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Drone-launching underwater drone hitches a ride on ship and sub hulls
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Velocitor X-1 eVTOL could be beating the traffic in just a year
Starlink smasher? China claims world's best high-powered microwave weapon
Wood scraps turn 'useless' desert sand into concrete
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China's CATL 5C Battery Breakthrough will Make Most Combustion Engine Vehicles OBSOLETE
Transportation
The Crown has claimed regulatory control of every means of conveyance, stifling the free travel of individuals and their property. This is an intolerable act. Superior transportation technologies already exist, but are suppressed by regulations.
This Quirky Vespa-Inspired Electric Scooter Is Missing A Wheel
Scootin' just got funkier.
Rocket Lab Launches 13 Cubesats on 1st Mission for NASA
Rocket Lab's ramp-up is going well so far.
The spaceflight startup launched 13 tiny satellites on its first-ever mission for NASA early this morning (Dec. 16), just a month after acing its first commercial flight.
With Virgin Galactic's Latest Flight, Has Space Tourism Finally Arrived?
Though more test flights remain, the company looks on track to carry its first paying customers into suborbital space in 2019.
Russian firm wants to build electric Mustang with 840 hp and all-wheel drive
Called the Aviar R67, it's designed to look like a 1967 Fastback
Virgin Galactic aims to reach space with tourism rocket
MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) -- Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is preparing to take the long-awaited step of trying to fly its tourism rocket ship to the edge of space.
Virgin Galactic to Attempt Flight to Space This Week
Virgin Galactic plans to perform the next test flight of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane as soon as Dec. 13, a flight that could be the first by the vehicle to reach at least one definition of space.
China's Chang'e 4 Spacecraft Enters Lunar Orbit Ahead of 1st-Ever Far Side Landing
China's Chang'e 4 lander and rover spacecraft successfully entered lunar orbit Wednesday (Dec. 12) following a four-and-a-half-day flight to the moon.
Tesla Could Unveil Electric Pickup Truck Next Year
Unveiling maybe in 2019, production perhaps in 2020?
Elon Musk responded to a Twitter follower regarding a question on when the Tesla pickup truck will go on sale.
Oil Analyst Makes Case for Electric Cars and Picks Copper as Way to Play Battery Future
Marin Katusa of Katusa Research is an oil and uranium analyst. He gave his take last year on oil and uranium prices. Oil will remain range bound and Uranium prices will recover but in 2 to 5 years from last year. This means in 2020 to 2023.
Elon Using X-Plane Hot Structures Trick and SpaceX Skunkworks Will Make it Work
Elon Musk could use metal hot structures for rocket re-entry.
SpaceX Will Have New Year Photos of the New Starship That Will Fly Late in 2019
The SpaceX Super Heavy Starship will be completely reusable. The top stage is called the Starship. The combined first and second stage will be a bit taller than the Apollo rockets.
Tesla Will Soon Be Able to Self-Drive from Home to Work and Obey Traffic Lights
Tesla's self-driving autopilot is already testing driving with traffic lights, stop signs and roundabouts. Your Tesla will soon be able to go from your garage at home to parking at work with no driver input at all.
SpaceX Will Have New Year Photos of the New Starship That Will Fly Late in 2019
The SpaceX Super Heavy Starship will be completely reusable. The top stage is called the Starship. The combined first and second stage will be a bit taller than the Apollo rockets.
China launches pioneering mission to far side of moon
China launched a ground-breaking mission Saturday to land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a space power to rival Russia, the European Union and the U.S.
Simulated One Gravity Living on the Moon and Mars With a Supertrain
The moon has one-sixth the Earth's gravity and Mars gravity is 38%. There will be negative health impacts for people to live for extended periods at lower gravity. In space stations, we can spin the station to get the desired gravity.
Twenty Month Payback for Tesla 100-MW Utility Scale Battery Storage System
Australia has determined that Tesla 100MW battery system saved $40 million and the system had cost only $66 million. This is a 20-month payback on the investment.
More Audible Sounds from InSight's Seismometer on Mars
More Audible Sounds from InSight's Seismometer on Mars
China Preps for Launch of Historic Mission to Moon's Far Side on Friday
China is getting set to launch the first-ever surface mission to the moon's far side.
CHINA GOING TO DARK SIDE OF THE MOON IN MYSTERIOUS MISSION
China is heading to the dark side of the Moon, in a journey no spacecraft has ever made before.
Waymo One, the first commercial robotaxi service, is now picking up passengers in Arizona
Robot cars are now officially a real business. Waymo on Wednesday launched a commercial robot ride-hailing service in Arizona called Waymo One.
Hankook rolls out Hexonic and Aeroflex concept tires at Essen
We're suckers for good concept tires here at New Atlas, and it seems there's no shortage of ideas each year for what the future might look like where the rubber hits the road. These two Hankook concepts come to us from the Essen Motor Show, and they
Tesla Model Y Will Have Three Rows of Seats by End of 2020
Leaked documents show Tesla plans to build small Model Y SUV at Gigafactory 1 by the end of 2020 and another production line in the China Gigafactory a few months later. It will have a third-row seat. The timeline is outdated. It seems that the actua
Water-stabilized hydrogen fuel promises twice the range of gasoline at half the price
with zero tailpipe emissions...Israeli-Australian company Electriq Global's new technology stabilizes hydrogen in a recyclable liquid that can be pumped and transported just like gasoline. That's huge news, because it enables long-range electric dri
Let's Get Our Skies Ready for Flying Cars
Peter Thiel summed up a wide-felt disappointment with the technological status quo when he quipped: "We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters." The famed investor should buck up, because he may soon be able to tweet (or not) from his taxi
How Wireless Charging For Electric Vehicles Will Solve Range Anxiety
Solving car charging problems
SpaceX launched 64 satellites in record-breaking mission
Elon Musk's company launched a rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Monday after a series of delays triggered by bad weather and last-minute inspections for the rocket. It marked one of the largest satellite ride-sharing missions ev
Equipment for Moon Mining Operations are Being Developed
The technology needed for mining water ice on the moon and converting it into fuel is pretty straight forward. Various groups are already making the actual needed hardware.
