“The Atmosphere–Space Interactions Monitor, or ASIM for short, is a first-of-its-kind complement of instruments on the International Space Station. Dubbed the ‘space storm hunter’, ASIM measures electric events in Earth’s upper atmosphere with cameras, photometers and X- and gamma-ray detectors.” https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/International_Space_Station/The_Incredible_ASIM_Distant_galaxy_edition http://www.gmspazio.com/2022/01/21/new-location-same-asim/attachment/6948/
that could be a GNU Linux Lenovo floating inside the ISS:
2018: ok it seems only partly true this lenovo notebook is clearly running Windows 7 X-D
- “(Sam Bishop) Linux is everywhere, even in space… but space is a harsh environment with many challenges.”
- “Radiation disrupting electronics, wild temperature swings damaging circuit boards, no communications for hours, days, or even weeks at a time.”
- “How do you build computers and software systems for such demanding conditions?”
- “Let’s take a look at who is already using Linux in space, what they had to do in order to build their systems on Linux, and how you can get involved in helping open source software destined for space.”
src: https://lca2022.linux.org.au/schedule/presentation/42/
2030: ISS EOL
Biden extended the runtime / lifetime of the ISS to “2030, with funding secured through that year” (Wiki)
more space stuff: upcoming Elon starship presentation
MORE EXCELLENT SPACE CONTENT NEWS CAN BE FOUND AT: https://diasp.org/tags/space
linux.conf.au youtube channel: https://ytpak.net/channel?id=UCciKHCG06rnq31toLTfAiyw
480p low quality stream: https://video.ibm.com/channel/live-iss-stream
https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ESRS/HDEV/
(a bit color and sharpness enhanced with GIMP 🙂
here is the hd stream: https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ESRS/HDEV/
#wtf: (would it be cool) to collect solar energy from outa space?
“Sunlight up in Earth orbit is 10x more intense than down on Earth’s surface, so the idea is to fly dedicated satellites to capture solar energy, then beam it down to Earth – and potentially the Moon or other planets further into the future.
A new ESA Discovery project is looking into a key part of the space-based solar power process: how to convert a large amount of solar power into a useful form, then transport it down to the ground as efficiently as possible?
The basic concept dates back more than a century to Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, one of the original prophets of space travel, then developed in detail by Czech-born engineer Peter Glaser from the 1970s onward.
ESA has been collecting new ideas for technologies and concepts to advance the development of space-based solar power through its Open Space Innovation Platform.”
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2022/01/Solar_power_going_down
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