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Doomerism has serious downsides, a recent study found, it doesn’t change beliefs or support for policies, is demoralizing, and fails to motivate action. Communication experts have long known that an “all is lost” presentation about any topic is...
by Besame
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Last month I reported on what looked to be the sad demise of humanity’s first interstellar space probe, Voyager-1, which is now over 15 billion miles distant from its planet of origin, and still moving away from us at a speed of 38,000 mph. An apparent...
by Irontortoise
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on Fri Mar 15, 2024 at 01:14 AM PDT
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Today’s IFT (integrated flight test) will have Spacex and NASA at least contemplating doing cartwheels. While it didn’t quite meet all of its stretch goals it came very close and exceeded its main goal by some distance. We will not know how well it...
by Judeling
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As reported by Reuters, a SOFT landing (not a catastrophic deceleration) was achieved just this afternoon EST. apple.news/… NASA’s big gamble in having private space exploration and construction (other than SpaceX) has finally paid off with a near...
by tufdaawg
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Intuitive Machines has landed its Odysseus spacecraft on the moon. And they are the first private company to achieve this feat. Sorry, Tesla dude. 'Welcome to the Moon' After a round of somewhat muted applause, we've just heard CEO Steve Altemus tell...
by elliott
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on Thu Feb 22, 2024 at 03:59 PM PST
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If you are like me, you will need mental health breaks to maintain your sanity this year. For my part, I am starting my day with a great song, working alphabetically by song title (note: this does ...
by libertarianheretic
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on Mon Feb 12, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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Came across this sad news today from ARS Technica about one of NASA/JPL’s pioneering deep space probes, Voyager-1, that may now be effectively incommunicado, roughly 15 billion miles from Earth — well beyond our Sun’s heliopause that marks the true...
by Irontortoise
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on Thu Feb 08, 2024 at 07:50 PM PST
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The Delaware Chancery Court ruled on Tuesday that a nearly $56 billion compensation package awarded to Tesla CEO Elon Musk in 2018 was invalid. The decision was made by Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude ...
by Mark Sumner
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on Wed Jan 31, 2024 at 01:25 PM PST
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After 72 flights fortune finally caught up with the amazing Mars explorer helicopter Ingenuity. The last landing seems to have damaged one of its rotors and flying in an atmosphere about 1% as dense as earth’s that proved fatal. From a simple...
by Judeling
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on Thu Jan 25, 2024 at 12:53 PM PST
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April 8, 2024 is going to see a total eclipse of the sun across North America. All 48 states will get a partial view, but a total eclipse will be visible for those people who can make their way to the track shown on this map from NASA. The path will...
by xaxnar
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on Mon Jan 22, 2024 at 09:09 AM PST
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The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary. But scientists worry that what's behind those numbers could be even worse.
by Associated Press
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on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 02:59 PM PST
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Welcome to Overnight News Digest- Saturday Science. Since 2007 the OND has been a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of science stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with ...
by Rise above the swamp
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on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 08:59 PM PST
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Saturdays for the Overnight News Digest are generally focused on science happenings. On the last Saturday of the year we are looking back at 2023 and looking ahead to 2024. This is an open thread, so feel free to leave comments below. The biggest event...
by annetteboardman
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on Sat Dec 30, 2023 at 09:01 PM PST
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If only Elon would go to Mars! Let’s fly around the galaxy like Star Trek! The common public belief is that “Technology will overcome every obstacle!” edusson.com/... Then the astronauts came back with a different story. William Shatner: Space travel...
by Drone Watch
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on Fri Dec 29, 2023 at 07:00 AM PST
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An orange tabby cat named Taters stars in the first video transmitted by laser from deep space, stealing the show as he chases a red laser light.
The 15-second video � was beamed to Earth from NASA��
by Associated Press
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In case you missed it, NASA recently beamed this “Cat video from Space” on December 11. The video was sent using laser optics from the NASA Psyche spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology experiment. DSOC is an...
by AKALib
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on Thu Dec 21, 2023 at 04:14 PM PST
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The year’s best meteor shower, the Geminids, peaks this week. Skygazers may see as many as one or even two a minute streaking across dark skies.
The meteors will reach their frenzy Thursday. But ...
by Associated Press
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An Alternative To War There are some who state That each war is inevitable And that peace is the rare moment Between wars – the only real way Of resolution when nations disagree. There are alternative means To create relationships That can withstand...
by Paul Frea
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I unabashedly love this story about designers celebrating the return of the “worm” logo at NASA. �It is a silly little story about a meaningless design change but the people in it are just so ...
by angryea
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On Saturday morning, SpaceX made its second attempt to launch its Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage. While that launch went much better than the first attempt in April , it still ended ...
by Mark Sumner
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