@planet4589 @NASA in theory also the Luna missions were named after the Moon and the Venera too, but somehow it feels different
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Luca Maltagliati
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Luca Maltagliati
@LucaPlanets
@NatureAstronomy editor. Likes planets (any kind). My twitter my views
London, UK Katılım Haziran 2017
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@LucaPlanets @NASA As others have pointed out the Soviets did this: "Interplanetary Automatic Station <<Mars>>" going to Mars and so on. But there at least it was easy to say 'AMS Mars' vs 'Mars' and know what was going on
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I love the @NASA Psyche mission, but not so much the name. As I have pointed out before it is going to be a source of enormous confusion "Psyche is now in orbit around Psyche".... um?
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and with the launch of @MissionToPsyche the 2023 of space exploration comes to an end... or wait! maybe not? as far as Google says, the IM-1 private lander (by @Int_Machines) towards the lunar South Pole is still planned in a month's time
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That launch was UNBELIEVABLE. Here I am standing outside Hangar AE with the rocket rising above me. GO @MissionToPsyche !! Ultra fantastic job @SpaceX!
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oops, 1h40 min (despite looking on Google for the time zone conversion 😅) #Psychemission
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good chances of the weather not being on the way of #Psyche launch! Still on route for liftoff in about 40 minutes (14:19 GMT)
Lindy Elkins-Tanton@ltelkins
New weather brief: Dropping probability of violating weather rules for @MissionToPsyche to 15%! so 85% chance of weather being OK. Keep your fingers crossed that ALL the other things go well!
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the continuous technical problem of Russian modules will surely reassure the Chinese that are in the talks of Russian collaboration for their space station...
Katya Pavlushchenko@katlinegrey
Sounds like #Nauka module got bored and initiated another round of problems to the ISS. I haven't heard the conversations, but according @SpaceflightNow astronauts reported a coolant leak from the module's radiator. Roscosmos stays silent at the moment.
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@AuerSusan He created a whole narrative about spam bots being the only evil of the platform and spinning all improvements towards that. Pity that 1) nobody really believes him, and 2) content posted by actual people (appearing in priority because verified) is much worse than any bot
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But, what if...and stay with me here...the paid users are the spam bots...?
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it's amazing how much this new twatter policy of removing the headlines has led me to just not opening almost any article: I just see a photo and move on because that's what I usually do with photos, it doesn't lead me to click on it.
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@sacha_coward for a moment I thought it was a tweet about twitter, but about the Tories works as well
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When an animal is dying and knows it, it will lash out, bite, claw, defecate, do anything it can to save itself...
This is a tweet about the Conservative party.
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after @ESA's Voyage 2050 and the American (multi)Decadal, and after the presentation of their more detailed plans up to 2030, here's China's long-term vision for space exploration, a methodical progression of increasingly challenging goals (look at the asteroids...)
Andrew Jones@AJ_FI
Well, this is ambitious & far-sighted. China: 3 x Chang'e Moon landings this decade, Tianwen missions to NEA/comet, Mars samples & Jupiter (+TW-X...), planetary defense mission, future Moon & Mars research stations, plus heliosphere missions & exoplanet (likely Miyin) telescope.
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@BigDogStar @ExploreCosmos_ 227 °C is a very normal temperature for planets
(what I meant is that TRAPPIST-1b has never been considered suitable for life anyway, so the measurement doesn't change anything from that point of view)
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@LucaPlanets @ExploreCosmos_ Nor do I believe it ever will be with a temperature like that.
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#JWST measured the dayside temperature of rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b and found it to be ~227º C, suggesting it has no significant atmosphere.
This marks the 1st detection of any form of light emitted by a rocky planet that’s as small & cool as those in our solar system. 1/2
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this is not a parody -and I'll leave it at that.
Everyone who actually loves science will know what to do at the next general election.
By the way, everyone (rightly so) focuses on the poster, but have you read the actual tweet?! It's even worse! #CPC23
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@BigDogStar @ExploreCosmos_ that has never been an issue for TRAPPIST-1 b
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@ExploreCosmos_ 227 C or so is much too warm for almost all life.
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I'm not at EPSC/DPS this year as I didn't feel like going all the way to Texas, but as usual James will provide beautiful highlights of many talks
James Tuttle Keane@jtuttlekeane
Hoor AlMazmi—The Emirates asteroid belt mission (MBR) will fly by 7 main belt asteroids, including rendezvousing with 269 Justitia—the 2nd reddest asteroid (perhaps originating from further out in the Solar System). #DPSEPSC2023
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@KatyMontgomerie hating thinking but having the "trans agenda" always in their mind? sounds like them or what
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Someone just unironically sent this meme to me. Why are they so bad at memes 😂
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this doesn't sound great
Jack Kuhr@JackKuhr
3 major human spaceflight reports in one week: - Blue Origin may exit space station biz - NG may exit space station biz - Long term future of Starliner is shaky Bummer of a week. Sucks to see these programs in limbo. Rlly great reporting from @SciGuySpace @thesheetztweetz @wapodavenport
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no real surprises here in this China space roadmap: the Chinese still stick to their original deadlines.
That 2028 Mars sample return tho... 👀
Andrew Jones@AJ_FI
This infographic presented during the appearance of CNSA's Li Guoping at a heads of agencies plenary at #IAC2023 seems to suggest the Queqiao-2 relay satellite for the Chang'e-6 lunar sample return will launch around March 2024.
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