Every time I feel demotivated by things, I remember what its all for. Instant awe of the vast universe instantly removes all the negative feelings. Nothing can stand in the face of this awe. Every star you see above is a sun with its own system of planets & moons, just like ours.
Looking for a cozy weekend activity?๐
Cuddle up with your favorite fuzzy blanket & explore the amazing world of astrobiology with @NASAโs Astrobiology Graphic Histories.๐งฌ๐
The series of 9 graphic novels are now available on Comics Plus!
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Lucky Crew-13 set a brand new American record yesterday...
The fastest ever Launch โ Docking transit to the International Space Station!
7 hours, 55 minutes, and 10 seconds - almost halving the previous record.
Few rideshares come with a theme, but @SpaceX's Transporter-18โwhich launched Thursday from Vandenbergโhad one: getting power to compute in orbit.
Three of its payloads are each testing a different piece of the ODC puzzle.
โก @CowboySpaceCorp's Reason-1 will attempt to beam solar power to Earth via laserโa test run for the optical links its future data centers will need.
๐ค @Google's Project Suncatcher will run AI chips on traditional solar power to see how they hold up in orbit.
๐ฐ๏ธ @StarCatcherInd's Protostar will try to beam power between two spacecraft, with orbital data centers among its customers.
Payload reporter @vicky_woodburn dives into the details of all three payloads, and what their demos mean for the future of ODCs. Link in the comments.
21 down, 120+ to go.
The first 21 of our approximately 150 @SemperCitiusSDA satellites are ready for the next step toward a resilient network in orbit, built to move data quickly and keep warfighters connected when it matters.
Brooksley Born was the only senior official asking about derivatives in 1998, and by 1999 she was gone.
This 6 minute video from 2009 is her own account, given while accepting the Profile in Courage Award.
Her agency wanted to know whether a market with hundreds of trillions in notional value should have any supervisor at all. Washington's answer was no, and it wasn't polite about it.
Important detail: the law Congress passed afterwards made the answer permanent for the next eight years.
Save this one, private credit has crossed $2T and the same questions are being brushed aside.