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Title: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 19, 2021, 08:23:35 AM
Launch date for the Webb Telescope!

Webb is targeted to launch at 7:20 a.m. EST Friday, Dec. 24, on an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America.



https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/index.html
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 19, 2021, 08:48:06 AM
While Apollo placed the first steps on the Moon, Artemis opens the door for humanity to sustainably work and live on another world for the first time. Using the lunar surface as a proving ground for living on Mars, this next chapter in exploration will forever establish our presence in the stars. ✨ We are returning to the Moon – to stay – and this is how we are going! Actress Kelly Marie Tran of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" lent her voice to this project.

https://youtu.be/_T8cn2J13-4

Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: trout-r-us on December 19, 2021, 08:50:16 AM
https://youtu.be/S6R3MiAv9ac
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: trout-r-us on December 19, 2021, 09:01:13 AM
Young Earthers ain't gonna like it.

https://youtu.be/CMSYv_Z4SI8
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Dee-Vo on December 19, 2021, 09:29:57 AM
Exploration for beneficial progress seems plausible. The situation also seems to be that we're throwing trash into space at an increasing speed/volume much like we have the earth, waters, and air of our own planet.

Thousands upon thousands of pieces of space junk have accumulated already, large and small. Will we leave it orbiting, let it burn up in the atmosphere, or develop a method of removing it? I'd venture to guess that any or all prospects will have a downside.

Not to mention the fact that with the increasingly large space landfill we're creating, also comes the risk of collision with satellites, rockets, and/or spacecraft put into space.

Will we learn?

Much talk about inhabiting other locations in the universe takes place.

I'll send my apologies to the moon and other planets that may suffice as a livable habitat in advance —-

I'm sorry, we're coming for you. We've already destroyed what we have, now, can we stay with you for a while?
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 19, 2021, 09:37:23 AM
Quote from: Dee-Vo on December 19, 2021, 09:29:57 AMThe situation also seems to be that we're throwing trash into space at an increasing speed/volume much like we have the earth, waters, and air of our own planet.

https://youtu.be/bnjh6T_An_8
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: troutboy_II on December 19, 2021, 10:18:59 AM
Bravo on the Quark reference.   'c;

That was a new one to me and I had to look it up. Amazing it was on at 8:30 with that cast of characters back in the 70's.

TB
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 26, 2021, 19:07:57 PM
James Webb Space Telescope lifts off on historic mission https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59782057

Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 24, 2022, 20:06:29 PM
FC4E6F70-2C2A-4CB2-B3BF-8384EA807C46.png

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/01/24/webb-space-telescope-final-destination/
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 21, 2022, 12:15:16 PM


Composition of imagery from the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter and SOHO spacecraft, which captured a giant solar eruption on 15 February 2022.

The Full Sun Imager (FSI) of the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) on board Solar Orbiter spacecraft captured the images of the solar disc and out into space for about 3.5 million kilometres (centre image). SOHO LASCO C2 imagery is superposed, tracing the eruption even further.
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 01, 2022, 08:52:17 AM
The James Webb telescope is fully aligned. NASA shared the update in a new post on Thursday, April 28. The space-based telescope will help usher in a new age for space observation. The telescope reached its final destination earlier this year. Since then, NASA has slowly been preparing it for operations. NASA will use the telescope to give astronomers access to data and observations they can't get with Hubble and other older telescope systems.
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 10, 2022, 14:28:54 PM
First color images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to reveal brilliant nebula

NASA is preparing to show off what the James Webb Space Telescope is capable of when the space agency releases the first color images from the observatory before it begins scientific operations revealing the mysteries of the universe.

https://nypost.com/2022/07/10/first-color-images-from-nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-to-bereleased/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: trout-r-us on July 11, 2022, 07:58:58 AM
"We are stardust; we are golden". JM
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 11, 2022, 22:22:45 PM
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cf5PCJxATPm/?igshid=NmZiMzY2Mjc=


OMG — Neil deGrasse Tyson comments on first Webb images! Far out!
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 11, 2022, 22:40:22 PM
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 12, 2022, 13:51:19 PM
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Post by: Trout Maharishi on July 13, 2022, 16:04:56 PM
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Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 04, 2022, 11:34:30 AM
check out this... billions and billions

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/52258939646/in/album-72177720301006030/

52258939646_b35879d991_o.jpg
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: trout-r-us on August 04, 2022, 18:21:05 PM
With all that schtuff out thar, there is bound to be lifeforms with greater intelligence than what we have to show on this 3rd rock from the sun.
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 07, 2022, 11:42:50 AM
A solar storm could be about to hit Earth, as material flows out of a hole in the Sun.

