China Now Tops US in Space Launches
For the first time ever, China has launched more rockets into orbit in a year than the U.S. In 2011, the Chinese sent 19 rockets into space. The U.S. sent just 18. Russia, the Walmart of space launches, fired off no fewer than 31 rockets. The numbers, parsed in recent reports from the U.S. Federal…
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How The Universe Works (According To Larry Niven)
In 1989, science fiction author Larry Niven published a collection of short stories and essays under the title N-SPACE. Included in the collection was a list of observations on how the Universe works. He called the observations Niven’s Laws. Niven has tweaked these laws over the years by adding, eliminating and adjusting line items when…
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