Month: February 2024

Dynabook’s E11 Series of small, inexpensive laptops are designed for education

The Dynabook E11-A is an 11.6 inch notebook with an Intel Alder Lake-N processor, optional support for a touchscreen display, and a $299 starting price. And the new Dynabook E11W-A starts at $349 and adds a 360-degree hinge and optional support for a …

The Dynabook E11-A is an 11.6 inch notebook with an Intel Alder Lake-N processor, optional support for a touchscreen display, and a $299 starting price. And the new Dynabook E11W-A starts at $349 and adds a 360-degree hinge and optional support for a pressure-sensitive pen. Both laptops are designed for the education market and ship with Windows […]

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Daily Deals (2-01-2024)

The Asus ROG Flow X13 is a 3 pound laptop that’s positioned as a gaming notebook… even though not all models have discrete graphics baked in. That’s because what all models do have is a proprietary 63 Gbps high-speed connector that l…

The Asus ROG Flow X13 is a 3 pound laptop that’s positioned as a gaming notebook… even though not all models have discrete graphics baked in. That’s because what all models do have is a proprietary 63 Gbps high-speed connector that lets you connect an optional Asus ROG XG Mobile external GPU. But the 2023 model […]

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For the first time NASA has asked industry about private missions to Mars

“I’m curious to see if this request brings many new players to the table.”

NASA is interested in whether private companies have the right stuff for Mars.

Enlarge / NASA is interested in whether private companies have the right stuff for Mars. (credit: NASA)

NASA is starting to take its first steps toward opening a commercial pathway to Mars.

This week the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued a new solicitation to industry titled, "Exploring Mars Together: Commercial Services Studies." This is a request for proposals from the US space industry to tell NASA how they would complete one of four private missions to Mars, including delivering small satellites into orbit or providing imaging services around the red planet.

"The Mars Exploration Program Draft Plan through the next two decades would utilize more frequent lower cost missions to achieve compelling science and exploration for a larger community," the document states. "To realize the goals of the plan, government and US industry would partner to leverage current and emerging Earth and lunar products and commercial services to substantially lower the overall cost and accelerate leadership in deep space exploration."

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