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This is a useful summary of the various possibilities with tidal-locked planets....

"Chang'e-4 concludes work for 26th lunar day following new findings" ...

Do not know but my guess they might tried the 1st of the "SpaceX Grasshopper tech demonstrators". They have been making progress on the landing legs.

But what are they going to if China, Russia, India, or a company based outside of the US decides to land a rover next to an Apollo site, and have it...

Yes, there's plenty of downside too. Distraction and information overload. Social media bubbles and echo chambers. Dark Web crime and abuse. Hacking...

I agree 100%, though in time national militaries will move into cis-lunar space - first in a regulatory role and to keep each other honest under the...

US law enforcement, regulatory agencies and Federal courts now have jurisdiction under the recently passed 'One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage...

How does on county become older than the rest of the state.

We actually got stuff done.

SN-10 rollout preps - going to the pad as soon as SN-9 flies. SN-11's nose just got its fins. https://youtu.be/jiu1RnVMvgY

Attacked from behind, when I didn't even know he was in the room. Hit me in the back of the knee, at what must have been just the wrong moment in a...

Exactly! My wife is to blame!

Ouch! I haven’t heard of that before, but the symptoms sound like what I had when trying to wear contacts. The pebble under the eyelid feeling is...

Isn't getting old a grind - until you consider the alternative.

When I started in Customs in 1972 every import clearance document was lodged with multiple copies plus copious documentation - Invoices, Bills of...

By the way, how did the house cat knock you to the floor? I’ve been tripped by a cat, but not knocked down.

That is sad news. I enjoyed her performances in both Babylon 5 and Lost and have been catching up with her lately with the reviews of Babylon 5 on SF...

Heh. Rosie as in the Jetsons’ Rosie the Robot?

A 1000-node phased array planetary radar would be...expensive. Like JWST expensive. It'd be more constrained in view, but since the plan involves...

My adult niece is to visit us tomorrow. I'm a bit uncomfortable with it but my wife wants to see her. My niece and her husband spent New Years Eve...

This is a case where they do make ‘em better than they used to. It’s almost embarrassing for NASA hardware to fail that quickly.

Stuff that bugs me: We can't talk about WHY she's famous on this forum.

Ouch! One of my parents' cats was found with a piece of string hanging out of his mouth. My mother pulled it out. And out. And out. About six...

My wife was actually the second blind date they set me up with. The first one fell asleep during the date at someone's birthday party.

Maybe the ants have the explanation? https://xkcd.com/638/

Storing electrons is certainly more convenient than paper. But pity the poor Sumerians and their clay slabs! Office workers had to also be...

That's quite true. A few years ago my cat decided for whatever stupid reason to chew and swallow a half empty spool of bobbin thread on the floor of...

Transporter-1 This first Rideshare will see 143 spacecraft going uphill o_0 The current sats/launch record is 104 aboard an Indian PSLV...

It would be nice if they explained what the breakthrough was supposed to be. Also, they haven’t had a test flight yet, which strikes me as important.

Another screenshot Scroll to 1+ hour in the video, which is about when Phobos emerges from the fog bank. Michael Baylor @nextspaceflight...