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Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>FAA Halts Flights as Elon Musk’s Rocket Blows Up Yet Again</p><p>Passengers had to deal with flight delays thanks to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> playing <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a>.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192472/faa-halts-flights-musk-spacex-rocket-blows-up" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192472/fa</span><span class="invisible">a-halts-flights-musk-spacex-rocket-blows-up</span></a></p><p>"Yet again, one of Elon Musk’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> rockets exploded... grounding <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/flights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flights</span></a> across <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> as fiery debris fell from the sky...</p><p>This is the 2nd consecutive <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/explosion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>explosion</span></a> of a SpaceX rocket. On Jan 16, a rocket failed shortly after launching, also diverting dozens of flights as <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a> fell from the sky"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>”On Thursday, another of Musk’s SpaceX rockets exploded, raining debris near south Florida and the Bahamas. The Federal Aviation Administration said 240 flights were disrupted by the debris.”<br>—Heather Cox Richardson, March 8, 2025<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/faa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/disruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disruption</span></a></p>
Helianthus<p>Recently proudly stolen:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gulf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gulf</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debris</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceKaren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceKaren</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elonamusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elonamusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAFO</span></a></p>
malducin<p>No.better representation of US politics right now than a billionaire's crap burning down and in the process endangering other countries and the Planet <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceKaren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceKaren</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceflight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p>SpaceX loses contact with spacecraft during Starship test flight : NPR</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/06/g-s1-52507/spacex-starship-test-flight-boca-chica-texas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/06/g-s1-52507/</span><span class="invisible">spacex-starship-test-flight-boca-chica-texas</span></a></p>
Steve's Place<p>The US is more reliant on satellite technology for war than any other country. Not only will this make it difficult, if not impossible, to launch anything for generations, it will interfere with our military's use of satellite communications with a layer of reflective trash encircling the planet.</p><p>Not counting property damage and dead people on the ground from launch debris crashing back to earth across the globe.</p><p>Not counting the same from larger pieces of space trash de-orbiting when the breakup begins.</p><p>Read this. Elon Musk is actively destroying our country with the blessing of the Russian-controlled Republican party and its gangster god.</p><p>Democrats are playing gotcha games with actual, living and breathing, domestic enemies of the Constitution.</p><p>There are no patriots in uniform with bars on their chests in this corporation of would-be slave owners masquerading as a country. But there sure are a lot of angry people with guns. The enraged voters I saw in videos of town hall meetings displayed more courage to speak truth to power than any general or admiral with the ability to stop this in an instant has once displayed in this crisis.</p><p>Pick the goddamned instant and make it snappy, or there won't be allies left to help. There will be fascists barking orders dictated by the Kremlin, as relayed through its American stooges.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/114072177533598202" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@sundogplanets</span><span class="invisible">/114072177533598202</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/KesslerSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KesslerSyndrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Kessler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kessler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a></p>
Yo Mama<p>So Musks´Space-X rockets are loitering Poland now ? What a mess....</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62z3vxjplpo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c62z3vxj</span><span class="invisible">plpo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insane</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1789465/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1789465/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Hughes fire scorches over 10,000 acres near Castaic <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/area" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>area</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FireSeason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FireSeason</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/gust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gust</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/inch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/landslide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landslide</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LosAngelesTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngelesTimes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MeteorologistKittell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeteorologistKittell</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/mph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mph</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SouthernCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernCalifornia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USANews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WaterYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterYear</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WindEvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindEvent</span></a></p>
orbitalmayo<p>Part of SpaceX's statement following the RUD on IFT-7.</p><p>"Initial data indicates a fire developed in the aft section of the ship, leading to a rapid unscheduled disassembly."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/starship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ift7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ift7</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LaunchInformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaunchInformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bocachica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bocachica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newspace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/launch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>launch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocket</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a></p>
