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Feb- 2021 -27 February
Science-Tech
Relativity Space just unveiled a reusable, 3D-printed rocket to compete with SpaceX’s Falcon 9
Could Relativity Space be the next SpaceX? As the Los Angeles-based startup plans to launch its 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket late this year, and Terran R, a much larger orbital rocket than its predecessor. Key market indicators show a company growing so quickly that it’s attracting massive investor attention. The company’s debut launch was originally slated for 2020, but preparations now appear to be going smoothly after that initial delay, with some important milestones coming up soon. Relativity Space, the 3D-printing rocket builder, is making another big bet: Developing a fully reusable rocket, designed to match the power and capability…
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27 February
SpaceX
SpaceX believes heat damage was the cause for the failure of the Falcon 9 rocket which crashed in the Atlantic ocean a few 100 miles from Cape Canaveral
About a week ago, SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites using the Falcon 9 booster, but the unfortunate event happened. The booster failed to land on the oil rig converted into a launch pad. A senior SpaceX official said this week that “heat damage” led to the failure of a Falcon 9 booster during a landing attempt Feb. 15, but the company will press on with more launches and will likely surpass the 10-flight threshold on one of its reusable rockets soon. The next Falcon 9 launch, using a booster flying on its eighth mission, is scheduled for liftoff from Florida…
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27 February
Electric Vehicles
Reeling from US sanctions, Huawei is planning to foray into the EV market, could produce a working model by the end of this year
Smartphone manufacturers are switching to other business ventures like electric cars. According to a Chinese media report by LatePost a week ago, Xiaomi had planned to foray into the electric vehicle market. Its electric car project will be led by company founder and CEO Lei Jun, the report said. Similarly, Apple too has been working over the years to get a pie of the electric vehicle market. The latest report is that Apple’s supplier Foxconn reached an agreement with Fisker to produce electric cars. And finally, Huawei too is participating in the electric car market. As per a Reuters report, …
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26 February
Climate Change
Scientists are building Earth’s “digital twin” in order to prepare for catastrophic events that could occur in the near future
Over the next 10 years, programmers and climate scientists will work together on the wildly detailed Earth twin. The scientists hope the resulting model will help everyone run simulations to make better, more reasoned plans for approaching extreme climate events and new challenges. This project is a collaboration between the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The actual programming and computing is happening at ETH Zurich and the Swiss national Supercomputing Centre (CSCS). To become climate neutral by 2050, the European Union launched…
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26 February
Xiaomi
Xiaomi launches K40 series with K40 pro costing less than $450 and would be rebranded Poco series during global rollout
Xiaomi’s Redmi sub-brand right this moment unveiled a trio of dirt cheap flagship smartphones powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 800 series chips. The brand new Redmi K40 series smartphones have an analogous design to the Mi 11, however offer even higher value. K40 Pro Plus The Redmi K40 Pro+ is the most impressive of the three new Redmi flagships. It features Qualcomm’s 5nm Snapdragon 888 chipset, paired with 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The phone has a triple-camera setup on the back with a 108MP Samsung ISOCELL HM2 sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide lens, and a…
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