WIRED Awake November 30: Nasa announces a new commercial Moon programme

In association with Nasa announces a new commercial Moon programme Nasa is going back to the Moon and, in a major step towards realising that, it's announced nine firms that will bid to deliver science and technology payloads to Earth's natural satellite (Ars Technica). The companies include Lockheed Martin Space, Moon Express, the Orbit Beyond consortium and the not-for-profit Draper Laboratory. Initial payloads are likely to consist of equipment to assess the conditions and potential of different lunar regions as part of the US's plans for the commercial exploitation of the Moon's natural resources. Read More South Korean firm accused of leaking Samsung folding screen tech Staff of Korean firm Toptec Co, including the chief executive, have been charged over the alleged leaking of Samsung's proprietary flexible OLED display technology to a Chinese company (WIRED). Toptec denies the charges, which say that it received over $13.8 million from the unnamed Chinese firm. Read More Chinese government steps in to halt human gene-editing project The Chinese government has stepped in to halt a research project that has used CRISPR gene editing technology in an attempt to create babies with HIV immunity (Associated Press). Chinese vice minister of science and technology Xu Nanping said that the team's actions "crossed the line of morality and ethics adhered to by the academic community and was shocking and unacceptable" and that an investigation had been ordered. Read More The UK has a cunning plan to prep for the electric car revolution In 2019, the UK will be host to the world's largest trial of electric vehicles (WIRED). It has a humble aim: to work out all the myriad of ways in which we are hopelessly unprepared to ditch the internal combustion engine once and for all. Read More How a ragtag bunch of Shrek fans remade the film scene by scene London's wild plan to make the Tube carbon neutral by 2050 Adult Swim and Crunchyroll are partnering to produce a Blade Runner anime Adult Swim, Crunchyroll, and Alcon Entertainment has announced that they will be producing a new anime series called Blade Runner – Black Lotus (The Verge). Directed by Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed) and Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) and with Cowboy Bebop director Shinichirō Watanabe as creative producer, it's set 17 years before the Blade Runner 2049 feature film and will include some existing characters. Read More Podcast 395: Google takes on the EU's war on memes LISTEN SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS ADD TO ITUNES Don't miss out on the future. Get WIRED. Subscribe now and save FOLLOW WIRED Unsubscribe   |   View this email in your browser Condé Nast Digital 1 Hanover Square, London W1S 1JU © The Condé Nast Publications Ltd Our Privacy Policy