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Elon’s #Starship is a massive failure, and we should stop allowing it to launch.

NASA’s Saturn V rocket from before I was born is beating SpaceX’s Starship by the metrics Elon promised Starship would excel. It could carry more, it was reliable, and it never experienced any “rapid disassemblies” or whatever he calls it.

In 2022, #NASA sent Artemis 1 on a successful test flight around the MOON on its FIRST ATTEMPT. Starship has yet to complete a single orbit around the Earth in 8 attempts.

#nasa #starship

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Today #NASA is closing their Office of the Chief Scientist and Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy.

And of course, their Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility branch.

These layoffs are under the Executive Order for DOGE's Workforce Optimization Initiative. All associated staff are laid off under a phased Reduction in Force.

If you are a US citizen and you have ever once oohed and aahed at the beautiful images from James Webb or the Mars Rovers or Pluto's heart, or appreciated the work NASA does to track and understand climate, or even just dressed your kid in an astronaut costume, CALL your congressional representatives and demand an end to these shortsighted cuts.

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I've been seeing hate on NASA lately, being bought into by leftists even, and I just want to point out something very important:

Musk has hated NASA for a *long* time. There is a reason it is being attacked, and a reason public opinion is being swayed against NASA: It *keeps SpaceX in line* more than anything else.

NASA is being seen as "competition" to SpaceX, as the obstacle in his way. It has been like this for quite some time, and now, with DOGE and other things, he can do something about it.

I would like to point out a few things:

1. SPACEX IS NOT CHEAPER
They boast they can "do what NASA does for 10% the cost!" Sure, it's easy when you did none of the R&D.
SpaceX saved on:
Landing tech: DC-X project in 1991-1996
Tank structure: Shuttle SLWT tank, 1998-2011
Merlin Engines: direct descendant of the Fastrac Engine, 1997-2001.

Those three things alone saved SpaceX over 90% of the R&D costs. It's easy to "appear" cheap when you're using off the shelf tech someone else (NASA!) developed.

2. NASA IS GREAT FOR THE ECONOMY!
For every $1 spent on NASA, $8 is put into economy. Its stupid to not invest in that kind of ROI! 800%! At times, its ROI Has been 1600%!

Simply put, if you defund NASA, the economy would shrink so much you would actually have to RAISE taxes to make up for the lost revenue, and without its existence we would be 30 years behind in technology and the quality of life for everyone would be much lower. Science and research is GOOD for society, it's the fuel for all progress.

3. WHAT HAS NASA DONE FOR ME?! (Surely you just mean NASA is good for tech & science folk....)

Nope! Good for all!
Ever have an MRI or CAT Scan? They wouldn't exist without the Apollo program! The software that made them possible was originally written to analyze lunar photography.

Low power digital x-Rays was planetary body research.

Heart pumps are modeled after space shuttle turbopumps.

The software that designed your car was originally written to design spacecraft!

Who do you think pioneered all the early research into alternative power like solar panels, hydrogen fuel cells, and durable batteries? NASA!

NASA developed tech and satellites is also what improves agricultural yields while reducing the needs for water, fertilizer, and pesticides.

Do you really think Musk gives two shits? No. He wants the money, he wants to let SpaceX run amok without any oversight for safety, without any "competition".

All fights are important, but do realise that this one is a huge thorn in his side, and one that is keeping a huge problem from ballooning and swallowing us all whole.

Do not be fooled or swayed by lies, of tactics meant to divide, of things being done to make you be angry at NASA. If he can make you hate NASA, he won.

Expect far more space junk to fall, the night sky to be ruined by satellites, and the loss of all things good that proper research and design does for humanity and gives back to the world. Not to mention: enjoy seeing the horrible things he can accomplish fully unchecked.

ETA: Now that you know, call / fax / email your senators and reps, and whatever else too! Boosting gets people thinking, but thinking is not action!

