In 2022, a spent Chinese rocket booster smashed into the Moon after drifting through space, totally unidentified, for 7 years. Space domain awareness beyond GEO won't be solved with a bigger telescope on a mountain. You have to be there.
So we're going.
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$GOOGL Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai says they plan to approach a monthly model-release cadence after establishing Gemini 4 as the next platform baseline.
“With that, we are creating a baseline, on top of which you will see us rapidly iterate with subsequent model releases. Picking up the pace and releasing models almost at a monthly cadence is part of our roadmap, as we are building Gemini 4 as well.”
NASA Wallops Island update — cranes are active and a notable change at the Neutron complex.
The large lattice boom crane we spotted arriving at the Rocket Lab AIC is now up and working at the MARS water tower on Wallops Island, worker basket visible partway up the tower leg, looks like something is being installed. A smaller crane is also in the area working on something on the ground, though we are not sure what yet.
LP-0A (Antares/Firefly pad): Equipment still staged, work ongoing.
LC-3 / LP-0D (Neutron complex): Notable change. The quick-disconnect mechanisms have been retracted away from the center of the static fire test stand. Previously they appeared extended toward the stand, today they are clearly pulled back. Whether that means the connection work is complete or they are being repositioned, we are not sure yet.
Things are moving at Wallops.
@NASASpaceflight
China just reached a near Earth asteroid. In a few months, we'll begin our own mission to one, at a fraction of the traditional cost.
Imagine what would be possible if low-cost commercial deep space missions became a national capability.
The great lie is that society is divided between rich and poor.
The great truth, as David Friedberg puts it, is makers vs takers.
Makers build, create, and deliver real value: houses, software, art, businesses, and everything that moves civilization forward.
Takers watch, criticize, analyze, and politic. They push the lie that the rich hoard unfairly so the poor must seize it… all while positioning themselves to rule the chaos.
As @friedberg tells his kids: “At the end of the day, if you made something and someone else valued it, you were a maker. That was an amazing achievement. That is a great day.”
Takers thrive on division. Makers drive progress.
Time to choose your side.
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Data from @chandraxray has uncovered possible remains of a supernova in the middle of our Milky Way galaxy. If confirmed, this supernova piece would be one of the closest to our galaxy’s central black hole that we have ever found. https://t.co/gI5TfSJ45E