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A lot of people are talking about this on TikTok, and I wanted a different perspective to be shared to me maybe they are right but people are saying it’s coming in 2023 or in a few years or a decade. i’m just not seeing any consistencies, and want a straight answer, and not have 20 different answers, -
The Hubble Space telescope launched back 32 years ago, gave the world a glimpse of what's beyond our Solar System, and now it's getting extra years of life as NASA and SpaceX plans, Polaris will being its first space walk mission in March 2023 and if it's successful, then they're planning to perform another one, this time on the Hubble, to perform some service work, like replacing them gyroscopes that controls Hubble's telescope, where only 3 out of 6 remains in working order. For the boost, SpaceX's Dragon will dock with Hubble and bring it from its current orbit of 535km up to 600km, the original orbit altitude launch back in 1990. Without the idea of boosting Hubble, NASA would have to send a module and bring it safely back to Earth, but with the boosting idea, Hubble may see an extra 15 to even 20 years of orbital life. Source Alternative source (non quoted)
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This is an image of the Apollo Guidance Computer. Can anyone recognize the font on the modules? Looks like it was designed to reduce the amount of symbols for easier printing and typesetting. -
Hi guys I just wanted to share this article with you and wanted to know what you think about that. http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/12/14583124/nasa-sidd-bikkannavar-detained-cbp-phone-search-trump-travel-ban
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What do you think about NASA and other space agencies? Are they pointless? Do they have too big budgets? Whatever your answer, justify it, please. I love space exploration, so I obviously support space agencies and its projects/missions (I'm not a scientist or anything like that, I'm just obsessed with it, ).
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Source: http://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-and-when-nasa-will-finally-destroy-cassini This move, as unfortunate and sad as it is, must be done. Cassini has discovered an ocean of salt water in one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. Researchers think that there may be life on that moon, so therefore they chose to crash Cassini into Saturn before it runs out of fuel and may crash into Enceladus. But it is not yet the end of Cassini, the plan is to gather as much data as possible until the end at September of this year, Cassini will give us a further look at Saturn's south and north poles, with their raging hurricanes, furthermore, it will measure the size of it's rings, and lastly, it will measure the composition of Saturn's atmosphere and broadcast it back to earth.- 65 replies
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source: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/final-sunshield-layer-completed-for-nasa-s-james-webb-space-telescope hopefully, this time they done it right and won't discover the James Webb will need corrective lenses like Hubble did and don't worry, NASA will be using a Ariane 5 rocket to launch into space and not the disaster SpaceX program --- the Hubble Space Telescope (not the 1st space telescope) was launched in 1990 and it's used to observe space in near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra the new James Webb Telescope is equipped with a 21 foot (~6.5m) gold-coated mirror array that can collect seven times more light than Hubble and scan the infrared spectrum to see through dust it will be launched in late 2018 from French Guiana, northeast coast of South America -
Some of you may remember a few month ago there was a big talk about this. Most were sceptic but it seems that NASA confirmed the claims. What's the most interesting is the fact that it already beats other propulsion ideas like light sails. If I understand this right, it means that interplanetary travel could become much cheaper since you could just using solar panels to power this unlike conventional thrusters. Imagine SpaceX's Mars colonization spacecraft using this instead of much larger gas tanks? Source: http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/11/new-nasa-emdrive-paper-shows-force-of.html You can read the papers directly there https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7kgKijo-p0ibm94VUY0TVktQlU/view
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NASA is working together with Hewlett-Packard Enterprises (HPE) to launch a 1-teraflop computer to the International Space Station (ISS) to study the effects of space on higher power computers as part of their research into future deep space travel. As it stands the ISS is running on i386 processors and has a lot of support from Ground Control, however, NASA figures the latency from deep space travel will make this current method impractical and those missions will require more powerful computers, potentially with AI, in order to properly maintain the spaceships systems and navigation. https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/spacex-is-launching-a-supercomputer-to-the-international-space-station/ Any chance we can get @LinusTech or @Slick to catch a ride on this rocket and provide the first LMG video in SPACE!? Or even maybe just get a hold of NASA and get a tour of their ground based control? Official NASA Experiment Page: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/2304.html#overview
