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May 4, 2017

How to Bring Satellite Data Back Down to Earth

Companies are deploying tons of tiny satellites to collect terabytes of data. But they have to bring all that data down somehow—and they can't do it alone. The post How to Bring Satellite Data Back Down to Earth appeared first on WIRED.

May 4, 2017

How to Bring Satellite Data Back Down to Earth

Companies are deploying tons of tiny satellites to collect terabytes of data. But they have to bring all that data down somehow—and they can't do it alone.

May 3, 2017

A Rare Journey Into the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, a Super-Bunker That Can Survive Anything

With escalating fears about North Korean nuclear capabilities, Cheyenne Mountain's ability to predict and survive a nuclear attack resonates more than ever. The post A Rare Journey Into the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, a Super-Bunker That Can Survive Anything appeared first on WIRED.

May 3, 2017

A Rare Journey Into the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, a Super-Bunker That Can Survive Anything

With escalating fears about North Korean nuclear capabilities, Cheyenne Mountain’s ability to predict and survive a nuclear attack resonates more than ever.

April 24, 2017

An Aerospace Coder Drags a Stodgy Industry Toward Open Source

How one software engineer at a traditional space company convinced the bigwigs to share his command and control program. The post An Aerospace Coder Drags a Stodgy Industry Toward Open Source appeared first on WIRED.

April 24, 2017

An Aerospace Coder Drags a Stodgy Industry Toward Open Source

How one software engineer at a traditional space company convinced the bigwigs to share his command and control program.

April 9, 2017

Russia’s Quest to Build a Space Empire—or Go Broke Trying

Roscosmos is helping upstart space programs achieve lift off, partly because they want to turn them into customers. The post Russia’s Quest to Build a Space Empire—or Go Broke Trying appeared first on WIRED.

March 31, 2017

Why You Should Put Your Supercomputer in Wyoming

A new supercomputer for the National Center for Atmospheric Research gets to work studying climate and solar flares—and prepares for a bunch of new neighbors. The post Why You Should Put Your Supercomputer in Wyoming appeared first on WIRED.

March 28, 2017

The Race to Rule the High-Flying Business of Satellite Imagery

Satellite companies have mountains of data. Some of them analyze in-house, while others sell their data. Who will dominate the new space information economy? The post The Race to Rule the High-Flying Business of Satellite Imagery appeared first on WIRED.

March 23, 2017

Astronomers Don’t Point This Telescope—The Telescope Points Them

The era of big data astronomy will find stuff astronomers never even knew to look for. The post Astronomers Don't Point This Telescope—The Telescope Points Them appeared first on WIRED.