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Earth Stargate Network, Stargates, Starports -

𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐗 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫

𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐗 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫

Right now it seems entirely possibly that the spaceports will be launch-ready long before the spaceships are; of the rocket’s first five high-altitude flights, three exploded on contact during landing and the fourth exploded a few minutes after landing. The fifth flight, which just took place a month ago, was explosion-free and thus successful. To get to the three-a-day launches Musk envisions, though, SpaceX will need a far better scorecard than one out of five. On the plus side, the company did just hit a significant milestone in reusability when one of its B1051 boosters completed its tenth flight over the course of...

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Starlink -

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐤’𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐚

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐤’𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐚

 POINTS Measuring 32 miles long and 13 miles wide, the Isle of Man is a British Crown dependency that sits in the middle of the Irish Sea roughly equidistant from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Starlink already has bases in Buckinghamshire and Cornwall in England, and the Isle of Man base will enable the company to provide blanket internet coverage across Britain.  Starlink’s Isle of Man ground station can be seen on the Starlink.sx website.   Starlink, the space internet service created in 2015 by Elon Musk’s space transportation firm, SpaceX, has set up a “ground station” on a tiny...

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metamaterials, self-healing -

𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞

𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞

   (Nanowerk Spotlight) Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata and IIT Kharagpur have discovered a new class of material which, when fractured, can repair themselves within milliseconds. This research has been published in Science ("Autonomous self-repair in piezoelectric molecular crystals"). The highly crystalline materials, when broken into pieces, can self-propel and re-join in the blink of an eye, and repair themselves so precisely that they become indistinguishable from the undisturbed materials. These new materials may find applications in various high-tech applications. Micrographs of crystals of 1 exhibiting self-healing. Repeat self-healing cycles are shown in panels 1...

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Aquacities, energy harvest, oceans -

𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬: 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬

𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬: 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬

  Traditional power generation is not ideal for marine exploration challenges, but the solution may be in the water’s motion. Researchers have developed sphere-based triboelectric nanogenerators that can be incorporated directly into navigational buoys to provide electricity from ocean waves. To find a power source for buoys, look no further than the ocean itself. During the AIP Publishing Horizons — Energy Storage and Conversion virtual conference, which will be held August 4-6, 2021, Cátia Rodrigues, from the University of Porto, will discuss the prospects of using power generators in the ocean to address the energy concerns of marine exploration. The presentation,...

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Alberta, innovation, investment -

𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚'𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 $𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦

𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚'𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 $𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦

Through Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), the Government of Canada has invested $5 million in an Alberta Innovates initiative designed to draw technology and business accelerators to the province. The funding for Alberta Innovates’ Scale Up and Growth Accelerator Program comes through the Regional Innovation Ecosystem (RIE) program, which WD has been tasked with administering investments from in the region.   The fresh federal capital comes in addition to the up to $25 million previously committed by Alberta Innovates to the initiative. “Business growth and scale-up is critically important to Alberta’s technology-based businesses,” said Laura Kilcrease. A total of up...

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