If we cant protect our own planet from ourselves should we be spreading to others?
Space - the final frontier (Misc.) II
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Yes?If we cant protect our own planet from ourselves should we be spreading to others?
This is really something. Shenzhou 18 capsule reentry in front (on the left) and propulsion module burning up in the atmosphere behind
From tomorrow, SpaceX plans to launch 6 rockets in 6 days including Starship IFT-6 on next Monday (plus 5 Falcon 9s with 3 Starlink missions and 2 other deliveries in orbit). Godspeed!
This is kind of interesting.
Scientist Says NASA Lander May Have Accidentally Killed Life on Mars
The 1970s Viking 1 and Viking 2 missions to Mars were intended to test to see if life existed on Mars. They got a brief indication that life did exist, followed up by a confirmation that it did not.
Now a German scientist says, maybe there is life on Mars but the way we were testing for it actually killed it in the test sample by adding too much water.
That is a really deceptive headline. No, NASA did not wipe out life on Mars.
Scientist Says NASA Lander May Have Accidentally Killed Life on Mars
The 1970s Viking 1 and Viking 2 missions to Mars were intended to test to see if life existed on Mars. They got a brief indication that life did exist, followed up by a confirmation that it did not.
Now a German scientist says, maybe there is life on Mars but the way we were testing for it actually killed it in the test sample by adding too much water.
That is a really deceptive headline. No, NASA did not wipe out life on Mars.
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I suppose most are familiar with the Kessler Syndrome (so much stuff in orbit that stuff starts colliding with other stuff creating a cascade of debris fields that eventually make space unusable).
The European Space Agency will launch a platform to grad and "de-orbit" an old satellite.
NASA has explored ways to deal with space junk. It appears ground-based lasers might be the most cost-effective option.
Cost and Benefit Analysis of Mitigating, Tracking, and Remediating Orbital Debris
Interesting stuff.
The European Space Agency will launch a platform to grad and "de-orbit" an old satellite.
Cost and Benefit Analysis of Mitigating, Tracking, and Remediating Orbital Debris
Interesting stuff.
Dr Gilbert Levine, the designer of the Labeled Release experiment, continued to claim until his death in 2021 that it detected traces of life on Mars.
Starship landing burn and splashdown in the Indian Ocean
Falcon 9 completes our 100th droneship landing of the year!
Anyone see whatever it was in the night sky around 10p central last night? There was a meteor just after 5p but this was moving much slower than a meteor. James Spann had people sending video to his page. Haven’t seen any confirmation of what it was.
ETA: just saw they said it was a reentry and burn of a Chinese commercial imaging satellite.
ETA: just saw they said it was a reentry and burn of a Chinese commercial imaging satellite.
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Last night's launch was beautiful. Nice clear sky!
(not my pic)
(not my pic)
NICE! Prime objective met....congrats to Blue Origin!
FWIW....their booster was larger and had less engines than the Falcon 9 version. And it did take SpaceX a few launches before they got their booster landings figured out.
Couple more info bites:
New Glenn's reusable first stage could help it compete with SpaceX's venerable Falcon 9, the world's first orbital-class reusable rocket. Blue Origin aims to launch each New Glenn booster at least 25 times and already has customers ranging from NASA, various U.S. government agencies, AST SpaceMobile and other telecommunications companies.
New Glenn has also been tapped to help launch Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband internet satellites, which could become a competitor to SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation. Amazon already has a license to launch over 3,000 Kuiper satellites.
www.space.com
FWIW....their booster was larger and had less engines than the Falcon 9 version. And it did take SpaceX a few launches before they got their booster landings figured out.
Couple more info bites:
New Glenn's reusable first stage could help it compete with SpaceX's venerable Falcon 9, the world's first orbital-class reusable rocket. Blue Origin aims to launch each New Glenn booster at least 25 times and already has customers ranging from NASA, various U.S. government agencies, AST SpaceMobile and other telecommunications companies.
New Glenn has also been tapped to help launch Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband internet satellites, which could become a competitor to SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation. Amazon already has a license to launch over 3,000 Kuiper satellites.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket into orbit on 1st flight (video)
New Glenn just earned its wings.
www.space.com
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