Aerospace & Spaceflight Warp-Drive Math Grows Up Without Exotic Energy David WhitakerFebruary 23, 2026March 27, 20260 “Prior models required a matter-energy content that was ‘unphysical,’ meaning it had features we don’t see in the regular universe,…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Artemis II’s slow pad crawl puts the hard parts in plain view David WhitakerJanuary 21, 2026January 21, 20260 “How does an 11 million-pound Moon rocket hurry? It does not at least not on the ground.” The Artemis II…
Aerospace & Spaceflight California’s night-sky rocket shows keep getting louder and brighter David WhitakerJanuary 21, 2026January 21, 20260 “Starlink is ideally suited for areas where connectivity has been unreliable or completely unavailable,” the Starlink home page says. This…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Artemis II’s Pad Rollout Puts the Fueling Dress Rehearsal Center Stage David WhitakerJanuary 21, 2026January 21, 20260 “Wet dress is the driver to launch,” said Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis II launch director, describing the full-up countdown practice that…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Haven-1’s buildout shows why NASA’s space-station handoff is tightening David WhitakerJanuary 21, 2026January 21, 20260 The integration and verification of the ground is as important in building a habitable outpost in orbit as are metals…
Automotive Engineering The 40-MWh Ferry That Makes Battery Swapping Feel Old Again Edward CollinsJanuary 21, 2026January 21, 20260 “Moving Hull 096 under its own battery-electric power is a world first at this scale and confirms that electric propulsion…
Aerospace & Spaceflight A Positive-Energy Warp Bubble Puts Physics Back in the Driver’s Seat David WhitakerJanuary 21, 2026January 21, 20260 “Research on warp drive now has a more focused target: the engineering of spacetime that doesn’t rely on negative energy.”…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Pandora joins Webb to untangle stars from planet atmospheres David WhitakerJanuary 20, 2026January 20, 20260 Can a telescope that is making a search of the life of the worlds far away depend on what a…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Artemis II rollout puts the spotlight back on Orion’s toughest test David WhitakerJanuary 20, 2026January 20, 20260 How extreme is the speed of a 322 feet rocket? At Kennedy Space Center, it is approximately 11 mph that…