The G1 class storm could cause radio communication problems, disrupt satellites and disrupt the migrations of animals, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Nonetheless, they are relatively minor – with much more dramatic effects possible during geomagnetic storms.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/earth-to-be-hit-by-solar-storm-after-hole-opens-in-the-sun/ar-AA10oGcm?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=d75c3932a22f490a9d0f3da1b8cde793
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 19, 2022, 08:16:06 AM
https://youtu.be/piMfL12RzoA
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 19, 2022, 08:25:14 AM
https://youtu.be/NonNbIJ6Zm0
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: trout-r-us on August 19, 2022, 08:32:19 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on August 19, 2022, 08:16:06 AMhttps://youtu.be/piMfL12RzoA

One of my two favorite science guys, the other being Dr. Sheldon Cooper. 🪐💫🌎
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 19, 2022, 08:33:31 AM
https://youtu.be/GfP_002k3lk
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 23, 2022, 10:26:06 AM
https://www.instagram.com/p/Chf6VUvPk08/

Stunning detailed photos

We are going back to the moon!
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: troutboy_II on August 23, 2022, 12:57:15 PM
Wow!   -+;
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 23, 2022, 15:29:27 PM
Artemis Mission: A guide to Nasa's mega Moon rocket https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62637992

Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: trout-r-us on October 21, 2022, 06:25:31 AM
"Pillars of Creation"


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https://www.npr.org/2022/10/20/1130188178/james-webb-telescope-photo-pillars-creation-stars

Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 11, 2022, 09:14:36 AM
NASA's Orion capsule heads for splashdown after Artemis I flight around moon

NASA's uncrewed Orion capsule hurtled through space on Sunday on the final return leg of its voyage around the moon and back, winding up the inaugural mission of the Artemis lunar program 50 years to the day after Apollo's final moon landing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nasa-s-orion-capsule-heads-for-splashdown-after-artemis-i-flight-around-moon/ar-AA1596T5


You can watch the splashdown live

NASA
After 25 days in space, Orion is about to conclude its uncrewed test run to the Moon. The Artemis 1 mission will draw to a close when the NASA spacecraft splashes down in the Pacific Ocean close to Guadalupe Island, which is 130 nautical miles off the coast of Baja California. Orion is scheduled to hit the water at around 12:40PM ET. NASA's livestream will start at 11AM and continue after splashdown as a recovery team picks up the capsule. You'll be able to watch the stream below.

NASA chose the landing trajectory and splashdown site so as not to pose a threat to people, land or shipping lanes. Just before re-entry, Orion and the European Service Module will separate, with the latter burning up in Earth's atmosphere.


https://youtu.be/xzZPzmMtQA8
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 11, 2022, 09:20:40 AM
and even more moon / space news....

SpaceX launches Japanese lander, UAE rover to the moon

A tiny NASA moon probe that aims to hunt for lunar water ice went along for the ride as well.


A pioneering multinational moon mission is underway.

A private Japanese moon lander carrying a United Arab Emirates (UAE) rover, among other payloads, launched early Sunday morning (Dec. 11) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The Hakuto-R lander lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 2:38 a.m. EST (0738 GMT), kicking off the first mission for Tokyo-based company ispace. If all goes according to plan, Hakuto-R will make a soft lunar landing next spring — the first ever for a Japanese-built spacecraft.

https://www.space.com/spacex-launches-japanese-moon-lander-uae-rover
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 20, 2022, 09:21:55 AM
Cool graphic animations from the gram

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmD6Ho1JB9k/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ=


https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmD6Ho1JB9k/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ=
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 30, 2022, 11:08:49 AM
THE EDGE OF
THE UNIVERSE

THE WEBB TELESCOPE'S REMARKABLE VIEW OF OUR PAST AND FUTURE


FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, scientists and engineers conceived an impossibly sensitive and advanced piece of technology. They folded it into a rocket, and on Dec. 25, 2021, they shot it into space.

When NASA contracted Northrop Grumman to develop the Webb telescope, it had a daunting task in mind, with no existing technology to achieve it. The goal: find out where we came from and whether we're alone in the universe — among other objectives. Now, a million miles away from Earth, the telescope is opening its aperture to the deepest fields of space our species has ever seen.

