On April 29, the space shuttle Endeavor will launch on its last mission ever, and the American space agency expects that thousands of people will turn up for the occasion. This is usually the case with any shuttle launch, but this one – and Atlantis' after it – is special. Officials with the NASA Ken... |
22 April 2011
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Researchers at the University of Washington have recently developed a new series of algorithms that allows them to digitize the entire city of Rome in less than a day. Using a collection of hundreds of thousands of tourist photos, taken within the limits of the city, the new software can easily stitch them together, ... |
16 September 2009
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In the near future, a newly developed piece of software for smartphones will allow users visiting ancient buildings to see what they looked like in their former glory, by just pointing the onboard camera at the structure. The software will automatically recognize the construction, and will display a picture showing t... |
17 August 2009
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The Imperial College London (ICL) and the Royal College of Art (RCA) jointly own the Masters degree in Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) that numerous students attend. This year, as part of a project they had to complete for their degree, the youngsters envisioned a space hotel, which could be built in space, and a... |
6 July 2009
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Virgin Galactic is a space tourist firm that has been trying for quite some time now to make the dream of suborbital space flights possible for the wealthy. It plans on doing so by using a craft known as SpaceShipTwo, which is able to achieve impressive heights for a few minutes, before plunging back into the atmosph... |
1 June 2009
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A group of British museums is currently working around the clock to create a common website, on which officials, curators and museum lovers can meet and discuss various aspects of the trade, while at the same time virtually visiting some of the collections. Thus far, the group includes the British Museum and Victoria... |
23 February 2009
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The crash, which occurred on Sunday, forced the two, believed to be from Sweden, to dive their plane into the ocean and then spend an entire night in the freezing temperatures that are the Arctic's trademark. Rescuers finally managed to get to them on Monday morning, when they were picked up by a ship and taken ... |
9 December 2008
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Space tourism is becoming increasingly popular and some people hope it will become the next big attraction and maybe the ideal family vacation, sometime in the near future. Current private trips to space may cost around $20 million, so it's not an affordable ride for mere mortals, but more and more companies an... |
6 July 2007
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Space tourism is a refreshing alternative and even if for the moment the pioneers paid around $20 million for a trip to the International Space Station, future trips will get more affordable, so in a few decades, travel agencies around the world could advertise "space tours" and who knows, maybe even on the Moon.Th... |
4 July 2007
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