GPD MicroPC handheld computer now available for pre-order with Intel N250 or Core i3-N300 processor options

The GPD MicroPC 2 is a portable computer that looks like a tiny laptop, but it’s really designed to be held in your hands so you can use your thumbs to type. With a 7 inch, 1080p touchscreen display and a processor based on Intel Alder Lake-N arc…

The GPD MicroPC 2 is a portable computer that looks like a tiny laptop, but it’s really designed to be held in your hands so you can use your thumbs to type. With a 7 inch, 1080p touchscreen display and a processor based on Intel Alder Lake-N architecture, it’s a big upgrade over the original GPD […]

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NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency

NASA’s charter clearly states the agency should study planet Earth, however.

Sean Duffy, the acting administrator of NASA for a little more than a month, has vowed to make the United States great in space.

With a background as a US Congressman, reality TV star, and television commentator, Duffy did not come to the position with a deep well of knowledge about spaceflight. He also already had a lot on his plate, serving as the secretary of transportation, a Cabinet-level position that oversees 55,000 employees across 13 agencies.

Nevertheless, Duffy is putting his imprint on the space agency, seeking to emphasize the agency's human exploration plans, including the development of a lunar base, and ending NASA's efforts to study planet Earth and its changing climate.

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Libre Computer is making compute module versions of its latest Amlogic single-board computers

Libre Computer has revealed that its working on new compute modules that use the same form factor as Raspberry Pi’s CM4 and CM5, although there are a few differences in the pin layout, so it’s unclear if they’ll work with the same car…

Libre Computer has revealed that its working on new compute modules that use the same form factor as Raspberry Pi’s CM4 and CM5, although there are a few differences in the pin layout, so it’s unclear if they’ll work with the same carrier boards. But Libre Computer says its coming modules are more energy-efficient thanks […]

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Rocket Report: Ariane 6 beats Vulcan to third launch; China’s first drone ship

Why is China’s heavy-lift Long March 5B able to launch only 10 Guowang satellites at a time?

Welcome to Edition 8.06 of the Rocket Report! Two of the world's most storied rocket builders not named SpaceX achieved major successes this week. Arianespace's Ariane 6 rocket launched from French Guiana on its third flight Tuesday night with a European weather satellite. Less than 20 minutes later, United Launch Alliance's third Vulcan rocket lifted off from Florida on a US military mission. These are two of the three big rockets developed in the Western world that have made their orbital debuts in the last two years, alongside Blue Origin's New Glenn launcher. Ariane 6 narrowly won the "race" to reach its third orbital flight, but if you look at it another way, Ariane 6 reached its third flight milestone 13 months after its inaugural launch. It took Vulcan more than 19 months, and New Glenn has flown just once. SpaceX's Super Heavy/Starship rocket has flown nine times but has yet to reach orbit.

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Sixth success for sea-launched Chinese rocket. Private Chinese satellite operator Geespace added 11 spacecraft to its expanding Internet of Things constellation on August 8, aiming to boost low-power connectivity in key emerging markets, Space News reports. The 11 satellites rode into orbit aboard a solid-fueled Jielong 3 (Smart Dragon 3) rocket lifting off from an ocean platform in the Yellow Sea off the coast of Rizhao, a city in eastern China's Shandong province. This was the sixth flight of the Jielong 3, a rocket developed by a commercially oriented spinoff of the state-owned China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.

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