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Watch out for falling rock..[...et parts]

Last post by Ylem « Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:54 pm
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by AntennaGuy » Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:05 pm

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China Tries To Solve Its Rocket Debris Problem
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Gotta love this picture:

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Well, I could use a few free parts to finish my project :lol:

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Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:54 pm
SpaceX aims to launch first orbital Starship flight in July

Last post by Ylem « Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:48 pm
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by smp » Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:44 pm

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From CNBC.com:
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is “shooting for July” to launch the first orbital spaceflight of its Starship rocket, company president Gwynne...

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Hope everything goes well 😃

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Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:48 pm
NASA chief reminds Congress they’re the ones not funding a lunar lander

Last post by Ylem « Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:49 pm
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by smp » Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:58 pm

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From Ars Technica:
... The Congress appropriated $850 million, Nelson told Babin. And so you can only get so many pounds of potatoes out of a...

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The sack of potatoes analogy is a good one.

I once had to respond to a company board about a project of mine, wish I used that ;)

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Last post by Ylem
Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:49 pm
Space debris cleaning missions

Last post by bearnard00 « Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:11 am
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by bearnard00 » Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:10 pm

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Today space debris became rather an important issue to be solved in the space exploration area. That is why a lot of space companies wanna make some...

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There are 4 ways how we can handle with space junk 1)we can design & program sats such that they switch to a lower orbit when we replace a sat with a...

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Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:11 am
Chinese Space Station Docking

Last post by Ylem « Mon Jun 21, 2021 1:46 am
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by Graeme1858 » Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:02 am

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Chinese Space Station Docking live view:

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Very cool!

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Last post by Ylem
Mon Jun 21, 2021 1:46 am
Rocket Lab is Going to Mars

Last post by Ylem « Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:29 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:55 am

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Rocket Lab Awarded Subcontract to Design Twin Spacecraft for Mars

The two Rocket Lab Photon spacecraft for the ESCAPADE mission to Mars are part of...

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Great news!!!!

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Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:29 pm
China's Zhurong Mars rover takes a selfie

Last post by helicon « Sun Jun 13, 2021 2:27 pm
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by smp » Sun Jun 13, 2021 1:19 pm

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From BBC.com:
China's Zhurong rover has sent back a batch of new images from Mars - including a selfie .

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Thanks for sharing Stephen. Always love more Mars exploration news.

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Last post by helicon
Sun Jun 13, 2021 2:27 pm
Jeff Bezos to fly to space next month

Last post by GCoyote « Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:15 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:41 am

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(Reuters) -Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos said on Monday he and his brother Mark will fly on the first crewed space flight from his rocket...

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Winning Ticket to Join Jeff Bezos in Space Costs Nearly $30 Million in Blue Origin Auction

Funds go to getting kids interested in STEM so...

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Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:15 pm
NASA's Juno to get a close look at Jupiter's moon Ganymede

Last post by GCoyote « Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:36 pm
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by smp » Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:23 pm

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From Phys.org:
On Monday, June 7, at 1:35 p.m. EDT (10:35 a.m. PDT), NASA's Juno spacecraft will come within 645 miles (1,038 kilometers) of the...

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Nice! Lots of interesting surface details to consider. Some linear features I don't think I've seen on other bodies.

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Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:36 pm
Space Station's robotic arm hit by orbital debris

Last post by Chich « Tue Jun 08, 2021 3:24 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Sun May 30, 2021 6:28 pm

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A recent inspection of the the International Space Station's Canadarm2 has revealed that it was hit by orbital debris. See the hole that was created...

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I don't believe there is enough cooperation and coordination governing when and what goes into orbit. We have some general agreements but as I...

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Tue Jun 08, 2021 3:24 pm
Webb telescope launch date slips again

Last post by bearnard00 « Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:29 am
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by smp » Wed Jun 02, 2021 12:50 pm

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From Ars Technica:
Last summer, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) set an October 31, 2021, launch date for the $10 billion telescope. The...

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Looking forward to the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope and some data from it. I`d like to mention the Ariel space telescope which is aimed...

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Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:29 am
Venus is so very nice, NASA is going there twice

Last post by Graeme1858 « Sat Jun 05, 2021 6:29 am
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by smp » Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:09 pm

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From Ars Technica:
NASA announced Wednesday that it will send, not one, but two spacecraft to Venus this decade as part of its efforts to ramp up...

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Nothing man made will function for very long on the surface of Venus.

Sister planet and Goddess of love are more than a tad misleading!

Here's...

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Last post by Graeme1858
Sat Jun 05, 2021 6:29 am
Virgin Galactic announces another human-tended science flight

Last post by helicon « Thu Jun 03, 2021 5:38 pm
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by smp » Thu Jun 03, 2021 4:09 pm

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From Ars Technica:
Virgin Galactic announced a new contract Thursday for human-tended research aboard its suborbital spacecraft, VSS Unity. The...

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Thanks Stephen - very interesting.

