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and here at BBC Future we have been following it for the past two years. he idea is to make space super-cheap

easier than anything that flown into space before. Getting to this point however, has proven far more difficult for Manchester than ever expected.

squeezed into a Falcon 9 rocket alongside an International space station (ISS) Dragon supply capsule. here typically a bunch of space left little nooks and crannies

Indeed, paperwork headaches stopped BBC Future sending its own satellite to space. Due to a mix-up, the particular sprite we had planned was loaded not into the mothership

we could store 100,000 times more information in the same space-instead of one movie, you could store 100,000 movies.

Slowly an astronaut emerges, the blackness of space behind him. He gestures to the camera before edging his way out.

The man in the suit, Zhai Zhigang, joined Russia's Alexey Leonov and America's Ed white in the history books as his nation's first space walker.

Its progress in space, when compared with the United states, has been likened to the story of the tortoise and the hare.

the China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched Chang'e-3, a lunar mission named after a Moon goddess with a six-wheeled rover named Yutu,

Senior Curator in the Division of Space History at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum,"help to answer some important questions about the origins of the Moon and geologic processes there.#

what is classed as a major space power to being a strong space power.##This would put them on par with the US, Russia and Europe.

China is in a space race, but it's with other Asian countries like India, Japan, Malaysia and Korea.

#because of its collaboration with smaller nations assisting with space programmes and satellite launches. And India seems keen to keep up with the Chinese in space achievements,

launching a probe to Mars last month. Although India is still far behind, its efforts to reach a similar level are perceived indicative of the regional strategic benefits.

But, as with the US and Soviet union, the early days of China's space programme is military to some extent."

"China can use space to project power further from its shores, and to more accurately carry out strikes against adversaries.#

or prevent the use of space-based assets by adversaries during times of crisis or conflict.#

#Not that China is the only nation working on space weaponry#America is too#though US law prohibits Nasa from collaborating

The US supports its space programme, but is reluctant to increase Nasa's funds. Nasa's budget for 2014 is more than a billion less than 2012,

"Funding a space programme is much harder in democracies.##However, Launius believes similar Apollo-style missions may not resonate with the public in the same way as it did four decades ago.

China seems determined to inspire its citizens through its own space achievements. Earlier this year, female taikonaut Wang Yaping gave the first live lesson from space to 60 million students on the effects of zero gravity.

One user posted in response on the social media site Weibo, according to CNN: The US used to be proud of their space class,

#Africa, Clooney and an unlikely space race What do George Clooney and Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir have in common?

They both have their eyes on space #and in particular, harnessing the satellites orbiting above Africa's skies.

The pair join various governments and companies now looking to harness space research across the African continent.

and Morocco#currently have space programmes of their own, others are racing to catch up, including Ghana and Ethiopia.

So what's driving Africa's soaring ambitions for space? And are the plans realistic?

Africa's interest in space arguably began half a century ago, as the US and Soviet union's space race was heating up.

In 1964, a Zambian science teacher named Edward Mukaka Nkoloso appointed himself the director of the Zambia National Academy of Space Research,

and unofficially launched the first#and most eccentric#space programme on the continent. His rather lofty goal was to put a Zambian on the moon before anybody else.

In the following decades, South africa developed its own space research projects, mostly for military purposes.

at the turn of the century, African nations began to ramp up their space efforts. In 2001 Nigeria established its National Space Research and development Agency

and launched its first small satellite in 2003. The satellites it put into the space provide everything from high-resolution imagery to monitor the country's shrinking farmland, to cheaper wireless and internet coverage.

Last year, Ghana launched its Space science and Technology Center, to"foster teaching, learning, commercial application of space research,

#as a precursor to a full-blown space agency by 2016, intended to lead the nation's civilian space exploration efforts.

To Western eyes, it may seem rather innappropriate to launch space programmes in Sub-saharan africa, where nearly 70%of the population still lives on less $2 a day.

Yet Joseph Akinyede, director of the African Regional Centre for Space science and Technology Education in Nigeria, an education centre affiliated with the United nations Office for Outer space Affairs,

chairman of the Ethiopian Space science Society argues that enhancing local expertise via space research is vital."

