There’s only one space treaty in the world, and it’s woefully out of date

There’s only one space treaty in the world, and it’s woefully out of date

Byammierai2609

Post Views: 129 The U.N. First Committee deals with disarmament, global challenges and threats to peace that affect the international community. On November 1, it approved a resolution that creates an open-ended working group. The goals of the group are to assess current and future threats to space operations, determine when behavior may be considered…

How the federal broadband plan could affect your state

How the federal broadband plan could affect your state

Byammierai2609

Post Views: 117 The recently signed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act includes significant funding to expand broadband access, to help households pay for their monthly broadband connections and to help people learn how to productively use those connections. This legislation represents Congress’ first formal recognition of the essential nature of high-speed internet. Historically, broadband funding…

This algorithm knows about recreational drugs that don’t even exist yet

Byammierai2609

Post Views: 121 Novel designer drugs, also called research chemicals or legal highs, still produce physiological and psychological effects, though experts say that they can come with a slew of risks. Synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, for instance, are increasingly cited among the number of opioid-related deaths in the United States, which reached more than…

The ISS gets an extension to 2030 to wrap up unfinished business

The ISS gets an extension to 2030 to wrap up unfinished business

Byammierai2609

Post Views: 139 Funding for the ISS was previously set to expire in 2024, as per an act of Congress in 2014. But NASA anticipates that it will officially fund the ISS through 2030, says Robyn Gatens, director of the ISS for space operations. The extension was unsurprising to Wendy Whitman Cobb, a professor of…