Flagstaff, AZ--Although fascinating, Romance to Reality
(RtR) is not a website where you can buy lingerie. Instead it's geared to
chronicling lunar and Mars expedition and settlement plans hatched since the
1950s (http://members.aol.com/dsfportree/explore.htm).
Author and historian David Portree set up the site in 1996 and it
now contains 270 annotations of Moon and Mars project plans. NASA and contractor
personnel, as well as students, visit RtR for reference information. Portree
recently overhauled the site to coincide with the NASA History Office's
publication of Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mars Planning, 1950-2000, written
by Portree, which details Mars mission design approaches. His future upgrade
plans for RtR include: primers and background papers by experts on space
exploration; a search engine; downloadable original public domain documents;
biographies of Moon and Mars pioneer planners; original artwork; and an
annotation collection devoted to student design projects.
By experimenting with the photovoltaic reaction in solar cells, researchers at MIT have made a breakthrough in energy efficiency that significantly pushes the boundaries of current commercial cells on the market.
In a world that's going green, industrial operations have a problem: Their processes involve materials that are potentially toxic, flammable, corrosive, or reactive. If improperly managed, this can precipitate dangerous health and environmental consequences.
With LEDs dropping in price virtually every year, automakers have begun employing them, not only on luxury vehicles, but on entry-level models, as well.
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A quick look into the merger of two powerhouse 3D printing OEMs and the new leader in rapid prototyping solutions, Stratasys. The industrial revolution is now led by 3D printing and engineers are given the opportunity to fully maximize their design capabilities, reduce their time-to-market and functionally test prototypes cheaper, faster and easier. Bruce Bradshaw, Director of Marketing in North America, will explore the large product offering and variety of materials that will help CAD designers articulate their product design with actual, physical prototypes. This broadcast will dive deep into technical information including application specific stories from real world customers and their experiences with 3D printing. 3D Printing is
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