SpaceShip one breaks Sound Barrier
The Suborbital Spaceship one hit 68,000 ft and 930 mph in a 15 second powered flight. Which marks the 8th flight but first under power. Congratulations go out to the team that is making this happen. [Space.com]
I Can’t See You Anymore
Light travels at 186,000 miles (300 million meters) per second in a vacuum but physicists in the United States and Russia are just a little bit faster, actually capturing the light photons and stopping them in their tracks. The newly-developed technique offers opportunities to improve optical communication, manage quantum data, a boon to the future of both communication and digital security.
Delta 4 Rocket Debut
Lockergnome has a great article on the roll-out of the Delta 4 Rocket cluster and related links. [Lockergnome]
Scientist freeze a pulse of light
In what I would classify as out of the box thinking scientist have been able to stop a pulse of light for a fraction of second. When you think of this your first reaction is to say WOW. But in…
Want to put something in space 1 Million dollars and you can
Can you imagine being in Washington DC and seeing a big rocket on a trailer rolling down the street. Well some people did and it seems for a Million dollars a launch if they can get to orbit sounds like…
There are Cracks in Earth’s Magnetic field at times!
If that statement does not make your hair stand up on end it out to. Very interesting read. [Yahoo News]
NASA ask Military to check out the Bang heard on the ISS
We all get knocks on our doors but just imagine being in Space and hearing a crunching noise outside the ISS. I think it would probably scare the hell out of me and encourage me to do drills to be…