The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. A manipulated video of President Nixon’s Apollo 11 speech to the nation has been posted online to highlight the dangers of misinformation by the media. The deepfake video uses deep …
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Can you recognize a digitally manipulated video when you watch one? It is more difficult than most people think. As the technology to produce realistic deepfakes becomes more readily available, distinguishing fact from fiction will only become more challenging. A new digital storytelling project at MIT’s Advanced Virtuality Center aims …
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NASA Administrator Jim BridenstineJames (Jim) Frederick BridenstineHouse’s appropriators cut NASA’s moon landing funds; Will the Senate do better? NASA names DC headquarters after the agency’s first black engineer Mary W. Jackson. He is tirelessly forming an international coalition to support Artemis’s return to the moon program. Recently, Bridenstine signed a …
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The Trump administration proposed in its budget presentation to NASA for fiscal year 2021 that $ 4.7 billion be allocated to exploration research and development (R&D), including the Human Landing System (HLS). The numbers were designed to ensure that NASA could return astronauts to the moon by 2024. However, House …
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Starting in July, the window opens when missions to Mars can be easily dispatched across the interplanetary gulf. If all goes well, three of those missions, ridden by NASA, China, and the United Arab Emirates, will leave Earth for the Red Planet. The number of missions, who is launching them …
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