"We're learning more about the early universe on a daily basis than humanity had known for all the years before Webb launched," says Jon Arenberg, chief mission architect, Science and Robotic Exploration at Northrop Grumman.

https://www.nytimes.com/paidpost/northrop-grumman/the-edge-of-the-universe.html

Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 02, 2023, 20:32:38 PM
Food for thought!

I had 2 semesters of calculus in college — don't remember a thing

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjkzhcCjIAW/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ=

 
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: trout-r-us on January 02, 2023, 21:33:45 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on January 02, 2023, 20:32:38 PMFood for thought!

I had 2 semesters of calculus in college — don't remember a thing


Though many of us feel it was a waste of time, they claim it is taught as an exercise that sharpens our overall critical thinking skills.
So who knows? The skills you learned in calculus class may be what enables you to stalk and successfully outsmart a trout.
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: rbphoto on January 03, 2023, 07:13:07 AM
Quote from: trout-r-us on January 02, 2023, 21:33:45 PMThe skills you learned in calculus class may be what enables you to stalk and successfully outsmart a trout.

I disagree wholeheartedly.

I failed calculus x 2 in college. 

I was catching trout quite well on a fly rod several years prior.

Even though I eventually "learned" calculus, my fishing has gotten worse.

You learn knowledge in class.

You learn skill by practice.

I have never "practiced" calculus in a true mathematical method.

Unfortunately, my fishing skills have not been practiced to the level of proficiency I achieved in my late teens/early 20's.

My casting skills have improved, but fishing . . . it's a perishable skill.

Raymond
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: trout-r-us on January 03, 2023, 08:12:19 AM
I believe that some of the principles of calculus are applied in many of the everyday activities of man, including fishing.
We might be consciously or unconsciously utilizing differential equations when adjusting reel drag whether through a mechanical device such as a disc on the reel, or the simpler action of palming the spool to control a running fish. These activities require one to understand the limits of various line strengths.
Casting under different wind conditions is another example of thinking of how we need to adjust for headwinds, crosswinds, etc. Same thing with presenting a fly in varying currents.
Fast vs slow rod action, etc.
It's everywhere.
Who knew fishing was so complicated? 🤣🤣


 
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: rbphoto on January 03, 2023, 08:20:39 AM
Quote from: trout-r-us on January 03, 2023, 08:12:19 AMI believe that some of the principles of calculus are applied in many of the everyday activities of man, including fishing.
We might be consciously or unconsciously utilizing differential equations when adjusting reel drag whether through a mechanical device such as a disc on the reel, or the simpler action of palming the spool to control a running fish. These activities require one to understand the limits of various line strengths.
Casting under different wind conditions is another example of thinking of how we need to adjust for headwinds, crosswinds, etc. Same thing with presenting a fly in varying currents.
Fast vs slow rod action, etc.
It's everywhere.
Who knew fishing was so complicated? 🤣🤣


 


Yes, all of us have been unconsciously practicing principles of calculus most of our lives.

Calculus just explains how things happen, not why we do them.

I don't fish to play with mathematics. 

I fish to uncomplicate my life.  God knows I don't fish enough!

I doubt any of us do.
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Dougfish on January 03, 2023, 08:21:59 AM
Quote from: trout-r-us on January 02, 2023, 21:58:52 PMI never knew fishing could be so complicated.
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 03, 2023, 11:42:40 AM
Useless college math classes

1) calculus 1, 2, 3
2) modern algebra
3) matrix theory
4) statical analysis
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 04, 2023, 16:34:36 PM
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cl7f8CPoJZJ/
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 12, 2023, 12:58:33 PM
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnPKMZ4IJN7/
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Trout Maharishi on January 13, 2023, 20:15:51 PM
I hope we have a couple of clear nights. I saw Halley's and Hyakutake the last time they made appearances.
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 23, 2023, 13:15:46 PM
Astronomers just created a massively detailed Milky Way map with 3.3. billion stars
Researchers now have an intricate three-dimensional structural map of billions of objects in our galaxy

In science fiction series like "Star Trek" and "Star Wars," spaceships can flit around the galaxy thanks to detailed star maps that they navigate in faster-than-light ships. Here on Earth, we lack a comparable Google Maps version of our Milky Way galaxy — or at least, we did.

