SpaceX Delays Red Dragon Mission To Mars [feedly]

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SpaceX Delays Red Dragon Mission To Mars
// Aero-News Network

Lander Will Not Be Ready In 2018 As The Company Had Hoped SpaceX has pushed its planned launch of an unmanned probe to Mars two years into the future, according to SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=9aa964c7-dc3f-4d84-b38d-1eaa5ae440ab
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3D printing Martian habitats from the ground up [feedly]

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3D printing Martian habitats from the ground up
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine



Given the cost of transporting goods to Mars, the first human colonists of the Red Planet will need to pack lightly – but it's going to take a lot of equipment to get that settlement set up. Building habitats, tools and parts out of local resources on arrival would be an ideal solution, but Mars is a pretty barren place. So researchers from NASA and the University of Central Florida (UCF) are investigating how metals could be extracted from the Martian soil, refined, and used as "ink" to 3D print vital components.

.. Continue Reading 3D printing Martian habitats from the ground up http://newatlas.com/3d-printed-mars-habitat-extracted-metal/48017/

Category: 3D Printing

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Drone delivers anti-venom for Amazonian snakebites [feedly]

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Drone delivers anti-venom for Amazonian snakebites
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine



In the thick Amazonian rainforest, moving goods around is tough going. Remote communities in this part of the world often rely on boats and winding river networks to get things to people in need, one of which is anti-venom in the event of a snake bite. WeRobotics, a non-profit that seeks to deploy robotics for humanitarian causes, believes there may be a better way of doing things.

.. Continue Reading Drone delivers anti-venom for Amazonian snakebites http://newatlas.com/drone-anti-venom-amazon-snake/48029/

Category: Drones

Tags: Delivery dronesSnakes Related Articles: Rwanda's blood-delivering drones to service 20 hospitals this summer UPS seeks out Roomba-maker to help put delivery drones in the sky 7-Eleven deploys donut delivery drone Grasping drone brings new meaning to "armed aircraft" Cardboard delivery drone has a one-way ticket Watch the first drone-delivered pizza touch down in New Zealand
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Flight of the Blackbird: The how, what and why of the incredible SR-71 [feedly]

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Flight of the Blackbird: The how, what and why of the incredible SR-71
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine



Even though it was built at the height of the Cold War and hasn't flown in over 17 years, the SR-71 Blackbird still looks like it fell out of the future. The war plane with no weapons not only had the lines of a spaceship, it set the record fastest air-breathing manned aircraft in 1976 that remains unchallenged to this day. But what makes this incredible machine tick, and what was it like to fly this supersonic denizen of the edge of space? New Atlas jumps metaphorically into the cockpit to take a look.

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Category: Aircraft

Tags: Lockheed MartinAircraftHistoryUS Air Force Related Articles: SR-71 Blackbird pilot Brian Shul: My life at Mach 3.5 Unmanned helicopter and drone join forces in safer approach to fighting fire Pilot-optional helicopter and drones work together to fight fires and rescue "missing" person F-35A declared combat ready following first air-to-air kill Lockheed Martin unveils potential U-2 Successor First carrier landing kicks off two weeks of sea trials for F-35C http://newatlas.com/how-to-fly-sr-71-blackbird/46366/
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Brazil to retire its only aircraft carrier, Sao Paulo

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Brazil_to_retire_its_only_aircraft_carrier_Sao_Paulo_999.html

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New Boeing Satellite Will Increase Connectivity throughout Asia Pacific

http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2017-02-20-New-Boeing-Satellite-Will-Increase-Connectivity-throughout-Asia-Pacific

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UPS Tests Residential Delivery Via Drone Launched From Atop Package Car - Yahoo Finance

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ups-tests-residential-delivery-via-152500959.html

Air Cargo News

UPS Tests Residential Delivery Via Drone Launched From Atop Package Car Yahoo Finance Last year, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued small unmanned aircraft systems rules that allow for some commercial use of drones and paved the way for future expanded applications. UPS was one of 35 selected from a cross section of ... UPS experiments with drone delivery optionAir Cargo News

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Airbus faces turbulent future amid frenetic corporate reorganization - The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/european-business/airbus-faces-turbulent-future-amid-frenetic-corporate-reorganization/article34102575/

Airbus faces turbulent future amid frenetic corporate reorganization The Globe and Mail Airbus SE will draw a line under two decades of mergers and acquisitions deal-making and frenetic orders on Wednesday as it reports its first results since the European aerospace and defence group unified under its dominant plane making arm last month. FACTBOX-Airbus structure before and after reorgansiation - Times ...Times of India Airbus Group SE's (EAD) Buy Rating Reiterated at DZ Bank AGSports Perspectives Airbus Group SE (AIR) Receives €69.88 Average Price Target from ...Community Financial News

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F-35 Excels At Destroying Targets—If They Don’t Move

http://aviationweek.com/combat-aircraft/f-35-excels-destroying-targets-if-they-don-t-move

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ESA’s Mercury Exploration Mission Gears Up For 2018 Launch

http://aviationweek.com/awinspace/esa-s-mercury-exploration-mission-gears-2018-launch

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Absence of regulations casts shadow on China's booming UAV industry ... - Global Times

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1034050.shtml

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Absence of regulations casts shadow on China's booming UAV ... Global Times Chinese experts and media outlets have called for the implementation of clear regulations on China's drone industry, as recent incidents stemming from ... Drones are now being used to study bird songs - The VergeThe Verg

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Airbus - E-Thrust concept animation

http://www.airbusgroup.com/int/en/news-media/media~item=be674db0-2b69-42f6-946a-03cf3b0eef32~.html#gallery0

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NASA Selects New Technologies for Flight Tests for Future Space Exploration

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/features/nasa_selects_new_technologies.html

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Trump Eyes ‘Big Order’ of New F/A-18XT Super Hornets

The F/A-18XT is the designation for the Advanced Super Hornet, which is the Block III fighter jet concept for the Navy. https://www.dodbuzz.com/2017/02/17/trump-order-fa-18xt-super-hornets/

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Poland launches new tender for military choppers

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/poland-launches-tender-military-choppers-192425591.html

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SpaceX launches rocket from historic NASA pad

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. successfully launched a cargo capsule into orbit Sunday, for the first time using a historic Florida pad that sent the first astronauts to the Moon and served as home base for the space shuttle.

The trouble-free blastoff of an unmanned Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule, filled with supplies and experiments headed for the international space station, was the initial mission for entrepreneur Elon Musk’s company from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Continue reading... http://www.marketwatch.com/story/spacex-launches-rocket-from-historic-nasa-pad-2017-02-19

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