Peter Bittner<p>PyClean v3.1.0 released! Your single command to clean up leftovers of your Python development tools on your favorite platform. Use `pyclean . -d all` to clean up all garbage you don't want to see anymore. Try it with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uv</span></a>: `uv tool install pyclean` or `uvx pyclean`. <a href="https://pypi.org/project/pyclean/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pypi.org/project/pyclean/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bytecode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bytecode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cleanup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleanup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/python3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>python3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cpython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cpython</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pypy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pypy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a></p>
Bill Rhodes<p>Swannanoa NC USA keeps cleaning up while mother nature does her thing <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>helene</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nc</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/swannanoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swannanoa</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/recovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recovery</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/autumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autumn</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Both the costs and technological challenges involved in expanding exploration of Mars, <br>including eventual human outposts there, <br>are orders of magnitude greater than what humans have done on the moon. </p><p>The potential payoff is correspondingly great, <br>with implications ranging from discovering whether life is unique in this solar system to the future of life on Earth.</p><p>Scientists who are involved in Mars exploration go to great lengths to rule out the possibility, however remote, <br>of inadvertently contaminating our neighbor with life from Earth in the form of microbial stowaways on landing crafts and robots. </p><p>With the stakes involved in exploring and understanding Mars this big, though, <br>we should avoid something else: </p><p>a situation where any nation one day plants a flag exclusively in the soil of our common neighbor.</p><p>Pursuing this kind of discovery jointly would build new habits of cooperation and common purpose between the United States and China. </p><p>It would reduce the immense cost of this endeavor for both parties, <br>at a time when major economic challenges hover over both countries’ futures. </p><p>And it would likely hasten the day when humans can answer the big and tantalizing questions that Mars poses: </p><p>Has it ever harbored life? </p><p>How did it lose its atmosphere? </p><p>Can its immense newly suspected reserves of water be tapped? </p><p>Can it be made enduringly habitable?</p><p>One challenge of space exploration, of course, is that the technologies involved are very often so-called dual use, <br>meaning that they can be employed for military purposes. </p><p>This presents risks, but it also offers prospects of rewards. </p><p>Call me naïve, but one of these rewards, again, is trust. </p><p>In their military competition with each other, as in the superpower competition of the past, <br>few things remain secret very long. </p><p>If managed carefully, therefore, the dual-use risk recedes in importance compared to the positive stakes that Mars presents, <br>offering compelling reasons to move forward together.<br><a href="https://c.im/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/proliferation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proliferation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>The U.S. and China Should Consider Partnering in Space</p><p>As the U.S. presidential campaign barrels toward its big, traditional fall push, both contestants have found ways to emphasize the centrality of Washington’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> with Beijing to the country’s future.</p><p>To be sure, the United States and China have different strengths. </p><p>Partly due to its openness, the former has enormous soft power. </p><p>America has ubiquitous cultural influence. </p><p>It has far greater per capita wealth and other advantages, albeit some of them shrinking, ranging from technological innovation and economic productivity to world-leading higher education. </p><p>China, meanwhile, has eclipsed the United States as a force in international trade <br>and has leveraged its large surpluses and national savings to become the biggest global lender. </p><p>As a result of massive, sustained investments in its military and many defense-related industries, from ship building to artificial intelligence, <br>China has also become a formidable competitor in military terms.</p><p>To avoid conflict, realities like these, of tight competition between starkly different but increasingly well-matched rivals<br>—and moreover, rivals whose economies remain substantially connected<br>—will require tremendous creativity from those who manage the countries’ relationship. </p><p>The key question is how can Washington and Beijing avoid allowing ever more of their dealings with each other to devolve into a series of zero-sum contests?</p><p>One of the most powerful avenues for serious, high-level cooperation is one that has never been pursued. It exists in the skies above: <br>space. </p><p>Currently, both countries are investing heavily in space exploration in ways that do nothing to further their sense of trust or common purpose. </p><p>By law, in fact, the United States has ruled out cooperation in space with China since 2011. </p><p>As two big issues amply illustrate, though<br>—one of them a looming crisis and the other a shared human challenge<br>—there has never been a better time to reconsider this ill-conceived restriction.</p><p>For some, mention of an impending crisis might bring to mind the dangerous ongoing problems of NASA’s present Starliner mission, <br>whose Boeing vessel has suffered serious failures, creating an elevated sense of danger and uncertainty about the return to Earth of that mission’s astronauts. </p><p>But beyond the 2011 law, national pride prevents Washington from enlisting help of any kind from Beijing with this challenge. M</p><p>It would be unrealistic to expect anything to change in time for China to play any role in getting the Starliner crew back to Earth safely. </p><p>However, a situation like this underscores what China and the United States could gain by forming a mutual aid agreement to extend their good offices in the case of manned civilian missions in distress in the future.</p><p>There is another looming crisis, however, <br>one with much smaller immediate stakes than the Starliner mission, <br>and therefore one for which Beijing and Washington should be able to fashion an agenda of deep cooperation more easily. </p><p>The problem is the <a href="https://c.im/tags/proliferation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proliferation</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a>, which poses serious risks to manned missions in orbit and to the satellites that both countries, and indeed the whole world, <br>are increasingly reliant on. </p><p>Over the years, both countries have contributed heavily to this problem, </p><p>with a recent incident involving a failed Chinese rocket serving as a timely reminder of the accumulating danger.