#SpaceX #nasa #space #earth #science #technology

The A1 test stand at Stennis, which on this day did a full burn test of the redesigned RS-25 engine. The A1 is a vertical firing single position stand, meaning it holds one rocket engine at a time in an upright position with thrust directed downward. You can see the RS-25 engine in the stand, there is a truck and a large van for some scale. The NASA logo (meatball) is proudly displayed on the upper right of the stand.
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#art #science #astronomy #space #nasa #Universe #moon #spacex #galaxy #stars

#nature #space #nasa #astrophotography

Terrain3D is an incredible add-on for Godot 4. Thank you @TokisanGames !

This is part of R&D for Liblast and Liblast Framework.
Based on CGI data from #NASA, that was interpreted frivolously to an 8x8 km area and then sclupted over to add detail that was missing from the original textures.

- unfa

#Liblast #IndieGame #Godot #GodotEngine #GameDev

A screenshot from Godot 4 editor showing an inside view of a pale ring of mountains under a black sky with a bright sun.
#gamedev #godotengine #indiegame #godot #nasa #Liblast @TokisanGames

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NASA still hasn't decided on how Boeing Starliner astronauts will return.

But recent developments, and NASA's mention of an "unsuited return" have led to a lot of questions about why the launch and entry suits aren't compatible between Boeing and SpaceX. Let's dive into what that unsuited return means, how launch and entry suits are used, and why NASA didn't mandate compatibility here.

#space #starliner #boeing #spacex #nasa #iss

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Why didn't NASA make Boeing and SpaceX's spacesuits compatible?

NASA still hasn't decided whether Boeing Starliner astronauts will return on their original spacecraft or a SpaceX Crew Dragon. But recent developments, and ...
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#pride #nasa #astrophotography #progresspride #pride2024 @Rachel Lense (she/her)

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She was the first woman on Mars. As she was landing, she ignored the original plan and headed straight for the Jezero crater, Mission Control would need to live with it. Once she stepped out she didn't hesitate. It took her a while but she finally reached the device. She opened her toolbox and got to work. After 20 minutes, she had replaced the rotor. She cleaned the dust with a cloth and said "fly baby, fly". It was 2054 and Ingenuity could fly once again.

#Ingenuity #Mars #Microfiction #nasa

Ingenuity helicopter in Mars
#microfiction #nasa #mars #ingenuity

#nasa #Jupiter #juno #junocam #Europa #solarocks #io

Je to neuvěřitelných 40 let, co vznikla legendární fotografie, na které se Bruce McCandless vznáší mimo raketoplán bez jištění a používá k tomu osobní manévrovací zařízení Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).

Tento způsob volného pohybu byl použit jen na třech misích raketoplánu. Po havárii raketoplánu Challenger v roce 1986 byl projekt MMU vyhodnocen jako nebezpečný a byl zastaven. #nasa
theregister.com/2024/02/05/mcc…

Bruce McCandless se vznáší až 90 metrů daleko od raketoplánu Challenger díky Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).

40 years ago, an astronaut first took flight from the Space Shuttle

Look Ma: no tether!
Richard Speed (The Register)
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On Sol 1037 (three days ago) the Perseverance rover observerved this transit of Mars' smallest moon Deimos.
This timelapse was made from 177 Left Mastcam-Z images and shows the event at 10x speed.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß

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#Mars #NASA #Perseverance #Deimos #Transit #Sun #Solarocks

Deimos transit - Perseverance Sol 1037

This sequence was from 177 Left Mastcam-Z images that were upscaled 2x using the Enhance function in Adobe Lightroom. According to the image metadata the transit was on January 20th and started at 01:32:18 UTC and lasted until 01:34:18 UTC.
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#transit #nasa #mars #solarocks #sun #perseverance #deimos

#nature #space #nasa #astrophotography

Was the SpaceX Starship’s launch a failure or a success?

Ars Technica says "For those who know a bit more about the launch industry and the iterative design methodology, getting the Super Heavy rocket and Starship upper stage off the launch pad was a huge success." The company's development process is messier, but it's also much faster, says author Eric Berger.

arstechnica.com/science/2023/0…

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So what was that? Was Starship’s launch a failure or a success?

