SpaceX had four rockets on four pads and two Dragons on orbit today—as CRS-26 Dragon departed the @space_station with Crew-5 Dragon still attached to the orbiting lab, Falcon Heavy rolled out of the hangar, two Falcon 9’s readied for launch, and Ship 24 was stacked onto Booster 7
@engineers_feed@elonmusk
In a vacuum, yes, they already exist.
Hall effect thrusters & related are already in use.
The HDLT & similar ion engines are attempting to make them more efficient, powerful & not require a plate.
https://t.co/AD3vYjwhY0
The Met Office confirms 2022 was the UK’s hottest year on record🌡️📈...With an average temperature above 10C for the first time.
It says climate change means a once in every 500 year event could now happen every 3 or 4 years.
"Ben Batros quit his job as a lawyer working on accountability for international crimes like war crimes, genocide and human trafficking. Why? “With climate change, if we get that wrong, it basically doesn't matter what else we get right.."
Meet the "climate quitters," people leaving their jobs to pursue careers fighting climate change
What better way to start 2023? Come on, join us!✊🏼 https://t.co/jk4I34rfuh
An influential committee of British MPs, chaired by the Conservative MP Philip Dunne, is calling on the British government to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels and set a “clear date” for the end of new oil and gas licensing https://t.co/cV9wTVkcCU
It’s unbelievable that we are slowing the spread of accurate data, rather than slowing the spread of a dangerous transmissible virus.
“…slowing the spread of science, by [the Aus gov] preventing much of that work [#COVID data] from being published.” https://t.co/IwpS7hGROV
Some very nice B&W photos coming from the S Korean Danuri Lunar orbiter. Here is one, with optics fog removed and tonally adjusted for detail visibility on the Earth and Moon separately.
A Brisbane-based start-up has launched in space.
@SpaceValiant sent the valve component of one of its rocket thrusters into orbit earlier this week on a @SpaceX mission from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The European Union is set to create the world’s first broad standards for regulating artificial intelligence in 2023 and it will affect everything from chatbots and Facebook to loan approvals and hiring decisions https://t.co/RCnTZEHti0
A plume of hot material rising through the Martian mantle seems the likely explanation for the red planet's seismic and volcanic activity, according to a recent paper.
https://t.co/6MZHV44pX5