@Cosmic_Andrew1 I see your 10 billion and raise you 200 billion dollars invested in space annually
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Nebula
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Nebula
@BJamesom
Aerospace enthusiasist and video game fan. I like watching rockets. | Opinions are my own.
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How about 190 billion for your pointless war and a Mars Sample Return mission?
The Associated Press@AP
BREAKING: The Pentagon seeks $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war, AP source says. apnews.com/article/iran-w…
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@iottsam @BSmithBenS In very specific conditions and only able to cause rainfall from clouds that already can produce rain in relatively small quantities, yes.
They can't create hurricanes from the contrails of a 747 though.
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@BSmithBenS So to be clear you can sign off on them being able to change the weather then correct?
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@NASASpaceflight Well, last we heard from NASA, all they said was the change in missions for Artemis isn't affecting things like Gateway, so its entirely possible we'll still see it.
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ESA just published a boilerplate "Gateway blueprint" page on their site and mailed it to their media list.
Not sure that's still happening, however.
#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=d9760013-6d85-4779-adda-31ab69710300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…
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@Vincent2112_ @NASAAdmin Neither of these were quotes from what he said.
The orbit the Artemis II crew will take them further out from Earth than Apollo's crews did, so yes, technically this is going to be the furthest any human has been from Earth.
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@NASAAdmin We’ve never flown around the moon in the past? 🤔
Perhaps we have also never walked on the moon 🤨
“Potentially” 🙄
CYA pessimistic attitude
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The next chapter of America’s journey to explore the solar system begins TONIGHT.
Artemis II and the SLS rocket roll out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B as we target a launch attempt as early as April 1. This mission will potentially send astronauts farther into space than any human has traveled before - around the Moon and safely back home.
And, under @POTUS’ National Space Policy Directive, we’re just getting started.
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@963phi @JAtanackov Starlink satellites are also able to de-orbit themselves if they break or become redundant, so they aren't going to stick around in orbit either.
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@963phi @JAtanackov For one, it isn't 'junk',
secondly, this is misleading. Even at the most dense parts of the constellation, each Starlink is hundreds of kilometers apart from each other.
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We are now at 10 000+ Starlink satellites in orbit. From zero to this number in seven years. So far the constellation has dodged truly severe space weather - Solar Cycle 25 has (mostly) been kind to it. It has so far also successfully dodged itself. By the next solar maximum - possibly in ~2035 - the Starlink constellation may further balloon in size and it will be joined by a number of other satellite constellations. We could see hundreds of thousands of satellites in LEO and MEO by then. Will SC26 be as kind? And let's not forget, SC25 is not done yet.
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@isaraerospace NET? What's net, and WHEN on the 23 are you going to try? A launch window? Is 20:00 the when, like it says on YouTube it starts? The weather is pretty awful there right now, so hopefully it will be better by then 🤞🏼
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Now targeting NET 23 March for launch of Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ due to unfavorable weather conditions in the launch area. Launch date remains subject to weather, safety and range infrastructure. Follow the launch live: youtube.com/live/MsbZj8Pxm…
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@Pinboard @is_OwenLewis a plethora of scientific potential in an environment that is very unlike our own that has led to advances in medicine, technology, etc etc, and not just for those in space either.
Also, because we can. And it's cool.
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@is_OwenLewis What is the argument for maintaining a permanent presence in low earth orbit?
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It's important that we have a smooth transition from the ISS to private space station. People ask whether it matters that we continue to maintain a continuous presence in space. But it does matter, it really does.
There are 10 people currently in space. 7 on the International Space Station, and 3 aboard the Tiangong Space Station. There has always been a human in space since November 2, 2000, when the Expedition 1 crew boarded the International Space Station.
ApoStructura@ApoStructura
There are people in space at this very moment. Always cool to think about that.
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Just wait until the IAU start debating whether a loosely captured asteroid should be called a moon. All these terms that we have for Planet, Moon, Asteroid, Comet are... Fuzzy.
Corey S. Powell@coreyspowell
Astronomers have discovered 11 more moons around Saturn, bringing its total to 285--by far the most of any planet in the solar system. The true number may be unknowable, if you count every ring particle as its own little moon. minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K26/K26F1…
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How do you think guys like this are going to react when there's 24/7 livestreams at NASA's moonbase in 2030
Frank Ptak@Ftjp1980
@The_Guitar__Guy @NASAAdmin @Astro_Christina Y did they have to fake the moon landing then?
