Japan: Moon lander Slim comes back to life and resumes mission
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Z-z-z-z-zombie Robot!
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The quest for finding a moon of venus that was on a kid’s diagram.
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Just drove by it today! Even shrink-wrapped and behind scaffolding, it’s still impressive.
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When ‘what’s the value to the economy?’ wasn’t front of mind
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Never mind, just, like, Science Fiction from the 1970ies, LOL.
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My pal Langan in Lou-uh-vulle sent me this map of the upcoming eclipse’s path of totality, showing how we’d both miss it by that much. (I’m in Detroit.) He’d love to drive over to Indiana, if he can get out of work early enough. He’ll certainly be giving them plenty of advance warning: the eclipse is April 8th!
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sigh didnt saw this coming;
WILL MEGACONSTELLATIONS DAMAGE EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD?
Something unprecedented is happening in Earth orbit. In only a few short years, the satellite population has skyrocketed, more than doubling since 2020. In the past year alone, more satellites have been launched than during the first thirty years of the Space Age. Much of this activity is driven by SpaceX and its growing megaconstellation of Starlink internet satellites.
Environmentalists have raised many concerns about Starlink including light-pollution of the night sky, a potentially hazardous traffic jam in low-Earth orbit, and even ozone depletion. Copycat megaconstellations by other companies and countries will only multiply these concerns.
Now there’s a new reason to worry. According to a new study by Sierra Solter, megaconstellations could alter and weaken Earth’s magnetic field.
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=02&month=02&year=2024
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