Failing again. Failing better.
Remember the Air Force’s secret space plane, the X-37B? If you don’t, I talked about it here, here, and here. Launched in March of last year, the X-37B was originally supposed to return from space after only 270 days. Now it is scheduled to land sometime in mid-June. So what was the secret mission? What…
Today, Gizmodo posted a great article about a potentially world-changing device brought to you by the Space Biosciences Division of NASA: the biocapsule. As the article states, if NASA wants pursue manned space exploration, the astronauts will need to treat themselves for a variety of ailments or injuries. The biocapsule could make this process quick…
It’s been a while since I’ve done a “what if” post, but Wired’s Danger Room posted a story that was too good to resist. The story summarizes nine secret military programs that have experienced leaks to varying degrees. The programs include the USS Jimmy Carter, a specially-equipped spy sub; the Air Force’s X-37B space plane…
Yesterday, Boing Boing commented on a Bloomberg Businessweek article describing Palantir, a threat-tracking software. Originally developed as a way to detect criminals using PayPal for illicit purposes, Palantir tracks seemingly innocuous data points to determine whether a terrorist plot is in the works. More importantly, it has the ability to raise alarms before the attack…
DISCLAIMER: Yes, I am a lawyer. No, this should not be taken as legal advice or as a legal opinion. I am merely highlighting an article that involves legal topics for the purposes of exploring potential ideas for fiction. Thank you. As detailed in an article by Paul Harris in The Guardian, some are concerned…