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After 6 Months Of Silence, NASA Says #Mars ๐Ÿ”ด Maven Spacecraft Is Dead. Via @huffpost #RedPlanet #Martian #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy ๐Ÿš€ ๐ŸŒŒ โ˜„๏ธ ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ

After 6 Months Of Silence, NAS...
After 6 Months Of Silence, NASA Says Mars Maven Spacecraft Is Dead

The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations.

HuffPost

Weekend Reading from TechAptitude!

One of our most popular posts - LASERS in SPACE! :-)

U.S. Space Force is deploying space based optical/laser communications as the primary network/data transport layer for its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).

Check out the details here: https://techaptitude.substack.com/p/us-space-forces-laser-mesh-network #Space #DoD #PWSA #Lasers #OpticalNetworks #Communications #USSpaceForce #USSF #LasersinSpace #TechAptitude

If my sources and math are correct, the cost per pellet is less than 3 USD higher, but production takes an *order of magnitude less power,* only 1.42 GW rather than 14.2!

This seems too good to be true, but if correct would have big implications for any scifi space navy without easy fusion power

#space #rocket #spacecraft #spaceship #antimatter #fission #fusion

The evolution of human intelligence obviously is not based on language. Very much the last thing to arrive is language, and its role is thus clearly auxiliary.

A dog functions intelligently with nary a single linguistic ability.

There is thus no reason whatsoever to believe that language is the primary foundation of human reason.

The only reason is if you watch too much STTNG and think it is possible to upload โ€˜consciousnessโ€™ into a computer.

Another example is โ€˜Mars coloniesโ€™...

#Space

Work on Russia's leaky space station module causes astronauts to take shelter

We look forward to working with Roscosmos on a collaborative approach to address the leaks."

Ars Technica
Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute | TechCrunch

The companies announced the deal on Friday, just one week ahead of SpaceX's historic IPO.

TechCrunch
New Glenn Explosion Just Gave NASA a Headache It Doesn't Have Time For

It could be more than a year before Blue Origin's New Glenn is ready to fly again, but NASA has no intention of letting the Artemis timeline slip.

Gizmodo

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ TIL: ๐Ÿงช๐ŸŒŒ An astrophysicist at the University of #Chicago says mini-Neptune atmospheres might cook #carbon into soot clouds โ€“ essentially the same particles as burnt toast and diesel exhaust. Analyzing the soot could indicate where these common #planets form.

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/most-exoplanets-might-be-soot-factories-scientists-say-like-you-have-a-natural-diesel-engine

#astronomy #exoplanets #neptune #chemistry #nasa #jwst #space #atmosphere #chemistry #engineering #universityofchicago #astrophysics #science

Most exoplanets might be 'soot factories,' scientists say: 'Like you have a natural diesel engine'

A chemical engineer noticed that the spectra of the hazy atmosphere of mini-Neptune planets looked like the soot produced by combustion engines.

Space