There are approximately 8000 satellites orbiting the Earth at any given moment. The vast majority of these units contains state-of-the-art, high tech electronics and communications equipment. So when one of them stops working for any reason, it becomes an extremely expensive piece of space junk — nothing more. The solution to this expensive problem? Space-based repair robots, of course!
The Rise of the Space Robots — Seriously!
Naysayers Claim Large Hadron Collider Could Destroy the Earth
The European Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a billion-dollar supercollider designed to smash protons together in an attempt to uncover the origins of the universe, is nearing completion and should go online by the end of the summer. But the appearance of the $6 billion supercollider has fueled fears among doomsday theorists that the powerful subatomic explosions created by the installation could create a black hole that will swallow up the earth.
A Doomsday Scenario Meant For the Sci-Fi Books
Sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov might be musing in his grave with the most recent of stranger-than-fiction scenarios which have hit the popular consciousness in recent months. This has something to do with the possibility of a man-made black hole gobbling up Earth; yep – the possibility is legit, or the allegations concerning it, at least. Now that the Large Hadron Collider is almost operational, the concerns of two scientists are put to the test.
Pentagon Plans to Shoot Down Rouge Satellite
The U. S. military claims that it must shoot down a non-functional satellite over the course of the next several days to protect against the possibility of the satellite’s fuel tank leaking out into the atmosphere, and creating a toxic gas cloud. However, experts in the field of aircraft and space security are crying foul. Many experienced missile defense and space authorities are questioning the rationale for the proposed shoot down.
NASA Sends the Beatles into Space
When John Lennon wrote the classic Beatle’s song “Across the Universe,” he probably never dreamed that that is exactly where the Beatle’s classic would end up. On February 4, NASA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the very first space mission. In honor of the occasion, NASA used a huge networked array of antennas that normally scan the heavens for incoming signals from space to transmit a broadcast out into the cosmos.
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