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09/28/2024

https://spacenews.com/china-to-launch-near-earth-asteroid-sample-return-mission-in-2025/

China to launch near-Earth asteroid sample return mission in 2025 China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample a near-Earth asteroid next year, an official with the country’s space agency said Tuesday.

07/19/2024

Following a comprehensive internal review, NASA announced Wednesday its intent to discontinue development of its VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar

04/30/2024

If you get a friend request from Allen Taylor AT, it is not from me. Please ignore it. It is not from me.

03/31/2024

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/31/april-2024-eclipse-scientists-new-data-but-they-need-help/72968811007/

People inside or near totality can take part in at least four different projects, from watching animal behavior to photographing the eclipse.

03/14/2024

https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/commercial-space/former-blue-origin-president-leads-helium-3-moon-mining-mission?fbclid=IwAR1iSqP4JQzfZI2W1h1PnK9PrbvFnOuq8p_6eXfdS1zoiMxU-8ipRFgbSuM

Last living Apollo 17 crewmember is guiding off-world prospecting.

01/06/2024

Hey, our SII project has been picked up by the Daily Telegraph!

Nasa will fund mission to send thousands of tiny probes to Proxima B, a potentially habitable planet in Proxima Centauri star system

01/01/2024

Space junk need not be trash. It could help humanity develop space infrastructure that costs much less than current solutions.

12/19/2023

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4706/1

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced its intention to withdraw from the Moon Agreement in a filing to the United Nations on January 5, 2023. The notification, which is required by Article 20[1] of the Moon Agreement, is interesting given Saudi Arabia acceded to the Moon Agreement in 2012. Saudi Ara...

10/20/2023

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In 2020 the UK government commissioned a study on the economic and technological feasibility of space solar power. The study concluded that the total cost to develop and deploy the first 2GW space-based solar power station would be roughly £16bn — substantially less than the latest £33bn estimate for Britain’s newest nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, which is set to produce 3.2GW. Once the first solar station was up and running, subsequent power generating satellites would cost less than £4bn each, the study estimated.

[How to make space-based solar power a reality (ft.com)]
https://www.ft.com/content/2d43ed21-9f9d-4e90-a18b-ad46f0a4760d

Concerns over climate change are fuelling breakthroughs in satellite technology that harnesses the sun’s energy

09/18/2023

Tim Peake, a prominent figure in the realm of space exploration and the first British astronaut from the European Space Agency (ESA) to board the International Space Station, believes that space-based solar farms may soon become a reality.