Nearly all of Africa's space programmes are partnered with foreign countries#arguably limiting their autonomy and control of data and information generated.

An AU working group on space chaired by South africa, with members representing Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Egypt and Algeria, will present their recommendations on how to make Afrispace a reality to an AU parliament in November next year.

For years, African leaders have seen space investment as"a luxury, at the bottom of the list of priorities,#says Hakim.

The expertise required to rival other large space agencies may also be a long way off#at least judging by the way some existing African space organizations present themselves to the world.

Our use of space of technology is not to its full potential.##Still, there is no doubt that activity is ramping up across the continent,

"See you in space, #he said, before ending the call,"#one day#.#If you would like to comment on this

when they are used to probe big questions about the fundamental nature of matter, space and time.

or requiring separate office spaces for women, have restricted employment opportunities. Shifting sands Times, however, are changing. round 400,000 jobs will be created in the next few years for Saudi women,

All its freeways have been turned into public spaces, their multiple lanes of traffic replaced with extensive linear parks.

and reduce the amount of urban space devoted to cars. These smart cars would act more like a fleet of shared, self-driving taxis.

including making improvements to its urban space that will help make its cities more welcoming to pedestrians.

Wework, a real estate start-up, is quickly expanding its brand of community-driven co-working spaces to San francisco and LA.

#Edge-of-space planes to free-up congested skies Making predictions about the future of aviation is dangerous;

The early space systems will probably involve gliding back to Earth #which may mean our airports will have to be redesigned to make them useable by these different designs.

the city was started by developers so there is an abundance of high-quality office and residential spaces.

when multinational companies looked for office space to house thousands of employees in call centres in India,

they make software used for everything from designing car parts to building vehicles sent into space.

and then we put a bunch of stuff on the backside to allow us to move it around in space.#

like the Hubble space telescope, the JWST will be launched into space with its mirror out of focus. Only this time, unlike when Hubble was launched,

the telescope will be launched into space with deliberately bumpy mirrors and out of focus optics. The progress of the JWST has been slow and costly.

Mr Lin's tech incubator appworks provides office space for around 40 start-ups. He says the number of start-ups in Taiwan has doubled at least in the past three years to several thousand.

where incubators and start-ups compete for space among the coffee shops and restaurants. There are similar tech hubs in many cities throughout the world,

and let it burn up as it re-enters the atmosphere#the usual fate of our mechanical helpers in space.

and located in the so-called Goldilocks zone#an area of space around a parent star that is not too cold or too hot,

as if snapped in space. But even with these adaptive optics tools, existing ground-based telescopes can only"see#planets bigger than Jupiter#gas giants that orbit their parent stars at a huge distance.

Telescopes can produce much clearer images in space, free from our turbulent atmosphere. The Hubble space telescope has been circling Earth

In April this year, Nasa gave the go-ahead to another space-based mission that will work similar to Kepler,

we will have to go to space, he adds#with a giant telescope fully designed for planet hunting

as featured in Lost in Space, Silent Running and The Fifth Element, in which Leeloo puts chicken pills into a microwave

and because of the ample and cheap office space. However, Ljung admits his firm's new hometown doesn't cover all bases."

has rented space to over 15 companies, including Soundcloud. The city also now has a lot more of

with one seat and a large bank of computer processors taking up most of the internal space, but the final design calls for two seats, one behind the other."

being surrounded by glass helps give the perception of space too, but I am not sure how

meaning it can split lanes and park in motorcycle specific spaces. Lit Motors also has big plans for the future,

where the purpose of a particular space can be decided by the person using it. One example is protocells lifelike chemistries that mimic natural processes

a mall, meeting spaces and a museum. Solar panels on the structure top will generate power.

