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Handling big complex components is what Bechtel does day in and out. Looks fairly like what will be required to assemble steel semi-submersible floating structures just 100’s of them at a time.

should have gear up and body tight and neat before any useful cruise info is given.

Today’s mission to the Moon is just the first our Falcon fleet will launch for NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration CLPS program which will help enable humanity to explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond, bringing us one step closer to making life multiplanetary

That is exteordinary group of work....congratulation and continue in time....with security in first place....

There are several ways to measure success operating off-world. The first is if you can orbit another heavenly body. The second is if you can land successfully off-world. The third is how far you can travel. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration generated a nice chart illustrating the travel records for the Moon and Mars. For reference, the record for total distance machines travel on other worlds is around a marathon run. The best runners do that in about 2 hours. #deeptech #hardtech #spacetech #mobility Image Source: https://lnkd.in/evWvfqtN

Imagine having to use a new car everytime you want to leave for office because the old one wears off right after the first use? It would be exceedingly expensive, polluting and above all, weird. Now you know that we often talk about increasing pollution levels on Earth. But it’s not just the pollution ‘on’ the surface that’s rising but also the levels ‘around’ the Earth which are at an all- time high because of the satellites (mostly defunct) and remains of launch vehicles (rockets) in orbits. Once you use a launch vehicle, it disintegrates and burns or keeps revolving in Earth’s orbit for hundreds of years- hence, causing more debris and forcing humans to develop a new launch vehicle for every trip/ launch! Kessler syndrome states that there could be a point where the space around Earth could become unusable as a result of compounding space debris. And what would this mean? To put it in simple words: no communication, no internet, no weather forecasts- absolutely no facilities that we currently receive from the satellites. Not just this, launching new satellites could become next to impossible because of the numerous collisions in space. Space is a global common and belongs to mankind. Yet, policy formulation and rules in this area are still in the making. However, it’s heartening to see reusable launch vehicles being developed to help control space debris, and cut down on the overall costs associated with space launches. This one by SpaceX is commendable. Although reusable launch vehicles (rockets in simple language) are not completely reusable (and can currently be developed only for lower height launches), they are a great beginning. PS: ISRO is currently working on developing a reusable launch vehicle with RLV-TD already been tested back in 2017.

Data visualization is wonderful (truly a "wonder") on many levels: -- marvel at the simple aesthetic beauty of temperature differences -- see and understand the interplay among the physical phenomena associated with water -- realize we're all just tiny, tiny parts of much larger worlds #whyilovescience

Amazing Voyager 1: still operating and transmitting invaluable scientific data from beyond the heliosphere 47 years after its launch! How was this made possible? by the only means possible in deep #space: #nuclear energy. Voyager 1 is powered by RTGs: radioisotope thermoelectric generators.

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's insights for fundamental research on the strongest solar storm 💫 The most powerful solar storm in the last two decades recently hit Earth, creating stunning displays of auroras, often known as the Northern and Southern Lights. These colourful auroras were visible much farther south than usual, with the northern lights seen as far south as Florida and Mexico and the southern lights visible in New Zealand, Australia, Chile and Argentina. The data gathered from this event will be studied by scientists for years: https://lnkd.in/ewUq4xBX

Black Holes Are No Vacuums! While black holes have a strong gravitational pull, they don't suck everything nearby like a cosmic vacuum cleaner. If the Sun were replaced by a black hole of the same mass, Earth would still orbit it in the same way. The below gif is NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's visualization of the movement of Black Hole.