With China’s space station about to crash land, who’s responsible if …
The Conversation AU–16 hours ago
Under international law, a State is liable for damage caused by its “space objects” to another State or its space objects. Liability arises under the provisions of the Outer Space Treaty, which deals both with State responsibility for activities in outer spaceand the attribution of liability where damage has been …
What we’re looking for in Australia’s Space Agency: views from NSW …
The Conversation AU–11 hours ago
It’s been a long time coming, but Australia is finally going to have a Space Agency. This will enable Australian space industries to benefit from agency-to-agency agreements and collaborations, and facilitate our participation in the growing global space market. The Federal Government appointed an Expert …
China’s defunct space lab hurtling toward Earth for re-entry
The Mainichi–3 hours ago
BEIJING (AP) — China’s defunct and reportedly out-of-control Tiangong 1 spacestation is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere sometime this weekend. It poses only a slight risk to people and property on the ground, since most of the bus-size, 8.5-ton vehicle is expected to burn up on re-entry, although …
NASA reveals major delay for $8-billion Hubble successor
Nature.com–Mar. 27, 2018
NASA will delay the launch of its ambitious James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) by nearly a year, until approximately May 2020. That is likely to push the cost of the mission — the most complex space-science telescope ever built — over the US$8-billion limit set by the US Congress. It is the first major …
Hut 8 Mining Looks to Dominate the Cryptocurrency Mining Space
SmallCapPower (press release)–Mar. 28, 2018
Hut 8 Mining Corp. (TSXV:HUT) is currently the world’s largest publicly-traded cryptocurrency miner based on funded and under-construction computing capacity. SmallCapPower | March 28, 2018: Hut 8 Mining Corp. (TSXV:HUT), backed by billionaire investor Mike Novogratz and partner BitFury Group, is the world’s largest …
Mars mission: how increasing levels of space radiation may halt …
The Conversation UK–1 hour ago
From surviving take off to having to rely on oxygen tanks to breathe in orbit, spacetravel is incredibly risky. But a huge hazard that we sometimes overlook is high energy radiation from sources both inside and outside the solar system. A new study, published in the journal Space Weather, has shown that …
2017 Photo Contest Finalists
Air & Space Magazine–Mar. 22, 2018
To no one’s surpise, the fifth annual Air & Space photo contest produced some real gems. Our judges selected 10 finalists in each of four categories—Military, Civilian, Astronomy, and People & Planes. They appear here along with descriptions supplied by the photographers. Winners in each category, …
The ageless appeal of 2001: A Space Odyssey
Nature.com–Mar. 28, 2018
2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: 1968. In 1968, film-maker Stanley Kubrick and his screenwriting colleague, science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, presented 2001: A Space Odyssey. Half a century later, this unprecedentedly detailed speculation about …
Airbus says EU should keep Britain in Galileo space project despite …
KFGO–20 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) – The chief executive of aerospace firm Airbus said Britain should not be frozen out of the European Union’s Galileo space program after Brexit, calling on both sides to find a long-term solution in the interest of security. Tom Enders, Airbus CEO, said at stake was not just the Galileo …
Warehouses Are Now Worth More Than Offices, Thanks to Amazon
Bloomberg–Mar. 28, 2018
Colliers looked at 14 North American markets (all but one, Toronto, in the U.S.) and found that such warehouses sold last year at an average capitalization rate of 5.8 percent. That’s comfortably lower than the 6.7 percent cap rate for U.S. office space, including suburban and rural properties, and neck and …
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