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People writing about #space #exploration are mostly #cheerleaders 🥳 for the cause, rather than #independent #observers keeping a watchful eye https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2022/06/23/new-book-paints-bleak-picture-of-nasas-human-spaceflight-program

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JSSchlegel, to space German

Jede gescheiterte lässt das Apolloprogramm auf mich noch beeindruckender wirken

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@JSSchlegel hat auch ein bisschen was gekostet https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/nasa-annual-budget

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The latest update from a #JAXA official is that the space agency is still trying to confirm the status of #SLIM. The official added that they had planned for it to take up to two hours ⏳. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/12/science/japan-moon-landing-slim

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Currently, the lander is operating on limited battery 🔋 power, only expected to last several hours. There is hope that as the solar ☀️ angle changes on the moon, the solar cell may be able to charge again. The lander was able to release its two lunar #rovers. The #JAXA team is still working to determine the accuracy of #SLIM’s landing, which could take up to a month ⏳ https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/19/world/japan-moon-sniper-landing-mission-scn/index.html

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🇪🇺 Top #European Launch Companies of 📆 2023

• #ArianeGroup - Love em or hate em, ArianeGroup remains, for now, the dominant force in the European launch industry
• #PLDSpace - successfully launched the first flight of its suborbital #Miura1
• #Avio - partially successful orbital launch aboard a #Vega rocket
• #IsarAerospace - completed a total of 124 hot fire tests of its Aquila engine
• #RocketFactory Augsburg - relying on the timely completion of #SaxaVord to conduct its maiden flight
• #HyImpulse - #SaxaVord was not ready to host the launch
• #MaiaSpace - first successful hot fire test of a #Prometheus engine
• #Latitude - hot fire test campaign of its #Navier engine
• #Orbex - journey to build its own launch facility officially kicked off in May
• #BayernChemie - #RedKite rocket launched from #Andoya

https://europeanspaceflight.com/top-european-launch-companies-of-2023/

spaceflight, to languagelearning

’s mission with 🇸🇪, 🇮🇹, 🇹🇷 and 🇪🇸/American crewmembers is set to launch to the 📆 Jan. 17 at 22:11 UTC for a 14-day stay https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/space/axiom-spaces-third-private-astronaut-mission-awaits-launch

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Business as usual for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr8gN1DFj4w

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📆 Nov 15, 2023 #ULA is seeking to scale up production of the #Vulcan rocket to reach a cadence of two launches 🚀🚀 a month by the end of 📆 2025. That seems rather ambitious and might be asking a lot of suppliers, including engine manufacturer #BlueOrigin. https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/ula-chief-on-the-vulcan-rocket-the-path-to-flight-one-is-clear/

#BE4

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update 17 While we believe it is possible for the to operate for several more weeks and could potentially have raised the orbit to miss the Earth, we must take into consideration the anomalous state of the propulsion system and utilize the vehicle’s onboard capability to end the mission responsibly and safely.
Peregrine will soon return and burn up 🔥 in Earth’s . https://www.astrobotic.com/update-17-for-peregrine-mission-one/

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update 17 : is now about 218,000 miles away from . The team continues to work with and U.S. Government agencies to assess the final trajectory path in which the vehicle is expected to burn 🔥 up. https://www.astrobotic.com/update-18-for-peregrine-mission-one/

spaceflight, to space

📆 October 19, 2023 The 🇪🇺 Summit that will be held in , Spain 🇪🇸 , on 📆 November 6 and 7 is a crucial event for the continent's technological future. The delay ⏳ of the European and the technical problems are only the tip of the iceberg. For every euro 💶 invested, is ten times more efficient 📊 https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2023/10/19/the-european-space-industry-needs-to-get-its-act-together-before-it-s-too-late_6187587_23.html

"Revolution Space" report 📄 https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corporate/h-lag_brochure.pdf

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"The reason that it actually didn’t quite make it to was we vented the liquid oxygen, and the liquid oxygen ultimately led to a fire 🔥 and an explosion 💥. We wanted to vent the liquid oxygen because we normally wouldn’t have that liquid oxygen if we had a payload. Ironically, if it had a , it would have reached orbit". Jessica Jensen, 's vice president anticipates getting a commercial launch license 📄 from the in February. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/elon-musks-recent-all-hands-meeting-at-spacex-was-full-of-interesting-news/

