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A Bit of Where are we Going in Space and Why? Part 1 of 8 So at the end of my last series, I mentioned On-orbit Servicing and Manufacturing (OSAM). This topic thematically extended my “Brief History of Spacecraft Robotics” series, and we’ll get there. However, with Intuitive Machine’s Odysseus lander making it to the moon on a SpaceX rocket on February 22, 2024, it’s a good moment to step back and say, “Why are we going to all this trouble, and what is significant here?” After all, as the troubles with the latest lander again demonstrate, #spaceishard. And there are always voices who will advocate—perhaps justly—that going back to the Moon and on to Mars may not be worth the expense. My argument here focuses on #spaceresources (perhaps we can have the geopolitics discussion another time); therefore, a little less hard engineering in this set, but definitely necessary context setting and analysis. Until next week, a hearty congratulations to the folks at Intuitive Machines and SpaceX! https://lnkd.in/g3t5CKev

"Time is the ultimate currency, you can waste hardware, but don't waste time (to accelerate cadence of launches)" - Elon Musk 🚀 15 years after the first launch of Falcon 1, SpaceX has announced in their first All hands meeting that they're planning nearly 150 launches within a single year of 2024, pushing the limit of Agility in Hardware Development. 🚀 Last year, SpaceX sets new rocket record with 96 successful launches. 🚀 In comparison: the NASA Space Shuttle delivered 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. In fact, Dragon Fleet has broken the record of 1300 "Days in Orbit" compared to Space Shuttle, since its first reach to Orbit back in 2008. Video: https://lnkd.in/dGr5EUWz #Hardwareagility #DevOps #CICD #Dragonfleet #SpaceX #Falcon9 #Starship

It’s always important to keep accurate and up-to-date company records with ASIC as Pacific Joint Space Facility Pty Ltd does with the Australian Government Its important for our partners and future customers to know that we comply with all existing regulations and laws, ISRO - Indian Space Research Organization, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Tech Mining Group Moody Active Denial Space Systems -360 Strategic Lunar Infrastructure United States Space Force U.S. House of Representatives United States Senate U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs AWS Elemental, an Amazon Web Services Company , European Space Agency - ESA etc #asic #australiangovernment #companylaw #accurate #companyregistration #nasa #informationsecurity #space #threestepauthentification #NextNextGenTech #australia #asic #techmininggroup #spaceindustry #heavylift #rockets #isro #india #mexico #antaresaerospace #spacx #unitedlaunchalliance United States Department of Defense #johnmoody #spacecommandau #roscosmos Roscosmos

🚀SpaceX achieves milestone: It successfully launched Super Heavy-#StarshipRocket on third test flight, successfully boosting unpiloted upper stage into space. 🚀Despite challenges, it is a significant step forward in space exploration. 🚀Spectacular live video captures intense re-entry heating as spacecraft falls back into atmosphere. 🚀Valuable data was gathered for future improvements. 🚀Federal Aviation Administration will oversee investigation. 🚀Test flight commenced with ignition of 33 #RaptorEngines. 🚀Starship soared flawlessly into space while Super Heavy experienced issues during descent. 🚀Collaboration with NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration underscores importance of this test in #Artemis moon program 🚀Reusable design aims to revolutionize space travel. #SpaceX #SuperHeavy #Starship #SpaceExploration #NASA #Artemis #RocketLaunch #Milestone #Innovation #Artemis

In the midst of the excitement surrounding NASA's Osiris REX mission, I wanted to share my experience with using a Fuzzy-PID Controller for orbit and attitude control of spacecraft around asteroids. From my hands-on experience implementing this method in EVTOL aircraft, we proved its efficiency and precision in handling nonlinearities while being able to run on processors with lower power consumption. This makes it an ideal solution for such missions. #NASA #spaceexploration #FuzzyPID #EVTOL #aerospaceengineering

Don't let the big media headlines fool you - yesterday's Starship test flight was a HUGE success, and an incredibly exciting one for space enthusiasts. "SpaceX loses contact with Starship rocket eight minutes after second launch" - BBC "SpaceX launch attempt ends in loss of most powerful rocket ever built" - CNN "SpaceX Starship test flight fails minutes after launch on second attempt" - France24 SpaceX has always adopted an R&D approach of "fail fast move often". As a private company, they can afford to do what NASA and other public organizations can't - launch, test, explode, and try again. Falcon 1 took four attempts before reaching orbit. Falcon 9 took several more attempts before landing successfully. Falcon Heavy was certified on its first attempt three years later. Starship is only on its second ever test flight and has already: - Proven the reliability of its 33 raptor engines - Proven new launch pad capabilities - Proven its new stage separation technology (hot staging) - Taken Starship to space (>100km altitude) There's still a long road to Artemis III in 2025, when Starship will take humans back to the moon - but it will get there, learning from every new launch. Cannot wait for test #3.

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