Space-grown lettuce to give astronauts a more varied diet

Posted by: assetpharmacy April 5, 2020
The Veggie system will allow astronauts to securely grow fresh, healthy greens and fresh food Experiencing weightlessness, looking back at the Earth as a pale blue dot and the adrenaline rush of being moved into orbit at 20,000 miles per hour: life as an astronaut has different special tourist attractions....
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Algae Caviar, Anyone? What We’ll Eat on the Journey to Mars

Posted by: assetpharmacy March 5, 2020
Related Stories The 12 Greatest Challenges for Space Exploration Chew on This Matt Simon It’s Time to Rethink Who’s Best Suited for Space Travel Even in the near term, this is not a frivolous concern. A one-way trip to Mars will take about nine months, which is a long time...
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The New Arms Race Threatening to Explode in Space

Posted by: assetpharmacy July 16, 2018
But if space is indeed becoming a war-­fighting domain, it’s important to understand the stakes, not just for America’s strategic standing but for the species. A Russo-Sino-American space war could very well end with a crippled global economy, inoperable infrastructure, and a planet shrouded by the orbiting fragments of pulverized...
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Meet the man who lent Stephen Hawking his voice

Posted by: assetpharmacy March 20, 2018
A voice and a male who will be missed out on. Image: Karwai Tang/Getty Images Stephen Hawking’s computer-generated voice is so renowned that it’s trademarked — The filmmakers behind The Theory of Everything needed to get Hawking’s individual consent to utilize the voice in his biopic. But that voice has...
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