If aerodynamics are what results from the motion of air as it interacts with a moving object, then I believe the AeroDynamics of Life are what results from the energy we create and allow into our lives.
When I was a student pilot, my flight instructor taught me about the four aerodynamic forces acting on an aircraft in flight: weight, drag, thrust and lift. And in life, it occurs to me that those same forces act on us as we move through the world:
* Weight: The negative energy we create, which holds us down
* Drag: The negative energy of the people around us, which holds us back
* Thrust: The positive energy of the people around us, which propels us forward
* Lift: The positive energy we create, which causes us to soar
Whether you’re flying an airplane or soaring toward a purpose-filled life, the formula is the same:
Increase your thrust and lift while reducing your weight and drag.


Episode 97 – Peter Diamandis
Peter and Dan discuss recent breakthroughs in the commercial space industry, highlighting a slew of new startups entering the marketplace, whether in analytics or rocket engineering. As we witness the shift from a heavily government-funded space industry to one propelled by privately funded companies, the world will soon see more and more access to space.
- Peter gives an update on the commercial space industry, as well as the challenges and opportunities of mining precious metals and rocket fuels on asteroids and the Moon.
- Dan narrates the story of two great historical inventions that allowed for deep water navigation: the sextant and chronometer, which enabled accurate measurements of latitude and longitude, respectively. These tools were critical to expanding the reach of human exploration across our largely water-coated planet. Fast-forward roughly 250 years, and Peter shows how they serve as a useful analogue for some of today’s pioneering commercial space rockets.
Peter demonstrates how pioneering companies’ opening of the space frontier is unlocking a new abundance mindset in the commercial space sector… One in which we’re now witnessing a surge in capabilities and new opportunities.


U.S. fighter jets intercepted Russian bomber aircraft near Alaska Monday, according to the Alaskan Region of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
NORAD made the announcement Wednesday in an official statement.
“The Alaskan Region of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted two Russian aircraft entering and operating within the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on April 17, 2023,” the defense organization said.
US FORCES IN UKRAINE SPARK QUESTIONS OVER WHAT HAPPENS IF RUSSIA ACCIDENTALLY KILLS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER
Russian Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers fly during a military parade in Minsk. (Reuters)
NORAD clarified that the Russian Tu-95 bombers did not enter U.S. or Canadian airspace.
The command added that the aircraft activity was not seen as provocative or dangerous.
According to the statement, “NORAD aircraft, including F-16 fighters, F-22 fighters, KC-135 Stratotankers, and E-3 AWACS conducted the mission.”
US VIDEO SHOWS MOMENT RUSSIAN FIGHTER JET COLLIDES WITH US DRONE
An F-22 Raptor in flight (Lockheed Martin via Getty Images)
This marks the first incident in the area since an American drone was downed by Russian forces last month.
U.S. military command officials said in March that a Russian Su-27 fighter jet dumped fuel on a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone flying over the Black Sea, clipped the drone’s propeller and forced it into the water.
The Kremlin issued state awards to the fighter jet pilots responsible for downing the U.S. drone.
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U.S. European Command said a Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea. A screenshot shows a jet dumping fuel. (US European Command)
In an official statement at the time, the Ministry of Defense commended the pilots for preventing the drone from “violating the boundaries of the temporary airspace regime established for the special military operation.”
Fox News’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.


DRAFT OF NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 271
November 12, 1963
NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 271
The Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SUBJECT: Cooperation with the USSR on Outer Space Matters
I would like you to assume personally the initiative and central responsibility within the Government for the development of a program of substantive cooperation with the Soviet Union in the field of outer space, including the development of specific technical proposals. I assume that you will work closely with the Department of State and other agencies as appropriate.
These proposals should be developed with a view of their possible discussion with the Soviet Union as a direct outcome of my September 20 proposal for broader cooperation between the United States and the USSR in outer space, including cooperation in lunar landing programs. All proposals or suggestions originating within the Government relating to this general…
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The Inspire 1 was a revelation. The first filmmaking drone in the world to integrate an HD video transmission system, 360° rotating gimbal and a 4K camera,as well as the simplicity of app control. The launches of the Zenmuse X5 and X5R cameras further cemented the Inspire as a critical tool for filmmakers around the globe.
The Inspire 2 takes everything that was good about the Inspire 1 and improves it. The image processing system CineCore2.0 has been upgraded to CineCore2.1,recording video at up to 6K in CinemaDNG/RAW and 5.2K in Apple ProRes when used with Zenmuse X7 camera. It goes from 0 to 50 mph (80 kph) in just 5 seconds andhits a maximum speed of 58 mph (94 kph) and has a max descent speed of 9m/s for unheard of speed and agility in an aircraft this size. A dual battery systemprolongs the flight time to a maximum of 27 minutes (with an X4S), while self-heating technology allows it to fly even in low temperatures.FlightAutonomy has been revised and developed specifically for the Inspire 2, providing two directions of obstacle avoidance and sensor redundancy.Increased intelligence adds multiple intelligent flight modes, including Spotlight Pro, giving even single pilots the ability to create complex, dramatic shots.An upgraded video transmission system is now capable of dual signal frequency and dual channel, streaming video from an onboard FPVcamera and the main camera simultaneously, for better pilot and camera operator collaboration.
The Inspire 2 creative workflow has been completely optimized and is now capable of recording videoin CinemaDNG and Apple ProRes, and other common formats for post-production in filmmaking. Also supported are FAT32/exFAT* file systems,which allow fast copying of files direct from the CINESSD without additional software.
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Forward and downward vision systems enable the Inspire 2 to detect obstacles up to 30 meters ahead, allowing for protected flight at up to 34mph (54kph)at a controllable attitude angle of 25°. Upward facing infrared sensors scan obstacles 16ft (5m) above, adding protection when flying in enclosed spaces.Obstacle sensing systems are active during normal flight, RTH and all Intelligent Flight Modes.These sensors are core components of the DJI FlightAutonomysystem, which brings the below intelligent features to the Inspire 2
Spotlight Pro is a powerful tracking mode that allows even single pilots to capture complex, dramatic images. It uses advanced visual tracking algorithms to lock onto a subject during flight,regardless of the direction that the Inspire 2 flies, creating shots that would once have required a dedicated camera operator. If the gimbal comes close to reaching its rotation limits,the Inspire 2 itself will rotate in the same direction without affecting flight control or the shot being captured to free up gimbal movement.
It has two shooting modes, Quick Mode and Composition Mode. In Quick Mode, select an object to begin tracking. In Composition Mode, select the subject and the tracking position.When the subject enters the preset tracking position, press the shortcut to begin tracking. The gimbal can be moved during shooting for composition adjustments.Spotlight Pro is available in Intelligent Flight Modes TapFly, Waypoint, and Point of Interest.
The 2-axis onboard FPV camera separates the flight view from the main camera view, effectively giving the Inspire 2 a dedicated TapFly camera. Tap a point onscreen in the FPV view to set a flight route and the Inspire 2 will automatically fly along that route, leaving the pilot to focus on gimbal movement.
The ActiveTrack Mode allows the Inspire 2 to recognize a range of objects, from people to bikes to cars to boats. Tracking profiles that can be adjusted based on the subject being tracked means greater tracking precision.
Smart Return To Home
Forward and downward vision systems allow the Inspire 2 to createa real-time map of its flight route as it flies. If the video transmission system signal is lost and Smart Return Home is enabled, it is able to fly home along its original route, and change to a straight line when it regains a signal. As it returns, it will use the primary camera to identify obstacles as far as 200m in front, allowing it to plan a safe route home. It is also able to reconnect more quickly after losing connection.
Powerful Flight Performance
A new propulsion system optimized for power creates a new level of flight performance. The Inspire 2 flies at up to 58mph (94kph) descends at 9m/s andascends at 6m/s. It can accelerate from 0 to 50mph (80kph) in just 5 seconds and flies at a max attitude angle of 40°. The two controller sticks are tuned for moresensitivity, making delicate maneuvers easier.
More power also allows the Inspire 2 to fly in more extreme conditions, including over 2500-5000m above sea level (using optional dedicated propellers),and in temperatures as low as -4°F (-20°C) using self-heating Intelligent Flight Batteries.
Reliability has been further enhanced through dual redundancy of key modules such as the IMU and barometer. The intelligent flight control system monitors the redundancy system, giving it accurate flight data.
The new obstacle sensing system helps the Inspire 2 sense and avoid obstacles, minimizing the risk of collision.
Dual batteries mean that if a problem occurs on one battery the other is able to continue flight long enough for a safe landing. At the same time, the Inspire 2 propulsion system is driven a PWM signal with serial port signal redundancy so that if PWM signals are lost, transmission will continue through the serial port.
This propulsion system has been tested for thousands of hours to ensure reliability, when combined with key sensors and a dual-battery design, overall flight reliability is significantly enhanced.
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I read an article today about better understanding tornadoes by penetrating them with scientific instruments attached to $30-50k drones. The article is entitled "Drones might help explain how tornadoes form" and can be found here.
I'm really curious as to why rarely anyone considers the weather balloon as a viable way to deliver instruments near to or into a tornado. So many people concentrate on hair-brained ideas like flying helicopters and RC airplanes or shooting rockets, seemingly never able to consider that in application they will be in a supercell environment. Not only are these expensive, they are not going to fly well in the inflow.
Weighted sensors and cameras on the ground have proven successful and seem to be what the majority of chasers and/or scientists lean toward when attempting to gain usable data. The activity of placing these in the path of an approaching tornado can prove deadly.
So why not the balloon? No, probably not a full fledged weather balloon due to the fact that the logistics of filling on location would be a huge downside; but rather a scaled down version capable of carrying pertinent instruments, cameras, and a locator. Getting the instrument headed toward its target is as simple as releasing it into the inflow. Sure, the balloon will burst when impacted by debris but at that point it is likely close enough to provide valuable data.


