But the situation threatened to cause a new rift with the United States, which added the 28-year-old Kim Yo Jong - who runs the Workers' Party propaganda and agitation department - to Treasury Department sanctions last year aimed at punishing the North for human rights abuses and censorship. [Full Article...]
The Chinese government has been investing heavily with this aim, and all eyes are now on the Long March 9 rocket, which some are calling China's very own Falcon Heavy. He also is the controlling shareholder in SpaceX . The mission is an important step on the human journey toward Mars , Masi told Newsweek . Hooking up with a private partner such as SpaceX or Blue Origin, the space company ... [Full Article...]
It has already lured two clients: the US Air Force and Arabsat, a consortium of Arab nations seeking to have communications satellites put into orbit. Musk isn't the only wealthy entrepreneur investing in space travel. SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk has described the attempt as "synchronized aerial ballet". [Full Article...]
That's because of progress made on the earlier, smaller Falcon 9 rockets. If this was the first thing aliens found, at least they would know we have great taste in cars and music. Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino, now a professor at Columbia University's engineering school and he was shocked about the idea of a auto traveling in space. [Full Article...]
The world's most powerful rocket, throwing off 5 million pounds of thrust, could have easily failed. But here's a quick rundown of what happened on Tuesday. Mars is the next logical step in our exploration of space". Tesla lost $1.96 billion for the full year, a record for the company and almost three times its loss of $675 million in 2016. [Full Article...]
They reaffirmed cooperation among the two Asian countries and the United States in dealing with North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs. "The Japan-South Korea agreement is one that finally and irreversibly resolves (the issue)". She is to arrive Friday on a private jet to attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Games later that day, and will join South Korean President M... [Full Article...]
Created to carry a maximum payload to low-earth orbit of 64 tonnes - equal to launching five double-decker buses into orbit - the Falcon Heavy also has a performance of more than double that of the world's second most powerful rocket; the Delta IV Heavy. [Full Article...]
San Francisco-Tesla Inc. put to rest - at least for now - a chorus of concern that it was going to need to raise more money soon, thanks in part to the salesmanship of its CEO. Although space exploration has always been seen as only being accessible to rocket scientists and government officials, a new era is making space more available to the public - well, at least the richest citizens. [Full Article...]