Private space company SpaceX is about to do something for the first time. This week the company launches its first human passengers into space, a major test for the Elon Musk-backed outfit and a stepping stone on its route to Mars.
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Human spaceflight is incredibly difficult and expensive; the rockets must be reliable and the vehicle must be built with expensive life support systems and a certain level of redundancy. To date, only three countries – Russia, the United States and China – have achieved this feat.
WhatsApp is testing QR codes for business and personal chats Imagine this: You’re out for a jol post-lockdown, and you’re not in the mood to read out your mobile number to potential friends, so you print out little cards with a QR code on each. Typing someone’s WhatsApp number by hand is just sooo 2012,
With dreams of Mars on the minds of both NASA and Elon Musk, long-distance crewed missions through space are coming. But you might be surprised to learn that modern rockets don’t go all that much faster than the rockets of the past.
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While you’re no doubt familiar with the concept if you’ve played any flight sim in the past decade, it’s worth noting that SpaceX’s offering is actually profoundly difficult. We’ve tried it a few times and have managed to cause an international incident on more than one occasion.
Apple’s over-ear headphones may be called Airpods Studio Apparently, the one thing Apple needs in its accessory lineup is a pair of over-ear headphones. Because who doesn’t need a pair of overpriced headphones that only work well in one ecosystem, right? The headphones have been long-rumoured to be on its way, but it looks like
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This week, NASA’s Ames Research Center in California joined them and declared a mandatory telework policy after an employee tested positive to COVID-19. NASA sites across the country have been testing their work-from-home capabilities.
“Atomaterials” is short for “atomic materials”, so called because their properties depend on the precise configuration of their atoms. It is a new but rapidly developing field.