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Aug 31, 2018
A recipe for regenerating nerve fibers across complete spinal cord injury
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: biotech/medical
Scientists have designed a three-stepped recipe for regenerating electro-physiologically active nerve fibers across complete spinal cord lesions in rodents. Rehabilitation is still required to make these new nerve fibers functional for walking.
Aug 31, 2018
Acer Unveils Absurd, Insane, Predator Thronos Gaming Chair
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: entertainment
Acer is demoing an insane gaming chair / battlestation that’d be amazing to play with — if you could afford it.
Aug 31, 2018
Our universe could be one of an infinite number of universes
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: cosmology
China is racing ahead to overtake the U.S. in artificial intelligence (AI). Are we prepared to stay on top of the technology we’ve dominated since the 1950s?
Aug 31, 2018
What If A Rogue Planet Entered Our Solar System?
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
Scientists found a mysterious rogue planet roaming aimlessly outside our solar system. What if it came closer?
Aug 31, 2018
A vibrant Space Program will inspire millions of children
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
Robert Zubrin made his presentation to the Mars Society in 2018.
A vibrant space program will inspire millions of children to study science and technology so that they can be a space pioneer. Children are not inspired by lot of testing.
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Aug 31, 2018
Commercial branding on spacecraft? Five key points in NASA’s evolving space vision
Posted by Chiara Chiesa in category: space travel
Product endorsements and spaceships with corporate brands just might be part of a trend toward further commercialization of America’s space effort.
Aug 30, 2018
Moon Village Association: Going to the Moon with cooperation from the private sector
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: business, government, policy, robotics/AI, space travel
Many countries including China, Russia, South Korea, India, Japan, and Europe Nations have all outlined significant lunar plans. To mention a few, the Moon Village concept got an endorsement from the Secretary General of the China National Space Administration, Yulong Tian. He outlined plans for a series of robotic missions to the moon, including China’s first sample return mission, Chang-e. The Director General of the Russian state space corporation, Roscosmos, talked about participating in any Moon Village effort. Smaller space agencies, such as Ukraine, share a similar desire to carry out lunar missions. President Trump signed the Space Policy Directive-1 in December 2017 and NASA has big plans for the Moon, with the recent Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G) initiative. Space activities are not limited to government initiatives; many of them are being pursued in partnership with civil society and the private sector. Several private missions to the Moon are planned in Japan with ispace, India with Team Indus, Israel with SpaceIL, United States with companies such as OffWorld and Moon Express, Germany with PT Scientists, and Luxembourg with CisLunar Industries.
Private industry is developing business plans to profit by creating new services and products that eventually will become the Moon Market. There is already good cooperation between private and government industries in each country; however, there is no global platform allowing cooperation between industry and government around the world. There is also a need to engage non-space industries by communicating the potential of the Moon Market. The Moon Village Association (MVA), a non-governmental organization (NGO) created in 2017 and based in Vienna, is dedicated to this mission:
“It provides a forum for the development of the Moon Village for industry, government, space agencies, international organizations, NGOs and the public at large.”