat Over Discrimination
Discrimination. African American customers wait up to 35% longer for Uber and Lyft rides, in addition to drivers cancelling rides 2x as often for customers with “black-sounding” names.3 [To be fair, a quick search engine result for “racism in the Taxi industry” reveals that discrimination exists in all ride service industries regardless of the company.…
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New ‘tipping point’ in climate- “Holy Sh*t” moment says NASA scientist
The delicate balance of the planet’s biosphere is tipping — threatening all life on earth. Scientists are calling it our Holy Shit moment on climate change, and world leaders meet at the UN next month — we have until then for all of us, everywhere, to act, in the largest day of action on…
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Surviving Hurricane Sandy
Dear Silo- I live in Jackson, N.J., about 10 miles inland, and did not get the devastating storm surge from Hurricane Sandy. And yet, I have never experienced such a catastrophic weather event. High winds brought down thousands of trees, taking out power lines and crashing into homes. The destruction here is something I never…
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Reflecting On Baumgartner’s Free Fall Attempt From The Edge Of Space
Felix Baumgartner is about to smash the 50+ year old free fall height record and break the sound barrier along the way. Using a lighter-than-air balloon for the ascent stage, Baumgartner will float above Roswell, New Mexico, USA to the edge of space and then open the door of his pressurized capsule. It will be…
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Watch LIVE and archived streams of Mars Rover Curiosity
If you’re a space geek, science fan or techno nerd then you may already know a bit about the latest planetary lander called Curiosity. Today (August 6th, 2012) this engineering marvel (not to mention the challenge of sending and landing) sits near Gale Crater (this crater is so big there’s a mountain called Mount Sharp inside it CP) and…