MH Rajesh writes: It is not yet in the google league in ergonomics, however in certain areas it offers a better product. Clearly, in rural domain, it combines the government’s ecosystem for agriculture & soils, census, geology & mines, ground water prospects, land use land cover, irrigation, revenue boundary, urban centres etc.
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China Inaugurates New Space Launch Centre with New Long March -7 Series Rocket
Sanjay Kumar writes: On 25 June 2016, China inaugurated a new space launch centre at Wenchang on Hainan Island; with the successful lift-off of its new, most powerful launch vehicle – Long March 7 (also referred as CZ-7) rocket.
Re-Usable Launch Vehicle – Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD)
Sanjay Kumar writes: On 23 May 2016, ISRO successfully launched the first technology demonstrator of indigenously made Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV), dubbed as India’s Space Shuttle from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Small / Nano Satellites Ushering New Era
Sanjay Kumar writes: The advancement in technology and development of mini/ nano components for high resolution imagery, has opened a new frontier in Space ; with smaller satellites able to serve the same purpose as larger satellite and given the redundancy factor clubbed with low cost, nano satellites are garnering greater support.
Laser Weapons on Battlefield: Space next?
Sanjay Kumar writes: Even if laser weapons make it into the theatre of war in the 2020s, they’ll only be used to target incoming projectiles or unmanned vehicles for the foreseeable future, as Geneva Conventions restricts the use of directed energy or blinding laser weapons against human beings.
NASA Building Space Shotgun To Blast Asteroids
Sanjay Kumar Writes: Scientists at NASA are working on a giant space shotgun capable of smashing rocks out of asteroids. It is hoped the shotgun will allow experts test asteroid strength and will eventually be used as part of NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM).
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