That feeling when you say "punch it!", and the engine you're running takes you out of our space-time continuum altogether. Space fantasy often becomes science fact, so perhaps this is a vision of our future: "Jump to hyperspace", by yours truly.
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“To the moon and forward”, by Annapurni Subramaniam, the director of the Indian Institute for Astrophysics.
With the 212th landing of a #Falcon9 booster during the @hughesconnects #FalconHeavy Jupiter 3 mission, @SpaceX has reused or saved nearly 1,894 #MerlinEngine rocket engines (some have been swapped out)
That’s astonishing! And encouraging for the long imagined #spacefaring #multiplanet future of humanity.
#Science 📆 27 Feb 2023 The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of #OuterSpace (#COPUOS) drafted #guidelines to limit the creation of #SpaceDebris which have been incorporated into national #laws in more than 45 countries, including most of the major #spacefaring nations. (#China 🇨🇳 has yet to adopt them.)
#Satellite 🛰️ trails & radio interference : The #IAU proposed to set up an #expert group to study the issue for 3 years before presenting guidelines. “We need solutions that are feasible and acceptable to those who #operate the #satellites” https://www.science.org/content/article/astronomers-stumble-diplomatic-push-protect-night-sky
@herrsaalfeld That was the conclusion of “Biospheres from Earth to Space” by D. Sagan & Lynn Margulys: wherever humans go, they necessarily take with them the constraints under which they evolved, and the easiest way to do that is to take the biosphere with them. The book describes spacefaring humans as biosphere seeds to be dispersed by the solar winds across the galaxy.
#Margulys #Sagan #SpaceFaring
#AerospaceAmerica : The 📆 2022 Year in Review
• #SpaceArchitecture: Accelerating architecture for low-Earth orbit and beyond
• #SpaceTransportation: Another record-setting year for #spaceflight
• #SpaceLogistics: Development of on-#orbit #servicing, assembly and manufacturing creates new capabilities in #spacefaring operations
• Experiments to use space #resources make great strides
• Processes: Multiple #microgravity laboratories help advance fluid dynamics and combustion #research
• New #suit designs and methods to #survive in space
#SpaceSystems: New windows into the universe and new commercial space capabilities
• #Robotics for in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing is key for sustainable space infrastructure
• Reusable Launch Vehicles: #Rocket manufacturers face challenges in push for #reusable #launchvehicle development
• Small #satellites spread beyond niche roles
• Space tethers focus on deorbit and #debris mitigation
https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/year-in-review-index/2022
