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☆ In-wheel motors could be the future of electric cars
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Mounted in the rim of an electric vehicle’s wheels, the motors increase efficiency by delivering power directly to where it’s needed most. Supercars and pickup trucksElaphe, which was founded in 2006 by Gorazd Lampič and quantum physicist Andrej Detela, has designed in-wheel motors for a range of electric vehicles. In-wheel motors are far more exposed to the elements as well as impacts and vibrations from the road. The report notes that as electric vehicles become more popular, automakers are looking towards in-wheel motors for their space-saving abilities and improved power efficiency. Another major player is Protean Electric, which was acquired by British electric vehicle maker Bedeo in 2021.

☆ NASA instrument detects dozens of methane super-emitters from space
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The device, called an imaging spectrometer, has identified more than 50 methane "super-emitters" in Central Asia, the Middle East and the Southwestern United States since it was installed in July aboard the International Space Station, NASA said on Tuesday. The newly measured methane hotspots - some previously known and others just discovered - include sprawling oil and gas facilities and large landfills. "Some of the (methane) plumes EMIT detected are among the largest ever seen - unlike anything that has ever been observed from space," said Andrew Thorpe, a JPL research technologist leading the methane studies. Examples of newly imaged methane super-emitters showcased by JPL on Tuesday included a cluster of 12 plumes from oil and gas infrastructure in Turkmenistan, some plumes stretching more than 20 miles (32 km). EMIT, one of 25 Earth science instruments in orbit, could potentially find hundreds of methane super-emitters before its year-long mission ends, NASA said.

☆ EXCLUSIVE Rocket maker Aerojet solicits acquisition offers -sources
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( David Carnevali | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Aerojet, which is providing propulsion engines for NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket, is working with advisers on an auction process and asked for indications of acquisition interest earlier this month, the sources said. Aerojet develops and manufactures liquid and solid rocket propulsion and hypersonic engines for space, defense, civil and commercial applications. Its customers include the Pentagon, Boeing (BA.N), Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies Corp (RTX.N). Activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management disclosed it had accumulated a 3.7% stake in Aerojet in August. Aerojet Chief Executive Eileen Drake said in September that "low to mid-single-digit" sales growth was most probable for the company this year.

☆ NASA's UFO panel convenes to study unclassified sightings
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Oct 24 (Reuters) - A first-of-its-kind panel organized by NASA opened a study on Monday of what the government calls "unidentified aerial phenomena," commonly termed UFOs, bringing together experts from scientific fields ranging from physics to astrobiology. The 16-member panel, convened with little fanfare, will focus its inquiry entirely on unclassified sightings and other data collected from civilian government and commercial sectors, according to NASA. The team's inquiry is separate from a newly formalized Pentagon-based investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs, reported by military aviators and analyzed by U.S. defense and intelligence officials. Announcing the formation of its panel in June, NASA said: "There is no evidence UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin." "Understanding the data we have surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena is critical to helping us draw scientific conclusions about what's happening in our skies," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate NASA administrator.

☆ NATO navies are teaming up for the first time to practice using drones to hunt submarines and other undersea threats
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Constantine Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The exercise, Dynamic Messenger 22, was held in the waters off of Portugal's Troia Peninsula from September 23 to September 30. NATO Maritime CommandDynamic Messenger 22 involved 1,500 personnel from 16 NATO member-states operating more than 18 ships and 48 unmanned vehicles. NATO Maritime CommandMany NATO members see unmanned maritime assets as valuable additions to their fleets, and the role of those assets in alliance naval exercises has increased in recent years. A concerted effortA drone helicopter in use during NATO exercise Dynamic Messenger. NATO Maritime CommandREPMUS — short for "Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems" — supports NATO's Maritime Unmanned Systems Initiative, which was launched in October 2018 to promote the use of unmanned systems in the alliance's naval operations.

☆ Chinese scientists say they're working on an anti-ship missile that can fly as high as an airliner and dive as deep as a submarine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Chinese scientists say they're working on a ultra-fast weapon that is both missile and torpedo. It will fly at supersonic speeds and use supercavitation to reach high underwater speeds, they say. But the Chinese weapon appears to be a missile that turns into a rocket-propelled torpedo once it hits the water. In the 1950s, the US Air Force and Navy examined boron-based jet fuel — "zip fuel" — for aircraft such as the proposed B-70 supersonic bomber. A visitor tours a torpedo room in a submarine that served the Chinese Navy in 1960s at a Navy museum in Qingdao in September 2012.

☆ After years of headaches, the US Navy's first stealth destroyer is operating farther from home than it's ever been
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Rachel Nostrant | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

US Navy destroyer USS Zumwalt is on a tour of the Pacific, making visits to Guam and Japan. USS Zumwalt in Yokosuka on September 26. USS Zumwalt the Pacific Ocean on April 10. Years in the makingSailors handle line aboard USS Zumwalt during a refueling-at-sea in the Philippine Sea on September 5. Sailors stand watch on the bridge of USS Zumwalt while the ship departs Yokosuka on October 8.

☆ SpaceX books another ride for a millionaire around the moon
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —SpaceX said Wednesday that it has booked yet another mission around the moon for a wealthy thrill-seeker on its forthcoming Starship spacecraft. He declined on Wednesday to share any financial information about the upcoming Starship mission. It’s not clear when the first crewed Starship mission will take off, however. But Starship is far bigger than anything that SpaceX — or any other rocket developer — has ever built. It’s expected to have more thrust than both NASA’s Saturn V rocket, which powered the moon landings of the mid-20th century, and the space agency’s new moon rocket, called SLS, or Space Launch System.

☆ 6 top battery players vying to power the $27.7 billion electric-airplane business
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Andrew Moseman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

While today's technology doesn't allow for battery-powered long-range airliners, plenty of companies are working on short- and medium-range electric aircraft. The global market for electric aircraft is estimated to have reached $7.9 billion in 2021, according to market research company MarketsandMarkets. It's projected to reach $27.7 billion by 2030, and building the batteries to power those aircraft could be a billion-dollar market by 2030. Electric Power SystemsCEO: Nathan MillecamHQ: North Logan, UtahNASA's X-57 Maxwell, meant to prove the potential of electric flight, uses Epic batteries built by Electric Power Systems. Those lithium-ion cells need to become more efficient, however, for Eviation to reach its goal of flying hundreds of miles on only electric power.

☆ One of the newest electric planes of the future just took its first test flight— meet Alice
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Powered by two electric propulsion units from magniX, Alice can fly up to 288 miles at speeds of 260 knots and carry up to 2,500 pounds of cargo. According to the company, the magni650 is the "only flight-proven electric propulsion systems at this scale." EviationSource: Eviation

☆ Alice, the first all-electric passenger airplane, takes flight
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN Business —The world’s first all-electric passenger aircraft has successfully taken to the sky. Israeli company Eviation Aircraft successfully launched the Alice on Tuesday morning from Washington’s Grant County International Airport. The zero-emission plane traveled at an altitude of 3,500 feet for its eight-minute inaugural flight. Three different versions of the Alice are in protoype stages: a “commuter” variant, an executive version, and one specialized for cargo. The executive design has six passenger seats for a more spacious flight, and the cargo plane holds 450 cubic feet of volume.

The mission, known as DART, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will attempt a method of planetary defense that could save Earth from an asteroid on a potential collision course with the planet. On Monday, the spacecraft will crash into Dimorphos at a blistering speed of around 4 miles per second, or 15,000 mph. Ground-based telescopes will be used to time Dimorphos' orbit and determine whether the mission was a success. The Applied Physics Lab built and manages the $325 million DART mission for NASA. Even if the DART mission fails, scientists will learn a lot from the experiment, said Andrea Riley, a program executive in NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office.

