FILE – In this May 9, 2017, file photo, signs are posted by the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Wash. By conducting some of the most high-tech research in the world, maintaining the U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons and cleaning up after decades of bomb-making, the Department of Energy has […]
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WASHINGTON — Building a new mobile launch platform for later Space Launch System missions could cost NASA $300 million but allow for more frequent launches, agency officials said. Bill Hill, NASA deputy associate administrator for exploration systems development, discussed the tradeoffs regarding building a new mobile launcher during a Nov. […]
Photo credit: Amazon More From Popular Mechanics Amazon has been granted a patent on self-destructing drones. Or, if you want to use the more technical term, “directed fragmentation of an unmanned aerial vehicle.” Spotted by The Verge, the patent describes what could happen if an Amazon package drone were to […]
North Korea is accelerating the programme as tensions on the peninsula continue to spiral towards all-out war. 38 North, a Washington-based North Korea watchdog, has analysed three photographs taken lat month of a key shipyard. They said the images appear to show the programme “advancing” at the Nampo Navy Shipyard […]
This artist’s depiction imagines what Voyager 1 looked like when crossing into interstellar space. NASA/JPL-Caltech Way out in interstellar space, humanity’s most distant messenger wanders through the universe. NASA’s Voyager 1 launched way back in 1977, but it’s still in touch with Earth. To help keep it in contact, NASA […]
ThinkGeek is selling the SNES Classic using a random drawing, because first-come-first-serve is still not great. Sarah Tew/CNET Even though Nintendo has been making efforts to beef up the supply of their popular Super NES Classic, buying one is still anything but easy. The vintage-themed system seems to sell out […]
Welcome, once again, to the world. The balls have been cracked, the teams grouped off, the dates and venues parcelled out. After a glossy, agreeably fast-paced draw ceremony on the lighted stage of the Kremlin, Russia 2018 is go, the 21st Fifa World Cup officially a lockdown. The draw itself […]
Captain Picard’s strange vacation inspired this Star Trek-themed beer. Shmaltz Brewing Company A beer themed after Captain Picard’s ill-fated attempt to take a vacation on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” is getting a nationwide release in the US. Captain’s Holiday, an ale from the Shmaltz Brewing Company, takes its theme […]