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May 12, 2016

Asteroid Mining - What the Heck
Bethesda MD (SPX) May 12, 2016
The concept of commercializing space has become quite popular among entrepreneurs who sense that there are many possible profit-making opportunities awaiting adventurers willing to attempt exploitation of the last frontier. Over the past half-century few private companies have successfully exploited the space environment. The obvious winners so far have been communications companies that have established constellations uniquely suited to take advantage of outer space in order to provide services t ... read more

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Synchronized planets reveal clues to planet formation The search for planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy has revealed an extraordinary family of planets whose orbits are so carefully timed that they provide long-term stability for their planetar ... more		Largest unnamed world in the solar system 2007 OR10 Dwarf planets tend to be a mysterious bunch. With the exception of Ceres, which resides in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, all members of this class of minor planets in our solar sy ... more		The hard knock life of Saturn's Epimetheus Life is hard for a little moon. Epimetheus, seen here with Saturn in the background, is lumpy and misshapen, thanks in part to its size and formation process. Epimetheus did not form with all of tho ... more
				Observing how microbes adapt in a spaceflight environment Many people know that the International Space Station is a unique microgravity research laboratory in low-Earth orbit where astronauts conduct experiments in biology, physics, astronomy and other fi ... more		This 5-fingered robot hand learns to get a grip on its own Robots today can perform space missions, solve a Rubik's cube, sort hospital medication and even make pancakes. But most can't manage the simple act of grasping a pencil and spinning it around to ge ... more

Space Tech Expo - Design - Build - Test - Pasadena CA - May 24-26, 2016

Inter-satellite communications system on way Prototype optical communication terminals for light-based communication between micro-satellites in low-Earth orbit are being developed by LGS Innovations. ... more		Bee model will help development of aerial robotics Scientists have built a computer model that shows how bees use vision to detect the movement of the world around them and avoid crashing. This research, published in PLOS Computational Biology, is a ... more		Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awarenes Next-Gen Automotive Innovation: Smarter, Safer, More Connected		NASA says 1,284 new planets found by Kepler telescope NASA on Tuesday announced the discovery of 1,284 new planets outside our solar system, more than doubling the number of known exoplanets found with the Kepler space telescope. ... more
				Kepler space telescope finds another 1284 exo planets NASA's Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets - the single largest finding of planets to date. "This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler," said Ellen St ... more		Icy Hydra's highly reflective surface NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent home the first compositional data about Pluto's four small satellites. The new data show the surface of Hydra, Pluto's outermost small moon, is dominated by n ... more

Human 2 Mars Conference May 17-19 2016 - Washington DC

Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 7-9 - Las Vegas

Directed Energy And Next Generation Munitions - 20-22 June - Washington DC

Natural Causes, Not Aliens, Explain Mystery Star's Behavior Sorry, E.T. lovers, but the results of a new study make it far less likely that KIC 8462852, popularly known as Tabby's star, is the home of industrious aliens who are gradually enclosing it in a va ... more		Long March-7 rocket delivered to launch site China's new-generation Long March-7 rocket departed for its launch base in Hainan on Sunday from north China's port of Tianjin. It has taken researchers eight years to develop the medium-sized ... more		Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power		Enceladus jets: surprises in starlight During a recent stargazing session, NASA's Cassini spacecraft watched a bright star pass behind the plume of gas and dust that spews from Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. At first, the data from that ob ... more
Rover technology for space now being used on Earth Every day, people around the world use thousands of products and services that have originated or advanced, through space research and technology. Canadian company Ontario Drive and Gear Ltd. (ODG), ... more		First global topographic model of Mercury The MESSENGER mission has released the first global digital elevation model (DEM) of Mercury, revealing in stunning detail the topography across the entire innermost planet and paving the way for sc ... more		Flying observatory detects atomic oxygen in Martian atmosphere An instrument onboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) detected atomic oxygen in the atmosphere of Mars for the first time since the last observation 40 years ago. These ... more		Beyond Ikea: Swedish Gadget to Harvest Water on Martian Surface For the first time in history, a Swedish-made gadget is going to be placed on the surface of Mars. This will be Sweden's contribution to the joint EU-Russian space mission ExoMars 2020, which is aim ... more

	Pluto's icy moon Hydra NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent home the first compositional data about Pluto's four small satellites. The new data show the surface of Hydra, Pluto's outermost small moon, is dominated by n ... more		From the atomic to the nuclear clock Measuring time using oscillations of atomic nuclei might significantly improve precision beyond that of current atomic clocks. Physicists have now taken an important step toward this goal. Ato ... more

Manipulating light to advance quantum entanglement research

Top Japan start-up Sakana AI touts nature-inspired tech

Galileo daughter mission named Celeste to strengthen navigation resilience

Stochastic resonance, chaos transfer shown in microresonator		Johns Hopkins scientist programs robot for 'soft tissue' surgery		Comet craters - literal melting pots for life on Earth		Airbus Defence and Space to lead TeSeR, next EU project to clean up space		Robot built to aid astronauts nearly ready for Mars
Three potentially habitable worlds found around nearby ultracool dwarf star		The 2016 Transit of Mercury		Scientists discover potentially habitable planets		MIT compiles list of potential gases to guide search for life on exoplanets		DSI and Luxembourg partner to commercialize space resources

Clues about Volcanoes Under Ice on Ancient Mars

Second ExoMars mission moves to next launch opportunity in 2020

Proposals to support astronaut health on long missions selected

Interstellar spacecraft sails could slam on Brakes for exoplanet flybys

Planet Nine: A world that shouldn't exist

China's space technology extraordinary, impressive says Euro Space Center director

Pluto: A Global Perspective

New Elevation Map of Pluto's Sunken 'Heart'

Pluto's Interaction with the Solar Wind is Unique, Study Finds

NASA research gives new insights into how the Moon got inked

Light Echoes Give Clues to Protoplanetary Disk

Three Earth-sized planets

Although Boiling, Water Does Shape Martian Terrain

Sea urchin's teeth inspire new design for space exploration device

Boiling water may be cause of Martian streaks: study

Newly developed EOD robot delivered to Army

Phase two of ExoMars mission delayed to 2020

Interstellar EmDrive gets boost from new theory of inertia

Airbus DS to build STEM centre at its UK Exomars facility

Opportunity robotic arm camera passes diagnostic test

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