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#SpaceX / #Starship update https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xLmBLWDSHo

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#LAtimes 📆 Sept. 4, 2022 "Two #asteroids in the belt between #Mars and #Jupiter 🪐 have more #iron, #nickel and #cobalt than exists on #Earth. Ultimately these products could be not only #mined ⛏️ but also #processed in #space, reducing #pollution of both the #air and #water on #Earth" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-09-04/commercialization-space-earth

"Both #NEAs have surfaces with 85% #metal such as iron and nickel and 15% silicate material, which is basically #rock" https://news.arizona.edu/story/mini-psyches-give-insights-mysterious-metal-rich-near-earth-asteroids

Picture: #RASSOR on #Ceres https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prototype-d%27excavateur-de-la-NASA--RASSOR.jpg

#AsteroidMining #SpaceMining #SpaceRobot

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZPy8hH86LY

#AstroForge 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=AstroForge

#AsteroidMining

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plans to piggyback on a robotic mission to the in 📆 2024 by , launched 🚀 * on a rocket.
During the journey to the moon, the plan is for to be released and to venture into beyond lunar orbit. Within a year the will fly past the ☄️, taking pictures 📷 in the process and looking for evidence of https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/science/secret-asteroid-mission-astroforge.html

spaceflight, to random

Why was the Search for Intelligence () 👽 unsuccessful so far ?

🦠 appeared pretty much as soon as it could, right when the formed and our stopped being a molten 🌋 hellscape. That might have been as early as 3.7 billion years ago. But life appeared basically yesterday—what we identify as anatomically modern humans arose about 120,000 years ago. https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/05/were-essentially-alone-in-the-universe-and-thats-ok

Pictures : :ccby: :cc_sa: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nature_timespiral_horizontal_layout_white_background.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Space-ship-763493.svg

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On #Earth, #DimethylSulfide is only produced by #life. That does not prove the existence of life on #K218b - but if dimethyl sulfide exists there, it is certainly a hair-raising clue. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/no-the-james-webb-space-telescope-hasnt-found-life-out-there-at-least-not-yet/

#SETI

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📆 2001📱 https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ict-adoption vs. 📆 2020 🚀 https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/yearly-number-of-objects-launched-into-outer-space

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spaceflight, to space

Ads in
• lander : Sportswear
• lander : , , bank
• : champagne
• : hotel

In the late 1990s, paid to place a logo on a Russian space mission, paid seven figures for Russian astronauts to pose beside a four-foot-high replica of its soda can, and the Israeli food brand hired a Russian astronaut to film a 90-second commercial for one of its milk products. , , and have dispatched their products to the https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/space-mission-brand-advertising-opportunities/674038/

Pictures : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dream_Chaser_pre-drop_tests.6.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coca-Cola_logo.svg

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#Barilla 🍝 product placement by #AxiomSpace at the #ISS https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/italy-barilla-pasta-space-iss

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@Verain the article says "in November 1969, Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean specifically requested the NASA food team to pack spaghetti for him"

spaceflight, to instagramreality

📆 1956 vision about to become https://youtu.be/5JJL8CUfF-o

https://orbitalassembly.com/voyager

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List of commercial and even larger . Last updated: 📆 2024-01-01. Entries: 37 https://www.factoriesinspace.com/space-stations




































https://www.factoriesinspace.com/space-stations

spaceflight, to Engineering

Since the 's 🌙 surface is much than the 's, the requirements for constructing a 🚠 system can be met using and 🔧 already available https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_space_elevator

Pictures (combined) :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earth_Rise_as_Seen_From_Lunar_Surface_(5052124921).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portland_Aerial_Tram_-_Portland,_Oregon_(14636684883).jpg

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@astrodad as of 2005 "Lunar space elevators are twice the length of the Earth space elevator, but because of the Moon’s much smaller mass they can be constructed of existing materials. In addition, there are few satellites in lunar orbit, no man-made , and fewer are expected." https://www.niac.usra.edu/files/studies/final_report/1032Pearson.pdf