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Last post by helicon
Thu Jun 03, 2021 5:38 pm
3D printer for some space stuff

Last post by bearnard00 « Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:40 am
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by bearnard00 » Thu May 06, 2021 7:44 am

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I`ve recently found an interesting article about 3D printer which is used in aerospace area. Have you heard anything about that? This machine allows...

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Also, I`d like to add that 3d printing technology is frequently used in the manufacturing of airplanes. I was really surprised when I found out about...

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Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:40 am
China Launches Cargo Supply to Space Station

Last post by helicon « Mon May 31, 2021 1:53 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Mon May 31, 2021 8:26 am

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Just a month after launching the first part of its multi-module Tiangong space station, China has sent a cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-2, to the...

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Very cool Graeme.

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Last post by helicon
Mon May 31, 2021 1:53 pm
Planetary Magnetic Field Missions

Last post by Lady Fraktor « Sun May 30, 2021 3:20 am
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by WilliamPaolini » Sat May 29, 2021 3:17 pm

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Found this great article on the importance of understanding the magnetic field properties of exoplanets. Article is from 2010 and titled: Planetary...

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Thank you for the link, downloaded for reading later.

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Sun May 30, 2021 3:20 am
UK From ISS

Last post by Lady Fraktor « Sun May 30, 2021 3:16 am
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by Graeme1858 » Fri May 28, 2021 9:10 pm

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Still looking for one of Bratislava, UK looks alright :D

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Sun May 30, 2021 3:16 am
NASA budget goes all-in on science, stays the course on Moon lander

Last post by smp « Sat May 29, 2021 12:26 pm

by smp » Sat May 29, 2021 12:26 pm

From Ars Technica:
As part of the federal budget rollout on Friday, NASA released details of the funding it hopes to receive from Congress in fiscal...

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Sat May 29, 2021 12:26 pm
Satellite technology which helps scientists observe the land

Last post by bearnard00 « Fri May 28, 2021 3:17 pm
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by bearnard00 » Fri Apr 23, 2021 7:47 am

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Desertification is a type of degradation of land in which the land becomes more arid. Desertification is a direct result of global warming, and...

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So as we can see the usage of satellites is very important and very diverse for us and for our environment. Personally, I support such programs where...

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Fri May 28, 2021 3:17 pm
Tianwen-1 Mars Mission

Last post by Starship201 « Thu May 27, 2021 8:14 am
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by Graeme1858 » Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:48 am

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China says it has successfully put its Tianwen-1 (Questions to Heaven) mission in orbit around Mars.

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Now, two months ago, the Chinese rover had landed and already made its first drive on the Red Planet.

You mean two weeks ago

Yeah, I made a...

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Last post by Starship201
Thu May 27, 2021 8:14 am
Crewed or uncrewed space mission

Last post by bearnard00 « Wed May 26, 2021 11:50 am
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by bearnard00 » Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:29 pm

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What kind of space missions do you support crewed or uncrewed missions? Nowadays space technology is developing so rapidly as you can see....

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It's hard to give a clear answer. I mean that sometimes crewed missions are better than uncrewed, and vice versa. However, I often think that risking...

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Last post by bearnard00
Wed May 26, 2021 11:50 am
Hybrid rocket

Last post by bearnard00 « Wed May 26, 2021 11:20 am
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by bearnard00 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 3:03 pm

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Have you ever heard about hybrid rockets? Some space company manufactures and uses this kind of rockets in small launches like delivering...

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Why are these rockets called hybrid? This is due to the type of fuel they use or why?

The term ``hybrid`` has been given to this rocket because it...

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Wed May 26, 2021 11:20 am
Nature article: Satellite mega-constellations create risks in Low Earth Orbit, the atmosphere and on Earth

Last post by WilliamPaolini « Tue May 25, 2021 10:53 pm
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by Chich » Sat May 22, 2021 5:03 pm

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The paper looks at the current situation with LEOs and talks about possible consequences. I don't think any fearmongering was intended but there are...

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Yes, getting congested up there. A lot of it is non-functional and debris also. However, a number of companies are placing sweeper satellites in...

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Last post by WilliamPaolini
Tue May 25, 2021 10:53 pm
Virgin Galactic launches 1st SpaceShipTwo spaceflight from New Mexico

Last post by smp « Mon May 24, 2021 12:57 pm
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by smp » Sat May 22, 2021 7:34 pm

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From Space.com:
Virgin Galactic has launched its first human spaceflight from its New Mexico home port.
The company's SpaceShipTwo vehicle VSS...

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Here's an article from Ars Technica:
After Virgin Galactic’s success on Saturday, how soon can it fly again?

smp

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Mon May 24, 2021 12:57 pm
Virgin Galactic

Last post by smp « Mon May 24, 2021 12:54 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Mon May 24, 2021 10:26 am

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Watching Virgin Galactic’s first human spaceflight from Spaceport America

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Thanks, Graeme - I already posted a topic here:

You are welcome to merge them together if you wish.

smp

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Mon May 24, 2021 12:54 pm

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