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Airbus Will Build 900 Satellites for Another “Internet from Space” Project

Satellites will be launched into orbit via Virgin Galactic

If you haven't noticed, there's a fierce competition going on right now for the first company to provide free Internet access to remote areas of the Globe.

Airbus, in a joint project together with OneWeb, Qualcomm, and Virgin Galactic, has taken on the likes of Facebook's Internet.org initiative, a smaller Elon Musk Space X plan, and Google's Loon and Solara projects as part of this race.

A mesh of satellites circling the Earth and delivering free Internet

The Airbus Defense and Space unit will be tasked with producing 900 communication satellites that will be launched into space using Virgin Galactic to provide Internet access to every area of the globe.

The deal was announced at the Paris Airshow, and OneWeb plans to cover the entire surface of the Earth with a mesh of micro-satellites, all by 2018.

Each satellite won't weigh more than 150 kg / 330 pounds and will be around half a human's height.

Over 600-700 satellites are expected to be deployed at first, with the rest remaining on the ground as backups in case of malfunctions or other unexpected issues.

The first ten satellites will be built in Toulouse, France, and if everything tests well, the rest of the fleet will be built at a US-based plant specialized in mass production.

“Combining the innovation and large volume manufacturing techniques from its A350 aircraft production, [...] Team Airbus will help us deliver the OneWeb system on time, providing reliable connectivity for our customers,” said Brian Holz, Head of Space Systems at OneWeb.

Richard Branson is to “blame” for this one as well

According to the BBC, OneWeb secured the project's funds back in January, when it managed to convince Virgin Group founder Richard Branson to put around $2 / €1.77 billion in the project, together with telecommunications equipment manufacturer Qualcomm.

Probably because of this, Virgin Galactic will be tasked with taking the satellites into space via their LauncherOne low-cost orbital launch vehicle.

The entire plan seems a clone of Elon Musk's $10 / €8.91 billion project to put over 4,000 satellites in space for the same reason, all launched with the help of his Space X Falcon 9 rocket. A plan which was also announced back in January of this year. Coincidence or not?

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NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator Put to the Test

Jun 8, 2015, 12:05 PM ET

By ALYSSA NEWCOMB

ALYSSA NEWCOMBMore From Alyssa »

Digital Reporter

This artist's concept shows the test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), designed to test landing technologies for future Mars missions. A balloon will lift the vehicle to high altitudes, where a rocket will take it even higher, to the top of the stratosphere, at several times the speed of sound.

NASA/JPL-Caltech

A flying saucer could one day help a manned mission to Mars make a smooth landing on the surface of the red planet.

NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, which resembles a flying saucer, lifted off from Kauai, Hawaii this afternoon in a crucial test of the spacecraft's parachute.

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If all goes according to plan, the spacecraft will travel to an altitude of 120,000 feet on the back of a weather balloon for two hours before undergoing a spin test.

The vehicle has performed well during tests with the exception of the flying saucer's parachute, which experienced an issue last year. NASA engineers will be watching closely today to see how the newly designed supersonic parachute performs.

One of four cameras on board the spacecraft is expected to beam low resolution video back to Earth of the parachute's performance, according to NASA. The deployment is expected to be sometime between two and five hours after launch.

"This year's test is centered on how our newly-designed supersonic parachute will perform," Mark Adler, project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said in a statement. "We think we have a great design ready for the challenge, but the proof is in the pudding and the pudding will be made live for everyone to see."

Weighing in at 7,000 pounds and measuring 15 feet wide, the spacecraft is a crucial piece of technology for future trips to Mars.

Its job is to decelerate heavy landers traveling at supersonic speeds through Mars' thin atmosphere. The drag device could one day help humans, their cargo and their return rockets safely reach the red planet.

Poor life span

Poor Sense Of Smell Might Be Indicator Of Short Life Span

Want to know how long you'll live? How well your sense of smell is might be able to give you a clue.


In a study published in the journal Annals of Neurology, researchers showed that an individual's ability to identify certain scents and odors may impact how long they will live. The study involved 1,200 subjects, 1169 of which were Medicare beneficiaries. All aged 65 years old and above, they were made to identify 40 scents and odors by scratching and sniffing odorant strips and then choosing the best answer to identify what they had smelled from a 4-item list.


A 4-year follow-up period was employed and results showed that 45 percent of those with the lowest scores had already died, compared to the 18 percent mortality rate of those with the highest scores.


According to the researchers, every wrong answer increased the odds of an individual succumbing to an early death. Subjects who logged the lowest scores were found to have 2.5 times more risk of dying early than those with the most correct answers.


Why a poor sense of smell may be an indicator of a short life span is not clear. Davangere Devanand and colleagues, however, suggest that a poor sense of smell brings about early death through a number of reasons.


First, it puts individuals in higher risk of physical danger. Not smelling a gas leak, for instance, poses a lot of threat to life. Kitchen fires have claimed lives that could have been otherwise saved if a gas leak was spotted early.



Second, it doesn't warn people that they may be possibly consuming spoiled food, which can make them sick.


Third, a drop in smelling ability may be indicative of damage to the olfactory nerve, whose health may be a sign of overall health. As such, if the olfactory nerve stops working, the rest of the body and the brain may soon follow.


Lastly, it is possible that pollutants, poisons and infections inhaled first damage the sense of smell before attacking the rest of the body.


"This was a study of older adults [though]," said Devanand, the lead author of the study.


To truly determine if sense of smell can be indicative of life span, further research will have to be carried out including young to middle-aged subjects.


Richard Doty, Richard Mayeux, Yaakov Stern, Arjun Masurkar, Nicole Schupf, Howard Andrews, Jennifer Manly and Seonjoo Lee also contributed to the study.


Photo: Dennis Wong | Flickr

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NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator Put to the Test

Jun 8, 2015, 12:05 PM ET

By ALYSSA NEWCOMB

ALYSSA NEWCOMBMore From Alyssa »

Digital Reporter

This artist's concept shows the test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), designed to test landing technologies for future Mars missions. A balloon will lift the vehicle to high altitudes, where a rocket will take it even higher, to the top of the stratosphere, at several times the speed of sound.

NASA/JPL-Caltech

A flying saucer could one day help a manned mission to Mars make a smooth landing on the surface of the red planet.

NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, which resembles a flying saucer, lifted off from Kauai, Hawaii this afternoon in a crucial test of the spacecraft's parachute.

Mars Curiosity Rover Photos

Bright Red Supermoon Glows Over Madrid

Solar Eclipse Will Test Germany's Green Power Grid

If all goes according to plan, the spacecraft will travel to an altitude of 120,000 feet on the back of a weather balloon for two hours before undergoing a spin test.

The vehicle has performed well during tests with the exception of the flying saucer's parachute, which experienced an issue last year. NASA engineers will be watching closely today to see how the newly designed supersonic parachute performs.

One of four cameras on board the spacecraft is expected to beam low resolution video back to Earth of the parachute's performance, according to NASA. The deployment is expected to be sometime between two and five hours after launch.

"This year's test is centered on how our newly-designed supersonic parachute will perform," Mark Adler, project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said in a statement. "We think we have a great design ready for the challenge, but the proof is in the pudding and the pudding will be made live for everyone to see."

Weighing in at 7,000 pounds and measuring 15 feet wide, the spacecraft is a crucial piece of technology for future trips to Mars.

Its job is to decelerate heavy landers traveling at supersonic speeds through Mars' thin atmosphere. The drag device could one day help humans, their cargo and their return rockets safely reach the red planet.