Spaceflight ๐โข ๐ 2018, #ISS became the first facility to produce #BECs โ๏ธ in #space ๐
โข In #space, so-called cool flames ๐ฅ can burn for minutes
โข #ISS water ๐ฆ purification system deployed across #India ๐ฎ๐ณ, #Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ, #Pakistan๐ต๐ฐ
โข #StemCells regenerative medicine โ๏ธ could repair/replace failing organs and cells
โข Higher quality protein crystals
โข #Microbes ๐ฆ can extract metals from #regolith
โข Tissue/organ-on-a-chip effects faster in #microgravity
โข #3Dprinting
โข Organ growth
https://interestingengineering.com/lists/13-science-breakthroughs-experiments-iss
โThe case for sending humans into #space gets weaker and weaker every year as #robots ๐ค get cleverer and more sophisticated,. They can do the #science โ๏ธ ๐ฌ and assemble large structures in space and are much, much cheaper ๐ต ๐ to operate in space. We donโt need humans ๐จโ๐ฌ to do #research in space.โ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/29/international-space-station-25-years
#HumanSpaceflight numbers ใฝ๏ธ by #OurWorldInData https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-space-visits
#SpaceLogistics & #SpaceMaintenance will most likely be dominated by #SpaceRobot ๐ค https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-professional-service-robots-installed-by-area | https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/domain-notable-artificial-intelligence-systems
Annual professional service robots installed, by application area
Professional service robots are semi- or fully autonomous machines that perform useful tasks in a professional setting outside of industrial applications, such as in cleaning or medical surgery. Consumer service robots are not included.
#Moon ๐ scouts will all be #robotic, designed to build a foundation for #astronauts ๐จโ๐ to follow about two years later. There is need for transporting ๐ large masses of equipment and materials from #Earth. An #IntuitiveMachines lander is set to reach the Moon later this year. #NASAโs #JPL will release a โswarmโ of robot-explorers equipped with stereo cameras ๐น and charged with creating photorealistic #3D maps ๐บ๏ธ of the #lunar terrain https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/2024/04/27/robot-explorers-futuristic-spacex-starships-set-to-transform-the-moon/
"Human beings ๐จโ๐ don't serve any useful function in space ๐. They radiate heat, they're very expensive to keep alive and unlike robotic missions, they have a natural desire to come back, so that anything involving human beings is enormously expensive." https://www.space.com/4357-nobel-laureate-disses-nasa-manned-spaceflight.html
โI see on the part of the president and the administrators of #NASAโฆ an infantile ๐ถ fixation on putting people into space, which has little or no #scientific value.โ https://www.thespacereview.com/article/1037/1
Poll ๐ of the American #Astronomical Society : 36 percent said a manned ๐ฉโ๐ #Moon mission had โgreat scientific value,โ and 35 percent said it had โlittle scientific value.โ And unmanned, #robotic ๐ค missions to the Moon? Sixty-six percent of space #scientists said they would have โgreat scientific value.โ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-you-didnt-know-about-apollo-11-mission-fifty-years-ago-180972165/
โ#Astronauts ๐จโ๐ need far more maintenance than #robots ๐ค, simply because their journeys and surface operations require air, water, food, living space, and protection against harmful radiation โข๏ธโ. Merely going back to the #moon will simply look routine, despite the $90bn ๐ฐ cost of the #Artemis programme. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/20/from-apollo-to-artemis-50-years-on-is-it-time-to-go-back-to-the-moon
It takes at least six 6๏ธโฃ months to get to #Mars. #Robots ๐ค go first. They scout the terrain, analyze samples, build infrastructure, and pave the way for eventual human ๐จโ๐ arrival.
#Perseverance uses advanced AI to drive autonomously. #Ingenuity uses computer vision to stabilize flight.
#Satellites ๐ฐ๏ธ, too, are becoming more #robotic. #InOrbitServicing, once a dream, is now a reality. Robotic spacecraft can refuel โฝ satellites, repair ๐ง them, or extend their missions https://www.sciencenewstoday.org/how-robotics-is-revolutionizing-space-exploration
#Perseverance uses advanced AI to drive autonomously. #Ingenuity uses computer vision to stabilize flight.
#Satellites ๐ฐ๏ธ, too, are becoming more #robotic. #InOrbitServicing, once a dream, is now a reality. Robotic spacecraft can refuel โฝ satellites, repair ๐ง them, or extend their missions https://www.sciencenewstoday.org/how-robotics-is-revolutionizing-space-exploration
