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13 Oct 2023
and with the launch of @MissionToPsyche the 2023 of space exploration comes to an end... or wait! maybe not? as far as Google says, the IM-1 private lander (by @Int_Machines) towards the lunar South Pole is still planned in a month's time
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13 Oct 2023
good chances of the weather not being on the way of #Psyche launch! Still on route for liftoff in about 40 minutes (14:19 GMT)
13 Oct 2023
New weather brief: Dropping probability of violating weather rules for @MissionToPsyche to 15%! so 85% chance of weather being OK. Keep your fingers crossed that ALL the other things go well!
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13 Oct 2023
oops, 1h40 min (despite looking on Google for the time zone conversion 😅) #Psychemission
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10 Oct 2023
the continuous technical problem of Russian modules will surely reassure the Chinese that are in the talks of Russian collaboration for their space station...
9 Oct 2023
Sounds like #Nauka module got bored and initiated another round of problems to the ISS. I haven't heard the conversations, but according @SpaceflightNow astronauts reported a coolant leak from the module's radiator. Roscosmos stays silent at the moment.
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6 Oct 2023
it's amazing how much this new twatter policy of removing the headlines has led me to just not opening almost any article: I just see a photo and move on because that's what I usually do with photos, it doesn't lead me to click on it.
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5 Oct 2023
after @ESA's Voyage 2050 and the American (multi)Decadal, and after the presentation of their more detailed plans up to 2030, here's China's long-term vision for space exploration, a methodical progression of increasingly challenging goals (look at the asteroids...)
5 Oct 2023
Well, this is ambitious & far-sighted. China: 3 x Chang'e Moon landings this decade, Tianwen missions to NEA/comet, Mars samples & Jupiter ( TW-X...), planetary defense mission, future Moon & Mars research stations, plus heliosphere missions & exoplanet (likely Miyin) telescope.
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4 Oct 2023
this is not a parody -and I'll leave it at that.
Everyone who actually loves science will know what to do at the next general election.
By the way, everyone (rightly so) focuses on the poster, but have you read the actual tweet?! It's even worse! #CPC23
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3 Oct 2023
I'm not at EPSC/DPS this year as I didn't feel like going all the way to Texas, but as usual James will provide beautiful highlights of many talks
2 Oct 2023
Hoor AlMazmi—The Emirates asteroid belt mission (MBR) will fly by 7 main belt asteroids, including rendezvousing with 269 Justitia—the 2nd reddest asteroid (perhaps originating from further out in the Solar System). #DPSEPSC2023
ALT Sketch of the MBR Emirates asteroid mission spacecraft, swooping through the asteroid belt, passing 7 asteroids of varying size. The swoop is colored like a rainbow, trailing the spacecraft on its journey from Earth. I also list the instruments (3 infrared instruments and 1 visible camera), and key dates of the mission (launch in 2028, flybys from 2030-2034).
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3 Oct 2023
this doesn't sound great
3 major human spaceflight reports in one week:
- Blue Origin may exit space station biz
- NG may exit space station biz
- Long term future of Starliner is shaky
Bummer of a week. Sucks to see these programs in limbo.
Rlly great reporting from @SciGuySpace @thesheetztweetz @wapodavenport
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3 Oct 2023
no real surprises here in this China space roadmap: the Chinese still stick to their original deadlines.
That 2028 Mars sample return tho... 👀
2 Oct 2023
This infographic presented during the appearance of CNSA's Li Guoping at a heads of agencies plenary at #IAC2023 seems to suggest the Queqiao-2 relay satellite for the Chang'e-6 lunar sample return will launch around March 2024.
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3 Oct 2023
sometimes you gotta love the no-frills harshness of the Russians
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2 Oct 2023
I -might- get the reasons for the award re. space, but ugh! at this point I can't really separate the visionary from the very flawed/dangerous man anymore. Ugh.
This plus the fact that #IAC2023 is hosted by Azerbaijan this year just leaves a bitter taste
2 Oct 2023
The @iafastro World Space Award 2023 for individuals is awarded to @SpaceX founder and CEO @elonmusk! #IAC2023
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29 Sep 2023
phew (especially because the launch window slipped to 12 Oct at the earliest)
28 Sep 2023
From NASA PAO: "Just got confirmation that NASA has determined that the Psyche launch is an excepted activity that may proceed in the event of a lapse in appropriations."
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27 Sep 2023
This is going around again, so I'll say this: it's a fine line.
Papers can not have critical technical flaws & still be difficult to follow because the structure is not optimal & arguments are presented confusingly.
Pointing that out is helpful. Knowing when to stop, difficult
12 Nov 2019
As a reviewer, my goal is to find critical flaws, not to "improve" the paper. Every paper can be improved in 100 different ways, many of them subjective. The authors have already decided they're happy with the paper as is. A reviewer is not a co-author or a collaborator.
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27 Sep 2023
if I hadn't written a Research Highlight on a TRAPPIST-1 paper last month (this one, by the way, rdcu.be/dm8wK), this would have been a frontrunner for October.
It's always been feared that M-dwarfs activity could spoil exoplanetary characterisation, and here it is...
27 Sep 2023
🚨Attention TRAPPIST-1 fans 🚨
We just published the first JWST spectrum of one of the TRAPPIST-1 planets!
Our findings could have important implications for the planets in the habitable zone.
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26 Sep 2023
the perfectly-named expert Queenie Chan (guess why) reviewed for us the (very high production, by the way -exceptional quality) book from Dante Lauretta, Brian May and others on the 3D view of Bennu, #OSIRISREx target
(free-to-read: rdcu.be/dm3ZM)
22 Sep 2023
As if perfectly timed to coincide with the arrival of the OSIRIS-REx asteroidal samples, Queenie Chan has written a review of the book, "Bennu 3-D: Anatomy of an Asteroid" by Dante Lauretta, Brian May, et al.: nature.com/articles/s41550-0…
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26 Sep 2023
China's plan for a crewed landing on the Moon around the end of the decade (mentioned also in our recent editorial, nature.com/articles/s41550-0…) is still officially pursued
26 Sep 2023
“We are scheduling to realize manned lunar landing before 2030…” says Chinese taikonaut Fei Junlong…
Are we seeing the first post-Apollo human mission to the #Moon presented here at #ASE34?
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25 Sep 2023
I missed that, and yep, "yikes" is pretty much the reaction 😱😬
I think someone need to get a grip, and fast, because this thing risks to be VERY disruptive to the whole US planetary exploration (it already is)
21 Sep 2023
The independent review of NASA and ESA’s Mars Sample Return campaign is out and…yikes. Not only is it a funds-eating beast, but in the mission design is (currently) completely unworkable.
nasa.gov/sites/default/files…
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25 Sep 2023
it was always a long shot but aww :/
25 Sep 2023
It seems that India's Vikram lander and Pragyan rover have succumbed to the freezing lunar night, as there have been no signals from the spacecraft since the sun rose on their landing site. newscientist.com/article/239…
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