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Sci-Tech: Elon Musk unveils the Hyperloop super-fast mass transit concept

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Elon Musk has posted details of his Hyperloop mass transportation system concept : Hyperloop | Blog | Tesla Motors Hyperloop | SpaceX Hyperloop-Alpha.pdf – writeup starting witha general overview and then followed by a technical analysis. Revealed: Elon Musk Explains the Hyperloop – Businessweek Hyperloop Physics 101 With Elon Musk – Businessweek Seems like a … Continue reading Sci-Tech: Elon Musk unveils the Hyperloop super-fast mass transit concept →

Science and Technology

Sci-Tech: Elon Musk to detail the Hyperloop design

Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla Motors fame is going to give details by August 12th of his Hyperloop mass transit system concept, which he has been hinting about since last summer. Here’s what Elon Musk’s secret project might actually look like – Io9 Tesla’s Elon Musk says Hyperloop rail design is coming soon – … Continue reading Sci-Tech: Elon Musk to detail the Hyperloop design →

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Sci-Tech: Plimp hybrid airship, Drone with ion drive propulsion, Audi’s 2-part flying car, UrbanAero Cormorant

The VTOL Plimp Hybrid Airship avoids two problems with airplanes and helicopters. If an airplane’s speed drops below a critical value in horizontal flight it will stall and fall quickly to earth.  A helicopter plummets as well when there is a breakdown in its complex rotor system. The Plimp will take off vertically with the … Continue reading Sci-Tech: Plimp hybrid airship, Drone with ion drive propulsion, Audi’s 2-part flying car, UrbanAero Cormorant →

Multiple media, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

Audio: Recent space podcasts – SpaceX, Freeman Dyson, wormholes, Martian dust storms, and more

Here is a selection of recent space related audio webcasts starting with Bob Zimmerman on the John Batchelor radio show. Be sure to support Bob with his annual fund-raising campaign now underway. Check out Bob’s periodic updates on what is happening with the Mars rovers and with the Sun, e.g. Mars rover update: May 23, 2018 | … Continue reading Audio: Recent space podcasts – SpaceX, Freeman Dyson, wormholes, Martian dust storms, and more →

Activism, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – June.25.2018

The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, June 25, 2018; 2-3:30 pm PDT (4-5:30 pm CDT, 5-6:30 pm EDT): We welcome Dr. John Cramer to the program to discuss multiple topics in physics and much more. 2. Tuesday, June 26, 2018: 7-8:30 pm PDT; 9-10:30 pm CDT; 10-11:30 … Continue reading The Space Show this week – June.25.2018 →