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NASA Plans to Transmit Images of Nude Humans into Space in the Hope of Attracting Aliens
How to you establish a relationship in modern times? First, send unsolicited nudes. That is, apparently, what the Gen Zers at NASA these days think. The Sun reports that their latest project to communicate with and apparently hook up with aliens involves transmitting binary code images of a pair of nude humans and a double helix out into the furthest reaches of the galaxy.The image is probably not unfamiliar to the older readers among us, as the Pioneer space probes of the 1970s featured plaques with a similar design. So I guess we were scandalous back then, too. But at least we sent hard copies, which was probably classier.Overall, sending space nudes is probably a bad idea. It gives the wrong impression. And on one special episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Commander Riker had to deal with the consequences of it during a first contact mission.-via David Burge#nudity #artisticnudity #spaceexploration #SETI
Former Astronaut Chris Hadfield Test Drives the Astrolab Rover in Death Valley
Space colonization has always been humanity's dream. We see this theme in novels, cartoons, films, and TV shows. But before we can achieve that dream, we need to have an efficient transport network. This said network will enable us to live sustainably off Earth. Astrolab, a new company formed by leading planetary rover and robotics experts, aims to build just that, and the company's first step is the Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover. This rover can "pick up and deposit modular payloads. This means it is suitable for many tasks essential to sustainable living on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.The Astrolab team recently had a five-day field test of a full-scale prototype of the rover, and one of the guys who participated in the test was none other than the retired astronaut Chris Hadfield. You might know Hadfield from CSA's YouTube videos on life on the International Space Station. Hadfield says that he enjoyed driving the rover. He also got "an intuitive sense of what this rover can do."This might be the next chapter of planetary exploration and a step closer to space colonization.(Image Credit: Astrolab/ YouTube)#SpaceExploration #Space #Mars #Moon
What to Expect from the World's Largest Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch on December 18, 2021. It was designed as a replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope. Although this new telescope is eleven years late and cost ten times as much as projected, it will be well worth it for astronomers and other scientists. The images we've seen from Hubble are simply amazing, and grew our knowledge of the cosmos exponentially. Yet astronomers have significantly greater hopes for Webb. Here's why:Hubble's reflecting mirror is 7.8 feet across. The Webb mirror is 21.3 feet across, which will give it six times the area, and the corresponding ability to collect light. Hubble collects light in the visible spectrum, plus has a limited ability to collect infrared light. Webb is primarily an infrared collector, which will allow it to see across vast galaxies, and collect light going further back in time -billions of years. Infrared light will also enable Webb to see exoplanets with the interference of the stars they are orbiting.While Hubble orbits earth at a distance of 340 miles, Webb will be deployed at a million miles away. An article at Vox expands on the advantages of the James Webb Space Telescope, and gives us a glimpse at some of the things scientists expect to see in the coming years. -via Kottke (Image credit: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope) #telescope #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #space #spaceexploration
Spacecraft BepiColombo Took a Snapshot of Venus During a Gravity Assist Maneuver
The spacecraft BepiColombo, a joint mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan's space agency JAXA, flew by Venus on its way to Mercury.Earlier this week, while performing a "gravity assist maneuver," BepiColombo took a snapshot of Venus in black and white. The spacecraft was 1,573 km (977 miles) away from the planet - at its closest, the spacecraft was just 552 km (342 miles) away.In the photo, you can see the high-gain antenna on the Mercury Planetary Orbiter at the top-left corner of the image.If you're wondering about the name, BepiColombo is named after Giuseppe "Bepi" Colombo (1920 - 1984), a scientist at the University of Padua, Italy, who first suggested the gravity assist maneuver.Image: ESA/BepiColombo/MTM#spaceexploration #venus #BeliColombo #spacecraft #MercuryPlanetaryOrbiter #mercury #ESA #JAXA
Apollo 15 Photos Remastered by Andy Saunders Show Glorious Pictures of Moon Exploration
Last week marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 15 mission. On July 29, 1971, astronaut David R. Scott, James B. Irwin and Alfred M. Worden entered lunar orbit. The next day, Scott and Irwin landed on the Moon and used the Lunar Excursion Module (lovingly called the Lunar Rover) to explore the area.Over at USA Today, 'Apollo Remastered' author Andy Saunders showcased enhanced images from the mission. Saunders had spent 10 years remastering NASA photographs and has gone through 35,000 images. Many of the old photos weren't shown to the public because of their poor quality. "But with digital enhancement, suddenly now we can see things that we couldn’t see before, and they’re amazing images," he said.In this Instagram image above, Saunders stitched together four Hasselblad 70mm film frames to create a magnificent panorama of the Apollo Lunar Module next to the tracks left by the rover.#NASA #Apollo15 #moon #MoonRover #LunarRover #moonlanding #spaceexploration #AndySaunders #astronaut
NASA's Juno Spacecraft Flyby Animations of Ganymede and Jupiter
Last month on June 7, 2021, NASA's Juno spacecraft flew over Ganymede, the ice-encrusted moon of Jupiter. Then, a day later, the spacecraft made another flyby of the gas giant planet.The spacecraft beamed back fantastic images that NASA then orthographically projected onto a digital sphere to create this gorgeous and mesmerizing animated flyby.Animation: Koji Komura, Gerald Eichstädt, Mike StetsonImage: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS#Jupiter #Ganymede #JunoSpacecraft #space #NASA #SpaceExploration
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