ForgiLaGeord
ForgiLaGeord t1_jankvmo wrote
Reply to comment by Freecz in NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper
The asteroid they struck orbits another asteroid, and now that orbit takes 33 fewer minutes to complete.
ForgiLaGeord t1_jaeaxhv wrote
Reply to comment by nednobbins in China to expand its space station, international astronaut selection underway by ye_olde_astronaut
It's been assembled out of many self-contained modules launched separately, just like the ISS, so it seems like it should be pretty open to reconfiguration and expansion.
ForgiLaGeord t1_j4sns89 wrote
Reply to comment by SuperSimpleSam in Sweden opens mainland Europe's first spaceport. ESA says it will host, 'Themis', its reusable rocket development initiative there by lughnasadh
If you're a country that's pretty far north, the ability to launch your own rockets from your own territory probably outweighs the considerable, but not insurmountable, loss of some efficiency.
ForgiLaGeord t1_j4snfr2 wrote
Reply to comment by UnifiedQuantumField in Researchers create an optical tractor beam that pulls macroscopic objects by Semifreak
Impulse is effectively a fusion drive, no real magic tech needed there (aside from the energy to run it)
ForgiLaGeord t1_j14jynk wrote
Reply to comment by shadeandclouds in Leak Inspection Finds Hole in Russian Spacecraft Docked to ISS by darthatheos
Russia said it did. All evidence pointed to bad quality control at the Russian factory that made it, they blamed it on a female US astronaut like having hysteria or something and sabotaging it with a drill.
ForgiLaGeord t1_jc4fxsi wrote
Reply to comment by shiningPate in Researchers say derelict objects left in orbit and other disintegrating space junk may cause a catastrophic collision above our atmosphere. They warn that they would destroy communication systems, setting modern society back decades. by Wagamaga
The manufacturing defect-caused leak? The debris impact theory is pretty much debunked now that two leaked in the same way, and the next one is delayed to fix the same defect.