Bernd von Mallinckrodt 🦋Mar 5
Systeme scheitern selten an zu wenig Ordnung … sondern an der Absolutierung von Ordnung, die Varianz, Feedback und Anpassungsfähigkeit erstickt. Mein neues #Axiom zur endogenen Fragilität komplexer Systeme ist jetzt veröffentlicht: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 🖖
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Feb 14
#Vast will send #private astronauts 🧑‍🚀 to the #ISS in summer 📆 2027 under a contract with #NASA. In 2021, #Axiom didn’t have any #competition https://payloadspace.com/vast-wins-its-first-private-astronaut-mission-to-iss/
Vast Wins Its First Private Astronaut Mission to ISS

The previous five missions have all gone to competitor Axiom, which (like Vast) is building its own private station vying to replace the ISS. 

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Bernd von Mallinckrodt 🦋Feb 8
In den letzten 30 Jahren haben #Betriebs- und #Volkswirte in vielen Unternehmen Führung übernommen … und #Effizienz zum #Axiom erklärt. Was dabei verloren ging, war Systemverständnis … #Mallinckrodt-Zyklus 🖖
42zero.orgFeb 3
Could this suit be the key to humans walking and working on the Moon like never before? #NASA #Atermis #axiom #space #spaceexploration #moon #astronaut #science
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jan 26

The companies at the forefront of the #CLD competition:

• #Vast is expecting to launch 🚀 its #Haven1 #SpaceStation in Q1 📆 2027
• #Axiom Space is planning to launch a two-module station by 📆 2028
• #Starlab, which is being built by a joint venture between #Voyager Technologies and #Airbus, is aiming to launch its station in 📆 2029

https://payloadspace.com/payload-field-guide-commercial-leo-destination/

#NASA

Payload Field Guide: Commercial LEO Destination

As the ISS nears its retirement date at the end of the decade, companies are vying to build its commercial successor under NASA’s Commercial LEO Destination (CLD) program.

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Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jan 25
#Axiom Space is nearly finished with the first module of its Axiom Station. It plans to attach it to the #ISS in 📆 2027. Before 2030, Axiom will detach that module from the ISS and continue building it out, with a goal of reaching twice the usable volume 📏 of the current station https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/will-the-international-space-station-be-replaced-before-its-fiery-death-in-2030
Will the International Space Station be replaced before its fiery death in 2030?

NASA plans to send the ISS into Earth's atmosphere in 2030, and it has no plans for a replacement — at least, not directly.

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Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jan 24

#Axiom Station is designed to look like a boutique #hotel and is expected to launch in 📆 2028. #VoyagerSpace aims to launch its version, called #Starlab, the same year, and #BlueOrigin’s #OrbitalReef #SpaceStation plans to follow in 2030.

While the cost of a stay aboard any of these outposts has not been released, expect ticket 🎫 prices in the tens of millions of dollars at first https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1130030/commercial-space-stations-2026-breakthrough-technology/

#SpaceTourism

Commercial space stations: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

The first commercial orbital outpost is scheduled to launch this May.

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WIST QuotationsJan 22

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

To spell out the obvious is often to call it into question.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 220 (1955)

More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/17459/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #assumptions #axiom #commonsense #doubt #explanation #obvious #premise #question #questioning #reevaluation #reality #truth #error

Hoffer, Eric - Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 220 (1955) | WIST Quotations

To spell out the obvious is often to call it into question.

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Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jan 21

The first #LIFE module for #OrbitalReef is a three-story structure, 8 meters in diameter 📏, a massive amount of open, configurable volume. #Blue Origin is providing the #NewGlenn heavy-lift launch 🚀 capability. A realistic operational date is estimated to be post-📆 2028.

#Starlab launch date 📆 2028: if the single launch on #Starship works, they will have a complete station in orbit overnight ⏱️.

As of late 2025, #Axiom is winning the hardware race https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2025/11/14/what-is-orbital-reef

#SpaceStation

What Is Orbital Reef? - New Space Economy

For more than two decades, the International Space Station (ISS) has served as humanity's outpost in low Earth orbit. It stands as an unparalleled achievement in global cooperation, engineering, and orbital science. Floating 250 miles above the planet, it has been continuously occupied by humans since the year 2000, hosting thousands of experiments that have advanced fields from human biology to materials science. It is, in every sense, a laboratory, a home, and a symbol.

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Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jan 21

#Haven1 launch delayed to Q1 📆 2027. #Axiom Space and #Starlab are planning to launch two module stations in 📆 2028 and 📆 2029 https://payloadspace.com/vast-delays-haven-1-launch-to-2027/

#SpaceStation

Vast Delays Haven-1 Launch to 2027

Haven-1, which was expected to launch in 2026, will now launch no earlier than Q1 2027—and it could be significantly longer before the station gets its first crew.

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