The first controlled ocean 🌊 #landing of a #Falcon9 booster was completed in 📆 April 2014. This was followed a little over a year later by the first successful recovery of a Falcon 9 booster on a ground pad in 📆 December 2015.
So, #reusable ♻️ launch technologies were most certainly available during the design and early development phases of #Ariane6 🇪🇺 https://europeanspaceflight.com/europe-will-introduce-a-reusable-launch-vehicle-in-the-2030s-says-arianespace-ceo
#Arianespace #ESA #decision #reusability #LaunchCost #comparison
#HERA consists of three #radiation ☢️ sensors installed in areas of #Orion that are shielded from radiation to varying degrees. In a high-energy radiation event, such as a #solar flare, the #astronauts would move to a more shielded part of Orion, opening the floor hatches and then installing #shielding 🛡️ material over their heads as additional protection https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2024/orion-spacecraft-radiation-protection-tested-initial-findings-from-artemis-i-moon-mission
May 1, 2024 #Orion Heat Shield Char Loss After #Artemis I Mission https://oig.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ig-24-011.pdf
Astronomy: Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS again visible from Earth
An astronomer from the USA captured several images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in the early morning hours. It was not visible to us before.
@vic @dickflatteningenthusiast if they wanted to deal with these astroturfed “protestors”, Trump could simply go all Henry II and muse out loud on-camera on who would rid him of these turbulent antifa, and how difficult it would be to investigate such a thing, especially since the Feds would pre-empt any state or local investigations
at that point, the next Antifa rally would become a meat geyser
The Chinese Tiangong space station is equipped with an electric space grill.
Life extension would be very popular, and people who try to stop it will become hated very quickly.