The wallet has officially made its way to the International Space Station (ISS) and is now orbiting the Earth at five miles per second. It flew there on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of a commercial resupply mission.
This marks the first piece of blockchain hardware to be installed on the ISS. It will be installed on NanoRacks' commercial platform on board the station.
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Upon activation, the platform will demonstrate the receipt, authorisation, and retransmission of transactions.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Bucharest, Romania Seen From Orbit - SpaceRef
The brightly lit capital city of Bucharest, Romania with a population of almost 1.9 million, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above the eastern European nation.
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Bad Astronomy | So, about that 'too massive' black hole… yeah, not so much.
Last week, I wrote about what looked like a pretty important astronomical discovery : A black hole with a mass of 70 times that of the Sun.
This story was a big deal because we don't know of any easy way to get a black hole with a mass like that. This is what's called a stellar mass black hole , one with up to a few dozen times the mass of the Sun most likely formed when a massive star goes supernova . While the outer layers of the star explode outward, the core of the star collapses, becoming a black hole.
Partisans to turn Canadian town into "city of the future" The Orbit
Architecture studio Partisans has unveiled plans to transform a Canadian town into a smart community , combining fibre optics, autonomous vehicles and drone ports within a rural setting.
The Toronto firm has developed the proposal for Innisfil, Canada , a primarily agrarian and residential town 60 kilometres north of Toronto.
Called The Orbit, the proposal aims to develop it into "the city of the future" with a host of new technologies, while also maintaining the existing agriculture and lush setting.
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ISRO PSLV C48/RISAT-2BR1 mission: PSLV's milestone flight successful, 10 satellites placed in
Orbit Baby Has Returned to North American Market, Featuring Newly Updated Product Assortment
VENTURA, Calif. , Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbit Baby, a vanguard of the modern-day luxury baby stroller industry, has newly returned to the North American market with an all-new leadership team and a collection of updated products developed for safety, style, and premium comfort for babies and parents.
Orbit Baby was originally founded in 2004 by Stanford University undergrads Bryan White and Joseph Hei . Their innovative SmartHub™ technology, which enabled the baby's seat to smoothly turn 360 degrees without disruption, allowed perfect modularity of their stroller, car seat and bassinet, and quickly became the most unique creation in the industry, heralded for its convenience, style and safety.
ESA wants to grab a chunk of space debris and pull it out of orbit in 2025 - MIT Technology Review
The European Space Agency has announced a new mission in 2025 to test out technology to remove orbital debris. Called ClearSpace-1, it will be the first mission tasked with removing an actual piece of abandoned space junk from orbit.
What is it? The new mission is the brainchild of the Swiss startup ClearSpace, which has designed a space trash collector that uses four robotic legs to capture the debris. It can then drag it down into a deorbiting maneuver so it can safely burn up in the atmosphere.
Happening on Twitter
Bits in space! @SpaceChain's full bitcoin node is now aboard the International Space Station. https://t.co/Qlhd0er4ux via @realDannyNelson coindesk (from New York, USA) Mon Dec 09 02:43:39 +0000 2019
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