Saturday, March 30, 2019

Interesting Bits of the Week - 3/30/2019

Boycott Indian launchers? Industry reacts to India’s anti-satellite weapon test




Spacesuit issue cancels first all-female spacewalk



Pence calls for human return to the moon by 2024



Could suborbital point-to-point really be worth $20 billion a year in 2030?



Aluminum and Mercury



Stadia: a new way to play



Saturday, March 23, 2019

Interesting Bits of the Week - 3/23/2019

At Bennu, NASA finds a mysterious, boulder-strewn asteroid




Rethinking EM-1, and SLS




Brazil's launch site is in a great location, but will US rocket companies want to use it?




Tesla Model Y vs Audi e-tron vs Jaguar I-PACE: price and specs comparison




A Behind the Scenes Take on Lithium-ion Battery Prices




Full Grown




Saturday, March 16, 2019

Interesting Bits of the Week - 3/16/2019

NASA Selects Teams to Study Untouched Moon Samples




Toyota, JAXA plan manned rover for lunar explorations




Deep space dial-up: How NASA speeds up its interplanetary communications




Lunar Gateway




SBIR Proposaling Advice



Going beyond the Golden Ratio




Saturday, March 09, 2019

Interesting Bits of the Week - 3/9/2019

Crew Dragon successfully conducts debut docking with the ISS




Grape Plasma Explained




40,000-Year-Old Symbols Found in Caves Worldwide May Be the Earliest Written Language






A mechanical, wooden Turing machine




Bad Religion - "Chaos From Within"



Firefox to add Tor Browser anti-fingerprinting technique called letterboxing


Saturday, March 02, 2019

Interesting Bits of the Week - 3/2/2019

NASA Plans Transition from Robots to Crewed Moon Landings




Does Planet 9 exist? 




#FixItAlready: EFF's wishlist for fixing tech's worst privacy and security choices




Nike’s self-lacing sneakers turn into bricks after faulty firmware update




The myth of Pandora’s box