SpaceX's development process is messier, but it's also much faster.
Ars Technica
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#fosdem Update Tag 2:
Schade! Schon ist der zweite Tag vorbei.. Damit wir auch nur irgendwie mit dem straffen Zeitplan zurechtkommen konnten, saßen wir zwischenzeitlich einfach in Hörsaal A und haben uns per #Livestream in Hörsaal B eingeklinkt (wie die anderen knapp 20.000 Unique Viewers).

@matrix #matrix #nasa

#matrix #fosdem #nasa #livestream @The Matrix.org Foundation

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While at NASA/JPL the other day, I visited an old friend: the hand assembled and colored map from the first Mariner 4 tv image. A geologist got impatient waiting for the image processing folks to assemble the image, so they printed out the raw values onto tiny strips, stapled them to a wall, and hand-colored it with pastels. To save the map, it was sawed out of the wall and framed as a gift to the Lab director. Recently remounted and preserved. #NASA #JPL #Map #Mariner4 #Pastels #Geologist
Me, Dr. Fred J. Calef III, wearing a baseball cap, red N95 mask, and brown/black jacket, standing in front of the pastel Mariner map. It was hand colored from numbers printed in vertical strips of paper in yellow, orange, and brown pastels.
A legend for the pastel Mariner map. Labels, top to bottom, black vertical line labeled “Edge of Frame”, dark brown swatch , 50-45 DN ‘Dark’, umber swatch, 45-40 DN, orange swatch, 40-35 DN, white swatch, 35-30 DN, orange-yellow swatch, 30-25 DN, yellow swatch, 25-30 DN, ‘Light’.
Five Rembrandt Artist Pastels in colors left to right, dark brown, orange, “Flesh Ochre”, pale orange, “Lemon Yellow”. These are the original pastels used to make the pastel Mariner map. NASA/JPL-Caltech.
Historical picture of two men, each wearing indentical white dress short-sleeved shorts, black pants, black belts, and having short black cropped hair standing in front of the pastel Mariner map on a white drywall wall at NASA/JPL. Image from July 14, 1965. Official caption reads, “Telecommunications engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory putting the finishing touches on their color-by-number version of Mariner 4's digital data.”
#nasa #JPL #map #mariner4 #pastels #geologist

The view from NASA's Artemis mission yesterday is just...words fail me.

HT @JPMajor@twitter.com and the brilliant engineers & scientists who made this happen.

#NASA #Artemis #space

Earth and Moon seen from Artemis 1.
#space #nasa #artemis

Epic crescent #Neptune and #Triton as seen by #Voyager2

Full Size: flic.kr/p/2n8oEpV
8.988.249 km - 1989-08-31

If you're wondering where are the two Voyagers now click here: voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/s…

#Icegiants #Space #NASA
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Crescent Neptune and Triton - Nasa's Voyager 2 - 1989

Data processed from Voyager 2 Mission during its Neptune Encounter 1989-08-31 (Narrow angle camera) Download all sizes up to 3K: Here Coverage for cloud features on crescent Neptune at 8988249 km.
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#space #nasa #neptune #triton #voyager2 #Icegiants

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When my stuff gets featured by #NASA I feel like an Astronaut in the endless beauty of space time 😂

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Watch and download the Full Size/HQ here: flic.kr/p/2ngjiTh

Juno Spacecraft :jupiter_photo:
09/04/2022
Perijove (orbit): 41

#Jupiter #Juno #Space
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Juno Skims the Cloud Tops of Jupiter

On April 9, 2022, as NASA’s Juno mission completed its 41st close flyby of Jupiter, its JunoCam instrument captured what it would look like to ride along with the spacecraft.
Naomi Hartono (NASA)
#space #nasa #Jupiter #juno

#science #scicomm #astronomy #astrophysics #jwst #nasa #telescope #MastodonNewbie #exoplanets

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