(Photo Credit: The Cradle) By Anis Raiss, Published by The Cradle, 14 August 2024 Israel’s once-vaunted Iron Dome defense system, now marred by technical failures and health scandals, reveals a crumbling illusion of invulnerability that cannot protect against large-scale, sophisticated missile salvos from the Resistance Axis. The Iron Dome, touted
By Julian Ambrose, Published by The Guardian, 13 August 2024 BP hopes deal will help develop earth technologies such as robotics and clean energy BP’s technology could one day be used to drill on Mars or the moon after it struck a deal with US space agency Nasa. Under the terms of
Image: Physicians for Safe Technology By Katherine Kheel,Posted 5 August 2024 For decades the wireless industry and US government have set and maintained safety standards for Radiofrequency Microwave Radiation (RF/MWR) that are not protective of human health or wildlife. The reason for these "guidelines" hearkens back to the military as
Starship flies off the launch pad during IFT-3. (Source: Elon Musk /Twitter (X)) By Keith Cooper, Published by Space.com, 10 July 2024 Elon Musk's SpaceX hopes to launch up to 44 flights of Starship each year. SpaceX's plans to launch its Starship–Super Heavy two-stage rocket 44 times per year from
DARC technical demonstrator in White Sands, New Mexico By Aled Scourfield, Published by the BBC, 27 June 2024 Campaigners against plans to build space radar dishes overlooking the UK's only coastal national park have challenged local general election candidates to say whether they support the plan or not. The Ministry
(Image: NASA/Neil A. Armstrong) By Becky Ferreira, Published by Wired, 26 June 2024 If humans are to return to the moon, space agencies and governments need to figure out the legal, ethical, and practical dimensions of extraterrestrial waste management. Everybody poops, including astronauts. In fact, the first picture Neil Armstrong
The International Space Station jettisons a 2.9-ton pallet carrying used batteries on March 11, 2021. This photo was posted on Twitter by NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins. (Image credit: NASA/Mike Hopkins via Twitter) By Josh Dinner, Published by Space.com, 24 June 2024 The falling space junk crashed through two floors of their
By Anthony Cuthbertson, Published by The Independent, 18 June 2024 Human missions to Mars could be at risk after new research revealed that long-duration space travel can impact the structure of astronauts’ kidneys. Samples from more than 40 space missions involving humans and mice revealed that kidneys are remodelled by the conditions
