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Probability of Collision with Tethered Spacecraft
Yema Paul, Emmanuel Delande, Francois Vinet, Francois Laporte, Manuel Sanjurjo-Rivo, Aldo Tonnini, Joan-Pau Sanchez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04969

Probability of Collision with Tethered Spacecraft
This Engineering Note addresses the challenge of estimating the probability of collision for tethered spacecraft during close encounters with other space objects. Standard probability of collision methods, based on spherical hard-body assumptions, tend to be overly conservative when applied to long tether systems. We introduce a method that accounts for the tether's spatial extent and configuration uncertainty by maximizing the probability of collision over all physically admissible tether shap…

GenAI-free WorldCon alternative!
Mia Tsai: on Bluesky: "ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon"
Thursday, August 14, 2025
ACT Theatre, downtown #Seattle
> My vision for ConCurrent was simple
> one day of excellent programming; have it be free to attend; run it efficiently; and never use genAI/L…

Mia Tsai (@itsamia.bsky.social)
There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7

Series D, Episode 05 - Animals
DAYNA: Set.
TARRANT: Good luck.
[Dayna teleports to the surface of Bucol Two. Looks around]
DAYNA: [Into bracelet] Scorpio. Down safe.
TARRANT: [Voice over] Right, standing by. Let me know when you make contact.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/405/3

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Series D, Episode 05 - Animals
DAYNA: Set.
TARRANT: Good luck.
[Dayna teleports to the surface of Bucol Two. Looks around]
DAYNA: [Into bracelet] Scorpio. Down safe.
TARRANT: [Voice over] Right, standing by. Let me know when you make contact.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/405/3

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Series A, Episode 06 - Seek-Locate-Destroy
BLAKE: Those interceptors will be lifting off any minute now. Let's get on with it. [into comm] Gan, get the ship moving. Full interceptor evasion.
[Flight deck. Gan is at the controls.]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/106/464 B7B2…

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Series A, Episode 06 - Seek-Locate-Destroy
BLAKE: Those interceptors will be lifting off any minute now. Let's get on with it. [into comm] Gan, get the ship moving. Full interceptor evasion.
[Flight deck. Gan is at the controls.]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/106/464 B7B2…

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Series C, Episode 06 - City at the Edge of the World
KERRIL: To make sure none of his victims did anything rash like attacking the weakest point of the ship!
VILA: It's here, I know it's here.
KERRIL: If you say so.
VILA: How would he hide it?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/306/457

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Series C, Episode 06 - City at the Edge of the World
KERRIL: To make sure none of his victims did anything rash like attacking the weakest point of the ship!
VILA: It's here, I know it's here.
KERRIL: If you say so.
VILA: How would he hide it?
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#Blakes7 Series A, Episode 02 - Space Fall
BLAKE: [To Avon] Could it be altered?
AVON: What?
BLAKE: The running log. Could the readings be faked?
AVON: Only by a top-line technician. Nobody on this ship could do it.
BLAKE: Except you.

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