In the history of air travel, has a flight ever become undelayed? I think not.
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RAAF TINDAL, Australia — America’s most advanced fifth-generation fighters, the F-22 Raptor and F-35B Lightning II, are putting strategic doctrines to the test in Australia’s Northern Territory.
Marine and Air Force aviators flying from the same runway at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal have also joined up with their Australian counterparts to fuse their respective methods of aerial combat.
The Raptors, from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, are supporting a “dynamic force employment” exercise with Australia’s air force, 2nd Lt. Ariana Wilkinson, an Air Force spokeswoman, said in an email Friday.
Dynamic force employment, a concept laid out in the 2018 National Defense Strategy, means putting a major combat force into a fight while keeping options available to counter emerging threats. It also means being strategically predictable but operationally unpredictable.
“We look for every opportunity to train alongside our allies and partners,” Wilkinson said.
The Marine Corps deployed 300 troops and a dozen F-35Bs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadrons 121 and 242, both based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, for the biennial Pitch Black exercise. The drills involving 17 nations began Aug. 19 and conclude Thursday.
The presence of advanced aircraft in the region demonstrates their potentially wider role, and the possibility of a permanent presence expressed in June by the head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Adm. John Aquilino.
“I would envision that that capability is certainly — well, it’s certainly desirable, but we would like to get to that,” he told the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a think tank in Washington, D.C. “That ability to, like I said, operate in contested space, fifth-generation capabilities, whether they be F-22, F-35, are critically important to the ability to deliver deterrence.”
A permanent contingent of Air Force fifth-generation fighters west of the International Date Line is a “desirable” option as the U.S. seeks to deter an increasingly assertive China, Aquilino said.
The Raptors, the older of the two aircraft and worth $143 million each, can fly more than twice the speed of sound with a range of more than 1,850 miles, according to the Air Force. Its inventory includes 183 of the air superiority fighters.
The F-35, which comes in a short-takeoff, vertical-landing version flown by the Marines, is the “backbone” of allied air power, according to its maker, Lockheed Martin. In addition to its stealth characteristics, the fighter carries advanced avionics for sensing and connectivity that permit it to communicate with other aircraft, and track and target multiple adversaries, according to Lockheed.
The Raptor, also manufactured by Lockheed, has similar capabilities.
The F-35 is the Department of Defense’s most expensive weapon program, estimated to cost over $1.7 trillion to buy, operate, and sustain, according to an April report by the Government Accountability Office.
The department has bought over 700 out of 2,470 F-35s it plans to acquire. Recent contracts for jets delivered through 2023 put the cost of an F-35 at under $80 million, according to the office.
Australia is one of more than a dozen air forces allied with the U.S. to fly the F-35A, which operates from conventional runways. Australia has, so far, accepted 50 of 72 F-35As from Lockheed Martin, according to the RAAF.


The civil and social utilization of drones: features and concerns
Drones or Unmanned Aerial Automobiles (UAV) are aircrafts operated by remote control without pilot on board. These automobiles had been to begin with suitable for intelligence and military services finishes, together with surveillance and assassinations (Handwerk, 2013). The muse for the nongovernmental utilization of drones around the United states was founded in 2012, in the event the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Modernization and Reform Act approved the business accredited operation of drones (Paganini, 2015). The FAA is expected to approve by September 2015 the prevalent utilization of drones in the nationwide airspace in sections these kinds of as transportation, infrastructure, agriculture, professional aerial photography, the entertainment community, and even more (Thornton, 2015). In the early 2000s, researching focused in advertising using drones for increased usefulness and realistic application past the army scope. Considerably more than ten yrs later, things to consider more than using drones for civil and social use have accelerated significantly. It’s always now a fact, however it has also lifted notable privacy and security worries.
According to the US FAA, the civil operation of a drone is any nongovernmental utilization of Unmanned Plane Methods (UAS) (FAA, 2015). With the drone procedure to qualify as of civil use, it ought to not be not owned or operated by or leased on the armed forces, the Federal Authorities or State governments and their political subdivisions (FAA, 2015). Inside of the 2000s, the perceived advantages of drones promoted a rise in the amount of investigation jobs in the theme, for the enhancement in their know-how and practicality. A groundbreaking analysis was the WITAS Unmanned Aerial Car (UAV) Task, an interdisciplinary cooperation around diverse universities and personal institutions. It had been aimed at establishing systems with the autonomous procedure of drones for street and website traffic monitoring. Even though it was an experimental venture and never a business service, its future impact within the advance of drones for civil and social use was acknowledged with the time (Doherty, 2000). Other studies during the 2000s emphasized equivalent factors highlighted through the WITAS UAV Challenge. Coifman et al (2004), by way of example, also carried out a analysis over the usage of drones for potential customers monitoring, although Merino et al (2005) focused on the fire detection use. In keeping with Coifman et al (2004), drones have been fundamental for surveillance of freeways and roadways. The authors highlighted the benefits of drones above manned aircrafts for transportation surveillance and outlined premier positive factors, these as mobility, fast reaction to incidents, reduced expenditures, rapid computerized launch and takeoff. Merino et al, (2005) researched the fireplace detection software of drones as piece in the COMETS multi-UAV challenge, directed at designing and applying UAVs as helicopters and airships for a lot of commercial and civil purposes (COMMETS, 2006). They performed a exam experiment of fireplace detection, during which sensors with infrared and visible cameras were being set up with the drones (Merino et al, 2005). The equipment were being able of detecting the intensity of fires which was designed by the redtruckfire.com fire sprinklers san diego, discarding false alarms and indicating the geographical site of present and future fires (Merino et al, 2005). Loads of some people for the time also highlighted the significance of drones, which includes applications for remote info acquisition and mapping of land sectors (Everaerts, 2008), checking of crops (Lelong et al, 2008) and wildlife explore (Jones, 2006). The continual good perception on the civil and social procedure of such autos, on top of that to FAA estimates that by 2017 there’ll be alot more than seven.000 of them within the US airspace (Lowy 2013; Thornton, 2015), has boosted the drone creation marketplace, attracting a multitude of venture capitalists fascinated by purchasing this uprising sector (Kharif, 2013). What’s more, drones are viewed as useful for social and business applications. The usage of drones is becoming in style with hobbyists to the recording of videos, because it might be noticed through the countless postings on YouTube (Serna, 2014). Drones are also contemplated of terrific use for humanitarian needs, especially for human rights monitoring of genocide, massacres and other violations, because of their remote accessibility capacity (Kerr, 2013). Extra than the usual ten years later on, the discussion over drones for civil and social purposes has only elevated, as well as their useful application has become a truth. Even so, earlier experiments that emphasized their benefits unsuccessful to account for your safety and privateness fears which will impose a danger for the functional use of drones.
Despite the benefits, problems with privacy and safety will also be relevant towards civil and social use of drones, primarily should they get to the arms of terrorists and hackers (Paganini, 2015; Lowy, 2013; Serna, 2014). In the America, drones employed for hobby or leisure reasons you should not require approval with the FAA, while commercial pointers are still to be applied (FAA, 2014). Simply because you have not yet comprehensive and consolidated laws and policies about the civil and social utilization of drones, privacy and stability issues are a continuous discussion. In relation to security, some argue that drones can be used to observe targets for espionage or as weapons of terrorism and sabotage, if planted with explosives or biological weapons (Paganini, 2015; Ajroudi, 2015). Besides that, drones could be small-scale and easily concealed in a bag. They may be also for sale on the net and off-the-shelf (Paganini, 2015). Earlier functions wherever drones were spotted in inappropriate areas have also increased security fears. Such as, in 2015, they were being found in tourist places in central Paris and a person crashed within the White Residence garden (Paganini, 2015; Ajroudi, 2015). Concerns also are current with regards to privacy complications. Some systems that might be used in drones are spotted to be a risk to civil liberties, this sort of as products for facial recognition, thermal imaging, detection of open up Wi-Fi and cellular equipment and license plate scanners (Paganini, 2015). The involvement of law enforcement departments also raises privateness worries, most definitely if they use drones for common general public investigation, although not limited to criminal offense surveillance (Lowy 2013).
As talked about, you’ll notice numerous simple civil and social apps for drones. Yet, threats to stability and privacy, not predicted by first study on UAVs, might probably pose a barrier to further more nongovernmental utilization of these gadgets. In his report in regards to the WITAS UAV Undertaking, Doherty (2000) did not are convinced that, in the future, authorities would allow for the use of drones free of govt surveillance. He stated in the time, “it is unrealistic to suppose that aviation authorities will permit autonomous aerial motor vehicles to fly unattended over populated regions while not some form of regulate with the ground station” (Doherty, 2000, p. 748). He was mistaken. Autonomous drones have been completely found in the US airspace. In 2014, 1 was torn to items outside the Staples Middle in La and yet another was spotted amid visitors while in the Grand Canyon (Serna, 2014). Though so many complain concerning the FAA delay in passing regulations in favor within the business utilization of drones (Lowy, 2013), the “fine-tuning” of legislation and policies on this circumstance could very well show helpful inside of the long haul, certainly whether it is geared toward preventing human causalities and breaches to privacy.


