Spacex latest fund raising valuation is $21.5 billion
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangSpaceX has raised another $100 million as part of its latest funding round and in August raised $349.9 million worth of shares.
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Spacex reusable rockets will start saving significant money in 2018 and Ariane is doomed
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangThe German Aerospace Center, DLR, conducted an analysis of Falcon 9 first-stage reuse and concluded that SpaceX could begin to realize significant cost savings with as few as 20-25 launches per year, lower than previous outside assessments.
First Spacex Falcon Heavy Launch slips to January 2018
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangSpaceX's first Falcon Heavy rocket will have a hold-down firing of its 27 Merlin main engines in December but the first test launch will not be until January, 2018.
FIRST ALIEN CONTACT?
• thesun.co.uk By Sam WebbRussian cosmonauts find mysterious bacteria on the hull of the International Space Station that's NOT from Earth The cosmonaut said that living bacteria harvested from the metal skin may be from outer space
ARCA's revolutionary aerospike engine completed and ready for testing
• newatlas.com by David SzondyARCA Space Corporation has announced its linear aerospike engine is ready to start ground tests as the company moves towards installing the engine in its Demonstrator 3 rocket.
Breakthrough for growing food on Mars after scientists prove worms that are vital to ...
• dailymail.co.uk By Shivali BestScientists studied Nasa's soil simulant, which comes from a volcano on Hawaii
You'd be surprised how often space junk falls out of the sky
• https://www.popsci.comWhile Americans celebrated Black Friday last week, a few lucky Canadians got a rare glimpse of … an incredibly common event. A rocket booster from the recently launched Cygnus spacecraft fell back down to Earth over Saskatchewan, creating a spectac
You'd be surprised how often space junk falls out of the sky
• https://www.popsci.comWhile Americans celebrated Black Friday last week, a few lucky Canadians got a rare glimpse of … an incredibly common event. A rocket booster from the recently launched Cygnus spacecraft fell back down to Earth over Saskatchewan, creating a spectac
Armed with tough computer chips, scientists are ready to return to the hell of Venus
• http://www.sciencemag.org, By Paul VoosenIn an underdog city, at an underdog NASA lab, researchers are thinking hard about an undeservedly neglected planet. Venus is Earth's cousin, closest in composition and size, but for decades it has remained veiled.
Putin Joins Cosmonauts for Russian Blockbuster FILMED IN OUTER SPACE
• http://russia-insider.com, Justin Huebner40 minutes of screen time are in zero gravity, and 20 more minutes in outer space. Nobody has filmed this before.
Spacex heading to 40 launches per year without including Spacex internet satellite launches
• Next Big FutureSpacex will increase 2018 launches by 50% to up to 30 launches over 2017 and then go to 30-40 launches per year. Those will not include Spacex launches of their own internet satellite network.
Interstellar asteroid is unusual 400+ meter long cigar shape and probably highly metallic
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangFor the first time ever astronomers have studied an asteroid that has entered the Solar System from interstellar space.
Behind the Scenes as NASA Tests the Most Powerful Rocket Ever
• https://www.wired.comIn 2019, NASA will send a capsule called Orion on an elaborate 25-day trajectory. First, the Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket ever built, will blast it into the ether. Then the capsule will coast 245,131 miles away from Earth, loop-de-lo
World's first 'space nation' takes flight as 200,000 people prepare for futuristic life
• https://www.express.co.ukSPACE nation, Asgardia, has launched its first satellite a year after Russian billionaire Dr Igor Ashurbeyli proposed the plans.
Aliens or simply a meteor? Fireball footage captured by an astronaut...
• Nasa has once again been accused of covering up thon the ISS sparks claims Nasa is hiding evidence of ET...Nasa has once again been accused of covering up the existence of alien life, after an astronaut captured footage of a UFO.
Space Expansion makes observable universe over triple the age of the universe
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangThe limit on our observation universe is not the age of the universe and the speed of light which would be 13.799 billion light-years for two reasons.
Small and passively safe Nuclear reactors for NASA and military missions
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangThis month NASA will start testing a tiny 1 kilowatt uranium fission reactor Stirling engines for use in possible future missions to Mars.
Spacefab bootstrapping higher resolution space telescopes...
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangSpacefab is currently building ther Waypoint space telescope with a 21 centimeter mirror.
Using Spacex BFR to rapidly and affordably build interplanetary photonic railway by the 2030s
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangThe Lubin UCSB laser propulsion system efforts have been funded by Breakthrough Starshot for $100 million.
US government should support Spacex and quickly develop moon bases
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangSpacex expects they will receive additional funding from the U.S. government for the BFR and Raptor engine. Spacex would still build the BFR even without government money.
China wants to catch up to US rockets in 2020 and then get nuclear spaceships in 2045
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangChina plans a fleet of nuclear carrier rockets and reusable hybrid-power carriers by the mid-2040s.
Laser arrays for propelling spaceships can also be used like nuclear cannon weapons
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangA powerful 70 gigawatt laser propulsion system that could accelerate an 100 kilogram object over 122 seconds to 2% of light speed (6000 kilometers per second) would also be able to fire kinetic projectiles at nuclear weapon power.
Asgardia, the world's first 'space nation', takes flight
• http://www.cnn.comThe world's first "space nation" has taken flight. On November 12, Asgardia cemented its presence in outer space by launching the Asgardia-1 satellite. The "nanosat" -- it is roughly the size of a loaf of bread -- undertook a two-day journey from N
Cygnus Cargo Ship Delivers Holiday Goodies and Science Gear to Space Station
• space.com By Hanneke WeiteringCygnus cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) today (Nov. 14) to deliver food, supplies and some fascinating science experiments to the Expedition 53 astronauts.
Moon, Mars, Asteroid and orbital colonzation and cities
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangAndy Weir wrote the Martian. His new book is about a lunar colony of 2000 people late in the 21st century. He looked at the science and economics of a lunar colony.
Planetary Resources delivers Arkyd 6 asteroid mining technology demo for launch Dec 2017
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangPlanetary Resources is planning to mine the asteroids in the 2020s. Planetary Resources delivered the Arkyd-6 spacecraft, their second technology demonstrator. The spacecraft has officially begun its journey to the launch pad. In the weeks leading up
NASA to test 'space lasers' with latest launch (VIDEO)
• RTAn American aerospace firm is aiming to create 200 megabits per second (Mbps) connections in space using satellites equipped with lasers. The new satellites were launched on Sunday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Hubble Heritage Gallery of Images
• http://heritage.stsci.eduHubble Heritage Gallery of Images
New Spacex Merlin Engine exploded during qualification testing
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangAn explosion occurred on Saturday, Nov 4, 2017 during a test of a "Block 5" Merlin engine, which will be used in a future generation of the company's Falcon 9 rockets.
After wasting billions on SLS US gov talk about claiming Spacex Heavy Launch...
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangThe day-to-day leadership of the National Council of Space Executive Secretary Scott Pace. Scott Pace is the former director of the Space Policy Institute at The George Washington University.
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