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@PebMet1 @SpaceKoala This is true of ALL new rockets until they actually set out to do what was initially planned of them.
People were saying the same thing 15 years ago about the viability of landing a Falcon 9 booster back on Earth. Look where we are with that, now.
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@SpaceKoala I base my thoughts on reality. To date Starship is not close to fulfilling everything that Musk sold it to be. I'll wait until I see the final product to see if it matches the promises.
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Because some of us place more value on a rocket's progress towards truly advancing crewed space exploration over the ability to replicate minor achievements sooner.
PebMets@PebMet1
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Honestly, I was expecting a delay to rollout, but I am pleasantly surprised it's (so far) by only a day.
April 1st cannot come soon enough. I just hope NASA aren't playing any tricks 😅
NASA@NASA
Teams are now targeting no earlier than Friday, March 20, to roll Artemis II to the launchpad, maintaining the opportunity for an April 1 launch attempt. More info: go.nasa.gov/4utuo8B
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Okay at the risk of sounding like a jerk about this (I'm not trying to be),
I don't really see how we're going to get monthly landings at the Lunar south pole starting in 9 months from now. Am I missing something? 😅
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman@NASAAdmin
The next chapter of Artemis is about acceleration. • Building the Moon base • Landers at the lunar south pole on a monthly cadence starting in 2027 • Nuclear power & propulsion • More science and discovery First we clear the barriers inside NASA. Then we move.
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@NASAAdmin Will NASA be hosting press conferences or releasing information about how these goals are going to be achieved in more depth? A lot of this seems super optimistic.
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The next chapter of Artemis is about acceleration.
• Building the Moon base
• Landers at the lunar south pole on a monthly cadence starting in 2027
• Nuclear power & propulsion
• More science and discovery
First we clear the barriers inside NASA.
Then we move.
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@stevehaag81 @NASAAdmin @NASASpox NASA's budget is set by Congress so it mostly falls on them to decide if they will continue funding programs.
For now, at least, there is interest to continuing growing NASA's capabilities on the Moon from Congress.
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@NASAAdmin @NASASpox Love the direction and vision but what happens every 4 years when a new administration comes in and guts the NASA budget? What is being done to keep these programs rolling through hostile admins?
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It’s simple: NASA needs the best talent—and we’re bringing it back in-house. We’re reviewing thousands of contractor roles for conversion to civil servant positions to rebuild core capabilities, move faster, and put more resources toward science, and discovery.
We will launch rockets in months, not years.
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thinking abt Magellan,,..,we need more missions to Venus,,,.sigh,.,.
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Isaacman: "I want landers on the Moon, in the south pole on a monthly cadence starting in the beginning of 2027."
This is a really ambitious claim, and it would be outright INSANE if the launch cadence is even half as often as what NASA wants it to be.
Spaceflight Now@SpaceflightNow
Tonight at 10 p.m. EDT (0200 UTC), we're premiering our sit-down interview with @NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman. He spoke with our @w_robinsonsmith about the agency's Moon ambitions, crewed lunar landers, nuclear propulsion and more. Watch here: youtu.be/q_Y0qUQUbrk?si…
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Is there an actual reason why?
Oribtal debris is going to become a problem in the future no matter what, we should do everything we can to reduce the risks of a catastrophic event regardless, though.
Techniques Spatiales@TechSpatiales
Dans le sens contraire de la tendance mondiale, la FAA vient de supprimer la régulation qui oblige les lanceurs US à désorbiter leurs étages supérieurs après usage, qui les forçait jusque là à retomber sur Terre sous 25 ans. La FAA autorise donc davantage de débris sur orbite.
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@deltaIV9250 Yes, but also, NASA shouldn't be commenting on wars either.
Like c'mon, just say that's a question for Hesgeth and move on, NOTHING good comes of NASA getting itself involved with politics.
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Begging resist libs to avoid weighing in on spaceflight
Like, the biggest criticism of Jared is that he’s doing TOO much.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
lmao why is the NASA administrator going on Fox and railing against Iran? (this is a rhetorical question -- the answer is that nobody in the Trump administration has actual job duties)
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