New Frontier Aerospace says it has put its 3D-printed Mjölnir rocket engine through a series of successful hot-fire tests.
Category: space travel
Human Cyborgs Are No Longer Science Fiction! (Insane Breakthroughs)
Are human cyborgs the future? You won’t believe how close we are to merging humans with machines! This video uncovers groundbreaking advancements in cyborg technology, from bionic limbs and brain-computer interfaces to biological robots like anthrobots and exoskeletons. Discover how these innovations are reshaping healthcare, military, and even space exploration.
Learn about real-world examples, like Neil Harbisson, the colorblind cyborg artist, and the latest developments in brain-on-a-chip technology, combining human cells with artificial intelligence. Explore how cyborg soldiers could revolutionize the battlefield and how genetic engineering might complement robotic enhancements.
The future of human augmentation is here. Could we be on the verge of transforming humanity itself? Dive in to find out how science fiction is quickly becoming reality.
How do human cyborgs work? What are the latest AI breakthroughs in cyborg technology? How are cyborgs being used today? Could humans evolve into hybrid beings? This video answers all your questions. Don’t miss it!
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How Colonizing Space Benefits Earth — The Ground Level Gains of a Galactic Future
Space colonization isn’t about abandoning Earth—it’s about transforming it. Discover how expanding into space can drive innovation, sustainability, and prosperity right here on the ground.
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How Colonizing Space Benefits Earth: The Ground-Level Gains of a Galactic Future.
Episode 726.1; June 22, 2025
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur.
Graphics: Bryan Versteeg, Jeremy Jozwik, Sergio Botero.
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images.
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator.
0:00 Intro — What Space Isn’t.
3:59 The Limits of Exploration.
6:58 Real Reasons Space Helps Earth.
15:50 The Earthly Feedback Loop.
20:58 A Better Earth, Among the Stars.
Post-Alcubierre Warp-Drives
Researchers are actively exploring and revising the concept of Alcubierre warp drive, as well as alternative approaches, to potentially make superluminal travel feasible with reduced energy requirements and advanced technologies ## ## Questions to inspire discussion.
Practical Warp Drive Concepts.
🚀 Q: What is the Alcubierre warp drive? A: The Alcubierre warp drive (1994) is a superluminal travel concept within general relativity, using a warp bubble that contracts space in front and expands behind the spacecraft.
🌌 Q: How does Jose Natario’s warp drive differ from Alcubierre’s? A: Natario’s warp drive (2001) describes the warp bubble as a soliton and vector field, making it harder to visualize but potentially more mathematically robust.
🔬 Q: What is unique about Chris Van Den Broeck’s warp drive? A: Van Den Broeck’s warp drive (1999) uses a nested warp field, creating a larger interior than exterior, similar to a TARDIS, while remaining a physical solution within general relativity. Energy Requirements and Solutions.
💡 Q: How do Eric Lent’s hyperfast positive energy warp drives work? A: Lent’s warp drives (2020) are solitons capable of superluminal travel using purely positive energy densities, reopening discussions on conventional physics-based superluminal mechanisms.
How AI & Supercomputing Are Reshaping Aerospace & Finance w/ Allan Grosvenor (MSBAI)
Excellent Podcast interview Allan Grosvenor!…” How Allan built MSBAI to make super computing more accessible.
How AI-driven simulation is speeding up aircraft & spacecraft design.
Why AI is now making an impact in finance & algorithmic trading.
The next evolution of AI-powered decision-making & autonomous systems”
What if AI could power everything from rocket simulations to Wall Street trading? Allan Grosvenor, aerospace engineer and founder of MSBAI, has spent years developing AI-driven supercomputing solutions for space, aviation, defense, and even finance. In this episode, Brent Muller dives deep with Allan on how AI is revolutionizing engineering, the role of supercomputers in aerospace, and why automation is the key to unlocking faster innovation.
Elon Musk: Digital Superintelligence, Multiplanetary Life, How to Be Useful
A fireside with Elon Musk at AI Startup School in San Francisco.
Before rockets and robots, Elon Musk was drilling holes through his office floor to borrow internet. In this candid talk, he walks through the early days of Zip2, the Falcon 1 launches that nearly ended SpaceX, and the “miracle” of Tesla surviving 2008.
He shares the thinking that guided him—building from first principles, doing useful things, and the belief that we’re in the middle of an intelligence big bang.
Chapters:
00:00 — Intro.
01:25 — His origin story.
02:00 — Dream to help build the internet.
04:40 — Zip2 and lessons learned.
08:00 — PayPal.
14:30 — Origin of SpaceX
18:30 — Building rockets from first principles.
23:50 — Lessons in leadership.
27:10 — Building up xAI
39:00 — Super intelligence and synthetic data.
39:30 — Multi-planetary future.
43:00 — Nueralink, AI safety and the singularity.
How to Build in Space — for Life on Earth
🏗️ Q: What are the potential benefits of off-worlding heavy industry to space?
A: Space-based manufacturing can produce sustainable energy, food, and water for a trillion-dollar space economy, allowing Earth to recover as a garden planet for future generations.
Space-Based Manufacturing.
🧬 Q: How can microgravity in low-Earth orbit advance biotech manufacturing?
A: Enable unique manufacturing of protein crystals, tissues, and novel drugs impossible on Earth, with high-throughput production of exceptional quality organoids for Alzheimer’s and cancer drug testing.
☀️ Q: How can space-based solar power solve Earth’s energy challenges?