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Elon Musk stayed silent following the epic explosion of SpaceX’s Starship SN9, mainly because he took a break from Twitter, but the billionaire has shared his thoughts and regrets about the failed mission. On February 2, the massive rocket attempted its first high-altitude test but was unable to stick the landing that finished with a … Read more
By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter for MailOnline An investigation into algorithms used by companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon has been launched today amid fears they are ‘manipulating’ lives and are used to ‘artificially change perceptions’ by cherry-picking what news internet users see. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will probe fears whether the … Read more
Rolls-Royce and UK Space Agency team up to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft engine that could get us to Mars in just three months The firms will explore the potential of nuclear power as a source of energy A nuclear-powered spacecraft engine could cut journey times to Mars in half They could also reduce the dose of … Read more
Rolls-Royce and UK Space Agency team up to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft engine that could get us to Mars in just three months The firms will explore the potential of nuclear power as a source of energy A nuclear-powered spacecraft engine could cut journey times to Mars in half They could also reduce the dose of … Read more
A proposal by the future inventor of the jet engine for an interceptor fighter plane was ignored by the British government two years before the Blitz, a newly discovered memo has revealed. Sir Frank Whittle described how his design for powering aircraft would allow the RAF to combat Luftwaffe bombers if they attempted to take … Read more
Virgin Galactic has suffered another setback to its mission to send commercial passengers into space after its rocket unexpectedly turned back before reaching space during its latest test flight. The VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo vehicle on Saturday embarked on its third test flight to suborbital space and its first ever to take place from Virgin Galactic’s … Read more
SpaceX’s highly-anticipated Starship launch was aborted seconds after it was set to fly 41,000 feet into the air above its Boca Chica facility in Texas due to Raptor engine issues. The ‘hop’ was set to be the firm’s first high-altitude test flight of the massive rocket and although CEO Elon Musk said it is unlikely to land … Read more
China builds a hypersonic jet engine capable of flying at 16 TIMES the speed of sound that could fly to anywhere in the world ‘in two hours’ if ever built, Beijing claims The prototype is called a Soramjet engine and was tested in a Beijing wind tunnel Achieved speeds of Mach nine – the maximum test … Read more
Kim Zolciak’s family trip across the United States came to a halt after her RV’s engine failed on Tuesday’s episode of Don’t Be Tardy. It happened in the middle of nowhere as the gang was hurtling toward Amarillo, Texas, to visit a dude ranch. Kim’s husband Kroy Biermann, 35, insisted that he knew what was … Read more
Nuclear engine designed for NASA could transport humans to Mars in just three months – cutting the current journey by more than half NASA is eyeing the 2030s for when it will send the first humans to Mars Mars is some 40 million miles from Earth, which should take seven months A Seattle firm is … Read more