Fundamental design principles may not only help create a viable concept for life in space, but could be translated into models and prototypes to deal with real-world challenges back here On earth,

space is used more efficiently. he real value you get is you can get more safety, lethality or operational capability from the same space,

being used for the first time in the restricted space found on cruise ships. The systems will enable Carnival Corporation to meet new regulations that place a cap on sulfur content of fuel oil at 0. 1 percent

For the first time this combination is being developed to accommodate restricted spaces on existing ships. Carnival Corporation plan incorporates a two-pronged system one to reduce particulates from the ship engine emissions,

Unlike traditional building-applied photovoltaic (PV) systems, restricted to use in direct sunlight on very limited skyscraper rooftop space,

Completion of the certification gives assurance that products designed for use in indoor spaces meet strict chemical emissions limits,

whether the panels are deployed terrestrially or in space. Their significantly reduced weight is one clear benefit.

which they are subjected in space. In terrestrial use the flexibility means that solar panels can be wrapped onto any suitable structure, flat or curved.

such as nuclear objects or space. And much closer to home, we could have robotic assistants able to help elderly or disabled people,

and Space Programme and was coordinated by the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) at the University of Sheffield in collaboration with partners in Belgium,

and assess large numbers of proteins in a very short space of time, thus opening up much wider possibilities for genuinely novel vaccines.

how this inheritance is controlled in space and time. This represents a major step in understanding the role of epigenetic systems t

View from space DORIS used the new mapping technologies offered by the Copernicus system of Earth observation satellites operated by the European space agency.

With the system we can see exactly where the patient is in space, how fast he is moving,

which manages more than 3 billion square feet of building space globally, has helped its commercial real estate clients reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 12 million metric tons while saving them $2. 5 billion in energy costs over the past seven years.

The first study shows that the microneedle therapy would inject drugs into space between two layers of the eye near the ciliary body

##In contrast to the larger hypodermic needles the microneedles are tailored to penetrate the eye only as far as needed to deliver the drugs to internal spaces within the layers of the eye.

which is long enough to penetrate through the sclera the outer layer of the eye to the supraciliary space.

and stored in semi-hollow spaces inside bones. To access the stored calcium the inner bone goes through a process called resorption in

We exploited the intermediate design space of viscoelastic materials known as gels says Ziegler thus avoiding some of the drawbacks of these other dosage forms.

##In that early developmental gestational period the brain is developing synapses the spaces between neurons where electrical impulses are turned into neurotransmitting chemicals that leap from one neuron to another to pass messages along##Â#Hertz

That process, known as syneresis, defeats the purpose of defining the space doctors hope to fill with new tissue. f the transition gellation temperature is one or two degrees below body temperature

and the range of space they have the freedom to explore. As usual the crystals melt on heating but unexpectedly on heating further they re-solidify.

The design builds on existing technology and creates a magnetic field within a closed space to hold plasma in place long enough for fusion to occur allowing the hot plasma to react and burn.

The researchers reached data transmission rates of 32 gigabits per second across 2. 5 meters of free space in a basement lab at the University of Southern California.

because the pressure removes all the space between them. his benzene then becomes highly reactive so that when we release the pressure very slowly an orderly polymerization reaction happens that forms the diamond-core nanothread.

#Rare molecule found in space hints at life s origins The discovery of an unusual carbon-based molecule near the galactic center of the Milky way suggests that the complex molecules needed for life may have their origins in interstellar space.

The carbon structure of this molecule known as isopropyl cyanide is branched making it the first interstellar detection of such a molecule says Rob Garrod a senior research associate at the Center for Radiophysics and Space Research at Cornell University.

adjusting the length of the spaces between nanorods. his arrangement allowed us to narrow the output spectrum to one individual color instead of the typical muted shades that are produced usually by aluminum nanoparticlesshe adds.

or reflect it back into free space. The metallic nanostructures use surface plasmons waves of electrons that flow like a fluid across metal surfaces.

and in how small a space the light can be trapped. By coupling electromagnetic waves with surface plasmons the oscillating electrons found at the surface of metals researchers were able to squeeze light into nanosized spaces

but sustaining the confined energy was challenging because light tends to dissipate at a metal s surface.

hat hath God wrought. reating a market for printed electronic devices Lipson says could be like introducing color printers after only black and white had existed. t opens up a whole new space that makes the old look primitive. ource:

The cosmic microwave background is a sea of photons (light particles) left over from the big bang that pervades all of space at a temperature of minus 270 degrees Celsiusâ##a mere 3 degrees above absolute zero.

what happens in these stellar explosions. ast year we used the European space agency s Herschel Space observatory to study the intricate network of gas filaments to show how exploding stars are creating huge amounts of space dust. urther measurements

As molecules spin in space they emit light of very specific wavelengths or colors called mission lines. he precise wavelength is dictated by the composition and structure of the molecule.