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Do note that this is different from the posting on Nov. 7th, here it has been verified and a paper released very very recently, the main difference. http://www.sciencealert.com/it-s-official-nasa-s-peer-reviewed-em-drive-paper-has-finally-been-published NASA has tested the EM drive based on a conical shaped enclosure and demonstrated that the device has produced thrust with only an Electrical Current, then breaking Newton's third law of physics. It reliably produces a thrust which makes me and probably a lot of other people very excited for the future of space travel if it turns fruitful! This could be a great leap past the rocket as the main form of Space travel! It could fundamentally change a lot of which we know about physics. sorry mods, I had posted this in the wrong forum which was off-topic. -
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Sources: NASA, CNBC So anyone in the forum who is extremely rich like Warren Buffet level rich? You can now have your chance to go the ISS, just don't forget to vlog about it. But I don't think just because you are filthy dirty rich doesn't mean you will qualify to go to the ISS. You still have to fulfill NASA's requirements for being an astronaut or at least the majority of it. Bachelor's degree in biological science, physical science, computer science or mathematics. At least three years of related professional experience obtained after degree completion OR at least 1,000 hours pilot-in-command time on jet aircraft. The ability to pass the NASA long-duration astronaut physical. Distant and near visual acuity must be correctable to 20/20 for each eye. The use of glasses is acceptable. Basically if you have a pre-existing condition, that will automatically disqualify you. $35,000 alone can get you a brand new car but inside the ISS, it's just for food, air, water, medical supplies, etc for a single day. Also, using the internet inside the ISS would cost $50/GB. I'm not a physicist by education though the topics about space biology and regenerative medicine is what I'm looking forward to. In a medical school textbook "Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology 13th ed, pp. 561-568", it was summarized as to what happens to the human body when it's in an increasing altitude up to weightlessness in space. In Zero Gravity... motion sickness during the first few days edema muscle atrophy decreased cardiac output, which means decreased oxygenation of tissues in the body increased susceptibility to bone fractures if flights lasted four to six months It all means to say that the space is not meant for humanity to live in. If we as a species have to take evolution into our own hands and be accustomed to living in space as many sci-fi movies suggest, then majority of humanity should at least live in space for a few months at least and that alone would probably take so much resources. Perhaps with artificial gravity machines, scientists can carry out lab experiments in space either testing out drugs that can help alleviate symptoms or perhaps in a sci-fi level type of research, use CRISPR Cas-9 to genetically engineer astronauts to withstand the harsh environments in space. It would be exciting also if they find microorganisms that are not carbon based like us here on Earth. Maybe with the ISS biologists, they can find silicon based lifeforms. Perhaps what's gonna be hilarious is if a staunch Flat-Earther opens a GoFundMe or Patreon account until it reaches $52 million and decides to go to the ISS and he/she'll probably come back as bat shit crazy.- 59 replies
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source: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nasa-hacked-raspberry-pi-cyber-security,39690.html so this means that NASA needs to fire some people. However this is scary because people are careless in a lot of sitchouations. (mods please lock if it doesn't fit)
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Looks like the last-year announced first steps to the creation of an Aussie space program have paid off in the form of 50 million AUD funding and a former CSIRO boss heading up the new and as-yet unnamed organisation. I'm rather all for it, what with the current hugeness of the industry and the probable gargantuan-ness of it after we start mining asteroids. Hell, as a country that does a lot of mining it seems almost the perfect transition, though its not known whether space mining is something this organisation has on its radar at all, and obviously its nowhere near the level of established agencies like NASA or the ESA that could probably go grab some global economy-wrecking rocks now, if they wanted. As to names - I'm hoping for ASTRA - Australian Space & Technology Research Agency. For the Aussies here - imagine the potential for economic gain if indigenous communities were nearby any proposed launch sites. Suddenly you've got a chance for a service economy(at the very least). Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-03/australia-space-agency-funding-in-federal-budget-2018/9720370 Previous entries: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-25/government-to-establish-national-space-agency/8980268
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As part of the NASA's Cube Quest Challenge, A team at Cornell University in New York, had developed a small satellite, known as cubesats, that propels itself by using water. The cubesat consist of Currently they are in phase 3 of the challenge, after coming in 1st place in last Spring's phase 2. If they make it to the top 3, then their cubesat will get to travel into space on NASA's Space Launch System in 2018, where they will get to test their design out, by orbiting around the moon. The winning teams will get $5.5 million US dollars in total, and if the water propelled satellite, is somehow a success, then it have might have open a new way to refuel in space, by harnessing water from asteroids or comets. http://www.space.com/34096-water-fueled-cubesat-lunar-challenge.html
