Archive for the 'Space' Category
How to Deflect an Asteroid
February 23rd, 2020Via: MIT News: Now MIT researchers have devised a framework for deciding which type of mission would be most successful in deflecting an incoming asteroid. Their decision method takes into account an asteroid’s mass and momentum, its proximity to a gravitational keyhole, and the amount of warning time that scientists have of an impending collision […]
3D Printing Is Changing the World
February 16th, 2020Bio-inspired metal object printing. Via: Vice:
“Inside the Pentagon’s Secret UFO Program”
February 15th, 2020This article is a big waste of time. It’s just more limited hangout nonsense intended to add to the confusion around the UFO issue. I’m posting it just to let people know: Thanks, I’ve seen it. Via: Popular Mechanics: The government can’t keep its story straight about its involvement with UFO research. After a yearlong […]
Astronomers Want Public Funds for Intelligent Life Search
February 15th, 2020Via: BBC: The head of one of the US’s national observatories says the search for intelligent life elsewhere in the universe needs to be taken more seriously. Dr Anthony Beasley told the BBC that there should be greater government support for a field that has been shunned by government research funders for decades. His backing […]
Using Ground Relays with Starlink
February 14th, 2020Via: Mark Handley:
Trump 2020 State of the Union Speech: “America’s Manifest Destiny in the Stars”
February 5th, 2020I listened to this State of the Union speech the same way I’ve listened to others; teetering between yawning inattention and eye-rolling. It’s difficult to turn off my internal monologue: “Oh for fuck’s sake, how do people put up with this?” “This is giving me a lobotomy.” “Is that witch Pelosi going to have a […]
Astra: Space Launch Startup Emerges from Stealth Mode
February 3rd, 2020Via: Bloomberg: The company’s founders say they want to be the FedEx Corp. of space. They’re aiming to create small, cheap rockets that can be mass-produced to facilitate daily spaceflights, delivering satellites into low-Earth orbit for as little as $1 million per launch. … Kemp says that Rocket Lab’s going launch rate of about $7.5 […]
A Russian “Inspector” Spacecraft Now Appears To Be Shadowing An American Spy Satellite
January 31st, 2020Via: The Drive: Publicly available data suggests that a Russian inspector satellite has shifted its position in orbit to bring it relatively close to a U.S. KH-11 spy satellite. Russia has a number of what it calls “space apparatus inspectors” in orbit, which the U.S. government and others warn the Kremlin could use to gather […]
‘Pentagon Racks Up $35 Trillion In Accounting Changes In A Year’
January 22nd, 2020Rotten to the core and the source of most of the problems on this planet. In other news: Nearly 4 in 10 Americans would borrow money to cover a $1K emergency. Via: Bloomberg: The Pentagon made $35 trillion in accounting adjustments last year alone — a total that’s larger than the entire U.S. economy and […]
Tonight’s Successful Starlink Mission Makes SpaceX the World’s Largest Satellite Operator, Was First U.S. Space Force Launch
January 6th, 2020I’ve recently come to think that Starlink’s core functionality is closely tied to U.S. intelligence and war fighting capabilities. In case there was any doubt about this… With regard to tonight’s successful Starlink launch, SpaceX not only became the world’s largest satellite operator, but the launch was the first to happen under the auspices of […]