Studying the emission lines observed by the SPIRE instrument allows astronomers to study the chemistry of outer space.

The system can also alter the signature of a cloaked object making it appear bigger smaller or even shifting it in space.

and processing radio-frequency signals are much harder to miniaturizesays project co-leader Kenneth Shepard an electrical engineering professor. hese off-chip components take up a lot of space and electrical power.

If you think about the beauty of an egg yolk there is some empty space inside with space for the yolk to expandyu says.

Using observations obtained with the Hubble Space Telescopeâ and the large telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory researchers found an excess of oxygenâ##a chemical signature that indicates that the debris had once been part of a bigger body originally composed of 26 percent water by mass.

As the atmosphere of the Earth blocks the ultraviolet light such study can only be carried out from space.

and gases can t interact with themhe says. o we started thinking of ways to create space between them. nter zeolites. hese zeolites are cages with big cavities

They take almost no space at all. ther researchers from Rice university the University of Texas at Austin Oak ridge National Laboratory

and generate more heatâ##all in a smaller and smaller space as evidenced by the warmth emanating from the bottom of a laptop.

Now imagine as many as 10000 of our suns crammed into that relatively small space. his galaxy is more massive than any ultra-compact drawfs of comparable sizesays Jay Strader assistant professor of physics

and in space. ur intention is to completely move away from conventional liquid or gel-type electrolytes,

maintaining the minute space between the graphene sheets and conducting electricity. Unlike in traditional#hard#porous carbon where space is wasted with unnecessarily large pores density is maximized without compromising porosity in Li s electrode.

To create their material the research team used a method similar to that used in traditional paper making meaning the process could be easily

a science fiction idea of a space elevator that could connect an orbiting satellite to Earth by a long cord that might consist of sheets of CVD graphene,

which provide data center space as a service, are beginning to offer clean energy options, too. On Thursday Phoenix, Arizona-based data center service provider IO announced that customers purchasing data center space in the company Arizona facility can buy 100 percent clean energy, at an incremental cost increase

through a new deal with Arizona utility Arizona Public service. IO President Anthony Wanger said that the new offering came

I had the chance to see Ember in action at Autodesk Pier 9 manufacturing space in San francisco. It a digital light processing machine,

Spire is among a growing number of startups to be launching large constellations of satellites into space.

leaving behind an empty space known as a vacancy. The displaced atoms are called interstitials and they,

#NASA probe will reveal 3d architecture of forests from space NASA is developing a laser-based instrument for deployment on the International space station that will probe the depths of Earth's forests from space in a bid to reveal more about their role in the planet's carbon cycle.

and software analysis that could have uses both On earth and in space. The ultimate goal is to produce zero-emission proof-of-concept vehicles capable of self-navigation in difficult situations,

however, the TAO Chair takes the seated workout out of the office and puts it in a more relaxing space.

Freedom of design increases the range of panel applications on the surfaces of interior and exterior building spaces.

and storefronts that were once spaces of production (craftsmen, tailors and so on) become places to consume food,

Of course, with more startups, this is still a tough space, with VCS funding only one out of 400 requests they get,

###An invisible button is simply an area in space that is##clicked##when a person or object##in this case,

a smartphone##moves into that physical space. It could be as small as a two-inch square on top of a conventional credit card reader,

or Android phone to#know its position in space with centimeter precision. You can think of ibeacon as a version of GPS that works indoors

#Will 3d printing bring space-based solar power to reality? Spiderfab 3-D robotic printer Since the 1970##s, space-based solar power has been a futuristic fantasy

but the advent of 21st#century 3-D printing may bring it a step closer to reality.

and the ability to fabricate space system components on-orbit instead of building them on the ground,

##Our analysis shows we can get orders of magnitude improvement in the stowed volume and mass of space systems,

Once#in space, TUI s Trusselator, the first step in the Spiderfab architecture, would use 3-D printing techniques

##For#space-based solar power (SBSP), there would be two basic steps, Hoyt explained. First, the 3-D printer would build a carbon fiber truss structure that would act as a frame for the system.

