"Humans from all areas of the planet have always gazed up into the skies, wondering while preparing for new opportunities to reach for." 🌌 F|S|E
#StepForward
Yesterday, @NASA's Artemis Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson announced final @NASA_Orion power-up, with hatch closure days away.
@NASA_SLS Upper Stage, Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter, Core Stage Forward Skirt, & engine areas closed out.
Full Video: https://t.co/iViAC6KMTR
The current CR represents $36 billion less than what the NDAA now states is the law of the land. Appropriations can—and should—provide the defense funding level, which includes the increase, endorsed by Congress and the Commander-in-Chief as soon as possible."
This is it: we’ve just wrapped up one of the most challenging steps of our journey to #UnfoldTheUniverse.
With all five layers of sunshield tensioning complete, about 75% of our 344 single-point failures have been retired!
Giant Buddha of Leshan, Leshan, Sichuan, China.
Construction started in 723 AD (Tang Dynasty), by a monk Haitong, who lead, but construction was stuck due to insufficent funding and Haitong passing away. Finally it was completed by Haitong’s disciples in 803.
#archaeohistories
This stoneweight, made of haematite carved in the shape of a grasshopper, looks pretty modern.
But it was hand-carved between 1800 and 1700 BC, in ancient Babylonia
#archaeohistories
.@torybruno and @ChrisSembroski are mentoring early career professionals and college students at @ascendspace. One of the best parts of this conference is the inclusion of students and those just entering the workforce 🚀🙌🏻
@LeoDiCaprio@barstoolsports ..weight from below. Since '59, most ideas for space elevators have focused on purely tensile structures w/weight of the system held up from above by *centrifugal forces. In the tensile concepts, a space tether reaches from 09a large mass(counterweight)beyond geostationary orbit.
@JeffBezos@LeoDiCaprio@barstoolsports.
JB,
An idea first published in 1895 by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. His proposal was for a free-standing tower reaching from the surface of Earth to the height of geostationary orbit. Like all buildings Tsiolkovsky's structure would be under compression supporting...
@POTUS@BarackObama@JebBush
"Anyone ever imagined how our Island Nations including Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga etc. can truly benefit from opportunities which involves deep strategic placements of Mfg+Launch ready sites as a part of the grand scheme for preparedness?"
#TheNextGen 🌌
Happy launch day! 🚀
The @NASA/@USGSLandsat#Landsat 9 mission is set to lift off at 11:12 am PT (2:12 pm ET). There is a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions predicted for launch from @SLDelta30. Follow the mission blog for details: https://t.co/FL3IdlXH0B