Spaceflight πŸš€
Spaceflight πŸš€  Β·  10 months ago

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#Moon πŸŒ™ scouts will all be #robotic, designed to build a foundation for #astronauts πŸ‘¨β€πŸš€ to follow about two years later. There is need for transporting πŸš€ large masses of equipment and materials from #Earth. An #IntuitiveMachines lander is set to reach the Moon later this year. #NASA’s #JPL will release a β€œswarm” of robot-explorers equipped with stereo cameras πŸ“Ή and charged with creating photorealistic #3D maps πŸ—ΊοΈ of the #lunar terrain https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/2024/04/27/robot-explorers-futuristic-spacex-starships-set-to-transform-the-moon/

#SpaceRobot#SpaceLogistics#Starship

Spaceflight πŸš€
Spaceflight πŸš€  Β·  12 months ago

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Breaking the full-size #humanoid speed world record (the previous record was about 2.5m/s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83ShvgtyFAg

Soon on the #moon πŸŒ™ ? "The #Chinese πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ 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

#SpaceRobot

Spaceflight πŸš€
Spaceflight πŸš€  Β·  11 months ago

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One of the biggest impediments to reform was @senbillnelson , the former #US senator from #Florida who represented #KennedySpaceCenter and now runs #NASAhttps://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/21/get-your-boy-elon-in-line-nasa-tell-all-recounts-turmoil-over-private-space-race-00041085

(The same guy who now wonders whether #China πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ might be faster on the #Moon πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ)

#SpacePolitics#SpaceRace

Spaceflight πŸš€
Spaceflight πŸš€  Β·  2 years ago
πŸ€” Why isn't the #ISS (partially) recycled (by #SpaceRobot) and parts βš™οΈ or raw material used for the #LunarGateway (maybe for #RadiationProtection instead of #luggage πŸ›οΈ)? The #BBC article doesn't cover this https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/why-is-the-iss-being-retired-and-what-will-happen-to-it

The #LaunchCost πŸ’° were very high to bring this material to #orbit πŸš€ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station

Spaceflight πŸš€
Spaceflight πŸš€  Β·  2 years ago

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#ESA πŸ“† 05/06/2020 #Orbit #recycling ♻️ : An idea submitted to the #OpenSpace Innovation Platform (#OSIP) proposed that orbital #debris πŸ—‘οΈ could be used for in-situ resource manufacturing on the #Moon πŸŒ™ https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/06/Orbit_recycling

How about #ISRU of #ISS components ? πŸ€”

Corey S Powell
Corey S Powell  Β·  3 months ago

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For the purists, here's a video of all lunar phases in 2025 with no labeling. It takes about 5 minutes to watch the full thing -- and what a sweet, meditative 5 minutes it is.

(Full video at link.)

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5415 #science #nature #sky #earth #moon

The Moon always keeps the same face to us, but not exactly the same face. Because of the tilt and shape of its orbit, we see the Moon from slightly different angles over the course of a month. When a month is compressed into 24 seconds, as it is in this animation, our changing view of the Moon makes it look like it's wobbling. This wobble is called libration. The word comes from the Latin for "balance scale" (as does the name of the zodiac constellation Libra) and refers to the way such a scale tips up and down on alternating sides. The sub-Earth point gives the amount of libration in longitude and latitude. The sub-Earth point is also the apparent center of the Moon's disk and the location on the Moon where the Earth is directly overhead. The Moon is subject to other motions as well. It appears to roll back and forth around the sub-Earth point. The roll angle is given by the position angle of the axis, which is the angle of the Moon's north pole relative to celestial north. The Moon also approaches and recedes from us, appearing to grow and shrink. The two extremes, called perigee (near) and apogee (far), differ by as much as 14%.
Spaceflight πŸš€
Spaceflight πŸš€  Β·  12 months ago
"Political and #aerospace interests were more than reluctant to embrace any changes which they viewed as a threat to their own hegemony."
The mainstream media doesn’t cover #SpaceExploration and #SpaceScience with the same questioning πŸ” rigor that they reserve for #politics. People writing about space exploration are mostly cheerleaders πŸ₯³ for the cause, rather than independent observers keeping a watchful eye on how our national monies πŸ’° are spent. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2022/06/23/new-book-paints-bleak-picture-of-nasas-human-spaceflight-program/

#NASA #SLS#Artemis

Spaceflight πŸš€
Spaceflight πŸš€  Β·  12 months ago

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πŸ“† 2019 A senior #NASA official had opened the door to NASA flying its first crewed πŸ‘©β€πŸš€ missions to the #Moon πŸŒ™ on a #FalconHeavy rocket πŸš€ built by #SpaceXhttps://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/nasa-chief-says-a-falcon-heavy-rocket-could-fly-humans-to-the-moon/
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