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Ffj.torres replied to the thread From Earth orbit to the moon: Europe's I-Hab continues Spacelab 40-year legacy.Odds it is obsolete before launching? Non-zero, methinks.
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread US military gives Lockheed Martin $33.7 million to develop nuclear spacecraft.Remember the DOD has two budgets. The $33M comes out of the public one. It establishes that Lockheed is doing something in that (ahem)...
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread NASA dedicates giant 'worm,' honors logo designer Richard Danne.The worm is okay...for a generic acronym string. But nothing conveys the agency's mission and spirit like the meatball.
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread China discovers never-before-seen ore containing a highly valuable rare earth element.Two is not a logical number; zero, one, and "many" are but not two. If two, why not three? Or ten, a hundred, whatever... And if they're...
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread China discovers never-before-seen ore containing a highly valuable rare earth element.No need to go that far just yet. Earth's trojans are more accessible and screaming for visits.
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread Metal asteroid Psyche has a ridiculously high 'value.' But what does that even mean?.You're not factoring in STARSHIP. Falcon lofts 23Tons, STARSHIP can do 150-250T. (Just how much will depend on the configuration.) No...
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread 'Starfield' is an inspiring odyssey that could rekindle mainstream interest in space exploration.Good write up. A minor warning for anybody looking for buy/no buy guidance from reviews: don't. The reviews in all the aggregation...
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread AI is already helping astronomers make incredible discoveries. Here's how.It helps to remember that 2001 is fiction and fiction requires conflict. Also, as the sequel pointed out, HAL didn't rebel but rather...
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread The Space Force should safeguard US interests on the moon (op-ed) .Valid points all. No debate needed but instead a reminder that scheduling matters. 1- USSF is still in its infancy, still transitioning...
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread These photos of Stoke Space's 'Hopper' reusuable rocket test are just amazing.Anybody remember the MDD DC-X prototypes from 30 years ago? Look it up. Now *that* was ambitious: they were aiming for SSTO. (A while...
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread NASA asks industry for 'space tug' ideas to deorbit International Space Station.Riiightt... That's the same excuse they used to let SKYLSB burn inhstead of adding the other two, including the one fully finished and...
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread NASA asks industry for 'space tug' ideas to deorbit International Space Station.Maybe time to start a petition? Remind the idiotpoliticians who they work for (when not lining their pocket with bribes). Preserve the...
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread NASA asks industry for 'space tug' ideas to deorbit International Space Station.Instead of deorbiting it, why not fill it with noble gas, *raise* the orbit, and leave it at high altitude as a monument/future museum...
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread 'Space: 1999' documentary focusing on the iconic Eagle spacecraft launches campaign on Kickstarter (exclusive).What? Not even a hint of UFO? Considering 1999 production started out to do UFO season 2 it merits a least a passing mention in between...
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Ffj.torres replied to the thread NASA's mighty SLS megarocket for Artemis moonshots 'unaffordable' for sustained exploration, audit finds.It can't go on forever...on cost plus contracts. It can on fixed price contracts. Compare SLS to STARLINER. Both over budget, over...
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