Thousands of rockets have launched into space over the last several decades. But what would it take to build an elevator that goes from Earth to space? Thousands of meters of cable, for starters. @sciencefocus has more on this impossible-sounding idea that more people have been giving serious thought over the years.
like Heavysaur's Luna #dog in german
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k-KV4CRigE
as inspired maybe by Major Tom: Coming Home - Peter Schilling (1982 to 2024) #space #outerspace #gravity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnW3oBY0N1k
ShinyToyGuns Cover of his english-version #female voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFe5m2MU9Q
A statement by the "Group of Friends" (six national delegations and six NGOs) on Dark and Quiet Skies presented at the ongoing Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Scientific and Technical Subcommittee is now publicly available.
A Familiar Glow, A New Frame - II
Since the weather hasn't been favorable and my other lens hasn’t worked out so far, here's the same image as before—this time cropped to 1080x1080.
Published on the @arxiv today: "Overview of #Indigenous rights and outer space for the @iau_cps Policy Hub" by Hilding Neilson (Memorial University of Newfoundland).
Cosmic Snails recommend themselves as gifts. Even if they are a bit late, they are forgiven... after all, they are from outer space 
https://vanillamaart.etsy.com?section_id=38640183
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#cosmic #outerspace #cosmicart #handmade #sculpture #collectibles #snail #snails #fantasyart #fantasy
There's some language in the 'Pact for the Future' adopted today at #UNGA79 concerning the sustainable development of #space and calling for a fourth United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Exploration of Outer Space in 2027. (excerpted from a LinkedIn post by @unoosa)
More info: https://www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future/pact-for-the-future
Hold up, back up, you used #hamradio to make contact with a space station? Like in #outerspace?
Physicist, giving a lecture to kids: "... And based upon what we've measured for the celestial horizon, some scientists think the universe has a shape we call the Doughnut Shaped Model"
Daughter, raising her hand: Why didn't you call it the Everything Bagel?
[15 seconds of angry silence from physicists who realizes he's been beaten]
China lands on moon’s far side in historic sample-retrieval mission https://www.euractiv.com/section/china/news/china-lands-on-moons-far-side-in-historic-sample-retrieval-mission/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #China #moon #Outerspace
If you’ve ever been taught how Earth orbits around the Sun, you might think our planet travels along an oval-shaped path that brings it closer to the Sun at some times of the year than others.
You’d have a good reason to think that, too: it’s how most textbooks show things. But what if your textbooks were wrong?
See what the Earth, the Sun and a bike wheel have in common as we explain exactly how orbits work… https://ausgeo.co/orbits
#space #outerspace #astro #astronomy #astrophotography #australia #galaxy #sun #planet #earth #orbit #stars #cosmos #star #moon #sunshine #universe #science #planets #spaceexploration #spaceship #milkyway #nightsky
#academia #research #academicchatter #science #scientist #space #astronomy #astrodon
World’s first wooden satellite built by Japan researchers https://www.euractiv.com/section/outer-space/news/worlds-first-wooden-satellite-built-by-japan-researchers/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Japan #Outerspace #satellites #SpaceX
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #outerspace #spaceexploration #space
Exploding Balloon in Space on Re-entry test - John Powell/jpaerospace. John thinks that there has to be a better way to get into space than sitting on top of a fuel tank and putting a match to it. America’s other space program - http://www.jpaerospace.com/
@Not_a_Catt thank you.
Today, I love the Fediverse.
<https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/112486805387321696> @AkaSci et cetera.
Born in 1965, I grew up with Timothy's Space Book (1961):
<https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2013/11/timothys-space-book-1961.html>
Destroyed by West Highland White Terrier Angie. I mourned the loss of the book as much as I did the later loss of the dog. Decades later I found just one copy for sale, planet-wide: from someone named … Graham, whose home was around a mile away from mine.
Imagine.
Yours sincerely
Graham, space cadet
#space #moon #outerspace #astronomy #1961 #1965 #Voyager #Voyager1 #NASA
To avoid any possible confusion: Alpha Centauri is the hermaphrodite who dresses stylishly in a space curtain, and has difficulty unfastening the collar despite having six arms.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y93PdPb4cpQ&t=75s>
<http://www.whotopia.co.uk/drwho.htm?http://www.whotopia.co.uk/drwho/acquaintances/alpha_centauri.htm>
Whilst it's debatably poor judgement to bring politics into BSD Cafe, I do feel that the Earth Federation Ambassador to Peladon has potential to do better for the UK than the current Government. Certainly this EFA is a more appropriate candidate for US Presidency than an ex-president who shall remain nameless.
US, Russia set for a showdown at UN over nuclear weapons in space https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/us-russia-set-for-a-showdown-at-un-over-nuclear-weapons-in-space/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #nuclearweapons #Outerspace #OuterSpaceTreaty #Russia #UnitedNations
NASA in competition with China to bring Mars rocks to Earth https://www.euractiv.com/section/china/news/nasa-in-competition-with-china-to-bring-mars-rocks-to-earth/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #China #Mars #NASA #Outerspace #UnitedStates