##We haven t yet looked in detail at space-based solar, ##Hoyt said. But a just-completed design analysis for a 300-kilowatt orbital solar array verified that Spiderfab can provide the projected tenfold decrease in stowed volume

##With the success of Nokia in the 90s, it grew our confidence that we could really make it in the tech space,

which Seymourpowell says increases a passenger s sense of independence and control over their own space.

This simple adjustment gives the father more lateral space than almost#any major airline would offer in economy

offering airlines and passengers a##premium##row for those would like to pay more for the space.

Right now, the space is cash-starved and entrepreneurs are spending the vast majority of their time cobbling together financing,

Ted Hesser believes the problem is a mislabeling of the space. He doesn t call it##impact investing##or##social entrepreneurial activity###instead,

Insects are small and nimble enough to get into almost any tight space, so it makes sense to create a#similarly sized drone#for stealth military missions.##

Here are some of the true innovators in this space: Fogquest is a Canadian nonprofit that uses modern fog collectors to bring drinking water and water for irrigation and reforestation to rural communities in developing countries around the world.

A right to be forgotten would surely apply differently for public figures as compared with private citizens that are not active in the public space.

Public Market Not Ready for Iot Though still in its early stages, Iot remains a tough space for public investors to gain exposure, especially to

In time or in space, the warehousing of millions of Americans knows no parallels. In keeping with American history,

and can save space and energy and improve crop yield. It takes advantage of the vertical space of city buildings rather than turning over wide expanses of land to agriculture and uses advanced greenhouse technology:

hydroponics or aeroponics, and environmental controls that regulate temperature, humidity and light to produce vegetables, fruits and other crops year-round.

This increases efficiency, not just in terms of energy use but by allowing layers of growing plants to be packed more densely, making more efficient use of space.

a space where Torontonians can hang out with felines. I think with people who are independent,

or if they really just hate the idea of sharing space with other people. Despite its futuristic ring

and with its NASA campus headquarters and#Space Act Agreement#funding, it could actually go places.

At that point, they step into the hologram space, which consists of walls with grids on them that the phone uses to track with technology similar to#Google s Tango.

and No. 2 complaints that people have about office space, says Lindsay Baker, vice president of research for Building Robotics,

By conditioning those spaces less we re saving an enormous amount of energy. As someone uses the app,

This result, the volume, is a single term that fits on a space the size of a napkin.

#The next Great Space Race Space-Based Power stations Futurist Thomas Frey: Earth appetite for power continues to grow.

For this reason, the Japan aerospace exploration agency (JAXA) recently announced its 25-year plan to build the world first 1-gigawatt power plant in space.

What most people don realize is that solar panels in space are 10 times more efficient than those on earth

Many other countries won be comfortable with Japan having the world only expertise in building space-based power stations.

Space-based power stations have been the subject of research and a common theme among the sci-fi authors for decades.

system in space. This is about the same output as a typical nuclear power plant. Every year of technological advancement brings a drop in the cost of building it.

most will imagine a space-based solar array powering our energy hungry businesses on earth, but that only part of the equation.

that will grow exponentially over the coming decades much like an Internet of things in space. It has the potential not only to continuously deliver limitless amounts of solar energy to markets On earth,

but also to power itself as well as a range of future space applications. Historically, space missions have been ower paupersconstrained in design by the limitations of power

Wireless power transmission Space transportation Construction of large structures in orbit Satellite attitude and orbit control Space-based power generation Power management Of these six challenges,

Creating the first space-based power system will be no exception. With U s. influence eroding across Europe and Asia,

a space-based power station has the potential to reinvigorate NASA and give a needed dose of excitement to the thousands of space companies that support it.

China has proven that its aggressive posture can accomplish huge projects in short periods of time,