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So... My short story will never become a reality? That's so sad?
I'm being told that some of you haven't read it yet.
Here it is:
https://metastructure.net/stories/is-there-life-on-mars/
Seattle-based #Teague started out designing Texaco service stations - but now it's helping its partners create the look and feel of commercial space stations including #Starlab and #OrbitalReef. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/design-space-station-teague/ #Space #Design
🧑🚀 What happens when an astronaut in orbit says he’s not coming back?
“Hey, if you guys don’t give me a chance to repair my instrument, I’m not going back,”
It still seems unreal to me that humans will soon be flying back to the moon! They will be returning to Earth at a speed of 40.000 km/h, the fastest ever reentry of a crewed spacecraft.
To get an idea what such a reentry looks like, I made this remastered version of the Artemis 1 reentry from 2022 with trajectory data overlayed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QbYrs5SZ5M
It still seems unreal to me that humans will soon be flying back to the moon! They will be returning to Earth at a speed of 40.000 km/h, the fastest ever reentry of a crewed spacecraft.
To get an idea what such a reentry looks like, I made this remastered version of the Artemis 1 reentry from 2022 with trajectory data overlayed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QbYrs5SZ5M
SpaceX is putting its longstanding focus of sending humans to Mars on the back burner to prioritize establishing a settlement on the moon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/09/companies/spacex-mars-moon-musk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #spacex #mars #moon #elonmusk #space #rockets #nasa
The full scope of Paranal’s beauty 🤩
Right in front, one of the movable ATs stands tall, while the UTs are scanning the sky.
The lasers emerging from the UTs create each a bright artificial star on the sky to correct observations for the blurring effect of the atmosphere. Until recently, only one UT was equipped with lasers. But now one additional laser has been installed in the other 3.
Discover why: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2606a/
📷 A. Trigo/ESO
The full scope of Paranal’s beauty 🤩
Right in front, one of the movable ATs stands tall, while the UTs are scanning the sky.
The lasers emerging from the UTs create each a bright artificial star on the sky to correct observations for the blurring effect of the atmosphere. Until recently, only one UT was equipped with lasers. But now one additional laser has been installed in the other 3.
Discover why: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2606a/
📷 A. Trigo/ESO
My nomination for today's #SuperbOwl.
The Cosmic Owl is two galaxies that crashed into each other, creating overlapping ring-shaped splashes of stars. It measures 150,000 light years from side to side, or about 10^20 times the size of a Great Grey Owl on Earth.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10058 #space #science #nature #sports
My nomination for today's #SuperbOwl.
The Cosmic Owl is two galaxies that crashed into each other, creating overlapping ring-shaped splashes of stars. It measures 150,000 light years from side to side, or about 10^20 times the size of a Great Grey Owl on Earth.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10058 #space #science #nature #sports
A beautiful panorama of cosmic life & death:
These images of the Sculptor Galaxy combine 100 exposures in thousands of colors, 300 gigs of data in total. They show 500 planetary nebulae (the demise of other Suns) + a central "chimney" caused by a burst of newly formed stars.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2510/ #space #science #nature #astronomy
A beautiful panorama of cosmic life & death:
These images of the Sculptor Galaxy combine 100 exposures in thousands of colors, 300 gigs of data in total. They show 500 planetary nebulae (the demise of other Suns) + a central "chimney" caused by a burst of newly formed stars.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2510/ #space #science #nature #astronomy
