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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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RE: @arstechnica@mastodon.social
#Isaacman decided that vehicles to get us on the #Moon are better than vehicles to enrich 💰 contractors.
Finally, #sanity has prevailed.
RE: @heiseonlineenglish@social.heise.de
Previously available catalogs only covered comparatively nearby #galaxies 🌌 completely, with large gaps existing from a distance of 300 million light-years onwards
RE: @heiseonlineenglish@social.heise.de
🇩🇪 In Koblenz, a fragment of a #meteorite ☄️ tore a football-sized hole in the roof of a residential building. The rock fragment reportedly hit the roof first and then crashed into the bedroom.
On April 25, 2023, a particularly large meteorite fell near Elmshorn in Schleswig-Holstein; the largest fragment weighed more than 3.7 kg
RE: @arstechnica@mastodon.social
#Orion’s big test is yet to come with the fiery 🔥 #reentry through Earth’s atmosphere on Friday.
So far, it’s looking like the rocket and spaceship needed for a lunar landing are getting there for #NASA. The biggest remaining piece of the architecture is the Human Landing System.
RE: @arstechnica@mastodon.social
#Orion was maneuvered into an orientation such that the urine tank and vent lines received the maximum amount of sunshine ☀️ to un-freeze the #urine. This helped a little bit, but did not entirely solve the problem. So for now, the #astronauts are continuing to pee into, essentially, bags
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The #SKA Observatory will produce around 600 petabytes of data 💽 each year. That amount would take 200 years to download using an at-home internet connection of 100 megabytes per second. Initial data from the SKA is expected in 📆 2027, with the start of major #science operations in 2029. Handling the large volume and complexity of SKA data requires a global network of specialized computing facilities. #Canada 🇨🇦 committed to establishing one such centre https://theconversation.com/information-collected-by-the-worlds-largest-radio-telescope-will-be-stored-and-processed-by-global-data-centres-255268
#Astronomy #CanSRC
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Starship's Fifth Flight Test
🇲🇾 #Malaysia is poised to become the first country in Southeast Asia 🌏 to have its own space launch facility by 2029, with three potential sites identified in #Pahang, #Sarawak, and #Sabah. Glavkosmos, a subsidiary of #Roscosmos, is in discussions on the potential development of a #spaceport in Sabah* https://maia.my/news/qhazanah-sabah-russias-glavkosmos-explore-collaboration-space-launch-facility
There are #asteroids ☄️ up to a kilometer or more that we have never observed 🔭 before (54:55)
RE: @newyorktimes@flipboard.com
The #computer 💻 problem seems to be serious : “We have definitely lost track of the days”
#Earth 🌏 from #space pictures (including #Artemis) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Full-disk_Earth_from_space_by_year
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@wonderofscience@mastodon.social these videos are separated by 7 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