ECONOMICS AND SCI TECH Flashcards
(14 cards)
_____________ setting up 1st 4G network on moon for NASA? For which Mission?
Delhi-born Nishant Batra;; for Artemis moon-landing program
first extraterrestrial cellular mobility
Where does Nishant batra work?
Nokia (finnish telecommunications firm)
What is the Artemis program? Which agency program is it?
The artemis program is aimed at landing the first woman and first person of color on the Moon.
It is a program under NASA, it is a moon landing program
_____________ is the governing body of the UN environment program?
UNEA, world’s highest-level decision making body on the environment.
When was the UNEA created?
It was created in June 2012 , during the UN conference on sustainable development(RIO+20).
Features of the UNEA?
HQ-Nairobi, Kenya 193 UN Member States It meets every two years Executive Director: Inger Andersen UNEA chair Espen Barthe Eide
___________ historic resolution was adopted by the UNEA?
to create an intergovernmental committee to negotiate and finalize a legally binding plastics treaty by 2024.
it started the creation of the world’s first global treaty on plastic pollution.
Which is India’s 1st indigenous ballistic missle ?
Prithvi missile , inducted into service in 1996
Placed in zilla parishad school, solapur district,maharashtra
Which is the world’s 1st quadruple asteroid found in our solar system?
asteriod 130 Elektra
How many moons does the world’s 1st quadruple missile have?
3 moons
when was elektra 1st discovered ? where is it located?
1873, with no moons, the Main Asteroid Belt between mars and Jupiter
When was elektra’s 1st and 2nd moon discovered?
1st moon in 2003
2nd moon in 2014
Which is the largest impact crater on earth that is <100000 years old?where is it located?
Crescent-shaped Yilan crater , it is located in NE china in the lesser Xing’an mountain range.
as per carbon dating the crater might be 46K to 53K years old
World’s largest crater?where is it located?
the Vredefort Crater, South africa