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A parallel project called breakthrough message is an effort to create a message representative of humanity and planet earth   the project breakthrough starshot aims to send a swarm of probes to the nearest star at about 20% the speed of light. The problem of energy • to send a 100 kg probe in a realistic time to a nearby system a quantity of energy comparable to the energy consumed in one year by a modern. For the starshot project, the tiny spacecraft would be boosted into space by a conventional rocket, and then set free individually they would capture the energy from the earthbound laser array. There are so many things wrong with this project, that i am really amazed so few people have noticed it i see the main problems with this to be: 1: extremely limited functionality according to the initiative, the spacecraft would try to aim withi.
Breakthrough starshot is a $100 million research and development program, aiming to establish proof of concept for a 'nanocraft' - a fully functional space probe at gram-scale weight. Tiny rockets are going to be sent into space to study the far universe in the most ambitious space exploration project in history scientists including stephen hawking and backers such as internet. The astronomers said they will discuss their ideas with the breakthrough starshot initiative to see if this mission extension could be included - that is, if breakthrough ever makes it to space at. The laser needs to be very powerful the largest powerplant we have in space today is the iss, with about 200 kw peak power breakthrough starshot are talking about gw of power we'd have to ramp up the space industry by a factor of 1000 to make a space-based laser that large feasible.
Milner has once again pledged funding to space exploration via a program called breakthrough starshot the ultimate goal is to send on the order of 1,000 nanocraft (think tiny, lightweight spacecraft only about a gram in scale) on a high speed fly by mission through the alpha centauri system. Breakthrough starshot has no intention of colliding any nanocraft with any object in space even though an accidental collision between a nanocraft and another object is a remote possibility happens, the resulting effects must still to be examined. The research project breakthrough starshot, which was conceived in april 2016 by a team of scientists that once included stephen hawking, hopes to shoot a swarm of tiny spacecraft 437 light years away to the next star system.
The sails will only be used during the initial boost of the probes when gigawatts of ground-based lasers will all focus on the sail at once to very quickly accelerate the probe to somewhere around 10 or 20% the speed of light. Not long after they arrived, loeb got a call from breakthrough starshot's executive director, pete warden, asking him to file a report on the initial findings of whether such a project was feasible. Breakthrough listen focuses on our ongoing search as a species, for extraterrestrial life breakthrough starshot focuses on exploring space beyond our star system, with a particular focus on alpha centauri by using a number of nanocraft, a ground-based light beamer, and light sails, it is believed these small unmanned craft could reach alpha centauri in approximately 20 years, sending exploration information on the journey, and on alpha centauri, back to earth. Breakthrough starshot is a futuristic space project to explore another solar system it starts with a 'mothership' sent up into earth's orbit this ship then releases 1000 tiny spaceships called starchips. Breakthrough starshot aims to establish whether a gram-scale nanocraft, on a sail pushed by a light beam, can fly over a thousand times faster it brings the silicon valley approach to space travel, capitalising on exponential advances in certain areas of technology since the beginning of the 21 st century.
Philanthropist funds project breakthrough starshot to send probe to alpha centauri : forum index . Breakthrough starshot aims to propel postage-stamp sized ships toward the alpha centauri star saystem using lasers over the relatively short span of 20 years. Hawking has joined milner and facebook founder mark zuckerberg on the board of the project, called breakthrough starshot, which includes a team of scientists milner said his $100 million will go to establish the feasibility of the project, and that a launch itself would require far more money. Breakthrough starshot aims to establish whether a gram-scale nanocraft, on a sail pushed by a light beam, can fly over a thousand times faster it brings the silicon valley approach to space travel, capitalizing on exponential advances in certain areas of technology since the beginning of the 21 st century.
Starshot, like many space exploration projects of the past several years, was motivated by the fear that the earth may no longer be habitable for humans in the near future. What we need beyond space telescopes and radio waves is to actually travel to the stars to see what's out there that we can't detect hawking announce breakthrough starshot to do just that the team plans to send probes to our nearest star: alpha centauri. The breakthrough starshot initiative transcends the moonshot descriptor because its purpose goes far beyond the moon the aptly-named project seeks to travel to the nearest stars the brainchild of russian-born tech entrepreneur billionaire yuri milner, breakthrough starshot was announced in april 2016 at a press conference joined by renowned. On april 12, 2016, billionaire yuri milner and cosmologist stephen hawking will announce a new space-exploration project called starshot this photo shows milner (left), hawking (second from left.
Breakthrough starshot (wwwbreakthroughinitiativesorg) now has a precise targetand it could look something like this the eso visualizes the new planet discovered by its pale red dot team, orbiting its red dwarf host proxima in the alpha centauri system. Breakthrough starshot came from a small working group we put together to devise a practical space project to a neighboring star system that could achieve results within the lifetime of a generation. Yesterday, professor stephen hawking joined yuri milner, among others, onstage for the announcement of breakthrough starshot the $100 million initiative aims to develop microchip-sized space. Breakthrough starshot's board consists of hawking, milner and mark zuckerberg, the founder and ceo of facebook this is not the first time hawking and milner have worked together: hawking helped unveil milner's 10-year, $100 million initiative to search for signs of intelligent life called breakthrough listen last july.
Milner announced on tuesday the creation of breakthrough starshot, a research project meant to prove that the feasibility of breakthrough starshot, in a new era in space exploration. The feasibility of space exploration through the breakthrough starshot project breakthrough starshot over the past handful of decades, an enormous importance has been located on the exploration of space.