That's because astronomers have recently released a new and more detailed catalog of the Milky Way, called DECaPS2 (http://decaps.skymaps.info/viewer.html), which includes 3.32 billion celestial objects. Yes, you read that right: 3.32 billion. The new catalog is the largest roadmap of our galaxy thus far, and brings to light a greater understanding of the intricacies and nuances of the galaxy we live in.

https://www.salon.com/2023/01/23/astronomers-just-created-a-massively-detailed-milky-way-map-with-33-billion-stars/


Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 23, 2023, 08:39:58 AM
OUT THERE

A Giant Telescope Grows in Chile
These days it takes a generation to build a great astronomical observatory. A new one is taking shape in the Atacama Desert.

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To walk among the observatory domes of the Atacama Desert is to brush your hair with the stars.

The Atacama, on a plateau high in the Chilean Andes, is one of the driest and darkest places in the world. During the day one can see to Bolivia, far to the east, where clouds billow into thunderstorms that will never moisten this region. At night, calm, unruffled winds off the Pacific Ocean produce some of the most exquisite stargazing conditions on Earth.

One evening in late January the sky was so thick with stars that the bones of the constellations blurred into the background. The Milky Way, our home galaxy, was rolling straight overhead, and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, satellite galaxies of our own, floated alongside like ghosts. The Southern Cross, that icon of adventure and romance, loomed unmistakably above the southern horizon.

In the last half-century, astronomers from around the world have flocked to Chile and its silky skies, and now many of the largest telescopes on Earth have taken root along a sort of observatory alley that runs north-south for some 800 miles along the edge of the Atacama.




Continue reading NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/science/astronomy-telescopes-magellan-chile.html?unlocked_article_code=HCb0zEYAKV0bXIG2MAbcwKRcavjWfzhBpLoMIL6a0ERPVfSLt4TkA4xu0_Z-FnRLMogyKPvK3JcDqEHc98xy_ypZmDUAakkZXL0zWaz3tP4yhvdSF_41kjItsefKPJmgTO4YKhhjtOY8jbCJJpavdw5PkzV-mQKgbgGc54N7oN_eUlKmYgI552fpFveXAF9WUhMQx4xpUM77nIOvxsi8smHZgM72oN_w43wZXZD95KyLXkvUXdStl3CDyN362apW_Wxq4JIpQzYn-ZN9Vsaar4S_a4bfUTHqv8RukgLeownSMPKqDAv5qEQI1hI99SO9MZNkaEewiRv9wc-Sp9DxSCeq0GioJyrywmrGiCd9&giftCopy=2_Explore&smid=url-share)
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 27, 2023, 11:44:58 AM
Webb telescope just found something unprecedented in the Orion Nebula
Astronomers are excited about the detection of a special molecule in space.


Astronomers have detected for the first time in space a carbon molecule thought to be a crucial ingredient for all known life.
A team of scientists found this Holy Grail compound in the Orion Nebula, a baby star nursery about 1,350 light-years away. That may seem absurdly far, but it's actually the closest large star-forming region to Earth.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a preeminent cosmic observatory led by NASA and the European and Canadian space agencies, the researchers not only captured a vibrant new picture of the celestial region — blowing the socks off Hubble's version — but found the new molecule lurking in a young star system, known as d203-506. This system has a protoplanetary disk, a sort of Lazy Susan of gas and dust rotating around the core.


https://apple.news/AISCAyn56RxeWKR5nyeFEYg


https://twitter.com/nasawebb/status/1673347467654340609?s=46&t=sEIkzu_kvAVzU1PW-vD6nw

Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: trout-r-us on August 14, 2023, 09:43:37 AM
"Naturally, a question mark hanging in the inky depths of space raises, well, questions. IGN reached out to scientist Dr. Christopher Britt of the Space Telescope Science Institute to find out exactly what the unexpected interloper was, and how it came to form in the first place."
https://me.ign.com/en/tech/211233/news/scientist-explains-strange-cosmic-question-mark-caught-lurking-in-deep-space-image

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Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 14, 2023, 14:48:05 PM
Q:? A:42
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: trout-r-us on August 15, 2023, 08:13:39 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on August 14, 2023, 14:48:05 PMQ:? A:42


Perhaps.
He's been gone for twenty years, and no one has proved him wrong. 😁
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 11, 2023, 08:27:09 AM
Massive prehistoric solar storm is warning for Earth, researchers say

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The night sky lit up so bright that some people thought it was morning. Gold miners in the Rocky Mountains woke up at 1 a.m. to make breakfast and start their day. Birds began singing as if the sun had already risen. Telegraph systems worldwide went offline, and no one could send a message.

