2020 in science and technology
A number of significant scientific events are scheduled to occur in 2020.
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Predicted and scheduled events
Date unknown
- ESA's ExoMars rover will be launched to Mars.[2]
- Planned launch of NASA's Mars 2020 mission to study the habitability of Mars and prepare for future human missions.[3]
- Planned initial observations by the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope.
- Several new rockets have planned maiden flights in 2020 in a race to lower launch costs: New Glenn,[4] Vulcan,[5] Ariane 6,[6] H3[7] and first orbital flights of SpaceX Starship.[8]
- Shenzhen East Waste-to-Energy Plant will become operational, the largest waste to energy (WET) power plant in the world.[9]
- Japan will host a Robot Olympics.[10]
- Waymo, the first self-driving cars in ride-hailing services will be available in 2020 [11]
- The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is expected to achieve first light in 2020.[12]
References
- "emiratesmarsmission".
- "Yorkshire salt mine could help shed light on Martian life". phys.org.
- "Overview - 2020 Mission Plans". Mars.nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- "Blue Origin enlarges New Glenn's payload fairing, preparing to debut upgraded New Shepard". spacenews.com.
- Clark, Stephen (22 April 2015). "ULA needs commercial business to close Vulcan rocket business case". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- Clark, Stephen (13 August 2016). "Ariane 6 rocket holding to schedule for 2020 maiden flight". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- Tomii, Tetsuo (June 28, 2016). "ＪＡＸＡ、新型ロケット「Ｈ３」の基本設計−打ち上げコスト半減の５０億円". Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- Henry, Caleb (12 March 2018). "SpaceX's Shotwell: BFR will probably be orbital in 2020, but you should start seeing hops in 2019. (Grasshopper reference?)". Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- "New plant will see that Shenzhen's refuse doesn't go to waste". newatlas.com.
- "Japan announces 'Robot Olympics' to coincide with 2020 Tokyo summer games". inews.co.uk.
- https://www.recode.net/2014/5/13/11626832/googles-self-driving-car-a-smooth-test-ride-but-a-long-road-ahead
- "LSST Project Schedule". Retrieved 30 November 2018.
External links
Media related to 2020 in science at Wikimedia Commons
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative
Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.