Listen to a couple ideas about humanity's future on the moon and you'll likely hear about the game-changing potential of a substance you probably have in your freezer: water ice.
Would-be explorers have high hopes they can harvest ice hidden below the moon's surface , both for astronauts to drink and to make rocket fuels to make round trips cheaper. But the image of robots tearing up the lunar surface and processing frozen water out from other compounds skips a step in considering resources on the moon. Ice will never be the first resource humans use on the moon, experts emphasized at a recent scientific conference.
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Alien Structures Discovered Deep Inside Earth --"Date Back to Before the Planet had a Moon"
Home » Science » Alien Structures Discovered Deep Inside Earth –"Date Back to Before the Planet had a Moon" (Weekend Feature)
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Scientists using a machine-learning algorithm that was originally developed to analyze remote galaxies to probe 30 years of earthquake data, have discovered a vast structures composed of exotic materials occupying the boundary between Earth's liquid outer core and the lower mantle, a zone some 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) beneath our feet that date back to a time before Earth had a Moon.
Jupiter and Saturn form a triangle with the moon tonight. Here's how to see it. | Space
For a spectacular night-sky sight you can enjoy while social distancing, look up late tonight (June 8) and early tomorrow morning to see Jupiter and Saturn form a triangle with Earth's moon.
The waning, gibbous moon was in conjunction with Jupiter — meaning they shared the same celestial longitude — today at 1:21 p.m. EDT (1721 GMT). It will swing by Saturn just nine hours later, reaching conjunction with the ringed planet at 10:12 p.m. EDT (0212 GMT on Tuesday, June 9).
How SpaceX is Changing Starship to be Able to Land on the Moon - Universe Today
For their part, SpaceX is working on a modified version of the Starship , the commercial vehicle SpaceX is currently testing at Boca Chica. As an HLS, this spacecraft would be a fully reusable system, and also capable of integrating with the Orion spacecraft and the Lunar Gateway . According to recent statements Musk made on Twitter , the HLS version of the Starship will also have some interesting design features.
The cost-saving success of @Commercial_Crew is based on @NASA establishing high-level requirements and letting private companies innovate. For the Artemis Moon base, NASA will establish a cost per ton delivered and once again let private companies innovate. pic.twitter.com/KFhlI9KzHU
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Strawberry Moon lunar eclipse occurs today. Here's what to expect. | Space
Sharp-eyed skywatchers in parts of the world may be able to catch a slight lunar eclipse today (June 5) as Earth embarks on a new " eclipse season ," although North American viewers will be out of luck
Today's eclipse will be what astronomers dub a "penumbral eclipse," which occurs when the outer ring of Earth's shadow just grazes the moon. (During a partial eclipse, the moon falls somewhat into Earth's inner shadow; during a total lunar eclipse it falls entirely into that inner shadow.)
Saturn's largest moon is drifting off into space 100 times faster than
According to NASA , as a moon orbits, its gravity creates a temporary bulge in the planet, causing tides as oceans move from side to side. Over time, the energy created by this interaction transfers from the planet to its moon, pushing it further away.
While scientists know that Saturn formed 4.6 billion years ago, the details on the formations of its rings and its system of more than 80 moons are less certain. Knowing that Titan is currently 759,000 miles from the planet, this new discovery suggests the whole system expanded relatively quickly.
NASA's Kathy Lueders will lead 2024 moon effort after SpaceX success
The NASA official who oversaw the first SpaceX astronaut launch last month will now lead all the agency's human spaceflight efforts, including its goal to land astronauts on the moon by 2024.
NASA chief Jim Bridenstine on Friday announced that Kathy Lueders was selected as the agency's associate administrator of its Human Exploration & Operations mission directorate. He said in a tweet that Lueders to be "the right person to lead HEO as we prepare to send astronauts to the Moon."
Failure to Launch - Deliver Us the Moon on Switch Cancelled | COGconnected
The COVID-19 pandemic is unrelenting. In Wired Productions’ announcement , it reads in part, “ The decision has been made based on a number of factors, not helped by the industry-wide stresses that have been felt by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has made every task just that little bit harder. ” The pandemic likely has forced Wired Productions’ employees to work from home, making their jobs harder.
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While this sucks as hard as the vacuum of space, the graphical demands of Deliver Us the Moon are not small. The Nintendo Switch has impressed us with some ports, but others have left a bad taste in our mouths. Deliver Us the Moon may have gone either way, but we will never know. Deliver Us the Moon is available on PC, Xbox One, and PS4. The physical copies for PS4 and Xbox One are still slated for an August 14th release.
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