It’s no coincidence that Elon Musk wants to both tunnel down into and soar above the Earth. If you ask the team at HyperSciences, the best way to get to space is to flip drilling technology upside down and point it at the sky. In the process, that would mean ditching the large, expensive fuel […]
View More HyperSciences wants to ‘gamechange’ spaceflight with hypersonic drilling techCategory: aerospace
Techstars and Starburst Aerospace are launching a space industry accelerator in Los Angeles
With the help of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, the U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, SAIC and the Israel Aerospace Industries company, Techstars and Starburst Aerospace are launching an accelerator focused on the space industry in Los Angeles. Already a major hub for the space and aerospace startup industry, with companies like SpaceX, Relativity […]
View More Techstars and Starburst Aerospace are launching a space industry accelerator in Los AngelesGBatteries let you charge your car as quickly as visiting the pump
A YC startup called GBatteries has come out of stealth with a bold claim: they can recharge an electric car as quickly as it takes to full up a tank of gas. Created by aerospace engineer Kostya Khomutov, electrical engineers Alex Tkachenko and Nick Sherstyuk, and CCO Tim Sherstyuk, the company is funded by the […]
View More GBatteries let you charge your car as quickly as visiting the pump2018 ushered in ‘a potential space renaissance’
The aerospace industry took flight with ambitious civilian and military projects over the course of 2018, and private investors took notice. Rockets are flying to the far side of the moon. Entrepreneurs are creating new propulsion technologies to take rockets deeper into space and to make flying on Earth more electric. Finally, plans are afoot from […]
View More 2018 ushered in ‘a potential space renaissance’SpaceX completes its last mission of 2018 with the launch of a military GPS satellite
Today’s launch is SpaceX’s first-ever U.S. national security mission.
View More SpaceX completes its last mission of 2018 with the launch of a military GPS satelliteQuantum computing, not AI, will define our future
William (“Whurley”) Hurley Contributor Share on Twitter William Hurley, commonly known as whurley, is an American entrepreneur and the founder of Chaotic Moon Studios, Honest Dollar, and Equals: The Global Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age. He is currently chairing the Quantum Computing Working Group for the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), and is […]
View More Quantum computing, not AI, will define our futureFacebook permanently grounds its Aquila solar-powered internet plane
Facebook has announced that it will no longer pursue its dream of building a gigantic, solar-powered plane to blast internet to underserved communities via laser. Surprisingly, it’s just not practical.
View More Facebook permanently grounds its Aquila solar-powered internet planeRegulus Cyber launches with a technology to secure autonomous vehicles
Over the next twenty years the autonomous vehicle market is expected to grow into a $700 billion industry as robots take over nearly every aspect of mobility. One of the key arguments for this shift away from manually operated machines is that they offer greater safety thanks to less risk of human error. But as […]
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