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The original Apollo 11 Guidance System (AGS) source code (in Assembly) is now available for download on GitHub! It was uploaded by user chrislgarry and was digitized by Virtual AGC and MIT (MIT holding the hardcopy at the MIT Museum). It was uploaded on to GitHub by a former NASA intern, Chris Garry. "This source code has been transcribe or otherwise adapted form digitized images of a hardcopy from the MIT Museum. The digitization was performed by Paul Fjeld, and arranged for by Deborah Douglas of the the Museum. Many thanks to both." Excerpt from README.md Many thanks, indeed. Here's a video of an emulation of the computer system on the Apollo 11 Here's Margaret Hamilton, Director of Software Engineering for the Apollo 11 project, standing next to the code for the shuttle. Link to GitHub downloads: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11 News Sources: http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/9/12136204/apollo-11-code-github http://qz.com/726338/the-code-that-took-america-to-the-moon-was-just-published-to-github-and-its-like-a-1960s-time-capsule/
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Launched back on August 5th 2011. Juno Probe has finally reach its destination, Jupiter. This is awesome! https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/spacecraft/index.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2016/jul/05/nasas-juno-spacecraft-arrives-at-jupiter-live
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Hi everybody, I was just wondering if anyone had recommendations for certifications/school that would be good for doing something space related. It'd be really cool to even do the lowest form of technology related work for a group like NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, etc. Even the lowest entry level job. Right now I'm a few months from finishing my Computer Science Bachelor's and I'm almost done getting my CompTIA A+. Any other recommendations from people in the field? It'd be awesome doing on board, device installation/design on spacecraft, or like system administration in Mission Control or something like that...
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NASA has developed a modem that can transmit data 10 to 100 times faster than radio signals using light. They are planning on testing this device on the ISS using project LCRD(Laser Communications Relay Demonstration) in 2020. Back in 2013, they had experimented with laser communications to and from lunar orbit with 622Mbps download and 20Mbps respectively. This was during the project LADEE(Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer). The LCRD project is supposed to be part of an ongoing operational system once the first tests - due to begin in 2019 - are finished. It will also demonstrate the feasibility of laser communications through this new type of modem. The device has been dubbed ILLUMA(Integrated LCRD LEO User Modem and Amplifier. It'll be the size of a mobile phone and will be several times smaller than fiber-optic receivers that are used in spacecraft right now. Don Cornwell, who is the director of NASA's Advanced Communication and Navigation Division said this: While the technology isn't new, and it's apparently difficult to get them to work without creating speed bottlenecks with other components. If NASA can get this to work, we could be getting faster and smaller instruments. Additionally, they can also be mass-printed lithographically, so they're cheap to produce. The leak ILLUMA developer Mike Krainak from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre said this: This new device doesn't just have benefits in communications with satellites and ground stations. It'll also benefit medical imaging and manufacturing, as well as data centres used by ISPs. Mike Krainak also had stated this: Source: http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-s-new-photonics-modem-will-help-lasers-carry-data-at-up-to-100-times-faster-than-today-s-radio-signals -
NASA recently posted the following on their twitter page The space giant NASA, is organising this for the launch of the their cargo space-craft and are obviously pushing for social media users to spread the word on this event. The event will take place in Florida, December 2-3 and the launch is planned for December 3. However, this invitation is only open to frequent, cross-platform social media users with an established history and their own multimedia content. Still I think this is really awesome! Get Linus or Dimitri onto it Source: http://www.nasa.gov/social/orbital-dec2015
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Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, 6th man on moon, dies in Florida Associated Press via FoxNews http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/02/05/astronaut-edgar-mitchell-6th-man-on-moon-dies-in-florida.html Rest in Peace explorer.
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:mellow: I wanted to see how the "New Horizons" mission was coming along and came across this download site from JPL. I'm a little spooked about files and Windows right now because of the recent Adobe scare and how they still need to patch their 0-day vulnerability (as of 8 July.) The recent outing that the FBI was a paying customer of Microsoft remote-monitoring spyware called "Galileo" is making me paranoid about using Windows in general, because they can still do whatever they want (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?) and still call it the "Freedom Act" since it recently passed right? Is it time to just install FreeBSD over Windows and call it a day?
