Inexpensive Coby Kyros 7-Inch Android 4.0 4 GB 16:9 Capacitive Multi-Touchscreen Save up to $60 (40%) OFF goo.gl I work nights in a home health environment, so I have some free time while my clients sleep. I decided to get a tablet so I could access Facebook, Angry Birds, and Netflix, along with some other apps to help pass the slower hours. I am not trying to remote dock a space capsule to the space station, so I didn't need all of the bells and whistles from a $1000 tablet Continue reading
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NASA tests inflatable heat shield
NASA’s inflatable heat shield, which could someday be used to protect a large payload as it enters the atmosphere of Mars, performed as expected during a test Monday. A prototype for a large inflatable heat shield that could one day be used for landing large payloads on Mars was tested successfully on July 23, 2012, surviving a hypersonic speeds through Earths atmosphere. The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE-3) traveled at speeds up to 12,231 km/h (7,600 mph) after launching on a sounding rocket from NASAs Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia Continue reading
NASA tests inflatable heat shield (+video)
NASA’s inflatable heat shield, which could someday be used to protect a large payload as it enters the atmosphere of Mars, performed as expected during a test Monday. A prototype for a large inflatable heat shield that could one day be used for landing large payloads on Mars was tested successfully on July 23, 2012, surviving a hypersonic speeds through Earths atmosphere. Continue reading
Liberty Rocket Targets 2015
LOS ANGELES The aerospace company that built the solid rocket boosters for NASA’s space shuttle fleet announced plans Tuesday to develop its own private launch system a spaceship and rocket to fly astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit. Continue reading