@ai6yr I think that is really smart of them. I am also frustated with the hate for it because “Rich" are doing it... of course they are. Just as the rich helped usher in things like... checks notes sailing over the ocean, rail travel, cars, airplane travel....
So I appreciate the rich for forging forward on space travel so one day I can too.
@tehstu Better, but arguably the shuttle was privately-built too, with North American as prime.
The difference is that the CCP vehicles are also privately operated & provided as a service to NASA, rather than NASA running them, but still, they're all government-funded.
So that one-word change doesn't really reflect reality, but heaven forfend that anyone should undermine the myth-making of the Grand New Era of Space Democratisation 😉
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In spaceflight news today, China is about to launch three of its astronauts on Shenzhou 18 towards the Tiangong space station: liftoff is in about 7 minutes from now.
Should be going on CGTN within the next hour to talk about the mission & international collaboration in space exploration.
The latter is certainly an interesting question given the current geopolitical context 😬
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MethaneSAT jetzt im Orbit, nachdem SpaceX .. Mission .. gestartet hat. .. Satellit .. von einer gemeinnützigen Umweltorganisation entwickelt .., wird Methanemissionen erkennen, .. ebnet damit den Weg für mehr Verantwortlichkeit und eine schnellere Reduzierung. Eine Pressemitteilung des Environmental Defense Fund.
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A daring mission to revive a defunct NASA telescope? Let's talk about Spitzer Resurrector and speculate on why the Space Force (and not NASA!) is interested in this mission.
Transferring around 80GB of videos from my phone to a backup drive: lots of interesting things taken over the past three years or so.
Here's one: my view of Ariane 5 VA256 in the BAF at CSG Kourou in French Guiana on 23 December 2021, with #JWST on top, ahead of rollout to launch pad ELA-3 & their flight into space legend on Christmas Day.