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Zenit Sep 30, 2023

Meredith Whittaker Sep 30, 2023

Confirming the EU law enforcement (& AI company) mass surveillance aspirations animating the EU push to scan everyone’s private messages. It’s critical that people understand what’s going on here.

https://balkaninsight.com/2023/09/29/europol-sought-unlimited-data-access-in-online-child-sexual-abuse-regulation/

Europol Sought Unlimited Data Access in Online Child Sexual Abuse Regulation

According to minutes released under FOI, the European police agency pushed for unfiltered access to data that would be obtained under a proposed new scanning system for detecting child sexual abuse images on messaging apps, with a view, experts say, to training AI algorithms.

Balkan Insight

Zenit Sep 30, 2023

Eryk Salvaggio Sep 25, 2023

When people tell me generative AI will solve real-world problems

Zenit Aug 23, 2023

Khurram Wadee ✅Aug 23, 2023

#India lands #spacecraft near #SouthPole of #Moon in world first | The moon | The Guardian

Well done to #ISRO and India

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/23/india-chandrayaan-3-moon-landing-mission

#Science #Technology #Space #Chandrayaan-3

India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in historic first

Vikram lander touches down at lunar south pole shortly after 6pm India time

The Guardian

Zenit Aug 23, 2023

Wonder of Science Aug 23, 2023

A time lapse of the International Space Station completing an orbit of Earth without a sunset as it travels near the terminator line: the boundary between day and night.

Zenit Jul 31, 2023

Mark McCaughrean Jul 31, 2023

‎“יְהִי אוֹר‎ – fiat lux – let there be light”

Here are the first engineering images from #ESAEuclid, our mission to study the dark universe.

Each shows the full Euclid field, with 36 CCDs for the visible camera, VIS, & 16 HgCdTe detectors for the near-IR imager & spectrometer, NISP, plus zooms to show more detail.

This is just the beginning 🖖🤘

Full story & links to the very large full-res zoom images:

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Euclid_test_images_tease_of_riches_to_come

#Astrodon #SpaceExploration #SpaceScience #DarkUniverse

Euclid test images tease of riches to come

Euclid’s two instruments have captured their first test images. The mesmerising results indicate that the space telescope will achieve the scientific goals that it has been designed for – and possibly much more.

Zenit Jul 30, 2023

#Thales Alenia Space is studying the viability of harvesting #Solar Energy in #Space. The program called Solaris would wirelessly transmit energy down to the Surface and provide energy 24/7 🤯.

#EuropeanSpaceflight #renewables #spaceflight #photovoltaic #Europe #EU #esa

https://thenextweb.com/news/european-aerospace-giant-to-study-plans-to-harvest-solar-energy-in-orbit

European firm to study plans to 'harvest' solar energy from space

The ESA has chosen Thales Alenia Space to study the Solaris project. The initiative aims to "harvest" solar energy in orbit.

TNW | Deep-Tech

Zenit Jul 29, 2023

Mark McCaughrean Jul 29, 2023

A wizard prang 🧙‍♂️🛰️🇦🇶

ESA’s pioneering wind mission, #Aeolus, was guided to a re-entry over Antarctica last night, ensuring that any remaining hardware landed safely in the Atlantic 🌊🌍

This successfully demonstrated new techniques for #SpaceDebris mitigation – kudos to our colleagues at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt 🖖🤘

#SpaceFlight #RocketScience #Astrodon

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Aeolus/Aeolus_a_historic_end_to_a_trailblazing_mission

Aeolus: a historic end to a trailblazing mission

Surpassing scientific expectations and exceeding its planned life in orbit, the Aeolus wind mission has been hailed as one of ESA’s most successful Earth observation missions. And now, its end will go down in history too, thanks to the ingenuity of the Agency’s mission control team who guided this remarkable satellite down to Earth’s atmosphere for a safe reentry.

Zenit Jul 26, 2023

Mastodon Jul 26, 2023

To help us raise more funds for our development efforts, we are launching a new line of merchandise for Mastodon including t-shirts, mugs, enamel pins, and stickers.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/new-merchandise/

New merchandise

To help us raise more funds for our development efforts, we are launching a new line of merchandise for Mastodon including t-shirts, mugs, enamel pins, and stickers.

Mastodon Blog

Zenit Jul 21, 2023

#ESA now also developing a #Lunar Lander to be sent on the #Ariane6 named Argonaut meant to secure Europes Autonomous access to the Moon. 5 Missions are planned in the next 10years. It is designed to be versatile and may help NASA’s Artemis Mission with Payload deliveries.

#Space #Europe #europeanspaceflight #moon #argonaut #spaceflight

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/Argonaut

Argonaut

Argonaut is Europe’s autonomous access to the Moon, allowing us to play a major role on the surface of our natural satellite. The lunar lander is being designed for a series of missions with many options for its payloads – from cargo and infrastructure delivery to scientific operations, a rover or a power station, Argonaut is being designed as a versatile access to the Moon.

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Zenit Jul 20, 2023