Space

• [New] By leveraging Trackunit's fast-growing network of hundreds of thousands of connected devices all over the planet, Trackunit Kin will take connectivity of construction to the next level.
• [New] China's solar-powered vehicle, about the size of a golf cart, will collect data on underground water and look for evidence that the planet may have once harbored microscopic life.
• [New] More fully integrating allies into the U.S. space architecture would be an important step toward ensuring the resiliency of national security space systems that any American-led coalition will need.
• [New] Strategic messaging needs to emphasize U.S. intent to promote security and stability in space rather than military space superiority, which would be especially difficult to achieve given the threat environment and might be impossible to measure.
• [New] The Department of Defense should focus on measures to increase the resiliency of U.S. space systems and thereby reduce vulnerabilities.
• [New] The Department of Defense and the intelligence community need to invest more in capabilities that will increase the resiliency of national security space systems.
• [New] Many governments around the globe are establishing funds to support local gaming industry, which is also expected to develop space for mobile games.
• [New] Gliese 486 b could prove ideal for studying the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet using instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope and the future Extremely Large Telescope, an astronomical observatory now under construction in Chile.
• [New] Scientists have spotted a planet orbiting a star relatively near our solar system that may offer a prime opportunity to study the atmosphere of a rocky Earth-like alien world - the type of research that could aid the hunt for extraterrestrial life.
• [New] The United States must focus on building rules and norms that will govern the rest of this century amidst rapidly changing trends in technology, climate change, and space exploration.
• [New] UAE Hope probe reaches Mars orbit - The United Arab Emirates has become the first Arab country to reach another planet, a feat that it hopes will turbocharge its science base, as James Dacey reports.
• [New] The Hope Probe will provide the first holistic study of the Martian climate, helping to characterize the planet's lower atmosphere, correlate lower and upper atmospheric conditions, and understand the escape of hydrogen and oxygen to outer space.
• [New] Demand for biomedical lab space is insatiable right now and will remain in high demand for next 24-36 months in the Boston-Cambridge metro.
• [New] The New Zealand-based firm Rocket Lab says it is developing a rocket designed to launch satellites into so-called mega constellations, beginning in 2024 - with human launches also planned at a later date.
• [New] As the first wave of investments in the agrifoodtech space are maturing, larger blockbuster deals are expected in 2021 and beyond, said AgFunder.
• [New] The ability to launch satellites locally will be pivotal for the development of the Australian space sector.
• [New] Three Australian space companies will unite to launch a bushfire detection satellite into orbit in a major milestone for building sovereignty capability in the local space sector.
• [New] US Navy successfully tests an orbiting solar panel the size of a pizza box that could one day beam power from space to ANYWHERE on Earth >>.
• [New] Scientists fear that microorganisms from Earth might contaminate other planets or, even worse, throw off the search for extraterrestrial life.
• There are growing signs that a NASA astronaut will fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station in April.

Last updated: 07 March 2021