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Alex Kurtzman On The Evolution Of ‘Section 31’ And What He Has Learned Running Star Trek TV – TrekMovie.com

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Alex Kurtzman On The Evolution Of ‘Section 31’ And What He Has Learned Running Star Trek TV – TrekMovie.com

In addition to our chat during a junket last week, TrekMovie also had a chance to talk to executive producer Alex Kurtzman at the premiere in New York City premiere of Star Trek: Section 31. We spent a few minutes with the man who oversees the Star Trek franchise on TV to talk about how this new streaming movie fits into Trek, how it has changed during years of development, and what could be next for this format. So, fans have been worried [about Section 31]… Yeah, I know! So what would you say is the Star Trek of it all that would reassure them? Here’s what I would say. I think that first and foremost, as a fan, and as many fans that I’ve spoken to, I think you you tend to find Star Trek because you feel somehow like you don’t fit in, right? And Star Trek becomes a safe place that tell...

DAF announces Spark Tank 2025 finalists > United States Space Force > Article Display

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DAF announces Spark Tank 2025 finalists > United States Space Force > Article Display

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Spark Tank 2025 semifinals were held Jan. 28 in the Pentagon. The Spark Tank production team presented the top 15 ideas, identified by 1,925 Airmen and Guardians casting nearly 35,000 pairwise votes and subject matter expert evaluations, to a panel co-chaired by the vice chief of staff of the Air Force and the vice chief of space operations. Department of the Air Force executives reviewed the innovators’ pitch videos and discussed the merits of each idea, reaching consensus to identify the six finalists. Out of a record 441 submissions from across the Space Force and Air Force, the...

NASA leaders, Artemis contractors argue importance of architecture continuity for returning to the Moon – Spaceflight Now

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NASA leaders, Artemis contractors argue importance of architecture continuity for returning to the Moon – Spaceflight Now

The Artemis 2 crew, standing in from of their Artemis spacecraft, discusses their planned around-the-moon flight with reporters at the Kennedy Space Center. Left to right: commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. While assembly of the Space Launch System rocket continues at the Kennedy Space Center, NASA and its prime contractors supporting the Artemis program are arguing for the continuity of the program’s current architecture. The statements come as some in the space community are arguing that the U.S. should bypass the Moon and focus on Mars exploration instead. Speaking during a panel at the annual SpaceCom conference in Orlando in January, Kirk Shireman, the vice president of Human Space Explorat...

Robot made from pig gelatin biodegrades when no longer needed

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Robot made from pig gelatin biodegrades when no longer needed

The robotic arm at different stages of activationWei et al An origami-inspired robot arm made with material from cotton plants and pigs biodegrades when no longer needed. Such a soft robot could be further developed to carry out medical procedures inside the body and then pass safely through it. Soft robotics is a growing field because there are a number of applications where a hard, rigid device would be unsafe or unwelcome, such as when working in extremely tight spaces in machinery or in close proximity to – or even inside – people. Most experimental soft robots are made with synthetic materials such as silicon rubber. Now, Hanqing Jiang at Westlake University in Zhejiang, China, and his colleagues have created a simple version from cellulose derived from cotto...

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Rocket Lab launches fourth set of Kinéis satellites

WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched a fourth set of satellites for French company Kinéis Feb. 8 as it extends its lead in the small launch sector.A Rocket Lab Electron lifted off from the company’s Launch Complex 1, Pad A, at 3:43 p.m. Eastern. The vehicle’s kick stage deployed its payload of five satellites a little more than an hour after liftoff in orbits with planned altitudes of 646 kilometers and inclinations of 97 degrees.The launch was the four of five Rocket Lab is performing for Kinéis, a French company developing a constellation for Internet of Things services, after launches in June, September and November of 2024. The companies signed a contract for five Electron launches in 2021 to deploy the full Kinéis constellation.Kinéis executives said last fall that they expected to...