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Let's zoom in on that boxed area. This map shows the landing ellipse shown in a 2009 publication. A smaller box zooms in towards the landing site. A wrinkle ridge is just visible within it.
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#maps #moon #luna17 #lunokhod1
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2) Perform human-like manipulation.
3) Integrate humanoids into the labor force.
The robots are coming for our jobs ๐จโ๐ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/huge-funding-round-makes-figure-big-techs-favorite-humanoid-robot-company/
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Soon on the #moon ๐ ? "The #Chinese ๐จ๐ณ firm shows its first humanoid to achieve a linear walking speed of 3.3m/s" https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/unitree-world-record-fastest-humanoid-robot
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A new eight-rotor robotic probe will head to the solar systemโs most Earth-like moon. Hereโs what its team is doing to prepare.
Check out this extensive paper by Matthew R. Francis for Eos, AGU's science news magazine
https://eos.org/features/a-dragonfly-for-titan
#Dragonfly#Titan#Saturn#Moon #satellite #solarsystem #planetaryscience #science#STEM #engineering #drone#AGU#Eos #news #magazine
#HumanSpaceflightHealth#RadiationProtection#Artemis#LunarGateway
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To protect them, the #spacecraft would either have to be much bulkier, making launches expensive and difficult, or be made of more efficient #shielding ๐ก๏ธ materials. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/how-will-humans-survive-the-journey-to-mars
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(The same guy who now wonders whether #China ๐จ๐ณ might be faster on the #Moon ๐คฆโโ๏ธ)
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โข #Moon ๐ deliveries by #Astrobotic, #IntuitiveMachines and #Firefly Aerospace.
โข #SPHEREx will create a map of the universe ๐
โข #ESA's ๐ช๐บ #SpaceRider #spaceplane orbital test flight
โข #Japan's ๐ฏ๐ต lunar lander and micro-rover
โข #Tianwen2 ๐จ๐ณ collects samples from a #NEA โ๏ธ
โข #BepiColombo at #Mercury
โข #EuropaClipper at #Mars
โข #NASAโs #Lucy #asteroid flyby
โข #JUICE at #Venus
https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/space-missions-coming-in-2025
โข #SierraSpace#DreamChaser test mission to the #ISShttps://www.planetary.org/articles/calendar-of-space-events-2025
The #LaunchCost ๐ฐ were very high to bring this material to #orbit ๐ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station
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So, Musk & Co are now trying a #Mars griftโฆ
Robert A. Heinlein, ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐โ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐, 1947