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    National Geographic Explorer and Space Architect Dies at 53

    Space architect Constance Adams, known for her projects supporting human exploration of space and the solar system, died on June 24 after a battle with cancer. Adams was 53 years old.

    Though she worked on designing systems meant to help humans on their journeys to space, Adams stayed focused on how the knowledge gained from space exploration might help our home planet.

    “What I’m trying to do is to do this in as good a way as possible,” she said. “To do it gently, to do it well, and to take the things that we’re learning while figuring out how to do it… sustainably and apply them to the way we’re living here.”

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    Today another Commercial Resupply mission by SpaceX was launched. It used a first stage that has flown before and a Dragon capsule that has flown before as well. Dragon was successfully deployed into orbit and is expected to reach the ISS in 3 days. Astronauts on board the ISS always wait for arrival. This flight has some blueberries and ice cream which are very welcome and usually lead to speeding up the docking work by a few hours.

    This was the last launch of the block 4 version of Falcon 9. From now on all launches will be block 5, the final version that is expected to be certified to fly Crew to the ISS on a new version of Dragon, the Dragon 2.

    The early morning, pre dawn, launch time yielded some very nice photos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Takeovers View Post
    and a Dragon capsule that has flown before as well. Dragon was successfully deployed into orbit and is expected to reach the ISS in 3 days. Astronauts on board the ISS always wait for arrival
    Unmanned, right?


    Must be pretty stressful/dangerous controlling the docking with the ISS from Earth.

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    ^ Don't wanna upset the blueberries and ice cream...

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobo746 View Post
    National Geographic Explorer and Space Architect Dies at 53

    Space architect Constance Adams, known for her projects supporting human exploration of space and the solar system, died on June 24 after a battle with cancer. Adams was 53 years old.

    Though she worked on designing systems meant to help humans on their journeys to space, Adams stayed focused on how the knowledge gained from space exploration might help our home planet.

    “What I’m trying to do is to do this in as good a way as possible,” she said. “To do it gently, to do it well, and to take the things that we’re learning while figuring out how to do it… sustainably and apply them to the way we’re living here.”

    https://news.nationalgeographic.com/...tuary-culture/
    Only the good die young. Indeed a noble lifetime endeavour. However, the real tragedy is that Ms. Adams efforts were simply an exercise in total futility, w/all things of human historical events, thus far, considered.

    Lucky you, Ms. Adams. RIP <strong>
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    Unmanned, right?


    Must be pretty stressful/dangerous controlling the docking with the ISS from Earth.
    They at least have a box with a red button to terminate approach. The process is very gradual. A bit of approach to a halt point and then only proceed after command to proceed. There are several such halt points. Then in reach of the station it stops and the robot arm grabs it and attaches it to the station.

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    Interstellar Technology’s second rocket crashes seconds after liftoff in Hokkaido

    KUSHIRO, HOKKAIDO – The launch of what would have been Japan’s first privately developed rocket to reach outer space failed Saturday after it burst into flames just seconds after liftoff from Hokkaido, its developer said.


    Officials of Interstellar Technologies Inc., founded in Hokkaido by former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie, said the rocket, Momo-2, exploded at around 5:30 a.m., just after it was launched in Taiki.

    The unmanned 1-ton rocket, which was 10 meters long and 50 cm in diameter, marked the second failure in a row for Interstellar Technologies. Last July, it tried to get its Momo-1 rocket to an altitude of over 100 km but had to abort after losing contact some 70 seconds into the flight. It originally planned to launch Momo-2 in late April but pushed back the date due to a nitrogen leak.


    The failure suggests a difficult road ahead for private rockets.


    The project members were shocked and dismayed.


    “I could not immediately understand what happened,” Interstellar Technologies President Takahiro Inagawa said at a news conference.


    “We could not accomplish what we were expected to do. I feel sorry for that,” Inagawa said.


    While noting that nothing has been decided regarding the next launch, he said, “I feel that I would like to keep giving it a shot.”


    Horie, who called it “an unprecedented failure,” said he was willing to take another shot. “We have to find ways to improve,” he added.


    Inagawa said Momo-2 lost thrust four seconds after liftoff and that the main engine probably encountered a problem.


    “Since the first rocket flew to some extent, the latest failure right after liftoff was unexpected,” an official of the venture said.


    The launch costs tens of millions of yen. The company raised about ¥28.4 million ($257,000) through crowdfunding.


    Momo-2 was scheduled to fall into the sea after reaching outer space. Equipment developed by Kochi University of Technology to gauge how sound waves propagate at high altitude was installed in its nose.


    About 600 people gathered to observe the launch.

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    ^ The second link is video.


    Couldn’t get the YouTube to post properly.

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    Another customer for Russian engines perhaps?

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    They are a startup, a small private company. They will fix errors and retry. They are really not interested in buying russian engines. Though the Russians have excellent booster engines. Not so hot in efficient upper stage engines.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Takeovers View Post
    Then in reach of the station it stops and the robot arm grabs it and attaches it to the station.
    Who or what controls the docking arm, ground station, somebody inside the ISS or computers in the ISS/supply ship?

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    Who or what controls the docking arm, ground station, somebody inside the ISS or computers in the ISS/supply ship?
    It is remotely controlled from the ground. The astronauts then do the local work ahead of opening the door.

    I had to look it up to be sure.

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    There is a global dust storm on Mars. By far the worst in the last 15 years, possibly killing the solar powered Opportunity rover. Contact with Oppy is lost but there is still hope it can be reestablished once the dust storm is over. But the batteries are 15 years old, they may be damaged by the cold and being discharged very low.

