How data science and rocket science will get humans to Mars
In a recent op-ed to CNN, President Obama re-affirmed America’s commitment to sending a manned mission to Mars. Think your data science challenges are too complicated? Imagine the difficulties involved in mining data to understand the health impacts of an expedition to Mars. What happens to astronauts’ muscle tone or lung capacities after several years in space? How much weight can they safely lose? How much CO2 should be in the crew vehicle? How many sensors are needed to calculate joint fl..>> view originalTrump pick tips climate-change anxiety into full-blown panic
People laughed in 2005 when a little-known energy-industry advocate with a BA in philosophy and an MSc in political science rounded on the UK’s chief scientist, David King, calling him “an alarmist with ridiculous views who knows nothing about climate change”. They’re not laughing now. The man in question, Myron Ebell, has been named by President-Elect Donald Trump to head his transition team at the US Environmental Protection Agency. The fox has been handed the keys of the ecological henhouse..>> view originalStephen Hawking says we need to colonize other planets, or we die
Qarla Diokno November 20, 2016 Stephen Hawking warns: we have at least a thousand years to find a new home, or we die. Mars maybe? Humanity has about a thousand years left on Earth, that is at least according to renowned and award-winning British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. He believes that we, as a species, must start working on projects that will allow us to build new colonies on other planets–or else, we’ll all die on the face of the Earth. During a talk at the Oxford ..>> view originalPowerful Next-Gen Weather Satellite Launches to Begin Forecasting 'Revolution'
A powerful new satellite that will give forecasters their best-ever looks at storms and other severe weather has taken to the skies. The GOES-R weather satellite lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station today (Nov. 19) at 6:42 p.m. EST (2342 GMT), riding a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to orbit. The spectacular launch, which lit up the Florida evening sky, occurred about one hour later than planned due to issues with the rocket and launch range that were swift..>> view originalMyanmar health authorities struggle to prepare for Zika outbreak
YANGON Myanmar is largely unprepared for an outbreak of Zika, experts say, with the health ministry slashing anti-virus measures due to lack of funds, overworked doctors skipping check-ups and pregnant women saying they are in the dark about the dangers.Zika has spread to some 60 countries and territories since the current outbreak was identified last year in Brazil, raising alarm over the rare birth defect microcephaly, as well as other neurological disorders it can cause in infants and adult..>> view originalWhale sighting near George Washington Bridge is second in 2 days
A whale was spotted in the Hudson River, near the George Washington Bridge on Friday, according to police. The Westchester County Police Department said its marine unit followed the humpback whale from the Westchester County-area of the river to the bridge. A police boat provided security around the mammal on its river swim. Another police boat, from the Palisades Interstate Parkway department, also reported seeing the whale near the bridge around 1:45 p.m., the agency said on Twitter. Boaters..>> view originalRussian Soyuz brings crew of 3 to space station
Two days after launch from Kazakhstan, a Russian Soyuz ferry ship glided to a smooth docking with the International Space Station Saturday, bringing a veteran cosmonaut, a Frenchman making his first flight and NASA’s most experienced female astronaut to the lab complex.With commander Oleg Novitskiy at the controls, flanked on the left by European Space Agency flight engineer Thomas Pesquet and on the right by NASA’s Peggy Whitson, the Soyuz MS-03/49S spacecraft moved in for a docking at the Eart..>> view original
Monday, November 28, 2016
How data science and rocket science will get humans to Mars and other top stories.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment