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Elon Musk congratulated SpaceX on an "exciting" Starship launch after the prized rocket exploded. Musk had given the rocket launch a 50% chance of success, guaranteeing "excitement." "Congrats @SpaceX team on an exciting test launch of Starship!" Musk was expecting the launch to be spectacularMusk had previously hinted the launch had a one-in-two chance of ending in an explosion. In 2002, Musk founded SpaceX with the goal of making spaceflight cheap enough to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars.

☆ Sustainability Is the Focus of Building Refurbishment
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Kone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Both are mostly high-rise communities, growing fast and densely populated, but they represent two very different realities from a climate and sustainability perspective. One way is to focus on modernizing the buildings we already have, to create neighborhoods that adapt to the individual needs of residents. In a climate-aware, post-COVID-19 world, with an aging and tech-savvy population, the focus is now on the needs of connected micro-communities within livable cities." Data, including information from KONE elevators, can provide insights into people's movement in cities, and their changing behavior and needs. Kone"Modernizing an elevator, in an existing building, means we can reduce energy consumption by up to 70%, and a KONE elevator today is up to 90% more energy-efficient than its 1990s counterpart.

☆ Construction is bad for the planet. This startup's solution is to assemble buildings like they're flatpack furniture.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Spanish startup 011h is betting on timber as a humble hero to ease the climate and housing crises. Now, a Spanish construction company is hoping to spearhead the adoption of flat-pack buildings. When it is cut down for timber, carbon remains stored in the wood until it burns or decays. For Brennan, cost remains a big "but" — even if sustainable buildings are a no-brainer. If it's not affordable, if people cannot pay for it, then it's not sustainable," Carné said.

☆ Elon Musk hints Starship rocket may explode on first orbital launch, predicting 50% chance of success and 'guaranteeing excitement'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Marianne Guenot | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

SpaceX is prepping for the first orbital launch of Starship, the cornerstone rocket for Elon Musk's Mars ambitions. Musk estimated 50% odds of success and hinted the rocket could blow up on the first orbital attempt. Other Starships are waiting in the wings and one of them will likely reach orbit this year, he said. Gene Blevins/Reuters; SPadre.comIf successful, the launch will prove the world's first fully reusable orbital rocket, setting the stage for SpaceX to revolutionize the orbital economy. That's a major money-saving measure, since SpaceX would not have to build a new upper stage for every rocket launch.

☆ How technology helps a research-intensive medical school secure grants and attract top scientists
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Ibm With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Meeting researchers' demanding data storage requirementsEinstein partners with IBM to help meet the NIH standards and manage these huge data sets. "A leading-edge infrastructure helps us attract top research talent," said Shailesh Shenov, assistant dean for Einstein Information Technology. IBM Spectrum Scale software features an auto-tiering feature that moves less frequently used data to IBM Tape, which only powers up when it is accessed. Furthermore, the tiering contributes to our sustainability initiatives because tape storage only consumes power during reads or writes." Because it deals with highly regulated healthcare data, Einstein added IBM Data Guardium Protection to automate compliance auditing and reporting and monitor user activity.

☆ Rocket Lab launches mission, but calls off attempt to catch Electron booster with a helicopter
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Space company Rocket Lab called off its latest attempt at catching one of its Electron boosters with a helicopter, as the venture pursues reusability of its rockets. The company launched the "Catch Me If You Can" mission from its private facility in New Zealand on Friday. The primary goal of Rocket Lab's mission, its ninth Electron launch this year, is delivering a research satellite to orbit for the Swedish National Space Agency. Rocket Lab said on its webcast that the helicopter's pilots called off the catch. We'll bring you updates on that ocean operation in the hours to come," Rocket Lab spokesperson Murille Baker said.

☆ Rocket Lab's attempt to catch rocket booster falls short
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Rocket Lab, a start-up building small orbital rockets, kicked off another successful mission on Friday — but it failed in its efforts to recapture its rocket booster as it tumbled down toward Earth. Rocket Lab positioned a modified Sikorsky S-92 helicopter to intercept it mid-descent, aiming to snag the booster by its strings. Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck has noted that it’s preferable to catch the rocket midair to keep it dry. A lot remains unclear about how Rocket Lab will ultimately reuse its rockets. Beck cited the company as a model for how Rocket Lab would proceed.

☆ Elon Musk has a history of wild ideas — some of them have worked out
▼ + stars: | 2018-05-24 | by ( Sara Salinas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

watch nowBoring CandyFlamethrowersMusk announced in December that his Boring transportation company would start selling flamethrowers. The Boring-branded gadgets were an encore to the company's signature hats — and a little closer to blow torches. The company has achieved a myriad of milestones since its founding but reuse was only realized in the last few years. In December 2015, SpaceX took a first massive step towards reusability when it became the first company to land part of an orbital rocket. Just over a year later, SpaceX took another giant step, by launching and landing a Falcon 9 rocket it launched and landed once before.

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