London To New York In An Hour, By 4,000Mph ‘Vactrain’
From the west to the east coast of the United States in no more than 45 minutes, London to New York in just an hour, Washington DC to Beijing in a little over two hours through travelling at speeds of up to 4000 miles per hour. It sounds entirely implausible, but according to company ET3 and its ‘vactrain’ concept, it’s within our reach and it could well be the future of long-distance transportation.
Early Copies Of Mass Effect 3 To Be Launched Into Space
As anticipation for EA and Bioware’s epic conclusion to the Mass Effect saga balloons to atmospheric-breaking levels, EA is giving the chance to fans of the franchise to play the game more than a week early – but not in the way you’d have imagined.
NASA Ready To Invest In 'Space Taxis' To The Tune Of $500m
What with Russia having now monopolised the flying of space crews to the $100 billion International Space Station, NASA is now looking to invest in at least two U.S. firms to design and build what they’re calling ‘space taxis’ to transport astronauts to and from the space station. Russia, it is reported, currently charges around $60 million per person for the privilege.
Newly Discovered Super-Earth Is 'Best Candidate' For Supporting Life
22 light years away, you'll find a planet which has been given the categorically dull name of GJ 667 Cc, or as it's being synonymously named: The 'super-Earth.' The planet, orbiting a nearby star, has been detected and analysed, with findings giving a solid prediction that it may support life and human inhabitance.
SETI begins looking for alien life again. Restarts Allen Telescope Array
The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI), has re-launched Allen Telescope Array operations in California in order to continue their search for alien life forms.
Due to a lack of funding the project was stopped in April; but public donations and a huge investment from the U.S. Air Force has meant they can continue their research. This comes at rather convenient timing, as NASA announced the discovery of 1,000 new potential life-supporting planets via its Kepler space telescope.