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Primary Source (Highly Technical): http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36313.1840 Secondary Source (Readable with Basic Science Knowledge): http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/04/nasa-may-have-accidentally-developed-a-warp-drive/ While Einstein’s theories of space and time place the speed of light as a universal speed limit of matter travelling through space a theory by Miguel Alcubierre got around this by proposing to instead warp space in front of and behind the space craft. The Alcubierre drive would effectively allow a ship to travel faster than the speed of light. The limitation being that an absurdly large amount of energy would be needed to power the drive. The theory was then built upon by Dr Harold White who works as team lead of the Advanced Propulsion Physics Laboratory (informally known as Eagleworks) at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre. Dr White’s alterations made the drive more energy efficient and therefore feasible. As a separate project at Eagleworks and other labs around the world a new type of propulsion is being researched the EmDrive proposed by British engineer Roger Shawyer. A post on NASASpaceFlight.com (a forum that is focused on the engineering side of NASA projects) says that when the path-time of light (how fast it is travelling over a distance) was measured through the EmDrive’s resonance chamber there were significant variances in the speed and most importantly some of the beams appeared to travel faster than the speed of light. This could mean that the drive is producing a warp field or bubble. A comment on NASASpaceFlight.com said That’s the big surprise. This signature (the interference pattern) on the EmDrive looks just like what a warp bubble looks like. And the math behind the warp bubble apparently matches the interference pattern found in the EmDrive. The next step is to redo the test in a vacuum to be 100% sure that the apparent warping of space is not due to the temperature of the air. Though Dr White’s preliminary assessments lead him to believe that Even if the EmDrive is producing a warp bubble an actual operating warp drive that could be used to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations and to boldly go where no man has gone before is a long way off. Please note that while I have done a lot of reading on the topics discussed in this post I do not hold a PHD in physics or maths so if there are any errors I am sorry.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30549341 Nasa emails spanner to space station , Astronauts on the International Space Station have used their 3-D printer to make a wrench from instructions sent up in an email.It is the first time hardware has been "emailed" to space.
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http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/10/7190057/nasa-leases-moffett-airfield-to-google-60-years Google has sealed a deal to lease NASA's Moffett Airfield for the next 60 years after beginning negotiations for the land back in February. Under terms of the agreement, Google will pay NASA an estimated $1.16 billion in rent over the life of the agreement, with addition funds going toward the restoration of a more than 80-year-old hangar, known as Hangar One, that sits on the property. Google may use Hangar One, as well as two sequentially named hangars on the airfield, as a space for research, development, assembly, and testing of technology related to robotics, aviation, space exploration, and other new fields once it moves in.... Article Found by @totjup5
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This is 10 years in the making... Landing on a Comet, 317 Million Miles From the Earth 10 years ago on March 2nd 2004, European Space Agency ESA designed & launched the space craft called Philae.. Philae's design & missions sole purpose was to travel to the far edge of the space and meet with Comet Churyumov Gerasimenko , the shuttle has a small lander that will make contact with the asteroid in a soft landing manner , Not like the impact mission carried out like previous space mission After being launched nearly 10 years ago, the ESA's Rosetta mission is about to reach a major milestone Philae is a 100 kg (220 lb) robotic probe that will set down on the surface with landing gear and it will basically "harpoon itself to the surface" when it lands it will send back images first hand then it'll drill down into the comet (although this one is not directed by Micheal bay) Comet Churyumov Gerasimenko Early Wednesday morning the Rosetta spacecraft’s Philae lander will attempt to land on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage from 9-11:30 a.m. EST (6-8:30 a.m. PST) of the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta mission’s scheduled landing of a probe on a comet on Wednesday, Nov. 12. NASA's live commentary will include excerpts of the ESA coverage and air from 9-10 a.m. NASA will continue carrying ESA's commentary from 10-11:30 a.m. ESA’s Philae (fee-LAY) real image: taken on September image courtesy WIKI! Philae is scheduled to detach from Rosetta on 12 November 2014 at 08:35 UTC, with a landing seven hours later After landing, Philae will obtain the first images ever taken from a comet's surface. It also will drill into the surface to study the composition and witness close up how a comet changes as its exposure to the sun varies. Philae can remain active on the surface for approximately two-and-a-half days. Its “mothership” is the Rosetta spacecraft that will remain in orbit around the comet through 2015. The orbiter will continue detailed studies of the comet as it approaches the sun and then moves away. NASA has three of the 16 instruments aboard the orbiter. The ESA expects the landing to take place at around 11:02AM ET tomorrow Technically it's not Live since there is the delay about 40 minutes between signal since it's so fuc*ing distant from earth! Watch the event live here:(verified original link) http://www.esa.int/rosetta News source with links: http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/november/nasa-television-to-provide-coverage-of-european-mission-comet-landing/ Organized Landing Timeline: http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/11/07/rosetta-and-philae-landing-timeline/ Bonus: if you guys want this on the news section PM a Mod , it's technically not "tech" but science bitch! Leave a comment or troll down below...
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