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📆 2023/02/16 Four 4️⃣ private planned

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"It's going to be a small percentage that is going to be funding these " so each project needs "to go out and raise 💰 to do this." https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/16/investing-in-space-the-space-station-kingmaker.html

Several other in this article :

Pictures : "Langley engineers check out the interior of the 24-foot in 📆 1962.", , approaches Kibo laboratory https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Langley_engineers_inside_inflatable_a_24-foot_spacestation_mock-up.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bigelow_Aerospace_facilities.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crew-2_dragon_approach.jpg

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#BlueOrigin's #OrbitalReef would consist of three modules. Each module would be bigger than those on the #ISS. Combined, they would provide 830 cubic meters of habitable space. That’s equivalent to the volume of a #Boeing 777 cargo plane ✈️, or 91% of the total interior volume of the #ISS. The core module would be a windowed atrium measuring 10.5 m long and 5.8 m 📏 in diameter. Off to one side would be a smaller “life module,” which would serve as the crew’s 👩‍🚀 living quarters. To the other side is the #laboratory ⚗️ module.
How #BlueOrigin would #launch 🚀 its modules remains an open question. https://time.com/6163554/private-space-stations/

#SpaceStation #NewGlenn

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📆 14th Jan 2024 has been granted an extra $42 million 💰, in addition to its $130 million grant, to work on developing the concept with the aid of several other companies, including , , and . has been granted an additional $57.5 million 💰 to its initial $160 million grant for designing the orbiting complex.
's goal is to commence operations before the is phased out in 📆 2030 https://orbitaltoday.com/2024/01/14/nasa-grants-an-additional-100-to-develop-private-space-stations/

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#CNN 📆 May 2022 #OrbitalAssembly is aiming to launch two #SpaceStations with #tourist accommodation: #VoyagerStation is now scheduled to accommodate 400 people and to open in 📆 2027, while new concept Pioneer Station, housing 28 people, could be operational in 📆 2025. There will be "comforts" of artificial #gravity, like showers 🚿, the ability to eat and drink sitting 🪑 down https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/space-hotel-orbital-assembly-scn/index.html

#SpaceStation #SpaceTourism

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@astrodad do you've got more detailed info about the "basic engineering and life support problems" ?

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@astrodad "systems to be added in 2008" sounds quite old

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As of 2008, #Australia 🇦🇺 was the only #OECD country without a #SpaceAgency other than #Iceland 🇮🇸. The #Australian #Space Agency opened its office on 📆 19 February 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Space_Agency

Former #space related #CSIRO achievements : "Our #history in space" https://www.csiro.au/en/Showcase/space-timeline

🇦🇺 National #SpaceProgram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Space_Program#Background

🇦🇺 Australian #spaceport entries in #OpenStreetMap : https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1phy

Picture : Australia from Space https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australia_from_Space_(25847245912).png

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Meanwhile in #Australia 🇦🇺 https://www.southernlaunch.space/upcoming-missions

🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=-Koonibba+Test+Range&layer=Esri+Satellite

#SouthernLaunch #HyImpulse #DLR #Varda

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🚽 ☕ "When it comes to our #urine on #ISS, today’s coffee is tomorrow’s #coffee” https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/05/world/space-station-toilet-scn-trnd/index.html

Pictures : #Lunar Loo, Samantha #Cristoforetti drinks #ISSpresso
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lunar_Loo_-_NASA_Tournament_Challenge_promotion.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-43_Samantha_Cristoforetti_drinks_coffee_in_the_Cupola.jpg

#HumanSpaceflightBasics #SpaceFood

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@ottaross 😂

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@nyrath @ottaross "by 📆 2040 … most of the effluent 💦 in Southern #California will be #recycled or well on its way to being recycled” ♻️ https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-07-22/los-angeles-may-be-the-first-in-california-to-put-recycled-water-directly-in-your-tap

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@ottaross last status "approved" December 20, 2023 🚽☕ https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/12/20/california-drinking-water-wastewater-sewage 😁

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