Recent content by Wes I

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    NASA outlines plan to deploy burrowing 'cryobots' on icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter

    A stretchable fiber optic cable for communication for this cryobot would be a great spin-off technology for Earth applications.
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    NASA's mighty SLS megarocket for Artemis moonshots 'unaffordable' for sustained exploration, audit finds

    Agreed, as a lifelong, avid fan of space exploration---It's political from a space race persepecitve, similar to the 1st-Man-on-the-Moon goal of the Apollo program. This time around it's the 1st human on Mars with a Moon base. The Artemis goals are about human space exploration and basic...
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    Space mining startups see a rich future on asteroids and the moon

    The abundance of Helium-3 on the Moon makes harvesting of it an enticing endeavor, assuming the elusive fusion power is harnessed. It's just a matter of time.
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    Wild space 'ferry' concept uses paragliders to return satellites and science to Earth

    Does space debris and trash have any economic value while still in orbit? Can any of it be economically repaired, repurposed or remanufactured while in orbit, rather than returned to Earth?
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    Chinese rocket body disintegrates into big cloud of space junk

    Interesting idea ! The laser would just need to disrupt its orbit enough change to a decaying orbit. I agree on the cost prohibitive at this time. I suspect though at some point in time that impact risk of satellites and space craft, and the value of raw materials in space, will be such...
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    Chinese rocket body disintegrates into big cloud of space junk

    Yes, agreed. But my crazy idea is to start using the space junk in orbit to build new stuff in orbit, not bring it back down. The value of space junk is it's already in orbit i.e. energy already expended to get it up there. At some later time, it probably can easily be refined into raw...
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    Chinese rocket body disintegrates into big cloud of space junk

    Since the cost of sending a kilogram into LEO is up to $100k, shouldn't space pioneers start collecting and reusing the material in orbit already? Maybe at least start collecting the space trash for the day when the technology exists to remanufacture the material?
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    UFOs 101: Hype, uproar, disinformation and mystery: 'Here we go again.'

    The UFO sightings are still insignificant "disinformation, fake news" that has no significant government and life-changing, society consequences. They still are in the realm of tabloid entertainment, until there is a confirmed contact or an alien abduction. Then the UFO conspiracy theories...
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    China completes world's largest solar telescope array with a whopping 313 dishes

    Can these solar telescope arrays be used for conventional radio astronomy? Or what upgrades and expansions would it need? just wondering. thx.
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