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Tech NewsWill Technology Progress Enough Over The Next Billion Years to Save Us From The Dying Sun?
So you think the human race is going to survive the next billion years? We have been on the last few moments of the doomsday clock since the invention of nuclear weapons. The fact that a small group of bad actors has the bomb keeps that clock at nearly midnight perpetually. We’ve been pumping industrial … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat Is The Farthest Human-Made Object?
The farthest human-made object is also the fastest human-made object, Voyager 1. Cast into space on September 5, 1977, from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Mounted on a Titan IIIE/Centaur launch vehicle, Voyager 1 is now the farthest human-made object from Earth. It takes light about 16 Hours and 10 minutes to … Continued
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How Are Laptops Used On The International Space Station?
When the ISS was being designed, they wisely concluded that installing physical interfaces into the structure of the ISS was not a good idea. It’s very hard to upgrade and/or repair interfaces that are part of the vehicle, whereas if laptop computers are used, upgrading/repair is as simple as launching a CD-ROM, uploading a file, … Continued
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Does The International Space Station Have An On-Call Doctor?
The answer is yes…and no! It all depends on your definition of “on call.” The ISS Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas has a staff of flight controllers available 24/7, 365 days a year. One of those flight controllers carries the moniker of Flight Surgeon. They serve as the medical eyes and ears for every … Continued
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What Modern Achievement Would Most Impress a Time Traveler From the Roman Empire?
Strap the Roman visitor into the passenger seat of something like this. Start the engine. Explain to him that there’s a box full of a special sort of oil that’s burning in constant tiny explosions, making that thing in front that’s like three sword blades fastened together spin around 2700 times per minute. If he’s … Continued
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Tech NewsHow Much Money Would It Take To Be Batman?
Is it possible to be Batman? Okay, better question, who could afford the technology to be Batman? Could we even make much of what we see being used by Batman in the Dark Knight movies? Certainly some of the technology exists, but putting it together in a way that can be used the way the … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
How Could Google’s New Logo Be Only 305 Bytes When Its Old Logo Was 14,000 Bytes?
The old logo uses a complicated serif font which can only be created using bezier curves. All together, it has 100 anchor points, resulting in a 6 KB (6,380 bytes) file. When compressed, the size comes down to 2 KB (2,145 bytes). A simplified version of the new logo, on the other hand, can be … Continued
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Tech NewsHow Did the Bicycle Evolve?
The quest for a human powered, stable, fast and energy efficient vehicle has taken us a long way. Let’s see how it all started. 1790s – The beginning The first reference to a two-wheeled vehicle driven by one rider was a toy-like simple machine, with just two wheels attached to a rigid wooden frame. The … Continued
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How Do Astronauts Sleep In Space?
The brief answer to your question? I slept fine! There is really no specific training that astronauts receive with regard to sleeping and sleeping conditions. As a matter of fact, the best advice I got for sleeping was from my STS-117 Shuttle Commander C.J. “Rick” Sturckow. He told me to bring a good book and … Continued
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Why Did NASA End The Space Shuttle Program?
At the time the space shuttle program ended, the three remaining shuttles had flown 25, 33, and 39 times respectively. They were designed for a lifetime of 100 flights each. Though troubled with parts obsolescence throughout the program, it would have been possible to continue to adapt and fly the vehicles for many more years, … Continued
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