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And near total darkness

Final 9 Artemis III landing sites

LOL they've already started

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-completes-second-stage-hotfire

Since the blackout: -China says crewed landing could occur as early as 2027 -China has planned out their space exploration to 2050 -Highlights include Xray and gravitational wave astronomy, studying the effects of climate change, tidal forces, and the sun on Earth, more missions to Mars and outer planets, and a Venus sample return (!)

No welding torch this time!

HLS thruster test?

Chinese moon rover

Lunar spacesuits revealed:

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/india-s-first-human-space-flight-program-gaganyaan-likely-to-be-launched-by-year-end-says-isro-chief-s-somnath/ar-AA1qTsWX?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=cdd2306a980a414bf63ea66f10bf7448&ei=16 Crewed mission moved up to this year

https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/09/20/nasa-to-fly-international-cubesats-aboard-artemis-ii-test-flight/ After being removed earlier, cubesats are back for Artemis II! Hopefully they do better than the ones on I

If Starship is the critical path for Artemis, why isn't there any sort of accelerated process?

There's only 3 on Tiangong

So the first mission is the first civilian EVA, the second the first crewed polar orbit, do we know what's special about the third?

It so sad finding a song lamenting the lack of crewed exploration since Apollo- and realizing it came out much closer (1990) to the end of Apollo than to today

I deleted the caches everytime I tried something new. I fixed the issue BTW- turns out it needed Kronometer to work

The solar system is still the default one when I load in. The loading screens are replaced with the KSRSS loading screens, but the actual system is still the default! I have tried both the gitlab linked on the OP and KSRSS Reborn with the same result. I am on a fresh install with no extra mods.

Why not just attach a low thrust, high efficiency ion drive like Tiangong station has? It would only take ~40 tons of Xenon to send it to GEO, and less if you go to a lower orbit.

New info from FOIA request

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/881015698191712317/1253547962659766303/Selection_Decision_Document_-_Rapid_Design_Studies_for_MSR_-_June_2024.pdf?ex=66764104&is=6674ef84&hm=bc3eee5177f103a813109b64c7bc26f37b02efe6511653e35672ddfec3ee77e6 SpaceX is now officially telling Nasa it could land on Mars in 2029!

New info from some X gaming stream thing: -Next flight in a month (Elon time of course) -IFT5 will have a new heatshield, with tiles "twice as strong", and an ablative underlayer. -IFT5 will attempt a chopstick catch -Starship to Mars in 3 years (Elon time of course) (He can't keep getting away with this.gif) (Maybe for the Mars Sample Return?)

(Though we only have the titles, it could be something reasonable)

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-exploring-alternative-mars-sample-return-methods/ 7 potential options selected: Lockheed Martinin Littleton, Colorado: “Lockheed Martin Rapid Mission Design Studies for Mars Sample Return” SpaceX in Hawthorne, California: “Enabling Mars Sample Return With Starship” Aerojet Rocketdyne in Huntsville, Alabama: “A High-Performance Liquid Mars Ascent Vehicle, Using Highly Reliable and Mature Propulsion Technologies, to Improve Program Affordability and Schedule” Blue Origin in Monrovia, California: “Leveraging Artemis for Mars Sample Return” Quantum Space, in Rockville, Maryland: “Quantum Anchor Leg Mars Sample Return Study” Northrop Grumman in Elkton, Maryland: “High TRL MAV Propulsion Trades and Concept Design for MSR Rapid Mission Design” Whittinghill Aerospace in Camarillo, California: “A Rapid Design Study for the MSR Single Stage Mars Ascent Vehicle” I love Blue Origin's 5000 IQ plan to tie a failing program to another one

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-exploring-alternative-mars-sample-return-methods/ Starship proposed for Mars Sample Return!