« back to article

Discuss “SciTech Briefs”

Space ?Clipper? to replace Soyuz

Russia and the European Space Agency have proposed a joint effort to build a new space vehicle. The ?Clipper? would carry six passengers and would help replace the Russian Soyuz, which began operating in the 1960s. The proposed program would cost about $120 million and has ambitions that extend to lunar exploration. But Alain Fournier-Sicre of the Russian Federation admitted that ?on the Russian side, of course, they have in mind space tourism and propose a certain level of comfort, but the main objective is science.?

Source: BBC

Robot ?patients? help doctors practice skills

Mexico City?s UNAM has taken a novel approach to giving doctors in training field time. The school now has 24 robotic patients, complete...

Comments

Be heard

Name:
Required
Email:
Optional
Comment:

Comment guidelines

If you provide an email address, it will be displayed. This may make you more vulnerable to spammers.

HTML is not allowed. Paragraphs are automatically created by leaving a blank line. Links are created from URLs automatically.

Off-topic or inappropriate (e.g. obscene, libelous) comments are not permitted and will be removed.

Important: The Tartan provides these discussion boards to encourage discussion about the topics we report. The views and opinions expressed in these comments are those of their authors, and do not reflect the opinions of The Tartan.