The SLS: Too Expensive for Exploration?
Read Special Report “The SLS: too expensive for exploration?” by our
John Strickland at
https://lifeboat.com/ex/the.sls.too.exp...loration
Many members of the space community have spoken out strongly against
NASA’s plans to develop the Space Launch System (SLS), disparagingly
called the “Senate Launch System” by some and the “Franken-Rocket” by
others. It should be noted for fairness that, to a large degree, this
wrong design has been forced on NASA by a Congress bent on keeping
current space jobs in their current locations.
TAFFD’s Gen4IR Summit Update II
TAFFD’s Gen4IR Summit will be held August 16–17 in Sun City, South
Africa.
Our José Luis Cordeiro, Aubrey de Grey, Edward Hudgins, Pius Adewale
Owolawi, Kgomotsego Brenda Ramokopelwa, Sarita Sharma, Rohit Talwar, and
Natasha Vita-More will be speaking/participating. This summit is devoted
to accelerating our Singularity future for development in Africa.
Learn more at https://gen4ir.org
Blog
Recent interesting blog posts include:
“A new cosmic dawn: The Webb Telescope’s first color images are arriving
soon” by Atanas Atanasov at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/a-new...ing-soon
“After 404 Days on Mars, Perseverance Has Finally Spotted Its Parachute”
by Alberto Lao at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/after...arachute
“Artificial cell membrane channels composed of DNA can be opened and
locked with a key” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/artif...th-a-key
“Cheap gel film pulls buckets of drinking water per day from thin air”
by Michael Taylor at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/cheap...thin-air
“Compound From Cardamom Spice Can Kill Aggressive Triple-Negative Breast
Cancer Cells” by Kelvin Dafiaghor at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/compo...er-cells
“Could an Atlas of the Brain’s Genome Solve Neuropsychiatric Disorders?”
by Dan Breeden at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/could...isorders
“Dr. George Church—Gene Therapy and Aging” by Montie Adkins at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/dr-ge...nd-aging
“Explainer: How ‘Common Prosperity’ is Changing China” by Chima Wisdom
at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/expla...ng-china
“Extraterrestrial photosynthesis” by Brent Ellman at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/extra...ynthesis
“Far-UVC light zaps airborne pathogens in realistic conditions” by Dan
Kummer at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/far-u...nditions
“First Human Trial of Experimental Cancer-Killing Virus Underway” by
Shane Hinshaw at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/first...underway
“Future pandemic risks are increasing” by Future Timeline at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/futur...creasing
“The Ideal Qubit? Future Quantum Computers Could Crunch Data With Single
Electrons on Neon Ice” by Dan Breeden at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/the-i...neon-ice
“Imec Presents Sub-1nm Process and Transistor Roadmap Until 2036: From
Nanometers to the Angstrom Era” by Jamal Simpson at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/imec-...trom-era
“In 30 years, people will be able to leave their bodies and move their
minds ‘to the cloud’” by Paul Battista at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/in-30...he-cloud
“Inside the space hotel scheduled to open in 2025” by Genevieve Klien at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/insid...-in-2025
“Is Solar Energy from Outer Space in Our Future? — Part One: Building a
Geosynchronous Solar Power Plant” by Len Rosen at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/is-so...er-plant
“Jeff Bezos Wants Manufacturing to Move Off Planet and NASA is Exploring
the Possibilities” by Len Rosen at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/jeff-...bilities
“Kathryn Coulter Mitchell — R&D For US Security & Resilience — Science
& Technology Directorate — DHS” by Ira S. Pastor at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/kathr...rate-dhs
“Lasers reveal ‘lost’ pre-Hispanic civilization deep in the Amazon” by
Genevieve Klien at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/laser...e-amazon
“Memory Is Formed Through Rewiring of Global Network Among Pre-existing
Local Neuronal Ensembles” by Dan Kummer at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/memor...nsembles
“NASA chooses two companies to build spacesuits for its 21st century
Moonwalkers” by Eric Klien at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/nasa-...nwalkers
“NASA is about to broadcast a message to the universe. Should they?” by
Chima Wisdom at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/nasa-...uld-they
“New method allows robot vision to identify occluded objects” by Saúl
Morales Rodriguéz at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/new-m...-objects
“‘No idea’ passenger lands Florida plane as pilot falls ill” by Muhammad
Furqan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/no-id...alls-ill
“Quantifying Biological Age: Blood Test #3 in 2022” by Mike Lustgarten
at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/quant...-in-2022
“Scientists engineer a bacteria to produce a drug used to treat
Parkinson’s disease” by Gemechu Taye at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/scien...-disease
“Scientists make further inroads into reversing ageing process of cells”
by Dan Kummer at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/scien...of-cells
“Scientists Reverse Aging in Skin up to 40 Years! (May 2022 Science
Update)” by Jeff Myers at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/scien...e-update
“Smart roof coating uses physics trick to warm or cool the house,
depending on the season” by Shane Hinshaw at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/smart...e-season
“Solar cell keeps working long after sun sets” by Chima Wisdom at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/solar...sun-sets
“Stephen Hawking’s final book suggests time travel may one day be
possible — here’s what to make of it” by Dan Breeden at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/steph...ke-of-it
“The Stunning New ‘Air Yacht’ Is a Catamaran That Floats to the Skies”
by Gemechu Taye at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/the-s...he-skies
“The Sun was eerily quiet for 70 years. A nearby star could explain why”
by Alberto Lao at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/the-s...lain-why
“These stingless bees make medicinal honey. Some call it a ‘miracle
liquid.’” by Genevieve Klien at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/these...e-liquid
“Time” by Melvin Louis at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/time
“Transfusion of brain fluid from young mice is a memory-elevating elixir
for old animals” by Paul Battista at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/trans...-animals
“UMN research shows people can control robotic arm with their minds” by
Omuterema Akhahenda at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/umn-r...ir-minds
“United Kingdom Declares Octopuses, Squids Are Sentient Beings” by Quinn
Sena at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/unite...t-beings
“US Navy shoots down drone with electric-powered laser in historic
first” by Kelvin Dafiaghor at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/us-na...ic-first
“Voyager 1 Space Probe Is Suddenly Sending NASA Wacky Data” by Melvin
Louis at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/voyag...cky-data
“World’s smallest remote-controlled walking robot” by Future Timeline at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/world...ng-robot
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