My flying ‘career’ rose out of the whole buzz that surrounded the Maiden project. I was introduced to an ultra-light (some call them micro-lights) pilot who gave me a first flight down in Wiltshire. His name was David Young and he remains the finest pilot I know. We still have the all too rare ‘boys’ days out’ flying trips together.
But it was on that long ago hot summer’s day, as soon as we took off, that I knew this was for me.
It took a year of hard slogging (mostly against the weather) to get my ultra-light licence – and also to acquire my own aeroplane. I shall never, ever, forget my first solo, on a calm summer’s evening off a grass strip at Long Newnton in Wiltshire.
When those wheels left the ground I knew happened in the next few minutes was all down to me – and only me – basically to get back on the deck in one piece. But, from those heady moments, I was utterly hooked on flying. I still am today.
Three years later, in 1994 I flew another ultra-light across the Channel and down through France and Spain to Portugal. My co-pilot, Laura Ivill, and I believe we set a record for the longest cross-Channel flight by a flex-wing ultralight (75nm), as far a we know, a record still to be broken.
Less than a year later I crashed the same aeroplane – and walked. My fault: crashes are so very often pilot error. On the back of that incident, though, I decided to learn to fly ‘tin-can’ Cessnas – and the rest. Since then, I’ve flown my favourite ‘big’ aeroplane – a Super Cub, both off land and off water (in Scotland) . And I’ve made a parachute jump, out of the aeroplane at 4,000 feet and with a square (steerable) chute. I have subsequently flown paragliders, conventional gliders, and even a helicopter. But ultra-lights (and today paragliders) remain my true love. And with paragliders you are flying with the birds completely in the open air. Your legs are the undercarriage on take-off and your engine, too. Then you are off and away. It’s the purest form of flying (with hang-gliding). Plus, uniquely, paraglider can slope land. No other aircraft, including helicopters can do that.
To be high – or low – above the earth is a great privilege I hope I’ll never have to give up. I’d fly every day of my life if I could. But at least these days I can pack my glider in a rucksack, put it on my back, and climb any hill or mountain, with the possibility I can fly myself back down to the ground, or maybe take a cross-country flight, to drop in on friends, or just to see how far I can go…


As with any mode of transport, planes have a limited service life. There will come the point where an aircraft may require a six-figure sum to overhaul its engines, for example. As you can imagine, such a repair bill isn’t cost-effective for owners or aircraft operators.
So, what happens to those plans when they’ve reached the end of their usable life? The answer is simple: they get stripped for parts and scrapped. Around 90% of an aircraft can be recycled, either as a raw material base or for other working planes.
Admittedly, launching an aircraft salvage business is not the first idea that springs to most entrepreneurs’ minds. However, as a startup business idea, it’s viable and profitable – if you do it right. To that end, here’s how you could set up such a business.
Is There a Market for Aircraft Salvage?
In a word, yes. Thousands of individuals and companies operate fleets of airplanes around the world. As you can appreciate, buying new parts for those aircraft is both costly and time-consuming. Buying new plane parts is expensive because you can only buy them from the aircraft or part manufacturer. And the process is time-consuming due to some parts having a long manufacturing lead-time.
Aircraft operators favor used but good-condition parts because they’re cheap and relatively quick to receive. As a result, there is a high demand for used aircraft parts. And the things you cannot sell are still recyclable.
How to Set Up an Aircraft Salvage Business
Believe it or not, the process is the same as with any other type of business. You need to conduct market research and decide if you’re going to specialize in a particular niche.
You should also create a business plan to determine your startup and ongoing costs, and, of course, your potential turnover and profit. You’ll also need to find out whether you need specific licenses to operate as an aircraft salvage business.
One thing that might put some entrepreneurs off is the startup cost. Buying old aircraft might only cost a fraction of their new value. But, you need to factor into your costs the price of shipping each aircraft to your salvage yard.
How to Sell Aircraft Parts
Some parts from end-of-life planes end up on online marketplaces like eBay. However, there are specialist marketplaces such as ILS Mart, where you can sell your salvaged aircraft parts to customers.
It’s worth creating a network of aircraft parts buyers as you can also sell directly to those individuals and plane operators. You may even wish to set up an online marketplace where members of the public can view and buy anything you’ve got for sale.
Should You Go It Alone or Team Up with Someone Else?
One final point to bear in mind is whether you want to set up an aircraft salvage business alone or with another person. Going it alone means you get to keep 100% of the profits. But, teaming up with someone else gives you access to higher startup capital.
It’s worth spending some time thinking about which option is best for you.


Look up from any Fernie patio on a summer evening and you may see some colourful action in the skies above you. Paragliding has been a part of mountain sports in Fernie for more than four decades, and the area is home to an active and rapidly growing flying community.
The modern paraglider is a remarkable piece of engineering: the world’s only aircraft that fits in a backpack. Made of lightweight nylon, the paraglider resembles the shape of a skydiving parachute but is designed for efficient gliding and sustained flight, with a comfortable sit harness and precise steering through toggles for each hand. The whole kit weighs no more than 15kg and costs less than a high-end mountain bike.
Pilots take off from mountaintops or hillsides, wherever a suitable breeze can be found. Gradual slopes are best. The pilot runs to build speed and smoothly takes flight – no cliff jumping required. Paragliders fly at around 40 km/h and a skilled pilot can stay aloft for hours on end.
Paragliding is a flow sport with natural comparisons to whitewater and surfing. Just as standing waves form wherever the river flows over a boulder, the west wind that flows up and over Morrissey Ridge creates a wave of air, keeping gliders aloft as they surf back and forth.
Adventurous “cross-country” pilots will venture beyond the ridge to hunt for thermal updrafts, rowdy columns of hot rising air that can carry you to heights over 12,000 feet. After topping out a thermal, the pilot will set off on glide in search of the next one – hopping from thermal to thermal, crossing mountain ranges and flying greatdistances, landing only when the heat of the sun disappears. With a good forecast, determination and a bit of luck, pilots starting in Fernie have flown as far as Fort Steele, Elkford, the US border, and the Continental Divide.
Paragliding is equal parts mountain sport and civil aviation, and flying a paraglider in Canada requires a “P2” pilot’s licence. Learning to fly a paraglider is more accessible and affordable than any other form of aviation, with training offered by flight schools throughout BC. As a student pilot, you’ll learn to fly solo from the very first flight, with instructors carefully watching and guiding you by radio. After a day or two of ground school and practice at a small training hill, you’ll soon be setting up for your first high-mountain flight.
The sight of your feet leaving the ground for the first time is unforgettable! A dedicated student can usually complete their license in ten full days of training – weather permitting. Booking an intensive course at a full-time flight school is well worth it; pursuing training on weekends is possible but can take a full season or more when the limitations of weather are factored in.
With numerous launch sites, a long flying season, and challenging and rewarding terrain, Fernie is becoming a major paragliding hotspot for local and visiting pilots alike. If you’re a fan of airtime in other sports but can never seem to get enough, paragliding may be in your future too.
Toby Steer is a paraglider pilot and tandem flight instructor in Fernie. Follow @fernieparagliding on Instagram to learn more.
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OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
In 2019, Air Force Days will be on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 June, at Volkel Air Base. These days will include flying displays by Dutch and foreign aircraft, and there is a show with aircraft on the ground.
Entry to the event is free for young and old. The theme of these Air Force Days is ‘We are the air force’.


Congressional leaders and middle school students joined President Obama for a teleconference call with the crews of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station. The president served as moderator for children asking questions about astronaut life and lawmakers wondering about the latest space experiments.
Space shuttle Discovery left Earth on March 15 and docked with the space station two days later. The crew told Obama the space station’s cruising speed of 27,359 kilometers per hour (17,000 miles per hour) lets them see 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets in a 24-hour period. Their main mission was to install solar panels to increase the station’s power and capability to house a larger crew.
Obama greeted the international crew on board the space station, saying he hopes the mission “is an example of the kind of spirit of cooperation that we can apply not just in space but here on the ground, as well.”
The space station’s Commander Mike Fincke agreed. “It’s pretty impressive, what human beings can do when we work together constructively and not destructively. And that’s the mission of the International Space Station,” he said.
Tonight the president is holding another prime-time, nationally televised news conference. Will we be hearing more about his economic plan? Is something new in the works? Share your reactions here.


