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🪢 Morphing 3D-printed structures from flat to curved—in space
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Morphing 3D-printed structures from flat to curved—in space
Because it's costly and cumbersome to transport large structures such as satellite dishes into space, aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor, Jeff Baur, at The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, developed a creative and efficient energy-saving method to morph 2D structures into curved 3D structures while in space.

🤮 The ups and downs of space research
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The ups and downs of space research
Microgravity experienced during spaceflight poses potential health risks to astronauts' cardiovascular systems. Determining how to mitigate these health risks is challenging, as countermeasures are tested in Earth's gravity. But what if there was a way to perform research in microgravity, without leaving the atmosphere?

I had not been following the news out of the Bennu asteroid but this is some very interesting stuff!
#space

Extreme environmental tolerance and space #survivability of the moss, Physcomitrium patens: #moss survived 9 months directly exposed to the elements of #space: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1105940 -> This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station and could still grow on Earth: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/we-were-genuinely-astonished-this-moss-survived-9-months-outside-the-international-space-station-and-could-still-grow-on-earth

🚀 Powering a path to Mars with reactor test bed
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Powering a path to Mars with reactor test bed
Nuclear energy is a leading option to power space exploration, but its success depends on reactors that can operate autonomously rather than relying on human operators in space.

A fragment of a Chinese rocket stage - 2024-173L - 'landed' in Western Australia on 18 October: #SpaceJunk

Pics from #space (#museum) https://www.space-expo.nl/en

European Space Agency, not an agency known to be alarmist is ringing everything right now. There's far too much #SpaceJunk.
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/viden/teknologi/esa-slaar-alarm-skrot-og-satellitter-truer-vores-fremtid-i-rummet

Uhoh! That Saskatchewan space lady @… is on the CBC again! :)
#LookUp #CBC #Starlink #spacedebris
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatoon-space-debris-satelitte-reentry-1.7643516

Making great progress on the Shenzhou spacecraft 3D print! Firing up the printer again and streaming the next phase of the build. Hope to see you there! #3dprintinglife #Maker #Space

2027 is the planned manned moon landing.
Extende moon stays may require large, energized "shower rooms". For extravehicular personnel equipment. No demonstrations of dust-repellant clothes and tools have been done.
It will be a serious problem BEFORE it's fixed.
#Space #SpaceTechnology

Had a magnetic mounting plate for a smoke detector that was glued to the ceiling and no longer in use after I got a new smoke detector.
And since it was annoying and ugly, and next to a moon lamp, there was only one thing I could realistically do, right?
3D print a Saturn V rocket and attach it with magnets.
#3dprinting

🌱 Could we really turn Mars green?
#mars #space

Could we really turn Mars green?
Terraforming is the theoretical process of transforming a planet or moon to make it habitable for humans and other Earth-like life. The concept involves altering an alien world's atmosphere, temperature, and surface conditions to resemble Earth's environment, such as adding oxygen to the air, creating liquid water on the surface, and establishing a stable climate.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SteveLamacq
Space Raiders:
🎵 Song for Dot
#SpaceRaiders
https://open.spotify.com/track/4E56cwBa7GphQCvejtLPYE

👽 Finding organics on Mars means absolutely nothing for life
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Finding organics on Mars means absolutely nothing for life
The red planet, Mars, may once have been teeming with life, just as Earth is today. Finding "organics" on Mars, however, doesn't mean life.

🐍 Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA)
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Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA)
NASA aims to establish a sustainable human basecamp on the Moon as a stepping stone for future missions to Mars and beyond. The discovery of water ice on the Moon's craters located in permanently shadowed regions, which can provide drinking water, oxygen, and rocket fuel, is therefore of critical importance. However, current methods to access lunar ice deposits are limited. While rovers have been used to explore the lunar surface for decades, they face significant challenges in navigating harsh…

🌝 Solar powered moon brick factory could build future lunar cities
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Solar powered moon brick factory could build future lunar cities
Chinese scientists have developed a remarkable machine that could revolutionize how humans build structures on the moon. The device works like a 3D printer powered by concentrated sunlight, turning lunar soil (known as regolith) into strong construction bricks without needing any materials from Earth.