☆ GM to invest $760 million to shift Ohio plant to EV-part production
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca CookToledo, OHIO/WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) said Friday it will invest $760 million at its Toledo, Ohio factory to build drive units for electric trucks, the automaker's first U.S. powertrain facility repurposed for EV-related production. Congress in August approved significant financial incentives for automakers to convert plants producing parts for gasoline-pore vehicles to electric models. Many autoworkers have expressed concerns about the shift to EVs and if it would impact current auto employment. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by David Shepardson and Joseph White Editing by Nick ZieminskiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ GM investing $760 million in Toledo factory to make electric car drive units
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

(CNN) General Motors is investing $760 million in its Toledo Propulsion Systems factory, which builds transmissions for gas-powered vehicles, so that it can make electric drive units for electric vehicles, too. The drive units will be used in GM electric trucks, the automaker said, including the GMC Hummer EV, which is currently in production, and the upcoming Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV. It will be GM's first US engine or transmission factory adapted for electric vehicle-related production. Electric drive units include an electric motor, one-speed transmission and power electronics that bring power to and from the motor. For the now, at least, the factory will continue building transmissions for front- and rear-wheel-drive gas-powered vehicles along with the electric drive units, GM spokesman Dan Flores said.

☆ NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonauts launch to space
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The spacecraft took off from the famed Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Russian cosmonauts — Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev.— on what is expected to be a six-month stay on the International Space Station. When Rubio and his Russian counterparts make it to the space station, they’ll be tag-teaming with astronauts from the United States, Russia and Europe. The fact that Rubio is traveling to space on a Russian Soyuz capsule is notable. That was answered in July when NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, confirmed that sharing seats on rocket rides to the space station would continue. Russian cosmonauts are now expected to fly on SpaceX capsules in addition to NASA astronauts sharing seats on Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

☆ Stellantis's good-bye special edition Chysler 300 could have had 707 horse
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —As the big Chrysler 300 sedan, with its trademark large square grille, approaches the end of an 18-year production run, the brand unveiled a special edition model in Detroit last Tuesday night. This special edition will be the most powerful 300 offered by a wide margin. The bigger, more powerful 6.2-liter engine used in the limited edition 300C is used in the sportier Dodge Charger R/T Scat Pack, which is not a limited edition model. But the Dodge Charger and the closely related Challenger are offered with those far more powerful supercharged engines. Those models are using all the supercharged engines the Mexican factory can make, said Elshoff.

☆ Lunar tech company Intuitive Machines to go public via SPAC at close to $1 billion valuation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS — Lunar-focused space company Intuitive Machines announced Friday it will go public via a SPAC in a deal that values the venture at about $1 billion. Intuitive Machines will be listed on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol "LUNR." Intuitive Machines is the latest space company to go public through a SPAC. The company has four business units: Lunar Access Services, Lunar Data Services, Orbital Services, and Space Products and Infrastructure. Together, Intuitive Machines is working on a variety of technologies that include propulsion and lunar vehicles.

☆ The B-52 was designed in a hotel room over a weekend in 1948, and it may still be flying 100 years later
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Alex Hollings | Sandboxx News | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

That design emerged from a hastily arranged work session in a Dayton hotel over a weekend in 1948. The B-52 started flying when America was still relying on P-51 MustangsUS Air Force F-51D Mustang fighters during the Korean War. Spanning wars and altitudesA US Air Force B-52F dropping 750-pound bombs over Vietnam in the 1960s. US Air ForceIn July 1948, Boeing received a contract from the still-new US Air Force to design and build a new heavy bomber. By late Friday night, the new B-52 bomber was already coming into focus.

NASA's Perseverance rover has collected several "tantalizing" rock samples from an ancient river delta on Mars, setting the stage for an elaborate future mission that aims to retrieve the specimens and bring them back to Earth. Perseverance has been exploring the 28-mile-wide basin of Jezero Crater since it touched down on Mars in February 2021. The rover previously found igneous rocks, likely formed deep underground through volcanic processes, on the crater floor. Perseverance has collected 12 "scientifically compelling" rock cores to date, along with one sample of the Red Planet's atmosphere. Subsequent missions will send another spacecraft to Mars to collect the samples and ferry them back to Earth for more detailed analysis.

☆ Meet 11 people leading the aviation industry's push to slash emissions and ditch fossil fuels
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-31 | by ( Maia Anderson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Experts have estimated that aviation is responsible for nearly 2% of global greenhouse-gas emissions and 2.5% of carbon-dioxide emissions. Some aviation giants, like United, are signing purchase agreements to buy electric aircraft. Today he serves as CEO and chairman of the company, which aims to be a pioneer in electric aircraft. In 2000 he founded Aviation Technology Group, which developed the ATG Javelin very light jet before ceasing operations in 2007. He is also a founding member of the Nordic Network for Electric Aviation.

