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We humans as a - multi-planetary - civilization The SpaceX Business Plan: Help Build a Spacefaring Civilization by Nancy Atkinson Universe Today Elon Musk - (born June 28, 1971) is a South African-Canadian engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for co-founding PayPal, SpaceX and Tesla) - Elon Musk - conceded that the space business world is an extraordinarily difficult place to make money. But that isn’t his main priority anyway. “The reason I’m doing SpaceX,” Musk said during the Falcon 9/Dragon post-flight press conference, “is that I just happen to have a very strong passion for space and I want us to become true spacefaring civilization and even a multi-planetary civilization. That is my goal for SpaceX.” ... http://www.universetoday.com/81570/the-spacex-business-plan-help-build-a-spacefaring-civilization/ http://www.universetoday.com/81570/the-spacex-business-plan-help-build-a-spacefaring-civilization/ SpaceX's Elon Musk with the Falcon rocket. Credit: SpaceX The interior configuration of the Dragon capsule. Credit: SpaceX |
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P = NP ? is it bad news for the power of computing ? update December 10 2010 Neo - (Project scientist) - at AQUA@home posted the following: Ah yes, that P!=NP "proof" was debunked back in August. :) There are a bunch of posts on a blog by Richard Lipton about it, along with hundreds of comments discussing the issues with the paper: http://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/the-p%e2%89%a0np-proof-is-one-week-old/ http://aqua.dwavesys.com/forum_thread.php?id=670#9283 |
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IBM to build 3 petaflop supercomputer for Germany by Joab Jackson Germany’s Bavarian Academy of Science has announced that it has contracted IBM to build a “SuperMUC” supercomputer that, when completed in 2012, will be able to execute up to 3 petaflops, potentially making it the world’s most powerful supercomputer ... read more here ... http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/371191/ibm_build_3_petaflop_supercomputer_germany/ http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/371191/ibm_build_3_petaflop_supercomputer_germany/ Chinese supercomputer is world’s fastest at 2.5 petaflops |