Year: 2018

Starship Enterprise, Elon Musk, Falcon 9, SpaceX, SpaceX Raptor, SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX BFR, SpaceX Starship, Mars, Mars Orbiter Mission, Mangalyaan, Polar Lander, Mars Climate Orbiter, JAXA Nozomi, SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System, Mars colony, NASA, multiplanetary species,

Starship Alone Won’t Take Us to Mars – We’ll Need Lots of Enterprise Too

Prakash Chandra 05/12/2018

It surprises no one that since 1960, barely a...

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Does India’s Heart Transplant Setup Really Favour Foreigners?

J. Amalorpavanathan and C.E. Karunakaran 05/12/2018

While some foreigners benefit from Indian hearts, they also...

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GSAT-11, ISRO’s Heaviest Satellite, Launched Successfully

The satellite is meant to boost broadband services in...

Hindu Kush Himalaya, climate change, thermal power plant, coal power, NITI Aayog, Composite Water Management Index, Central Electricity Authority, renewable energy, water shortage, river basins, Ganges, Brahmaputra, hydroelectric power, water risk, solar energy, water stress,

The World Needs More Energy but Has Less Water to Spare for It

Deepak Krishnan 05/12/2018

Over 70% of India’s existing thermal-power utilities are likely...

ISRO’s Earth Observation Satellite HysIS Sends First Image

The 380-kg HysIS is meant to study the earth’s...

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Kenya’s Marie Stopes Ban May Drive More Women to Unsafe Abortions

Michael Mutua 05/12/2018

In Kenya, nearly 120,000 women are treated in health...

NASA Deep Space Probe Reaches Asteroid Deemed Potential Earth Threat

Reuters 04/12/2018

A 'touch-and-go' manoeuvre of OSIRIS-REx is planned to snatch...