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DARPA is focusing on space as a the new great battlefront

April 10, 2018 -

Posted by David Williams

(Natural News) After many years of mainly Earth-bound inventions and innovations, could it finally be time for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to set its sights elsewhere, particularly space? Regardless of whether you think it’s a worthy exercise or not, the agency itself appears to have found clear reasons to engage the endeavor. […]

in: Science, Space Exploration

Video game orbital lasers come to life: Chinese engineers propose to zap space debris out of orbit with giant lasers

January 19, 2018 -

Posted by Frances Bloomfield

(Natural News) After decades of sending rockets and satellites into space, low Earth orbit has since become polluted with all manner of orbital debris. Also known as space junk, it’s believed that there are well over 170 million pieces of orbital debris circling the earth, all of which are fragments of missions onto space. Currently, […]

in: China, Science, Science & Tech, Space, Technology

New spacesuit could save astronaut lives with a “take me home” button could be ready in 5 years, making space walks safer

December 27, 2017 -

Posted by Rita Winters

(Natural News) One of the benefits of being an astronaut is that you get to “walk” in space. Free from the tethers of gravity and terrain, astronauts get to explore weightlessness with the best possible view of our planet and the solar system. If you’ve watched the 2013 movie, “Gravity,” a spacewalk is one of […]

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