Space Ballsup
Well, its easter I'm looking forward to eating some chocolate eggs and sitting back all weekend. Then by Monday bammm a space station comes crashing through my roof that's right a space station. The space station Tiangong-1 is hurtling towards earth as we speak and is expected to crash on the first of April anywhere between here and Nebraska. Drive safely this weekend! The Tiangong-1 was launched into orbit back in 2011 and was to be the bases of an even larger space station it was a docking port for an even bigger multi-module space station. Between 2011 and 2012 the Tiangong-1 was a part of a few space missions to test docking systems then in 2016 the Tiangong-1 communications were lost and its been space junk since then.
Now its a pile of molten metal hurtling towards earth and its got a range of between 42.7 degrees north and 42.7 degrees south and it is coming through your roof. CMSEO officials said the public should not fear being hit by debris from Tiangong-1. "There is no need for people to worry about its re-entry into the atmosphere. It won't crash to the Earth fiercely, as in sci-fi movie scenarios, but will look more like a shower of meteors," the statement said according to the state-run Xinhua news service. You won't pull the wool over my eyes Chinese I'm staying indoors.
For all you rubberneckers look out for it tonight in the sky you may see it breaking up in the atmosphere it should look like a meteor shower.
Mars One
When I think Mars I think Martians like Fleebak, little green men in saucer-shaped spacecraft or UFO, well you kind of get what I mean. NASA and a few other big corporations are planning on a manned mission to Mars. That's right! Mars! this will all happen in about a decade in 2024 the manned craft will take humans to Mars in order to colonise the planet this will be called Mars one it should take them about 260 days to get there.
Why Mars right? Humanity is preparing for the colonisation of other planets or moons as our population gets increasingly bigger. Mars is one of our closest planets so eventually we will just hop through the solar system like hopping stones until we have spread out. Not only that we plan to go even further deeper into space but we won't see that not in my lifetime perhaps our great great grandchildren will see that day.
So kiddies look forward to living on Mars.
Astroid Solutions
What if meteors or asteroids weren't a threat to humanity! What if we could farm the minerals of meteors and asteroids. They call it terrestrial mining and it will one day become a reality. Asteroids and meteors have minerals like gold, silver, tungsten, iron, titanium and other rare minerals we get on earth. Now that resources are becoming increasingly scarce it might be time to go out and possibly net us some asteroids, to harvest their minerals.
So far we have launched an orbiter to scan the moon and look for helium 3 an element used in fusion reactors on earth this mission was launched by the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. For years scientists have been talking about a meteor that might end all life on earth, only now do they realise it could be a possible resource and have plans to net it or catch it with a spacecraft and ease it into our orbit. Perhaps we might start a collection of them and build up a lot full so we can sell them to the highest bidder.
For now, we just have to wait and see. I personally am waiting for the Mars missions and wish to see how they develop.
Nanorobotics
Molecular machines or nanobots are created at a molecular level their parts only measure say the nanometre they are usually constructed of nanoscale or molecular components and are really tiny say microscopic levels. At the moment they are just in a developmental stage but these machines could be used to destroy cancer cells or any other nasty, also in the detection of toxins allowing for the microscope to move into position.
Nanobots could float around in our bodies and repair us if we were to say have an accident or when we get a disease they can attack those cells perhaps remove damaged tissue or repair a defective heart all this while we are having a nap or sitting on the couch watching tv these nanobots could be swallowed in pill form and if we have no need for them they could well you get what I mean.
At the moment its still under development but perhaps in the next few years, we should see new nanobot technologies appear on the news look forward to it as I believe it is the future of medicine.
USS Colorado Uses Xbox Controller
The USS Colorado a submarine from the American Navy will be using Xbox controllers as a means to operate there photonics mast similar to what we know of as periscopes. this is the first vessel to be installed with the hardware the submarine which is 115 metres long 10 metres wide which weighs approximately 7,076 tonnes. The Sub is run by a nuclear reactor which will power the vessel for life. The controller will be used to control two photonics masts for visual and infrared digital cameras on top of telescopic poles this helps the submarine see what is on the surface without exposing itself to the enemy ships.
Perhaps one of your Xbox game players can master it and join the US Navy.
Space X
Elon Musk launches Falcon Heavy into space making it the largest rocket with a mass just over the size of a 737 at nearly 64 metric tonnes and five million pounds of thrust at liftoff. The first stage to the rocket is comprised 9 engine cores and 27 Merlin engines which pack a punch at 2267 tonnes of thrust about the equivalent of eighteen 747 passenger aircraft. the Falcon heavy can carry a payload of up to 16,800kg to mars, derived from the Falcon 9 the Falcon Heavy is by far the biggest rocket Space X has launched so far. The Falcon Heavy was produced for the purpose of carrying passengers to the Moon or Mars