Mars

Azure SQL

Azure SQL Database: Non-blocking transactions

Managing concurrent access to a resource, be it a row, a table, or a single value, is easy if no one is trying to modify the underlying data. But what happens if someone changes data while someone else is reading it? Even better, what could happen if two or more users try to change the […]

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Space

Starbase: A Gateway to Mars

Are you ready for Mars? SpaceX is working on getting humans there and it’s getting closer to reality every day.

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Space

Terraforming Mars in 3 Just Simple Steps

In this not-quite-serious video Sabine Hossenfelder explains what it would take to terraform Mars and make it habitable for humans. Time stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:58 Conditions on Mars 2:02 Step 1: Creating a Magnetic Field 4:50 Step 2: Creating an Atmosphere 6:06 Step 3: Converting CO2 to O2 8:46 Sponsor Message

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Robotics Space

How Wheels May Soon Become Obsolete For Mars Exploration

Here’s a look at the recent collaboration between NASA and Boston Dynamics, with Spot.

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Space

Can Nuclear Propulsion Take Us to Mars?

Real Engineering ponders the future of nuclear powered propulsion systems to get us to Mars a lot faster than the current technology in use in today’s space programs.

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Space

Could There Be a City on Mars By 2050?

Insane Curiosity explores Elon Musk’s plans for colonizing Mars. Elon Musk is a man on a mission, and that mission is to get humanity not just to Mars, but to get them to Mars in this decade. This is why he built his own space organization in SpaceX, to do what NASA (at the time) […]

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Space

How to Build On Mars

Swarms of robots 3D printing from martian dust, cutting-edge engineering, NASA-recognised designs and inflatable pods that feel just like home. This is how we build on Mars. Read the full story on this video, including images and useful links, here – https://www.theb1m.com/video/this-is-how-we-build-on-mars  

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Space

Your Kids Might Live on Mars – Here’s How They’ll Survive

Stephen Petranek explains why colonizing Mars may be sooner than you’d think in this TED Talk. It sounds like science fiction, but journalist Stephen Petranek considers it fact: within 20 years, humans will live on Mars. In this provocative talk, Petranek makes the case that humans will become a spacefaring species and describes in fascinating […]

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