At the end of 2021, Elon Musk announced that the companySpaceX is at risk of bankruptcy due to problems developing the Starship spacecraft. In many ways, the operation of this apparatus depends on the Raptor rocket engines, but there has been no noticeable progress in their production for a long time. To speed up the process, the entrepreneur refused to leave and, apparently, a loud “kick” from the managementContinue Reading
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Problems with the development of the Starship could lead to the bankruptcy of SpaceX
In a new corporate letter, Elon Musk announced,that problems with the production of rocket engines for the Starship spacecraft could lead to the bankruptcy of SpaceX. He wanted to take a little holiday for Thanksgiving (November 25), but was forced to abandon his plans and come to the production line to personally help the workers. According to him, to get out ofContinue Reading
Chinese space junk cleaner successfully disposes of an old satellite
Some artificial satellites of our planetare in geostationary orbit, which is located directly above the equator. Flying in this orbit, satellites revolve around the Earth at the same speed with which it rotates around its axis. Thus, for an observer from below, the satellites seem to be constantly in one place - at most, they can oscillate a little to the sides. RecentlyContinue Reading
SpaceX has lost 40 Starlink satellites. Why is it not as bad as it seems?
SpaceX regularly brings to the near-Earthorbit Internet satellites Starlink. Usually, within one batch there are up to 60 devices to provide Internet to residents of remote regions of our planet. One of the fresh batches, including 49 satellites, was sent into low Earth orbit on February 3, 2022. As it turned out, most of them were lost by the company due to a magnetic storm that aroseContinue Reading
5 most powerful tanks in the world, which are in service with many countries
The very first tank in the world was developed in 1916year by the British company William Foster & Co. It was called Mark I and was used during the First World War. The combat vehicle had a diamond shape, which made it possible to overcome even the widest trenches. Due to the fact that the design was very high, the weapons were not mounted on top, but on the sides.Continue Reading
Street lighting with luminous trees - is it real?
American scientists from MassachusettsThe Institute of Technology has been trying for years to grow trees that emit bright light. It is assumed that in the future luminous plants will appear on the streets of cities and will be used as a replacement for street lamps. Thanks to this approach, it will be possible to save a large amount of electricity, for which nature will obviously be very grateful to us, because the current power plants are veryContinue Reading
Pigs raised for organ donation in Germany
Recently, American scientists have reached a newtops in the field of medicine - they successfully transplanted the heart of a pig into a human body. The owner of the pig's heart was 57-year-old David Bennett, who suffered from an incurable disease. Until 2022, such an operation was impossible, because due to certain genes, human immunity recognized the animal's organ as a foreign object and destroyed it. OperationContinue Reading
Suborbital flight on Starship will cost almost as much as a plane ticket
SpaceX's Starship being built by ElonThe mask for space missions, and in particular for flights to Mars, will be able, as it turned out, to carry out suborbital flights within our planet. And, interestingly, a ticket for such a flight will cost about the same as seats on an airplane. But the flight itself will be much faster. Use Starship for transportationContinue Reading
The International Space Station will be sunk in 2031. What will happen next?
Today, a lot of space news is related toInternational space station. If earlier most of them reported the successful conduct of an experiment, now they most often talk about malfunctions. So, relatively recently, the station almost ran into space debris - the situation was so serious that the crew had to hide in the Soyuz and Crew Dragon spacecraft. international spaceContinue Reading
Who invented QR codes and how do they work?
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, in some citiesto get to a cafe, cinema, shopping center or other public institution, you can only show your QR code. When a security guard scans it with a smartphone, information about the vaccination status appears on the screen - if a person has been vaccinated, it means that he is relatively safe for others. Many people have encountered QR codes only in 2020Continue Reading