6. Reaching for the Final Frontier: The African Space Sector
Event type: Webinar
Theme: Reaching for the Final Frontier: The African Space Sector
Description: The webinar will speak to the importance and development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in relation to the African space sector. Speakers will present on big data and space, showing the space technologies are for everyone including Africa. The command of emerging and future technologies has become a critical element of human development. Space science and space technologies are potential solutions to global issues such as climate change, food insecurity, financial exclusion, and pandemic management. Modern space technology already offers many applications, including environmental surveillance to communications.
It is important to have these discussions, for scholars and policymakers, because the African space sector is rapidly becoming an area that is not only subject to new geopolitical battles between US and China, but its also an area that if we (Africans) leverage it properly, we can use it to meet our collective developmental goals including the SDGs. Hope that you enjoy!
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The mission of ASTRA is to enable rapid incremental development of technologies to reduce the cost of access to space. Its strategy is focused on AeroSpace Technology Research Architectures (ASTRA), that is, research platforms which can be adapted to a variety of missions, enabling rapid iteration of technologies, improving their technology readiness levels (TRLs), and making them candidates for integration into complex systems.
ASTRA has developed a concept for enabling developers to test small payloads in zero G conditions for tens of seconds at a time without the high G of sounding rocket launches or expense of operating a jet aircraft on a parabolic trajectory.
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On May 3rd, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport unveiled the Airbus A380 fuselage mockup at its Fire Training Research Center. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson was among the speakers at the event. Utilizing TEK fuel and propane flames, the A380 mockup is for live fire training exercises. FJW Construction is serving as general contractor for the center’s $29.2-million renovation program. Partially funded by the Federal Aviation Administration, the facility upgrades are scheduled for substantial completion by end of 2012.


On the evening of December 9, 2009, worried onlookers inundated the Norwegian Meteorological Institute with phone calls. Something remarkable had appeared in the sky, which could be seen from Northern Norway and Sweden.
It was a bizarre spiral of light that seemed to hover in the atmosphere for nearly three full minutes. White-gray and circular, a trail of brilliant blue heading off toward the horizon.
Stories erupted of a possible wormhole over Norway. Or an alien craft. Some even speculated that it was a blackhole, the unintended result of experiments at CERN, or the work of weather-controlling mechanisms like HAARP.
It could have been any number of extraordinary things, really, but the official explanation was the failure of a Russian Bulava missile test.
In fact, the following day the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that they had, indeed, experienced a failed Bulava missile launch, which had “a technical malfunction at the…third stage of the trajectory.” The nozzle failed.
The Wikipedia discussion for the Norwegian Spiral Anomaly, however, has a few interesting passages regarding the failed missile test. One anonymous engineer stated the following, backing up the missile claims:
“Based on the evidence and images, my professional assessment of the event is as follows: 1. sea based launch. Successful first stage MECO (main engine cut-off). 2. most likely nozzle impact or other catastrophic event during first stage seperation or second stage ignition. 3. second stage burn seems to suggest a gradual control loss, similar to the Space X Falcon 1 event during their second test failure 4. catastrophic control loss resulted in a tumble of the remaining rocket segments, spraying propellent into the surrounding space, creating a cartwheel display. 5. the variation in color would suggest solid and liquid propellant, most likely hydrazine (blue) and Aluminum propellant (white) 6. burn out or detonation outside the earths effective atmosphere, dispursing the white propellent. the remaining blue gas was material trailed out during failure which remained suspended in the earth’s atmosphere.”
Another anonymous commenter had a different point of view:
“Having been a weapons research scientist and member of the British Interplanetary Society, and having observed many rocket launches including a few failures, I am totally astonished that anyone takes the rocket explanation seriously. It is not a rocket out of control. That is obvious after a few seconds of watching the video because of the amazing regularity and constant speed of the spiral. The other effect that rules out the rocket theory is the end of the effect when the spiral dissipates and turns black.
That is a very strange event that needs to be explained properly. I studied Astrophysics and electrohydrodynamics and it looks very much like a spiral plasma leaking from a blue green magnetic field tube coming from the ground. That is consistent with the eye witness reports that stated that the blue green tube appeared first. Another explanation to be considered seriously is the disco light effect, it could be some sort of projection. Either the plasma or the projection would require a large amount of funding and so this is probably an effect of secret military equipment.”
I suppose the mostly likely explanation is that it was just a missile failure. Or some kind of extraterrestrial hypnotism device. I can’t say. Regardless, seeing that in the night sky would be something else, don’t you think?
A Wormhole Over Norway?
One last thing. While I don’t believe the “anomaly” over Norway was a wormhole or anything, I can’t help but share the following videos that raise the possibility. Take a look.


Jake Remley, senior portfolio manager at Income Research + Management, shared his views on aircraft ABS securitizations and global travel recovery with International Financing Review. Jake argued that aircraft ABS market would return at a moderate pace as the global airline industry has done well enough despite hiccups in the Covid-19 pandemic recovery.
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MOVEMENT FROM THE DEPTH OF SPACE
Ante Radonić – astronomy
Ivan Gregov – professsional diving
Marija Šćekić – vertical dance
Time: October 2021 / Space Week
Place: Đakovo / Osijek / Zadar
Organization: Histeria Nova in collaboration with Orion Association
What connects astronauts in orbit, divers in the depths of the sea, and vertical dancers on the surface of a rock or wall? What does a long stay of people in an orbital station and walking on the lunar surface look like? What happens to the human body on a space trip outside a spaceship?
In the weightless state, the body floats with ease because all the acceleration forces acting on our body are equal to zero. In weightlessness there is no up and no down. Because we feel extremely light in such an environment, we can move with the least amount of effort, and perhaps diving is the closest to such an experience. These are the basic ideas that will be discussed during this lecture with an abundance of photos and videos with interesting and spectacular moments in deep space.
In 1967 at NASA's Langley Research Center, astronauts were introduced to a walking simulator that served as a psychophysical training program in preparation for a reduced gravity environment that they would encounter when launching to the moon's surface. This walking simulator is a pioneering method for all today's methods and techniques of vertical dance training and valuable lectures and presentation regarding these issues can be introduced trough Wanda Moretti’s Il posto Danza Verticale educational programs.


