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Lifeboat News #238

#238

Lifeboat News

This issue published on 05/01/22. Copyright 2022 Lifeboat Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

The SLS: Too Expensive for Exploration?

Read Special Report “The SLS: too expensive for exploration?” by our John Strickland at https://lifeboat.com/ex/the.sls.too.exp...loration
 
Many members of the space community have spoken out strongly against NASA’s plans to develop the Space Launch System (SLS), disparagingly called the “Senate Launch System” by some and the “Franken-Rocket” by others. It should be noted for fairness that, to a large degree, this wrong design has been forced on NASA by a Congress bent on keeping current space jobs in their current locations.

TAFFD’s Gen4IR Summit Update II

TAFFD’s Gen4IR Summit will be held August 16–17 in Sun City, South Africa.
 
Our José Luis Cordeiro, Aubrey de Grey, Edward Hudgins, Pius Adewale Owolawi, Kgomotsego Brenda Ramokopelwa, Sarita Sharma, Rohit Talwar, and Natasha Vita-More will be speaking/participating. This summit is devoted to accelerating our Singularity future for development in Africa.
 
Learn more at https://gen4ir.org

Blog

Recent interesting blog posts include:
 
“A new cosmic dawn: The Webb Telescope’s first color images are arriving soon” by Atanas Atanasov at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/a-new...ing-soon
 
“After 404 Days on Mars, Perseverance Has Finally Spotted Its Parachute” by Alberto Lao at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/after...arachute
 
“Artificial cell membrane channels composed of DNA can be opened and locked with a key” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/artif...th-a-key
 
“Cheap gel film pulls buckets of drinking water per day from thin air” by Michael Taylor at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/cheap...thin-air
 
“Compound From Cardamom Spice Can Kill Aggressive Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells” by Kelvin Dafiaghor at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/compo...er-cells
 
“Could an Atlas of the Brain’s Genome Solve Neuropsychiatric Disorders?” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/could...isorders
 
“Dr. George Church—Gene Therapy and Aging” by Montie Adkins at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/dr-ge...nd-aging
 
“Explainer: How ‘Common Prosperity’ is Changing China” by Chima Wisdom at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/expla...ng-china
 
“Extraterrestrial photosynthesis” by Brent Ellman at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/extra...ynthesis
 
“Far-UVC light zaps airborne pathogens in realistic conditions” by Dan Kummer at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/far-u...nditions
 
“First Human Trial of Experimental Cancer-Killing Virus Underway” by Shane Hinshaw at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/first...underway
 
“Future pandemic risks are increasing” by Future Timeline at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/futur...creasing
 
“The Ideal Qubit? Future Quantum Computers Could Crunch Data With Single Electrons on Neon Ice” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/the-i...neon-ice
 
“Imec Presents Sub-1nm Process and Transistor Roadmap Until 2036: From Nanometers to the Angstrom Era” by Jamal Simpson at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/imec-...trom-era
 
“In 30 years, people will be able to leave their bodies and move their minds ‘to the cloud’” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/in-30...he-cloud
 
“Inside the space hotel scheduled to open in 2025” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/insid...-in-2025
 
“Is Solar Energy from Outer Space in Our Future? — Part One: Building a Geosynchronous Solar Power Plant” by Len Rosen at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/is-so...er-plant
 
“Jeff Bezos Wants Manufacturing to Move Off Planet and NASA is Exploring the Possibilities” by Len Rosen at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/jeff-...bilities
 
“Kathryn Coulter Mitchell — R&D For US Security & Resilience — Science & Technology Directorate — DHS” by Ira S. Pastor at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/kathr...rate-dhs
 
“Lasers reveal ‘lost’ pre-Hispanic civilization deep in the Amazon” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/laser...e-amazon
 
“Memory Is Formed Through Rewiring of Global Network Among Pre-existing Local Neuronal Ensembles” by Dan Kummer at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/memor...nsembles
 
“NASA chooses two companies to build spacesuits for its 21st century Moonwalkers” by Eric Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/nasa-...nwalkers
 
“NASA is about to broadcast a message to the universe. Should they?” by Chima Wisdom at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/nasa-...uld-they
 
“New method allows robot vision to identify occluded objects” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/new-m...-objects
 
“‘No idea’ passenger lands Florida plane as pilot falls ill” by Muhammad Furqan at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/no-id...alls-ill
 
“Quantifying Biological Age: Blood Test #3 in 2022” by Mike Lustgarten at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/quant...-in-2022
 
“Scientists engineer a bacteria to produce a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease” by Gemechu Taye at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/scien...-disease
 
“Scientists make further inroads into reversing ageing process of cells” by Dan Kummer at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/scien...of-cells
 
“Scientists Reverse Aging in Skin up to 40 Years! (May 2022 Science Update)” by Jeff Myers at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/scien...e-update
 
“Smart roof coating uses physics trick to warm or cool the house, depending on the season” by Shane Hinshaw at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/smart...e-season
 
“Solar cell keeps working long after sun sets” by Chima Wisdom at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/solar...sun-sets
 
“Stephen Hawking’s final book suggests time travel may one day be possible — here’s what to make of it” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/steph...ke-of-it
 
“The Stunning New ‘Air Yacht’ Is a Catamaran That Floats to the Skies” by Gemechu Taye at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/the-s...he-skies
 
“The Sun was eerily quiet for 70 years. A nearby star could explain why” by Alberto Lao at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/the-s...lain-why
 
“These stingless bees make medicinal honey. Some call it a ‘miracle liquid.’” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/these...e-liquid
 
“Time” by Melvin Louis at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/time
 
“Transfusion of brain fluid from young mice is a memory-elevating elixir for old animals” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/trans...-animals
 
“UMN research shows people can control robotic arm with their minds” by Omuterema Akhahenda at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/umn-r...ir-minds
 
“United Kingdom Declares Octopuses, Squids Are Sentient Beings” by Quinn Sena at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/unite...t-beings
 
“US Navy shoots down drone with electric-powered laser in historic first” by Kelvin Dafiaghor at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/04/us-na...ic-first
 
“Voyager 1 Space Probe Is Suddenly Sending NASA Wacky Data” by Melvin Louis at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/voyag...cky-data
 
“World’s smallest remote-controlled walking robot” by Future Timeline at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/05/world...ng-robot

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