Angeliki Kapoglou 🌔

@ESA Human & Robotic Exploration Strategy @IIPP_UCL Space Economy, Space Resources, @openlunar, Systems Design, Future Studies #MoonVillage #SBSP

[Oliver Habryka @ohabryka]

The lightcone needs you to lock in son

[NASA Moon Base @NASAMoonBase]

The next chapter of human lunar exploration will unfold near the Moon’s South Pole.

This interactive lets you tour the region where the Moon Base will take shape and explore its distinctive lighting, rugged terrain, and notable landmarks.

Launch the interactive: https://t.co/1ShFzgLlBK

[Angeliki Kapoglou 🌔 @Capoglou]

Προτείνετε μας το όνομα της αποστολής του πρώτου Έλληνα αστροναύτη!
https://t.co/A3wxA8aTD2

[Angeliki Kapoglou 🌔 @Capoglou]

@planet4589 this german article says its in 26 meter distance https://t.co/rlbxkAyoE6

[Angeliki Kapoglou 🌔 @Capoglou]

Προτείνετε μας το όνομα της αποστολής του πρώτου Έλληνα αστροναύτη!
https://t.co/A3wxA8aTD2

[nic carter @nic_carter]

I am kind to LLMs for the same reason that I try to avoid stepping on ants if I can avoid it: not because I think they are conscious, but because unnecessary cruelty is bad for the soul

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

Key Takeaway: The US’ decision to allow Russia to supply diesel to the global markets, including to the United States, will support the Kremlin’s efforts to stonewall US efforts to end the war, as the profits from diesel exports will enable Russia to continue funding its war in Ukraine. The US decision to grant Russia a waiver to export diesel also represents a unilateral US concession in its negotiation posture with Russia, when Russia has offered the US no concessions in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

[Space Domain Awareness @shell_jim]

New space debris event with Soviet satellite launched in 1981

Yesterday @LeoLabs_Space provided public notification of a debris-generating event from the defunct Soviet Meteor-2-7 satellite launched in 1981 (US catalog 12456 / 1981-043A). As of this writing, there has not been a notification of the event from @S4S_SDA via @SpaceTrackOrg . LeoLabs has reported "tens of fragments" (ref their x post in comments).

This is actually the second such event from this satellite, with the first occurring in March of 2004. The Meteor-2 satellites were the 2nd generation of Soviet weather satellites. @planet4589 provides a mass estimate of ~ 1500 kg.

Using pre- and post-orbital position information (element sets), the time of the debris event is approximately 2026-10-05 09:45 +/- 10 min UTC.

Meteor 2-7's altitude of 855 km is in a dense region for orbital debris. Might we have experienced an impact from one of the numerous untracked debris objects? It is furthermore observed that the event time estimate places the 81 degree inclined satellite near its highest latitude position (ref graphic below), where the debris spatial density is highest. We will likely never know....

#SpaceDomainAwareness #SpaceTrafficManagement #LongTermSustainmentOfSpace

(Orbital data courtesy of U.S. Space Forces – Space (S4S) via https://t.co/m3OEycBT6w and used with permission per ODR 24-002-4)

[Joe Russo @joerussotweets]

It’s kind of incredible that the last movie ever released by Warner Bros. before being gobbled up by billionaires was a satire about billionaires *trying* to force the world to bend to their will.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died. https://t.co/vhkTLe9J4Z

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

“We had to find a way and we did. Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world; there was no choice but to be pioneers.” —Margaret Hamilton

Rest in peace, Margaret. Your trailblazing work leading the development of the on-board flight software for the Apollo spacecraft will forever be remembered. 🫡

[The '60s at 60 @the_60s_at_60]

RIP Margaret Hamilton.

https://t.co/iTsuBETssJ

[RÚV English @RuvEnglish]

Anne Carson becomes #Iceland's second ever winner of the #Nobel Prize in #Literature. Watch this interview with Anne, recorded just after she heard the news.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

The newly minted Nobel Prize winner Anne Carson shared a book recommendation and some timeless writing advice at the 2024 National Book Awards.

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

We’ve lost an icon. Margaret Hamilton, a computer science pioneer best known for her work at MIT leading development of the flight software for the Apollo missions to the moon, has died at 90. Read about her legacy via MIT News: https://t.co/ODkbdIsoHw

[Angeliki Kapoglou 🌔 @Capoglou]

@JackKuhr Is it on Spotify or can we only watch it here?

[LeoLabs @LeoLabs_Space]

LeoLabs has detected another debris-generating event in orbit. This is the latest in a series of events we've seen over the last 6 months. Together, they point to a worrying trend for space safety and security, and underscore the critical need for persistent sensing.

[Kevin Esvelt @kesvelt]

If we're lucky, the Russians are overreacting, and it isn't something that can spread at all.

It might even be a strange hoax; we can hardly trust most information coming out of Russia.

If we're unlucky, the Irkutsk pathogen is something more transmissible than plague.

3/4

[Kevin Esvelt @kesvelt]

Irkutsk is near the Mongolian border, so any alerts or lockdowns at Altanbulag or Khankh would be informative.

The same is true of Manzhouli, where a great deal of freight crosses the border with China – although Chinese media is notably less free.

(h/t @alexbhturnbull)

4/4

[FiresnowTD @FiresnowTD]

La peste negra regresando Europa 700 años después