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Rocketing for a Crowded Orbit
The family, donned in an intra-vehicular activity space suits, strapped in a capsule, are ready for 384,400 Km. Within minutes their own weight doubles and in just eight and half minutes, they are completely weightless.
Inflatable orbiting habitat rented for their holiday in space! Welcome to the future!
It is not new to travel into space using a private space jet. Ever since 2010, when the crew size of the International Space Station was increased, several ordinary people have travelled into space. The idea was novel then but not today. We have many private space leaders coming up wanting to make space travel and exploration mainstream.
Nonetheless, commercialization of space is not just about sending the elite on extra-terrestrial excursions. It is about the space industry transforming itself from monopolies to global space competitors being able to be self-sufficient, come up with different innovations and getting space completely commercialized! It is about the aging infrastructure or ideas to step aside for the technology to breathe-in again.
However, in the pursuit of exploring the future in space, the global space competitors are growing too rapidly..
The Space Race – Happening right NOW!!
While space has been the subject of human interest and a quest for discovery for a very long time, today we are at a pivotal stage. Many national governments are launching ambitious space strategies. Private-sector players are making major breakthroughs to open the space sector to common man.
Bigelow Aerospace aims to build an enormous cargo space habitat that can accommodate about six individuals for many months. Then there is another company, Sierra Nevada, working on a three-story inflatable space habitat prototype. This inflatable habitat serves multiple purposes like having a garden for fresh produce for space travelers, manufacturing facility, a lab, and a hotel.
It is not all about human travel to space… there is a huge set of companies trying to get into data transmission in space as well
Elon Musk has a plan to blanket the Earth in high-speed affordable internet. And SpaceX proved it by launching 180 satellites for internet faster than any other company in the world. This is going to provide ultra-high-speed web access in rural and remote regions around the globe.
Instead of beaming it to the ground and back, there are also space lasers that transmit data directly to each satellite in orbit. It is possible to transfer hundreds of gigabytes of data at once, making Starlink the fastest data transfer solution available.
Furthermore, this ambitious journey has started to become competitive. Now, Bezos also wants to launch his own constellation (3,236 internet satellites to be precise). And yet another bankrupt company, OneWeb seeked to increase satellite constellation up to 48000 satellites. Feeling crowded? Not yet? Check this out!
NASA’s next big move is to search for life on Mars. It has launched a rover that is also responsible for trial technologies for future expeditions including oxygen production. Actually, Elon Musk is pretty confident that it would take only two more years for SpaceX to fly the first cargo mission to Mars, with the first humans landing there by 2026.
These latest initiatives suggest that space is an area where we will see significant development soon. It is potentially addressing opportunities with respect to surveillance, mission deployment, cyber, and artificial intelligence.
At this rate, by the time the next world war comes around, the war will be fought in space! All jokes aside, space is growing exponentially and, in more ways, than you think.
The Global Space Economy
Space as an investment will impact several industries in a huge way. The global space industry will generate revenue of more than $1 trillion by 2040 , up from $350 billion, currently. The most significant short- and medium-term opportunities will come from satellite broadband Internet access.
The demand for data is growing at an exponential rate. The largest opportunity will come from providing Internet access to the unserved parts of the world. There is also going to be an increased demand for bandwidth from autonomous cars, the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality.
In fact, as data demand surges, the cost of wireless data per-megabyte will be less than 1% of today's levels.
In addition, today we are using satellites for GPS, navigation, and various other applications. More than half of Earth’s operational satellites are launched for commercial purposes. About 61% of those provide communications, including everything from satellite TV, Internet of Things, connectivity, to global internet.
Second to communications, 27% of commercial satellites have been launched for Earth Observation (EO) purposes, including environmental monitoring and border security.
Beyond the opportunities generated by satellite broadband Internet, the new frontiers in rocketry offer some tantalizing possibilities. Packages today delivered by airplane or truck could be delivered more quickly by rockets. Private space travel will become commercially available. Mining equipment could be sent to asteroids to extract minerals—all possible, theoretically, with the recent breakthroughs in rocketry..
Adding on, Space X has reduced millions of dollars per seat travelling to space. Here is an infographic showing the cost since 1961 till the time Space X entered the game.
Looking at such exciting space explorations and possibilities, I have the following predictions to make for space in 2021 and beyond.
1. SpaceX will face tough competition in Space Tourism
Virgin Galactic is ready for their final series of test flights early in the year and expects to begin its space tourism flights soon. Blue Origin is also planning its first space flight with people this year, as it was ready last year but wanted to perform a few more test flights without people on board first. Not just private companies… India and China have their own space programs that will make it much cheaper to visit space.
2. FCC prepares to run public C-band auction
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to run its own auction of satellite C-band spectrum instead of letting satellite operators handle it. The FCC has emphasized a desire for speed in transferring 280 megahertz of C-band spectrum for use in 5G cellular networks.
3. Satellite servicing and debris retrieval missions will move forward
Almost 60 years of space activities and more than 5,450 launches have resulted in approximately 23,000 objects remaining in orbit. This has a negative effect on future launches, and it has been theorized that sending objects into Earth’s orbit could become impossible due the risk of collision. This debris must be removed from orbit if the space industry is to continue to grow. The European industry is leading the debris removal activity with, ClearSpaceestablished by an experienced team of space debris researchers from many EU nations leading the activity.
However, with many leaders wanting to have their own constellations, space habitats or stations, this will either result in collisions or create a roadblock in studying space through telescopes.
4. New small launch vehicles will enter the market
Several companies working on small launch vehicles will likely attempt their first launches this year. Virgin Orbit announced its first orbital launch recently. Firefly Aerospace! will also begin static-fire tests! of the first stage of its Alpha rocket soon.
Other companies, like ABL Space Systems, Relativity Space, and Stealth Space Company will make progress towards a first launch, as the industry awaits a long-anticipated shakeout among the dozens of companies that have announced plans to build small launchers.
5. Flexible communications satellites will reign supreme
Satellite manufacturers have used the past few years of slow sales to invest in high technologies that offer more ability for better control. Manufacturers say the ability to offer “flexible” communications satellites that can adjust the power, shape, and position of their beams is now the de facto standard to do business. Airbus, Thales Alenia Space and Boeing all rolled out new flexible satellite lines last year.
6. Commercial alternatives will surface to NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
The increasing human and robotic space activity in lower Earth’s orbit will prompt government agencies and commercial firms to invest in networks to relay communications to and from the ground.
There are many private firms who are planning to expand the production and delivery of Inter-satellite Data Relay System terminals, which it developed with satellite fleet operator Inmarsat. In addition, NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program office will work to establish public-private partnerships aimed at creating resilient communications and navigation networks.
7. We will print living tissues in space
Coming-up long-term space explorations will involve great exposure of humans to space conditions. With increasing distances to Earth, there is no possibility of returning for medical treatment in time.
So, to protect human lives and health, the space agencies are looking at Bioprinting in space. It promises to offer treatment options for bad accidental injuries that are likely to happen during long-term space exploratory missions and extra-terrestrial human settlements, for example, aid for severe burns or difficult bone fractures.
8. The human genome will change to support human deep space exploration
Increased presence in space will enable us to conduct more medical research in zero gravity. This will provide opportunities to discover new treatments for conditions we thought weren’t possible. Furthermore, we may start to see the ability to deliberately alter the human genome to further support humanity’s sustained exploration of space.
9. Micro Satellites
The past ten years have seen the nano/microsatellite segment grow by a factor of 10x. The industry has matured rapidly, and nano/microsatellites are increasingly being used for commercial applications in earth observation, remote sensing, communications, and more. As operators continue to strike the balance between capability and affordability, future growth may also be split between the traditional nano/microsatellite segment.
Even while these innovations are happening in the space market, there are some other controversial aspects of space for you to understand/know:
A UFO specialist has reportedly detected remains of an ancient jet engine on the surface of Mars saying that the advanced technology of a Jet engine is a proof that Martians exist. Moreover, a UFO has been sighted just recently . Pentagon formally releases the video.
Then we have people who think the epic landing on moon was a hoax. However, it is amazing to know that NASA is making plans to send astronauts back to the moon in 2024 by taking the Gateway — a mini-space station to be assembled in lunar orbit.
By 2030, I expect almost all businesses across all industries, whether related or not, to benefit from space, with many having dedicated space teams and resources.
Organisations will be experimenting – from medical research to manufacturing – in space, introducing new products and solutions into the market. This may include growing tissue and artificial transplants in zero gravity, as well as manufacturing fiber optics for communication.
And not just private companies, both China and India have also embarked on human spaceflight missions. They both have their own space programs that will make it much cheaper.
Be it optical imagery, infrared, hyperspectral, or synthetic aperture radar (SAR), Space datasets will have a critical role to play in everything from measuring greenhouse gas emissions, the early detection of and response to natural disasters, through to the monitoring of our forests, oceans, rivers, farmland, and weather.
By the way, Elon Musk is planning to launch all of us on Mars by 2050. Yes! 1 Million and 3 starship rockets will go every day.
Learning to do much more with less will be one of the defining mega-trends over the next decade. Lastly, I think we will soon have many masters and PhDs in space ecosystem because the space race is on!
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Here we are one week later after Earth Day was celebrated far and wide in our country. Here we are also with barely a memory of last week’s awareness.
According to a scientific report on http://guardianlv.com/2014/04/nasa-crashed-craft-on-the-moon/, we find out that on Friday April 18th
NASA crashed the craft called Lunar and Dust Environmental Explorer (LADEE) on the Moon as part of the final leg of its mission last Thursday. NASA officials had predicted that it would crash on Monday, April 21.
The crash of this craft on the moon did not constitute an accident. It was done purposely and deliberately as part of its mission. This is not the latest mistake to befall NASA.
The craft called LADEE was rocketed into space last September. It has been orbiting the moon since October. Since November 10, 2013, it has been collecting data and doing its primary 100-day mission of orbiting the moon’s equator. The primary science goal had been conducted on March 5th. NASA decided to extend the mission of this craft for another month.
The trouble for this lunar craft began when it did not have enough fuel to escape lunar orbit or go on with its primary science. mission. The craft was trying to fix itself on April 12, but this put LADEE in an orbit that was one mile above the lunar surface. The craft then had no choice, but to start a descent to the Moon’s surface. The craft did at least make it through the full lunar eclipse on April 15. When this NASA craft made its final descent at about 3,600 miles per hour. This is said to be three times the speed of a bullet. The LADEE was not invulnerable and most likely broke into tiny pieces when it hit the surface of the moon.
Rick Elphic, the project scientist in charge of LADEE at NASA’s Ames Research Center, felt that he had to make a statement. He does feel that there is nothing gentle about a craft crashing into the moon at 3,600 miles per hour. He does want to know if the craft made a small crater on a lunar hillside or scattered in several directions on a flat area. He is curious to know what kind of lunar feature LADDE created.
Time to ponder…
As we all know, a short time after this crash, a huge tornado pattern formed and is wreaking havoc for many as it continues to move from west to east across our whole United States. As we speak, homes are being destroyed at a record-breaking rate and over a hugely enormous area.
One can only wonder if such a brutal crash could have had an impact on the sensitivity of the delicate balance of our very basic “sun, moon, earth and stars” combination.
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The attorneys at the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group have successfully represented individuals injured in airplane and helicopter accidents throughout the State of Alaska. A partial list of those cases includes the following:
- DC-6 crash - Russian Mission, Alaska
- Piper PA-32 crash - Pt. Heiden, Alaska
- Cessna 150 crash - Palmer, Alaska
- Cessna 172RG crash - Juneau, Alaska
- Cessna Caravan 208 crash - Dillingham, Alaska
- Bell JetRanger 206 crash - Mt. Spurr, Alaska
- Dornier DO-28D-1 crash - Bethel, Alaska
- Piper Tomahawk crash - Anchorage, Alaska
- Cessna 206 crash - near Bettles, Alaska
- DeHavilland Beaver crash - Cook Inlet, Alaska
- Piper PA-14 crash - Anchorage, Alaska
- Bell JetRanger 206 crash - Cook Inlet, Alaska
- DeHavilland Beaver crash – Alaska Peninsula
The attorneys at the Alaska Personal Injury Group are familiar with the unique weather, terrain and pilot training issues that often arise in aviation accidents in this state. They have investigated accidents caused by pilot error, manufacturing mistakes and aerodynamic design defects. They have handled cases, for example, involving inadequate deicing of a commuter aircraft; negligent engine overhaul and subsequent engine failure; flight into both terrain and water due to pilot disorientation, and aerodynamic and other design defects.
Determining what caused an aircraft crash is often difficult. Uncovering the truth requires attorneys who will carefully evaluate multiple sources of human and forensic information, thoroughly investigate the facts, and meticulously evaluate the accumulated evidence with the assistance of highly skilled aviation experts. Only then can negligent and reckless conduct be clearly identified; and the goals of preventing future accidents and obtaining full and fair compensation advanced.
Pilot error is often a principal or important contributing cause of a crash, but sometimes the pilot and passengers died because a critical part was incorrectly manufactured, the aircraft was not properly designed, or the pilot operating handbook inaccurately described the characteristics or appropriate operation of the aircraft. On many occasions, what initially appeared to be simple "pilot error" was instead the predictable result of inadequate training and company pressure to "meet the schedule" regardless of adverse weather. Such training issues are not limited to commercial flight operations. Some of our cases have involved student pilots were not adequately trained or who were sent on solo flights into bad weather.
The attorneys at the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group are some of the most experienced aircraft accident attorneys in the State of Alaska. The attorneys at the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group have the skills, experience and resources to handle complex aircraft accident litigation.
Contact us. We can apply our aviation expertise to the facts of your case and advise you on the best way to proceed.


