Before we colonise Mars, let's look to our problems on Earth
Everyone wants to go to Mars, or so it seems.
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Maine robotics company competing for major Army contract
A Maine robotics company is one of four companies competing to build the Army's next generation of battlefield support vehicles.
Engineering
Dec 24, 2017
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Will Trump send Americans to the Moon? Money talks: experts
US President Donald Trump's decision this week to return Americans to the Moon makes sense as a way to develop technology to one day reach Mars, but only if Congress allocates the money, experts say.
Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2017
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Lockheed Martin unveils reusable water-powered Mars lander
A reusable, water-powered Mars lander that will allow humans to explore the Red Planet from an orbiting 'base camp' as early as the 2030s was unveiled Friday by US defence giant Lockheed Martin.
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2017
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Revealed today, Elon Musk's new space vision took us from Earth to Mars, and back home again
In front of a huge SpaceX multimedia slide presentation, the company's founder Elon Musk today said that in 2022 he will send cargo missions to Mars, and manned missions by 2024.
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2017
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Businesses give $300M toward K-12 computer science education
A coalition of businesses including Amazon, Google and General Motors has agreed to give $300 million to boost K-12 computer science programs across the U.S.
Business
Sep 26, 2017
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Classified US spy satellite launched from California
A spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office has been launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2017
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NASA's next Mars mission to investigate interior of Red Planet
Preparation of NASA's next spacecraft to Mars, InSight, has ramped up this summer, on course for launch next May from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California—the first interplanetary launch in history from America's ...
Space Exploration
Aug 29, 2017
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Lockheed Martin powers up next Orion spacecraft for first time
Engineers at Lockheed Martin and NASA breathed life into the next Orion crew module when they powered up the spacecraft for the first time at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Designed for human spaceflight, this Orion will ...
Space Exploration
Aug 23, 2017
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Lockheed Martin reveals first images from telescope as thick as a pen cap
Lockheed Martin today revealed the first images from an experimental, ultra-thin optical instrument, showing it could be possible to shrink space telescopes to a sliver of the size of today's systems while maintaining equivalent ...
Space Exploration
Aug 4, 2017
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