That event in 1859, known as the Carrington Event, has long been thought of as the benchmark for the most intense geomagnetic storm observed on Earth, sending northern lights displays as far south as Florida and Central America and knocking out communication systems. But now, new research has unveiled evidence of a much larger solar storm that could reset record books.

https://wapo.st/3Q8aqhj
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 03, 2023, 12:05:07 PM
Crab nebula  :Dance

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has gazed at the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. Since the recording of this energetic event in 1054 CE by 11th-century astronomers, the Crab Nebula has continued to draw attention and additional study as scientists seek to understand the conditions, behavior, and after-effects of supernovae through thorough study of the Crab, a relatively nearby example.


https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/stsci-01hds6ms28654g87ycphj804wb.mp4
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 12, 2023, 19:02:06 PM
A guide to the galaxy universe.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/05/magazine/james-webb-space-telescope.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-Ew.RNL6.THLZYbOw7mmm&smid=url-share
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 23, 2023, 11:25:23 AM
How These Guardians Avoid Satellite Collisions At 17,000 Miles Per Hour

There are tens of thousands of manmade objects in space, many of which are moving in low earth orbit at more than 17,000 miles per hour. If any collide, they could disrupt vital communications, navigation, and scientific satellites that millions of people rely on every day. That's why the Space Force's 18th Space Defense Squadron (SDS) has its eyes on the sky, tracking objects overhead and identifying possible collision risks so that satellite operators can adjust orbit and avoid a run-in.

"Just like a pileup on a busy racetrack, space debris could collide into other satellites, disrupting critical communication, navigation, and weather forecasting services," Space Operations Command noted in a recent press release highlighting the squadron. "Acting as the lighthouse of space, 18th SDS is responsible for monitoring and tracking all artificial objects in Earth's orbit to ensure the safety of our satellites, astronauts, and space exploration endeavors."

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U.S. Army Maj. Mitchell Daugherty, mission director for the National Space Defense Center, points to a screen in front of U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. Tia Scoggan, weapons and tactics section chief for the 18th Space Defense Squadron Det. 1, at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Oct. 5, 2022. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams


https://www.airandspaceforces.com/space-force-orbital-debris-collision/

Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 25, 2023, 09:25:54 AM
A growing global footprint for China's space program worries Pentagon

As its satellites crowd the skies, China has built ground stations in more than a dozen countries, with two more underway in Antarctica

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EL ALTO, Bolivia — On a plateau 13,000 feet above sea level in the Bolivian Andes, llama herders and Indigenous farmers share the sparse landscape with an unusual neighbor: a towering cluster of Chinese-built satellite dishes.

The Amachuma Ground Station exchanges data 24 hours a day with Bolivia's only state-owned satellite, Tupac Katari I, which orbits some 22,300 miles above Latin America. The remote ground station has another, largely invisible, use: It allows Beijing to surveil skies 10,000 miles from China, according to officials from the Bolivian space agency and Chinese scientists and company officials familiar with the program.

CHINA'S GLOBAL LEAP
At every point of the compass, China is quietly laying the foundations of its new international order.

The Pentagon is increasingly concerned that China's growing network of facilities in Latin America and Antarctica for its civilian space and satellite programs has defense capabilities. U.S. officials say the ground stations — which allow countries to maintain uninterrupted communication with satellites and other space vehicles — have the potential to expand Beijing's global military surveillance network in the southern hemisphere and areas close to the United States.

China already has over 700 satellites in orbit, with plans to expand that number exponentially in the coming years — a project that requires a global constellation of terrestrial facilities to track and communicate with them as they pass over different parts of the planet.

https://wapo.st/40SjkDg

Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on November 28, 2023, 09:05:35 AM
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0Hct9rtCEh/
Title: Re: Space the Final Frontier
Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 05, 2024, 21:44:57 PM
The New Space Race Is Causing New Pollution Problems
Earth's stratosphere has never seen the amounts of emissions and waste from rockets and satellites that a booming space economy will leave behind.

The high-altitude chase started over Cape Canaveral on Feb. 17, 2023, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched. Thomas Parent, a NASA research pilot, was flying a WB-57 jet when the rocket ascended past the right wing — leaving him mesmerized before he hit the throttle to accelerate.

For roughly an hour, Mr. Parent dove in and out of the plume in the rocket's wake while Tony Casey, the sensor equipment operator aboard the jet, monitored its 17 scientific instruments. Researchers hoped to use the data to prove they could catch a rocket's plume and eventually characterize the environmental effects of a space launch.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/science/rocket-pollution-spacex-satellites.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TU0.KB1k.PPMEffK0nbze&bgrp=c&smid=url-share