Archive for the 'Space' Category
James Webb Space Telescope Launch
December 25th, 2021Update: Webb Telescope Away with Two Major Hurdles Cleared After Flawless Launch — Via: NASA:
Mars: Valles Marineris Contains Large Amounts of Water
December 17th, 2021Via: SciTechDaily: The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has spotted significant amounts of water at the heart of Mars’ dramatic canyon system, Valles Marineris. The water, which is hidden beneath Mars’ surface, was found by the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)’s FREND instrument, which is mapping the hydrogen – a measure of water content – in […]
James Webb Space Telescope Set for Launch on December 22
December 13th, 2021Is this finally going to happen? Via: 60 Minutes: This December 22, may become known as the day the universe changed. That Wednesday, NASA expects to launch the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most expensive instrument ever flown. One hundred times more powerful than the 31-year-old Hubble Telescope, Webb can see back in […]
China’s Mysterious Hypersonic Weapon Can Stay In Orbit According To Space Force General
November 30th, 2021In other news: A secret U.S. spaceplane has returned to Earth after two years. But nobody knows what it was doing in space Via: The War Zone: A senior U.S. Space Force officer has stressed that China’s new hypersonic weapon system is indeed orbital in nature and could be able to stay in space for […]
Pentagon Forms a Group to Examine UFO Incursions Into Military Airspace and, “Assess and Mitigate Any Associated Threats”
November 25th, 2021Mmm hmm. Via: U.S. Department of Defense: DoD Announces the Establishment of the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG) Nov. 23, 2021 Today, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, in close collaboration with the Director of National Intelligence, directed the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security to establish within the Office […]
Russian Anti-Satellite Test Produces Dangerous Debris Cloud In Orbit
November 16th, 2021Via: The War Zone: Russia tested a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile test on Nov. 15, 2021, Moscow Standard Time, that struck a Russian satellite [COSMOS 1408] and created a debris field in low-Earth orbit. The test so far has generated more than 1,500 pieces of trackable orbital debris and will likely generate hundreds of thousands […]
The Pentagon Is Experimenting With Using Artificial Intelligence To “See Days In Advance”
August 2nd, 2021“Remember the one about better broadband Internet options for rural customers? haha” And now… Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE) use Starlink. I went looking for how they are using Starlink and couldn’t find much, except this gibberish on an Air Force press release. I bolded the parts that might relate to Starlink: In addition to […]
Amazon Acquires Facebook’s Satellite Team
July 14th, 2021Via: Datacenter Dynamics: Amazon has acquired Facebook’s satellite team to boost its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite efforts. First reported by The Information and confirmed by Business Insider, Amazon has acquired more than a dozen satellite Internet experts from the social media company. The Information reports the Facebook employees – including physicists as well as […]
Classified Briefing: “UFOs Could Pose a Pressing Threat to America’s National Security”
June 16th, 2021#uapyellowcake Via: New York Post: Capitol Hill lawmakers said Wednesday that UFOs could pose a pressing threat to America’s national security, as the pols emerged from a highly classified briefing with Navy and FBI officials on the unexplained phenomena.
$1.2 Million Worth of Cocaine Washes Ashore at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
June 13th, 2021Via: Fox: Multiple packages of cocaine washed ashore on a beach at Cape Canaveral last month, the US Space Force said. … A Brevard County Sheriff’s Office narcotics agent performed a field test on one of the packages and verified that it was cocaine. In all, 24 packages weighing nearly 30 kilograms were seized from […]
