There is no spoon..

thisistheverge:

Meet RASSOR, the robot that could help us colonize the moon

The Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot — RASSOR, for short — is the robot that will help NASA find water on the moon, and could eventually lead to a permanent, manned lunar base. RASSOR is an excavator that NASA hopes will extract water, ice, and fuel from lunar soil. It’s able to traverse steep slopes, climb over rocks, and dig for and collect soil before taking it to a processing plant for water extraction. NASA says that RASSOR will “be the feeder for a lunar resource processing plant, a level of industry never before tried anywhere besides Earth.”

questionall:

“Lobbying” is basically a bribe - paying money to politicians to make decisions favourable to the corporation. Why are cigarettes legal even though they KILL their users? Lobbying.

emergentfutures:

Asia ‘to eclipse’ US and Europe by 2030 - US report

Asia will wield more global power than the US and Europe combined by 2030, a forecast from the US intelligence community has found.

Within two decades China will overtake the US as the world’s largest economy, the report adds.

It also warns of slower growth and falling living standards in advanced nations with ageing populations.

Story: BBC

Promising..

spytap:

One of these is always straightforward and one is always an adventure. Both have their advantages, depending on one’s mood.

Living and drinking on both coasts- so true..

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futuramb:

Dear CEO: What is Your 400 Year Business Plan?
germaneconsulting.com

I first heard of the 400 year busi­ness plan when my hus­band, Robert Per­schel, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, New Eng­land Forestry Foun­da­tion, attend­ed ProSil­va – Close to Nature forestry con­fer­ence in France. City girl that I am, I stayed in Par…

Barrels used to make cognac are produced from Limousin’s oak trees. The trees require a 200 year growth cycle. This produces tough, coarse, porous wood and specific chemical compounds that impart desired flavors and colors to the cognac. To sustain the integrity of the forest, the oaks are planted at different times. Over the course of 400 years, all the trees in existence now will have been harvested. New ones will have been planted in their place. This is the rationale for the 400 year forest management scheme and business plan.

mcgarrsworld:

RIP Tony Scott

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mcgarrsworld:

Earth, Jupiter and Venus from the skyline of Mars!

So freakin awesome..

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