Space exploration is currently in the midst of a renaissance, with more and more private companies and national governments launching test flights, satellites and probes. Just recently, scientists generated oxygen on Mars, and flew a remote helicopter over its surface.
But what will these advances in space exploration mean for those of us stuck here on earth? The space race of the 60s led to many innovations that we still use today – including LASIK, cordless vacuums and even OpenStack – so what technology could the race for Mars bring us? This week, we’re joined by Paul Kostek, advisory systems engineer with Base2 Solutions and IEEE senior member, to find out what developments the future of space travel could bring us.
Footnotes
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- UK Space Agency launches fund to develop hospitals of the future
- Microsoft and SpaceX collaborate to take the cloud into space
- Man on the Moon: Technology then and now
- AWS launches dedicated space business unit
- How Apollo 11 technology shaped the modern world
- HPE launches two servers into space
- NHS to boost X-ray scanning with space tech
- It’s time to give edge computing some space
- NASA picks Lockheed to build shuttle replacement
- European Space Agency could ‘print’ first moon base
- HPE space servers continue to work - for now
- Google Cloud and SpaceX partner on Starlink internet service
- Nokia and NASA join forces to bring 4G to the moon
- View from the Airport: Appian World 2021
- SpaceX to offer on-the-go internet service for vehicles
- Toilet paper, generator failures, and penguins: How IBM Maximo is being used for Antarctic research missions
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