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Site Move Notice 26 Feb 2013 | 07:25 pm
I have just learned that Posterous will be shut down on April 30th. I am now exploring where to move this blog to. Stay tuned. Permalink | Leave a comment »
China Reveals Solar Sail Plan To Prevent Apophis Hitting Earth in 2036 (2011) 25 Feb 2013 | 07:02 pm
via technologyreview.com China Reveals Solar Sail Plan To Prevent Apophis Hitting Earth in 2036 A small shove could prevent a global catastrophe, according to Chinese plans Apophis is a 46 million ...
Navigating by Cosmic Beacon 22 Feb 2013 | 07:20 pm
via gsfctechnology.gsfc.nasa.gov Navigating by Cosmic Beacon Imagine a technology that would allow space travelers to transmit gigabytes of data per second over interplanetary distances or to naviga...
Beaming Rockets into Space 21 Feb 2013 | 08:55 pm
via astrobio.net Beaming Rockets into Space Author: PrachiPatel Summary: An advanced rocket propulsion concept calls for heating a rocket´s propellant by focusing energy on it from ground-based las...
Tobacco and beaver pelts: the sustainable path 20 Feb 2013 | 08:24 pm
via thespacereview.com Tobacco and beaver pelts: the sustainable path by Charles A. Gardner Monday, April 18, 2011 In 2009, the Augustine Committee (officially the Review of US Human Space Flight P...
Technology Revolutions, Trends, and Twists 19 Feb 2013 | 06:52 pm
via rocketpunk-manifesto.com Technology Revolutions, Trends, and Twists Each of the last two posts has spawned a particularly interesting comment thread. I will, a bit arbitrarily, reserve the one a...
A tale of two worlds: habitable, or colonizable? 18 Feb 2013 | 07:42 pm
via kschroeder.com A tale of two worlds: habitable, or colonizable? Habitability is the measure of highest value in planet-hunting. But should it be? Kepler and the other planet-finding missions ha...
California Scientists Propose System to Vaporize Asteroids That Threaten Earth 15 Feb 2013 | 09:28 pm
via ia.ucsb.edu go to link to access diagrams California Scientists Propose System to Vaporize Asteroids That Threaten Earth February 14, 2013 (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– As an asteroid roughly half...
Beamed Core Antimatter Propulsion: Engine Design and Optimization 14 Feb 2013 | 07:08 pm
via arxiv.org go there for actual paper Beamed Core Antimatter Propulsion: Engine Design and Optimization Authors: Ronan Keane, Wei-Ming Zhang (Submitted on 26 Jan 2012 (v1), last revised 16 May 20...
Scouting the spectrum for interstellar travellers 13 Feb 2013 | 11:59 pm
via arxiv.org click for access to the paper Scouting the spectrum for interstellar travellers Authors: Juan Carlos Garcia-Escartin, Pedro Chamorro-Posada (Submitted on 15 Mar 2012) Abstract: Advan...
