I'm thinking of getting a small used cargo van and filling it with astronomy stuff. Make it a mobile observatory/camper.
I make things.
Aaron DeVries
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I make things.
I make things.
@nyrath I've spent hours reading Atomic Rockets, sometimes for no particular reason its just fun to learn.
I was watching a video about CERN testing that antimatter containment unit by transporting 19 antiprotons. One of the comments I saw was just "who wants to brake check the antimatter truck" and I found that profoundly funny.
@GossiTheDog I'm an odd one out in that I like smaller social media. The internet was better in the forum days where small communities of at best 500 people shared a space. One thing I like about mastodon and bluesky over Twitter (aside for the obvious ones) is they are smaller and self curate to a better community. I don't want to be in the global village interacting with millions of people. I want small communities seperate to the mass of human opinion.
@nyrath a surface base really should have been the plan from the start. Not to say I'm still unconvinced Artemis won't get canceled entirely still.
@Nick_Stevens_graphics
Absolutely, Indias space program is another that's super interesting to watch.
Absolutely, Indias space program is another that's super interesting to watch.
I want both NASA and China to get back to the moon, but honestly I want China to return first. The US will cope hard about it, but losing the race that they aren't taking seriously should shake things up a bit. Might even get NASA more funding...or less funding, logic can't always be applied to the US as they seem to systemically hate doing the right thing for themselves and others...
China is making steady progress, they have their lunar suits already, are developing the crew capsule, have been testing the lander components, and the rocket is almost ready. It's hard to pinpoint their "readiness" level, but like you said their plans make sense and are consistently rolling along, as the US keeps abusing NASA while simultaneously underfunding them.
@peterrenshaw I sure did.