The Mystery of Missing Flight MH370
It has been well over a year since flight MH370 disappeared in mid flight. The 239 passengers on board have not attempted to make contact and are presumed to have perished. Many theories have sprung up about the mystery disappearance. For the family and friends of the lost passengers the lack of closure must have been agonizing. The search for the missing plane has continued. Over the past week debris has been found on Reunion Island that is speculated to be parts of the missing plane. Yet investigators are no closer to being able to solve the mystery of the missing flight.
As in the past, when the drama of the missing flight first unfolded, the Malaysian government has been criticized for its poor handling of the matter. They have been accused of trying to close up the case and of not being responsible with the handling of information. The coastline of Reunion Island is being searched for remnants of the missing flight. On this French territory, residents are being encouraged to hand over material that could be from the plane. More material is coming to light every day, but apparently much of what has been picked up is not even part of an airplane.
The mystery of the missing flight continues. However, the finding of part of the wing of the missing plane is conclusive evidence that the plane had crashed somewhere in the ocean. Information regarding the final hours of the flight seems to be conflicting. It seems that the plane kept flying for over six hours after losing contact with the ground. Questions of what happened to the passengers during those hours cannot be answered. For instance, how is it that no one on board tried to make phone contact while they were still airborne? And what exactly did the pilot mean when he said: Goodnight?


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This is a spacecraft model. As the Shuttle program itself draws to a close, this is quite simply the best shuttle model in existence in every way and detail.
Standing an impressive39cm/15.5 inchestall (43.5cm/17.1 inches tall when mounted on the display base), this fantastic fully-finished replica is made of special material and shows extraordinary levels of detail and accuracy thanks to Bandai's extensive use ofthe latest tech data and photo references.The intricate heat-resistant tile detail is there, plus all the NASA markings accurately designed and beautifully applied.
The Orbiter,External Fuel Tank (ET), andSolid Rocket Boosters (SRB)can separate to depict the Endeavour in any of its mission configurations， revealing even more incredible detail inside. The ISS (International Space Station) -use RMA (Remote Manipulator Arm) can be positioned to manipulate the MPLM (Multi-Purpose Logistics Module), with clear display stands included to facilitate realistic posing.
With NASA's fleet of Space Shuttles slated for retirement in 2011 (the Endeavour's last flight was in May 2011, and the final Shuttle flight (Atlantis) was in July of 2011), Bandai's replica of the Endeavour is a very fitting tribute to the Shuttle's 30 years of service!
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In 2050, Chloe Fillmore was selected from more than 11,000 applicants to participate in the NASA Solo Mission to Europa and was scheduled to become the first woman to complete a solo mission to discover a new planet. As the solitary member of the AOE-50-F Argo Mission, she will travel to Europa, an Earth-like planet, and send samples back home.
Mission AOE-30-F was launched by a Europa VI rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida on July 24, 2050 and was the first solo manned mission project of NASA’s Argo Project.
The Argo spacecraft has three parts: The command Module with a cabin for one astronaut, and the only part of the spacecraft that will return to earth; a service module, which supports the command module in its propulsion stage, while providing electrical power, oxygen, and water; and a lunar module to help the spacecraft land on Europa.
Two hours into the launch, the spacecraft separated from its boosters and traveled for three years until Astronaut Fillmore was able to land the Argo on Europa’s surface. Fillmore describes her first steps onto Europa as not only life changing for her but for the entire galaxy. She continues to research the planet and to send her stories and discoveries back to earth.
Despite her hard work, Fillmore will not make a return mission to the Earth. She is destined to become a permanent human fixture on a new and foreign planet. When we look to the sky, we will remember that she is up there, representing the promise of human existence fulfilled.
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We are beginning to see a new phrase for stimulation seating growing in use. Manufacturers are now phoning their stimulation seating zero gravity. But what really does zero gravity mean? I certainly don’t be prepared to be floating weightless inside a stimulation chair. Even though, the concept of a floating chair sounds quite intriguing in my opinion. We shall explore what is intended by a zero gravity stimulation chair.
Zero gravity is termed used to describe an atmosphere in which there is absolutely no gravitational forces. Gravitational forces is really a force produced from the mass of an object. Each object features a certain gravitational pull towards it. Once you are beyond the range from the gravitational pull of the items, then you definitely are in a zero gravity atmosphere.
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Whenever we think of zero gravity we usually think of astronauts. The astronauts are seen floating about as well as their spacecraft. They could maneuver in practically each and every path. It is sometimes hard to see what is up and what is down in this type of atmosphere.
How performed a zero gravity chair come to pass? Well, one from the difficulties of space travel is to get away the gravitational pull from the Earth. In order for a rocket to get to external space, it has to overcome the force of gravitational forces from your earth alone. This requires a tremendous amount of thrust to avoid out of this tremendous force.
The astronauts whenever they release their rocket should bear a tremendous amount of force. Minimizing the wear and tear on the astronauts was an essential concern. It had been quickly found that when an astronaut is in a completely recline position, then there was clearly much less anxiety place on them throughout takeoff.
One from the critical breakthroughs for that astronauts was assuming what later grew to become referred to as zero gravity position. Normally, the rocket would be standing straight up and also the astronaut would be relaxing in a reclined position parallel towards the earth. It had been found that this position would much better distribute the astronauts weight throughout the causes of takeoff.
This had become the regular takeoff position for astronauts. It really is now referred to as zero gravity position. This can help the astronauts to endure the rapid rise in gravitational force. This enabled the weight from the astronaut to get much more uniformly distributed throughout their body to absorb these additional causes of takeoff.
Now there are a selection of zero gravity stimulation seating and recliners. There are most often two various ideas of what the zero gravity position indicates on Earth. One school of believed is to much more uniformly distribute the weight from the consumer. The second school of believed is to elevate the legs at or over the level of the heart.
One type of zero gravity is reclining the consumer back into a position that much better distributes their weight. The consumer is reclined back. Their weight will not be concentrated in just the lower back like when seated vertical. Instead the weight is much more uniformly distributed across the spine.
An additional type of zero gravity is putting the legs above the level of the heart. This position is generally utilized to help reduce swelling and assist with blood circulation within the legs. This same position can also be accomplished by lying on the sofa and propping your legs on top of a cushion. Nevertheless, a motorized recline system is a lot more convenient.
So there you have it, the mystery to zero gravity stimulation seating has been exposed. Numerous those who have tried these zero gravity seating say they enjoy this position. Other people have not been so impressed. It is definitely dependent on viewpoint in regards to what may be of help to you. Check out many of these latest zero gravity stimulation seating and discover what you believe.


