Blog Heap o'Transport Links 3 February 2018
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Blog-Heap links regarding transportation and related infrastructure,
also energy, because it takes energy to transport,
and virtuality, because telepresence saves on transpresence.
Blog-Heap links regarding transportation and related infrastructure,
also energy, because it takes energy to transport,
and virtuality, because telepresence saves on transpresence.
Spacecraft
rickl, Ace of Spades Sat 2018 Feb 3, 1:33pm
During the night, Japan broke the record for the smallest rocket to orbit a satellite. They modified a two-stage suborbital sounding rocket by adding a third stage and a guidance system, and put a 6 lb. cubesat into orbit. (The previous record was also held by Japan, in 1970.)
Here is an article about it:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yao28s3c
And the launch video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeW-Qqu9-8U