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.