Disney World Mission Space at Epcot will fulfill your fantasy of being an astronaut as you dodge meteors, navigate nebulae and slingshot around the moon.
Your journey to Mars begins at Planetary Plaza, where you’ll find inspirational quotes from pioneers of space travel.
From there, make your way to the Simulation Lab, which houses a 35-foot-tall gravity wheel like the kind NASA uses to simulate gravity in deep space. A genuine NASA Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), one of only 4 in existence, is also on display, on loan from the Smithsonian. Then pass by the Command Room, a glass bullpen where ISTC mission-control personnel are hard at work, manning their control panels.
Before you board, actor Gary Sinise briefs you as you prepare for your mission to Mars on the X-2 Deep Space Shuttle at the International Space Training Center (ISTC). Each member of your 4-cadet crew will assume an important role: navigator, pilot, commander or engineer. During your flight, each cadet will be instructed to initiate a mission-critical sequence, so be prepared!
Board your vessel, lower your harness and brace yourself for the incredible force of lift-off. Get goose bumps as you arc around the moon and then hold on tight as you attempt a precarious precision landing on the Red Planet’s alien surface.
Your crew is counting on you to do your part to ensure a successful mission and a safe trip back to Earth!
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It is important to note that there are very many people all across the globe who have the ambitions of becoming pilots. Becoming a pilot is not a very easy task. For instance, one cannot become a pilot if they do not have the right academic qualifications.Another very major hurdle before one can become a pilot is that a person is required to go through very many flying lessons. Knowing some things about the flying lessons is very important for the people who want to become pilots. This article seeks to shed some light on some of the knowledge about the flying lessons that people should be aware of.
One of the things about the flying lessons that people should know is that a lot of emphasis is laid on the need to undertake the flying lessons in the best flight schools.There are very many difficulties that people face while choosing the best flight school to carry out the flying lessons.There are some guidelines that people need to follow in the selection process of the best flight school to carry out the flying lessons.
For example, it is very important for people to carry out research on the best flight schools that are available in the market for people to undertake the flying lessons.There are very many platforms that could be used to carry out research on the best flight school.The internet is one of the platforms that could be used to carry out research on the best flight school. It is also very crucial that people ask for referrals on the best flight school that is offering the flying lessons.
It is important for people to be aware that another very important detail about the flying lessons is that they have very high costs. Flight schools that have flying lessons that are affordable are the best to choose. It is important that people adhere to high quality standards of training despite the cheap costs of flying lessons provided by some of the flight schools.
The best flying lessons are the lesson that are carried out under the guidance of an experienced pilot. It is critical that people choose those flight schools with very experienced pilots.
It is also important for people to undertake flying lessons now that are accredited by the relevant bodies. Flying lessons that are globally recognized are the best to choose. One of the gains of taking a course that is marketable is that a person is able easily get a job.It is very important for people to have this details.


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Biography for John Piccotti
John Piccotti was born in Amarillo, TX on December 2, 1965. He is a graduate of Capital High School in Boise, Idaho and attended military training for the U.S. Air Force at The University of Northern Colorado. He was the Detachment 090 Corps Commander, received the Professor of Aerospace Studies Excellence Award, and was named Distinguished Graduate (top 10%) from his Air Force training. He was selected as Departmental Scholar from the School of Business Administration and a member of The Golden Key National Honor Society.
His other notable achievements include: lead qualified Instructor Navigator 3,500 flight hours, Mission Commander for Hurricane Georges relief in Puerto Rico, forward deployed Airlift Director for Hurricane Mitch relief in Honduras, 374th Wing Airlift Director Pacific Air Forces, Air Advisor US Army Southern Command, Air Advisor Battle Command and Staff Training US Army Southern Command, Joint Services battle planner Yokota, AB Japan, three oversees tours, four rotations in The Persian Gulf, eleven deployments within hostile fire zones, three deployments to combat zones, graduate of Squadron Officer’s School, and Flight Commander of the most award winning flight in the 36th Airlift Squadron.
Awards and decorations: Meritorious Service Medal, four Aerial Achievement Medals, three Air Force Commendation Medals, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Combat Readiness Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Short Tour Ribbon, two Long Tour Ribbons, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Award, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, and the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. He earned an honorable discharge from the USAF upon the successful completion of his military service commitment, and then departed the USAF in June 2001 to embark on his next adventure.
In post military life he would continue to serve The United States and humanity.
He earned his Master’s degree with academic honors (Merit) from the Centre for Peace
and Conflict Studies at The University of Sydney, Australia in 2005. Since then he
has committed himself to the study of peace and conflict with emphasis on the current
War on Terror. His most recent accomplishment is the publication of his book, “The
Cooper Report: facing the real truth about September 11”. The book links the tragic
events of September 11 to the ambitions of Central European extremists and their
desire to gain position in world affairs opposite the United States. It is a brilliantly


Drones happen to be small aircraft that are not piloted by a person. They are also known as unmanned airborne vehicles (UAVs). These drones are very popular today, specifically amongst everyday people. They may be used for a number of purposes which include agriculture, search and relief, security, inspection, and surveying.
Drones are becoming more popular in newsrooms, especially in television set. Drones may cover a big area with the aid of high definition video cameras. Their video footage lends blog here a unique airish perspective to daily reports coverage.
In addition to being safer, drones can be less costly than reports helicopters. Whilst a heli-copter charter costs hundreds of dollars an hour, a drone may be rented just for a few hundred dollars.
The usa Air Force continues to be secretly tests unmanned aeroplanes. The FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION has not but set a rule for you to operate these types of drones. Nevertheless , they are bit by bit issuing enables to a few corporations.
Drones double by the navy to execute reconnaissance and attack ideal targets. They are often remotely operated by a laptop program.
Since the 9/11 scratches, the use of drones contains exploded. Drones are more affordable than news helicopters, plus they can voyage at lower heights. For their safety positive aspects, drones are now used for a wide range of civilian activities.
Drones are also a great tool designed for photographers. Drones can capture hazardous sites without jeopardizing human your life. As a result, they may be used to conduct scientific research in extreme climates.


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