“Starshield was adapted from the global communications network Starlink but brings additional capabilities such as target tracking, optical and radio reconnaissance, and early missile warning … As of 2025, at least 118 Starshield satellites have been launched” (Wiki) aka “spy” […]
most recently another “scientific” “nay sayer” video has been uploaded of those who THINK they patented truth itself (know everything, which is arrogance and blashphemy because only god and nobody are perfect) saying colonizing Mars is “too expensive” “not feasable” […]
Starlink is a cost effective internet-via-satellite provider run by SpaceX at 2024-01 currently (2014-01) counts over x > 2 mio customers SpaceX plans to put 12.000 to 42.000 satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). currently (2024-01) 5289 satellites (Wiki) in […]
finally… all that wait is over… here come the first images of the $10 Billion telescope of almost 17 years of build time… (first design 1999, redesigned in 2005) planned / expected mission time 10 / 20 years more pictures […]
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if it’s a great SciFi show or not is up for debate. The title is great. The intro is fantastic. The cover design is great. The plot is (at least partly) pretty confusing and the show ends with an open […]
a word of warning: NEVER EVER INSTALL GAMES ON “FOR WORK” MACHINES! NEVER run any downloaded games while being connected to a network of importance (no matter if private or business) (nobody knows what those C++ dlls are up to) […]
one more step for mankind IN NO WAY shall the accomplishments of the year 1969 be belittled, OR the Space Shuttle ($1.5 billion per flight), but imho what is happening NOW at NASA is a complete waste of money. NASA […]
that could be a GNU Linux Lenovo floating inside the ISS: “(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 […]
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when? soon… very soon… “Musk on Nov. 17 said SpaceX will “hopefully launch” the first orbital Starship flight in January or February (2022), pending regulatory approval by the FAA as well as technical readiness.” (sc: cnbc.com) “On Black Friday, SpaceX […]
“If Earth loses ability to fix CO2” (warming oceans, permafrost melting = releasing methane) then we are f… “Earth is probably going to become even hotter than Venus” (+500C) Venus today: “Venus is a warning for us because it shows […]
360 picture of Mars 🙂 congratulations to CNSA for this accomplishment and hope for a good international cooperation in the exploration of space. Queston: why should the first man or woman on Mars be a “American” or a “Chinese” or […]
direct link to Video: https://dwaves.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Ingenuitiy-first-flying-vehicle-on-Mars-2021-04-21.mp4 (for some buggy reason Diaspora or the WP Diaspora plugin is unable to include the video or properly link to it) full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1KolyCqICI it is the first time, mankind has flown a vehicle on […]
self made Flat Roof mount: 25kg Steel Plate hope it will survive the next storm… (maybe need to place additional weight on it) How to get StarLink Support: only via the iOS and Android App update: now starlink support is […]
“Linux has made it to Mars” “The Red Planet runs on Linux” (src: theverge.com) just hope the #Perseverence Mars rover ain’t running Windows 🙈 (then it is lost already X-D) it will start a flight in the next 2-3 months […]
Yes! Being amongst the stars, exploring new worlds, is a great adventure… … even better if one brings some friends. and with mods… imho Kerbal Space Program is more than a game… it is a simulation and as such, it […]
Sept. 17, 2020 scroll down for English: Wenn wir den Mond am Nachthimmel sehen, sieht er so alt aus, dass er schon immer da war. Aber wie hat sich der Mond ursprünglich gebildet? Die Erkenntnisse aus einem neuen NASA-MondGesteins Studie […]
because of unprofessional journalism (no sources given to the origin of the pictures) it is not clear if those pictures are real pictures taken by a space probe and send back to earth or some CGI 3D renderings! SHAME ON […]
Update: Amazon Kuper vs OneWeb vs SpaceX the competition is on! almost-satellite-colissions in space (who owns space?) collisions between Amazon Kuiper vs OneWeb vs SpaceX in court on Earth (some parties might not refrain from playing foul) “While SpaceX makes […]
https://youtu.be/smK9dgdTl40?t=2059 “From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it’s different. Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you […]
https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/ Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Left to right, are Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtgeschwindigkeit 1.080.000.000 km/h Eine Milliarden km pro Stunde 25.920.000.000 km / day in Worten 25 Milliarden km pro Tag 181.440.000.000 km / week in Worten: 181 Milliarden km pro Woche 5.443.200.000.000 km / month in Worten 5 Billionen km pro […]
Will StarLink be sufficiently protected against “solar storms”? aka “space weather”? it is important to ask those “what if” questions and at least exercise it and prepare somehow. quick answer: depends on the magnitude of the event Carrington 1859 size […]
important factors: shielding radiation: it is very important for long term survival of humans on any planet or in space to properly shield against radiation a thick atmosphere preferably with oxygen a magnetic field (artificial or by-iron-planet-core) to long-term colonize […]
Make an impact! (just not on impact) how can everyone help build the city on Mars? Musk: talk about it! 🙂 write about it! spread the news! set the focus of the discussion! computer rendering of SpaceShip 2020-12: SpaceShip SN8 […]
multiple problems: distance, temperature, water, funding the discovery of exoplanets many light years away means: we shall take good care of our blue planet and share it peacefully and instead of putting all efforts into destroying each other and all […]
Avoid CO2 use the Fusion Reactor in the Sky (if the 2 is pronanced German than it even rhymes) as a lot of fossil fuel is (still in 2021!) used to produce electrictiy, it is possible and recommended to set […]
first American to Orbit Earth full mission video plus kerbal space simulation grafix X-D another launch of big fat heavy rocket to orbit a space went just right wow. it seems you have to go pretty high up 165km and […]