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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - August 2016

Aug 2016

Sep 27, 2021

Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak Launches Space Start-up Privateer

Apple's co-creator Steve Wozniak has launched a new space start-up called Privateer Space, bringing potential competition to a field dominated by billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. Privateer was represented at the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference in Hawaii.
The global space economy, which has attracted many top companies such as Tesla and Amazon, involves various activities such as research and development, space tourism and the utilisation of space. Bank of America predicts the space economy will have more than tripled in size by 2030, with a $1.4 trillion market value.
Mr. Wozniak co-founded Apple Computers in 1976 with fellow college dropout Steve Jobs and businessman Ronald Wayne.
Jobs and Mr. Wozniak left Apple in 1985 though they remained shareholders and Jobs later returned to the company.
In 2002, Mr. Wozniak co-founded another company called Wheels of Zeus (WoZ) with Mr. Fielding. WoZ worked on global positioning system smart tags and was disbanded in 2006.

Sep 22, 2021

NASA Announces Landing Site for VIPER Lunar Rover

NASA has chosen the western edge of Nobile Crater at the Moon's South Pole as the landing site for its upcoming Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER).
NASA's VIPER rover will land near the western edge of Nobile Crater in 2023 on a 100-day mission.
Part of the agency's Artemis lunar exploration program, the mobile robot will map and explore the region's surface and subsurface for water and other resources.
The Moon's South Pole is one of the coldest areas in our solar system.
Nobile Crater is an impact crater that was formed through a collision with another smaller celestial body, and is almost permanently covered in shadows, allowing ice to exist there.

Sep 21, 2021

China Launches Supplies for Under-construction Space Station

China launched a second unmanned cargo spacecraft, which will join the core module of the country's under-construction space station carrying supplies for future missions.
The robotic Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft was launched on a Long March 7 carrier rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan province.
The Tianzhou-3 is carrying supplies including water and propellant to sustain missions in the future and will dock with China's Tianhe space station, which is expected to become operational in 2022. The Tianzhou-3 mission is the fourth of 11 missions designed to build China's space station, Tiangong or "Heavenly Palace".

Sep 20, 2021

SpaceX Tourists Return to Earth

Four SpaceX tourists returned to Earth from a three-day extra-terrestrial excursion, marking the end of the first-ever flight to Earth's orbit flown entirely by tourists or otherwise non-astronauts.
SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean off coast Florida.
Though they're not the first tourists to travel to orbit, their mission, called Inspiration4, was notable because it did not involve a stay at the International Space Station under the tutelage of professional astronauts, as previous missions involving space tourists have.

Sep 17, 2021

Astronauts Return to Earth after China's Longest Space Mission

Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth after completing the country's longest crewed space mission.
They spent 90 days at the Tianhe module on China's space station, some 380 km (240 miles) above Earth.
The three men had boarded the Shenzhou-12 crewed spacecraft and undocked from the space station.
The successful mission is another demonstration of China's growing confidence and capability in the space domain.
Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Honbo touched down in the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia.
They had left for space on 17 June, and had lifted off from the same desert.

Early Mars Experienced Volcanic Supereruptions

Using high-resolution images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, planetary scientists have discovered 4-billion-year-old layered deposits containing minerals consistent with altered volcanic ash throughout a region of northern Mars called Arabia Terra. They estimate that the volcanic ash observed in this region is the result of between 1,000 and 2,000 individual explosive eruptions over 500 million years.
Several large and deep craters in western Arabia Terra, Mars are thought to be explosive calderas, a type of volcano capable of producing supereruptions,
If these craters are calderas, vast layers of volcanic ash should be common in Arabia Terra.
While layered deposits have been observed previously in Arabia, until now, no deposits have been associated with the suggested calderas.

Infosys Launches Digital Commerce Platform Equinox

Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, launched Equinox platform to help enterprises securely deliver hyper-segmented, personalised omnichannel commerce experiences for B2B and B2C buyers. The platform's future-ready architecture offers unprecedented flexibility for enterprises to pick and choose out-of-the-box micro services and pre-built experiences to build curated digital journeys that enhance their digital commerce or launch it grounds-up in a matter of weeks.
The Equinox platform helps businesses transform their digital commerce across marketing, merchandising, e-commerce, store operations, supply chain and customer service through its four offerings: Infosys Equinox Microservices, Infosys Equinox Commerce, Infosys Equinox Experiences, and Infosys Equinox Marketing. Infosys Equinox also brings together best-of-breed service, product, platform and industry capabilities from Infosys, and its partners, in an integrated ecosystem.

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