Monday, March 03, 2003

China will colonize the moon. China's announced an ambitious project to explore and exploit the moon. Ziyuan said exploring the Moon "probably holds the key to humanity's future subsistence and development". Chinese officials have previously said that some sort of permanent, most likely unmanned, base could be established on the Moon's surface by 2010... "The prospect for the development and utilisation of the lunar potential mineral and energy resources provide resource reserves for the sustainable development of human society," he told the newspaper. Link Discuss [Boing Boing Blog] 7:30:04 PM    comment []

Lotus Leaf Inspires Waterproofing Scheme [Scientific American] Is it just me or do we seem to be coming up with more breakthroughs like this?  I never really followed the material science front before, but lately I've come across some really cool ideas that really seem poised to change the way a lot of things work. 6:54:08 AM    comment []