    The much bigger newer Curiosity rover is not affected as it does not run on solar power but on a nuclear battery.


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    This dust storm is very important for designing a future permanent base on Mars. Dust storms so far observed did not reduce insolation by nearly as much. They could be survived by shutting down very energy intensive activities like propellant production and running only essential services. This one is so bad that there would not be enough energy for even essentials. So a backup solution is needed, like burning part of the produced propellant in a backup generator.

    Edit: A picture of Mars in normal times and how it looks presently in the dust storm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Takeovers View Post
    There is a global dust storm on Mars. By far the worst in the last 15 years, possibly killing the solar powered Opportunity rover. Contact with Oppy is lost but there is still hope it can be reestablished once the dust storm is over. But the batteries are 15 years old, they may be damaged by the cold and being discharged very low.

    The much bigger newer Curiosity rover is not affected as it does not run on solar power but on a nuclear battery.

    This dust storm is very important for designing a future permanent base on Mars. Dust storms so far observed did not reduce insolation by nearly as much. They could be survived by shutting down very energy intensive activities like propellant production and running only essential services. This one is so bad that there would not be enough energy for even essentials. So a backup solution is needed, like burning part of the produced propellant in a backup generator.
    Interesting reading ^. Thanks for sharing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Takeovers View Post
    It is remotely controlled from the ground. The astronauts then do the local work ahead of opening the door.

    I had to look it up to be sure.
    I just read that it will be done from the ISS. Seems they do it differently depending on circumstances.

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    Cheers Takeovers

    Quote Originally Posted by Takeovers View Post
    I like a few facts about Olympus Mons (the tallest mountain/volcano in the Solar system at 3 times taller than Mt. Everest)

    It's so big that standing on the summit, its base will be beyond the horizon, and you'll be above the atmosphere.

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    Full Lunar Eclipse on 28th July if in Thailand. (2:30am)



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    Yeah...This one is the longest in a century...About 4 hours complete...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Takeovers View Post
    They at least have a box with a red button to terminate approach. The process is very gradual. A bit of approach to a halt point and then only proceed after command to proceed. There are several such halt points. Then in reach of the station it stops and the robot arm grabs it and attaches it to the station.

    Time lapse of the Dragon berthing at the ISS


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    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    Cheers Takeovers



    I like a few facts about Olympus Mons (the tallest mountain/volcano in the Solar system at 3 times taller than Mt. Everest)

    It's so big that standing on the summit, its base will be beyond the horizon, and you'll be above the atmosphere.
    Undoubtedly, real life (knowledgeable) facts ^, posted by someone ^ who's actually been there (Mars), done that, and has the "know-it-all" T-shirts to prove it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Begbie View Post
    Time lapse of the Dragon berthing at the ISS
    Brilliant video, thanks. Congratulations to all involved.

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    Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches spacecraft higher than ever

    AMAZON founder Jeff Bezos has achieved a new feat with his Blue Origin test rocket, bringing the reality of consumer space travel one step closer.
    THE rocket company owned by the world’s richest man has shot a capsule higher into space than it’s ever done before.
    Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket company saw its latest creation — the New Shepard rocket — blast off this morning on a test flight from West Texas.
    Once the booster separated, the capsule’s escape motor fired, lifting the spacecraft to an altitude of 389,846 feet or 119 kilometres.
    It’s part of a safety system intended to save lives once space tourists and others climb aboard for suborbital hops.

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    Would be nice to shoot off to the moon for a weekend, and given today's knowledge, understanding and tech is improving rapidly, but I imagine space to be something we will never conquer beyond the solar system and in thousands of years maybe our immediate neighbours in the Milky Way. That is, conquer as in being able to send a probe or bot occasionally, and maybe one day a human at great expense and risk.

    Even with phenomenal technological advances fast forwarding a hundred or thousand years, assuming we last that long and considering Pluto is just 7 light hours away, and devoting the world's entire resources to the project, can't see how any of this addresses the thousands to millions of light years to the nearest habitable rock which we are yet to find.

    Which is why I shake my head whenever the experts talk of colonising another planet, one that may be out there, somewhere.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir View Post
    Even with phenomenal technological advances fast forwarding a hundred or thousand years, assuming we last that long and considering Pluto is just 7 light hours away, and devoting the world's entire resources to the project, can't see how any of this addresses the thousands to millions of light years to the nearest habitable rock which we are yet to find.
    There is one way this may potentially work. It is very long term.

    First step is settling Mars. I avoid the term colony, prefere settlement. That's the proving ground where we learn near perfect closed circuit life support and (relatively) compact self replicating technology.

    Next step is moving out towards the asteroid belt, Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud. Build nearly perfect closed circuit systems for tens of thousands of people.

    From there it is just one next step accelerating such a habitat to maybe 1% of light speed. Who cares that it will take centuries to reach the next star? They live in that techno bubble life long anyway. Also consider that the target solar system does not need a habitable planet. That's 60ies SF, where the travelers always search an Earth like planet. Who wants to go into a gravity well that deep? They need an Oort Cloud to mine minerals and build more habitats. It is a very safe bet that any sun will have an Oort Cloud, probably a Kuiper Belt, if not habitable planets.

    BTW SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell, voice of reason, who keeps SpaceX going whith Elon Musk providing the flights of imagination uses every chance she gets to say that Mars is Elons hobby, she is looking forward to interstellar travel.

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