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• If a site doesn't work with #LynxBrowser over @torproject / #Tor ( #Orbit) over #Iridium (@ 2,4kbit/s) it's ableist, broken and useless!

If the #cost of launching and operating a #SpaceStation drops sufficiently, it will become feasible to conduct a number of industrial processes in #orbit. We are not talking about specific experiments here, but of #serial production processes conducted at scale. Some specialized industrial processes can be done more efficiently in space , because of the absence of #gravity, particularly some #biotech applications with tangible applications on Earth https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/how-starlab-space-looks-to-switzerland-for-the-next-generation-of-space-stations

To get enough fuel into #orbit for a #Mars mission would require at least 10 launches of the #SLS rocket, or about $20 billion . Just for the fuel. To use traditional propulsion, one needs to push the boundaries of #reuse and heavy lift rockets to extreme limits—which is precisely what #SpaceX is trying to do with its fully reusable launch system https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/report-nasas-only-realistic-path-for-humans-on-mars-is-nuclear-propulsion

@overthehill 10 minute thank you. PR stunt by wealthy "space tourists" vs: the term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "star sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard #NASA spacecraft bound for #orbit and beyond.

There are only 2 "#spaceport" so far in #OpenStreetMap which pretended to be one unless they never launched something to #space (for a considerable amount of time) : #SpaceportAmerica and #CornRanch (#BlueOrigin's #NewShepard launch site) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/aeroway%3Asuborbital#values. #SpaceportCornwall has never been one (other than for propaganda) https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1105816254

There's a considerable amount of #launchpad (#balloon , #research #rockets...) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=launchpad#values

#Space is a far more logical, sensible place to do #fusion, because that’s where it wants to happen anyway. In 2027, we’re going to send a small part of #Sunbird in #orbit. The first #functional Sunbird will be ready four to five years later. Sunbird could deliver #cargo to #Mars in under six months https://edition.cnn.com/science/nuclear-powered-rocket-pulsar-space-spc/index.html

“The euphemism among #BlueOrigin alumni is that Blue Origin’s track record speaks for itself”. The company has reached #orbit only once, compared with #SpaceX achieving the feat more than 450 times https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/jeff-bezos-brings-amazon-work-culture-to-blue-origin

Their termination, the sources said, threatens to undermine efforts to complete what is essentially an air traffic coordination system for #space, currently operating in a trial phase as growing global demand for crucial #satellite services sharply increases the number of #spacecraft in Earth's #orbit.

@georgetakei yes but time of #iss has come anyway... it has grown old and some say it smells like burned... something, time for a #spacestation in #moon #orbit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo

#Competition accelerates #innovation : "What if we actually build a #SpaceStation, launch it in #orbit, have a crew of four go to it, spend two weeks at least in the space station, and come back home safely…before the U.S. #government makes their decision?” (in 2026) https://youtu.be/us_V_e0-NVs?feature=shared&t=205

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/02/vast-interview-2025

The #3Dprinted prototype was able to generate thrust more #efficiently than larger, more expensive #chemical rockets and outperformed existing droplet #electrospray engines. It can be produced rapidly and for a fraction of the #cost of traditional thrusters and even be fully made in #orbit https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-engineers-develop-fully-3d-printed-electrospray-engine-0212