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Remembering Pioneer 10, 50 years old as of last week(orbitalindex.com)
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by tectonic 5y ago
Just a note, desert roses (as confirmed by your link), aren't made by lightning.
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by tectonic 5y ago
https://github.com/kubos/kubos , although it's not very active right now.
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The First Rocket from Mars(orbitalindex.com)
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by tectonic 5y ago
Thank you!
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by tectonic 5y ago
For some reason, HN's link isn't going directly to the lunar rovers item, which is here: https://orbitalindex.com/archive/2022-02-16-Issue-156/#the-u... Thank you Jatan for his excellent contribution to
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A bevy of rovers heading for the Moon(blog.jatan.space)
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China's 5-year space plan(orbitalindex.com)
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Browser Shell: A Linux VM in the browser serving a website(humphd.github.io)
77 points by tectonic 5y ago|6 comments
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NASA's Artemis Timeline(orbitalindex.com)
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by tectonic 5y ago
I don't think so. We're going to keep wanting to build larger and larger observatories. The iSAT study considered BFR when doing their analysis.
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by tectonic 5y ago
Exactly.
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by tectonic 5y ago
NASA also explored using EVAs for deployment in the 90s: "Neutral Buoyancy Evaluation of Extravehicular Activity Assembly of a Large Precision Reflector" ( https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/3.26480 ) > T
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by tectonic 5y ago
I've been thinking a lot about how much easier this could have been using orbital assembly (crewed or robotic). So, so many human years must have been spent designing and testing deployment mechanisms that simply had to function the fi
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The Orbital Index(orbitalindex.com)
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by tectonic 5y ago
I have a few on my blog, https://blog.andrewcantino.com , but nothing comprehensive. I mostly use it to monitor Reddit/HN/Twitter/various blogs for certain keywords, and also to keep an eye on local things that I w
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by tectonic 5y ago
Well, it’s fun to see Huginn on HN! I’m the original author, but now it’s maintained by other excellent folks. I still use Huginn almost daily. It’s kind of my exocortex at this point, and the secret sauce for staying abreast of space indus
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by tectonic 5y ago
That's a really interesting point. I'd like to know the answer.
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by tectonic 5y ago
TL/DR: A paper reports (appropriately conservatively) on tantalizing evidence from Gale crater. Curiosity's SAM lab heated 24 powdered rock samples to 850 °C, releasing their solid carbon as methane gas. The onboard Tunable Laser
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SpaceX’s bus route to LEO continues(orbitalindex.com)
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2022 is going to be a huge year in space(orbitalindex.com)
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JWST is past the Moon and sunshield and mirror deployments are underway(orbitalindex.com)
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SpaceX's Culture Must Change(orbitalindex.com)
2 points by tectonic 5y ago|1 comments
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All the startups in NASA's iTech event(orbitalindex.com)
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The Toliman Telescope(orbitalindex.com)
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A selection of science papers about meteoric explosions(orbitalindex.com)
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No Moon in 2024(orbitalindex.com)
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by tectonic 5y ago
Thank you! I’m glad you’re enjoying it.
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by tectonic 5y ago
Yes we should.
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by tectonic 5y ago
Also, Mike Brown's free 'The Science of the Solar System' course on Coursera is excellent. Highly recommended. https://www.coursera.org/learn/solar-system

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