Italian researchers are adding propulsion engines to a small humanoid robot. The engines will allow the robot to fly like Iron Man. The iCub, as the robot is called, could help in natural disasters. The robot will have systems in its palms that allow it to control power and direction, much like the Marvel superhero Iron Man. The ability to fly will allow iCub to do both these things.

☆ O nouă planetă descoperită de cercetători are o temperatură apropiată de cea a Pământului și ar putea avea nori asemănători
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-13 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Această exoplanetă, numită TOI-1231 b, face o orbită completă în jurul stelei sale la fiecare 24 de zile de pe Pământ. „Cu toate acestea, planeta în sine este mai mare decât Pământul și puțin mai mică decât Neptun”, a adăugat ea. „TOI1231b ar putea avea o atmosferă cu mult hidrogen sau hidrogen-heliu sau o atmosferă mai densă de vapori de apă. Cercetătorii consideră că TOI-1231 b are o temperatură medie de 60 grade Celsius, fiind astfel una dintre cele mai „răcoroase” exoplanete mici descoperite până acum. Webb va avea capacitatea de a privi în atmosferele exoplanetelor și de a ajuta la determinarea compoziției acestora.

Persons: Pământ, Exoplaneta, Diana Dragomir, Jennifer Burt, Dragomir, Burt, James Webb, . Webb, Hubble Organizations: CNN, Astronomical Journal, Universității din, Neptun, Jet, K2 Locations: Universității din New Mexico, Neptun, Pasadena, California

☆ Un lac din Turcia i-ar putea ajuta pe oamenii de știință să afle cum era viața pe Marte în urmă cu miliarde de ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Dar anul trecut a atras și atenția cercetătorilor NASA, datorită asemănărilor sale cu craterul Jezero de pe Marte, relateazîă digi24. „Ceea ce face special acest lac sunt bacteriile, organismele unicelulare, care au propria lor structură naturală”, a explicat Servet Cevni, inginer geolog. De fapt, Salda a rămas neschimbat timp de 3,5 milioane de ani”, a adăugat Cevni. Lacul Salda și-a câștigat renumele la nivel internațional atunci când oamenii de știință din SUA au început facă cercetări în pregătirea misiunii roverului Perseverance pe Marte. Jet Propulsion Laboratory al NASA a postat chiar o imagine a lacului azuriu pe site-ul său înainte de ca Perseverance să ajungă pe Planeta Roșie, spunând că s-ar putea asemăna cu Marte, așa cum arăta în urmă cu miliarde de ani.

Persons: Marte, Servet, Salda Organizations: NASA, Craterul, Jet Locations: Turcia, Craterul Jezero, SUA

☆ Опубликована панорама Марса со звуками планеты
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Опубликована новая обзорная панорама Марса в высоком качестве со звуками Красной планеты. Панорама опубликована на YouTube-канале NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Снимки были сделаны в период с 15 по 26 апреля 2021 года. Аудиозапись звуков Марса была записана 22 февраля 2021 года. Рассмотреть двухмерную интерактивную панораму Марса можно на сайте NASA.

Organizations: NASA, YouTube, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Locations: Марс, Красная планета

☆ An army veteran made $1.8 million in a year self-publishing on Amazon. Here's how he turned his hobby into a career in less than 5 years.
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( Minda Zetlin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

But then a member of the Facebook group LitRPG Books posted a review to the group and tagged Krout. Group members took an interest in the book, and he made $5,000 in book sales in the month after it was published. So those earnings from the book sales got his full attention. By the end of 2017, he'd made more than $82,000 on Amazon book sales alone, plus more income from audio-book sales and non-Amazon revenue streams such as Patreon. AdvertisementTo keep that interaction going over Facebook, Krout joined other Facebook groups beyond the LitRPG group.

Persons: —, Dakota Krout, Krout, Brandon Sanderson, Mark Dawson's, Michael E, Gerber, Dragon Con, he'd, Danielle, I'm, Dakota, John Grisham, They've, superfans, you've Organizations: Service, Army, Business, Facebook, Harvard, Dragon, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mountaindale Press, Dakota, Moutaindale Locations: Kansas

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