Monday, December 1, 2014

The Uplifting Promise and Depressing Reality of Space Travel

This could be, if only we put more than a fraction of 1% of our budget into NASA:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/30/wanderers-short-film_n_6244990.html?fb_action_ids=10204015258754626&fb_action_types=og.likes

But watching this video of what the upcoming Orion is supposed to do is depressing:

http://www.universetoday.com/116785/cool-nasa-animation-beautifully-details-every-step-of-orions-first-launch/

How painfully little has changed in 50 years! It's like watching a sad remake of a classic.

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This AI Just Designed a More Precise CRISPR Gene Editor for Human Cells From Scratch

https://singularityhub.com/2024/04/25/this-ai-just-designed-a-more-precise-crispr-gene-editor-for-human-cells-from-scratch/