</p><p>Even without tackling something as politically challenging as shared missions, pairing crew members, or space station visits, <br>the two countries should be able to work out a cooperation on this issue<br>—one that could help build confidence between them, <br>as well as reassure the rest of the world that their competition has reasonable limits.</p><p>The second potential area for cooperation<br>—the shared human challenge<br>—involves something of a much higher order than clearing space junk.</p><p>To the casual observer, the United States and China appear to be competing over bragging rights involving exploration of the moon. </p><p>As everyone knows, the United States first landed astronauts there in 1969, making this pursuit something of an anticlimax for some, <br>including people in Congress who authorize spending. </p><p>But in fact, beyond lingering scientific aims, <br>missions to the moon these days are largely about eventual human travel to Mars. </p><p>The moon is useful as a slingshot, and especially as a source of minerals and water, <br>the latter of which can be broken into hydrogen and oxygen and used as fuel.</p><p><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/27/the-u-s-and-china-should-consider-partnering-in-space/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/27/t</span><span class="invisible">he-u-s-and-china-should-consider-partnering-in-space/</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>From the engine compartment, the drive shaft pierces the hull to connect to the boat propeller in the water.</p><p>There's a weed hatch above the propeller. With the engine switched off, you open that hatch and reach into the water to clear weeds and tangled debris off the propeller.</p><p>Today it was a fleece blanket wrapped around the ENTIRE propeller. It took a bit of effort to work it free.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/propeller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propeller</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/engine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engine</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/propulsion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propulsion</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/WeedHatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeedHatch</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/maintenance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maintenance</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> 🛰️ now maneuver 275 times per day to avoid space objects. "I would have expected that increasing the size of the constellation would have led to a higher number of maneuvers, but I suspect that the increasing <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> ☀️ activity is also causing a reduction in the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a> population around the Starlink altitude. These two competing effects seem to be resulting in the apparent stabilization of the number of maneuvers." <a href="https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-50000-collision-avoidance-maneuvers-space-safety" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">space.com/spacex-starlink-5000</span><span class="invisible">0-collision-avoidance-maneuvers-space-safety</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceDebris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceDebris</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceWeather</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LeoLabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeoLabs</span></a> said it was likely the number of <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a> pieces exceeds 900, making the event one of the largest ever. The debris 🗑️ cloud, created at roughly 800 kilometres in altitude, will last several years. Over 1,100 satellites 🛰️ and other objects in space are at risk of colliding 💥 with the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> 🇨🇳 debris <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/chinese-rockets-breakup-puts-over-1000-satellites-other-objects-risk-2024-08-09/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/technology/space/c</span><span class="invisible">hinese-rockets-breakup-puts-over-1000-satellites-other-objects-risk-2024-08-09/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceDebris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceDebris</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>A defunct <a href="https://noc.social/tags/RussianSatellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussianSatellite</span></a> has broken up into more than 100 pieces of <a href="https://noc.social/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a> in orbit, forcing <a href="https://noc.social/tags/astronauts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronauts</span></a> on the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/InternationalSpaceStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalSpaceStation</span></a> to take shelter for about an hour and adding to the mass of <a href="https://noc.social/tags/SpaceKunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceKunk</span></a> already in orbit, <a href="https://noc.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> space agencies said. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> </p><p>Astronauts take cover as defunct Russian satellite splits into nearly 200 pieces<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/27/russian-satellite-debris-international-space-station" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/jun/27/russian-satellite-debris-international-space-station</span></a></p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sundogplanets</span></a></span> </p><p>This is a FABULOUS thread, and I wish we had someone in Western North Carolina paying half this much attention to the debris falling on our heads...</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Junk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Junk</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debris</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>BBC: Space debris: 'Grandfather satellite' due to fall to Earth <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/spacejunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacejunk</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debris</span></a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68318273" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/science-environme</span><span class="invisible">nt-68318273</span></a></p>
Claude Trudel<p>Un grand satellite européen fera un retour incontrôlé sur Terre mercredi<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/a-large-european-satellite-will-come-crashing-back-to-earth-this-week/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/</span><span class="invisible">a-large-european-satellite-will-come-crashing-back-to-earth-this-week/</span></a><br><a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/astrophysique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysique</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/d%C3%A9bris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>débris</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/espace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>espace</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/ASE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASE</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a></p>
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