The rise and fall of rocket mail
As you read this, countless cards, letters and packages are en route to delivery destinations across the globe. We rarely think about the logistics involved in international mail crossing land and sea, country borders and continents, because we don'
Blue Origin to make 10th flight test of space tourist rocket
Blue Origin, the rocket company headed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is poised to launch the 10th test flight of its unmanned New Shepard rocket on Wednesday as it competes with Virgin Galactic to become the first to carry tourists on brief visits to
Amazon Begins Testing Delivery Robots
Prepare for Johnny 5 Amazon Scout.
On Wednesday, Amazon.com said its autonomous delivery robot, Amazon Scout, will begin delivering packages to a neighborhood in Snohomish County, Washington. The device, a prototype for a robotic delivery service so
Chang'e 4 Lunar Landing In Detail
I took the best video from an official source, then corrected it for real time, interpolated frames to smooth it using butterflow. Then using the high quality video I try to map through all the features we see to provide an idea of how large the crat
Could SpaceX's BFR replace traditional airliners?
With SpaceX announcing the BFR's first official mission to the moon, the possibility of Earth to Earth travel seems a little bit closer. In this video, we look at what needs to be done before Earth to Earth rocket travel can replace the traditional a
How Fusion Propulsion Will Work
Fusion reactions release an enormous amount of energy, which is why researchers are devising ways to harness that energy into a propulsion system.
How Antimatter Spacecraft Will Work
NASA is possibly only a few decades away from developing an antimatter spacecraft that would cut fuel costs to a fraction of what they are today.
Cadillac to lead GM's electrification efforts.
General Motors announced today that Cadillac will be GM's lead electric vehicle brand. The company is currently developing an all-new EV platform, which at first will be utilized in an upcoming all-electric Cadillac.
Tesla's Secret Weapon: Intense Focus On Batteries
INSIDE TESLA'S SECRET, INTENSE FOCUS ON BATTERIES
By now, regular readers of this column are well aware that we (along with most other writers who focus on electric vehicles) consider the threat of the "Tesla killer" to be no threat at all.
The Battery Revolution. End of Gasoline?
Representing the battery breakthrough that is ready to commercialize and promises much more battery capacity for our smartphones and electric vehicles and extremely fast charging. So, the price of electric vehicles will be very close and even lower t