On Tuesday, SpaceX - the rocket and spacecraft company founded by Elon Musk - announced a new billion dollar round of funding. Google, one of the two investors in this round has a major vested interest in the low-cost space flight that SpaceX offers to the like of NASA. The funding round was announces in [...]
Naming Exoplanets Naming a star is a cool gift for some. Perhaps you "bought" a star for your kid or even to impress a girlfriend. But there are billions of stars in the galaxy and once you receive the certificate in the mail, are you really going to see your star again? ArsTechnica is reporting [...]
3D Printing Mars This may seem like the stuff a good science fiction movie is made of but it's not. 3D Printing has come a long way. Starting out as machined you would only find in shops, 3D Printers have shrunk in size and price thanks to companies like Makerbot. While 3D printing continues to [...]
