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December 09, 2015

New US space mining law to spark interplanetary gold rush
New York (AFP) Dec 8, 2015
Flashing some interplanetary gold bling and sipping "space water" might sound far-fetched, but both could soon be reality, thanks to a new US law that legalizes cosmic mining. In a first, President Barack Obama signed legislation at the end of November that allows commercial extraction of minerals and other materials, including water, from asteroids and the moon. That could kick off an extraterrestrial gold rush, backed by a private aeronautics industry that is growing quickly and cutting the pr ... read more

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Alternative stellar lifestyle: Common, curious, solved at last Starting around 1950, a series of advances formed a clear and accepted picture of how individual stars are born, evolve and die. As they age, the changing patterns of color, light output, size and l ... more		CTA Prototype Telescope Achieves "First Light" On 26 November 2015, a prototype telescope proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array, the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), recorded CTA's first ever Cherenkov light while undergoing testing at ... more		North Korea declares nuclear statehood 'permanently enshrined' ArianeGroup to develop next-generation M51.4 missile for French nuclear deterrent Comtech modem earns first sovereign certification for SES O3b mPOWER network		New Visualization of Space Environment at Pluto This video shows a simulation of the space environment all the way out to Pluto in the months surrounding New Horizons' July 2015 flyby. At the time, scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight ... more
				US Air Force General Blasts Raytheon's 'Disaster' GPS Control System While defense giant Raytheon has been developing a state-of-the-art ground control system for the Pentagon's GPS satellites, a top commander has called the company's effort "a disaster," raising ser ... more		First light from LAXPC instrument onboard ASTROSAT ASTROSAT is India's first dedicated science space mission which was launched on 28 September 2015. The Large Area X-ray Propositional Counter (LAXPC), designed and developed at TIFR, Mumbai, is one ... more

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UW roboticists learn to teach robots from babies Babies learn about the world by exploring how their bodies move in space, grabbing toys, pushing things off tables and by watching and imitating what adults are doing. But when roboticists want to t ... more		A quantum spin on molecular computers If quantum computers existed, they would revolutionize computing as we know it. Based on fundamental properties of matter, the potential power of these theoretical workhorses would solve problems in ... more		Storing electricity in paper Researchers at Linkoping University's Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Sweden, have developed power paper - a new material with an outstanding ability to store energy. The material consists of nan ... more		Electric planes aim to soar high for cleaner aviation sector Ultra-light, fast and cheap: more than a century after the Wright brothers flew the world's first powered aircraft, a small Slovenian company now hopes to revolutionise the aviation industry with its award-winning electric planes. ... more

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