SpaceX StarLink Pushes the Limits of Technology for Faster Communication – Carnival of Space 588
The Carnival of Space 588 is up at Cosmoquest.
While You Weren't Looking, Engineers Combined a Plane and a Blimp to Make a Plimp Airship
What happens when you cross a blimp with a plane, and give it a few helicopter features? A lighter-than-air plimp-hybrid airship is born, according to a Seattle-based company looking for investors.
10 ELECTRIC CARS FOR 2019 and BEYOND
Are electric cars still the wave of the future? Car makers seem to think so, from retro to futuristic, electric cars are coming out in droves. Here is our list of 10 Electric cars for 2019 and beyond.
Reverse Engineering SpaceX - 21st Annual International Mars Society Convention
From the 21st Annual International Mars Society Convention, held at the Pasadena Convention Center in Southern California from Aug 23-26, 2018.
Rivian R1T Up-Close And In-Depth: Everything You Need To Know
You wanted a closer look at the details of the Rivian R1T electric pickup truck … well here you have it.
This is Elon Musk's key to Tesla's future
Elon Musk's Gigafactory is arguably the most important thing that Tesla makes. The 1.9 million-square-foot factory in Sparks, Nevada, is only 30 percent complete, but it's already on track to make 60 percent of the world's lithium ion batteries
LinkSure is building a satellite network to provide global internet access for free
It's easy to take web access for granted, but in many regions getting online isn't as simple as just opening up a browser window.
Moon Direct SpaceX Falcon Heavy Plan is 6 Years Faster and 50 times Cheaper than NASA
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says the U.S. is within 10 years of having a continuous manned presence on the moon, which will lay the groundwork for expanding space exploration to Mars. A Moon Direct plan (created by Robert Zubrin) could get con
Record-breaking atomic clocks precise enough to measure spacetime distortions
Time might feel like something we've got a pretty good handle on, but scientists are trying to find new ways to measure it ever more accurately.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule to take test flight on January 7, 2019
Elon Musk's SpaceX company has made rocket launches essential viewing, with a regular stream of dramatic successes and unfortunate failures.
SpaceX Will Launch 64 Satellites Tomorrow
https://www.wired.com/story/spacexs-next-launch-will-spark-a-space-internet-showdown/
FCC Authorizes SpaceX to Launch 7,000+ Satellites
Well, this is it. We're now one step closer to Elon Musk taking over the universe.
NASA's InSight landed on Mars!
NASA's InSight mission successfully landed on Elysium Planitia, Mars, on 26 November 2018, at around 19:54 UTC (12:54 PST, 15:54 EST). The InSight lander, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a
The $70,000 electric pickup truck that can do 0-60mph in THREE seconds:
Rivian R1T takes aim at Tesla - R1T pickup will debut in Los Angeles, in the fall of 2020. Rivian's truck will have a range of up to about 400 miles. Prices start at just under $70,000 before federal tax credits
The Next Fifteen Years With SpaceX, Mars and Space
The success of SpaceX Falcon Heavy on its first launch was not just luck. Although this will be confirmed in 2019 and 2020 based upon what happens with about five planned Falcon Heavy launches.
Lockheed Martin Is Now Building NASA's Quiet Supersonic Jet
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works team has officially started making the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) plane, which could take to the skies in the next several years.
A new generation of flight:
Revolutionary Star-trek inspired 'ion propulsion' plane engine with no moving parts is unveiled by MIT researchers (and it actually flies)
Virgin Orbit's "flying launchpad" completes first captive carry flight
Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl took to the skies over Southern California on November 18, 2018 carrying a 70-ft-long (21-m) rocket for the first time. The specially modified 747-400 "flying launchpad" with the LauncherOne small-satellite booster under it
Nanotube film enabling ten times higher energy lithium metal batteries
Thin nanotube films effectively stop dendrites that grow naturally from unprotected lithium metal anodes in batteries.
SpaceX going all in to launch unmanned BFR to Mars by 2022
All SpaceX rocket development decisions are to accelerate the earliest completion of the SpaceX BFR.
Odysseus solar-powered, ultra-long endurance, autonomous aircraft readied for maiden flight
After a decade of development Aurora Flight Sciences has finally unveiled Odysseus, its full-scale, solar-powered, autonomous aircraft designed to stay in the air for months at a time.
Fusion breakthrough as China's "artificial sun" reaches 100 million degrees
The day of clean, limitless energy from nuclear fusion has taken another step closer thanks to China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST).
Boring Machine reaches other side of LA tunnel
Elon Musk announced that the Boring Company completed the LA/Hawthorne tunnel. The tunneling machine broke through to the other side.