The ISS is safe until 2024 – but then…
Will the conflict with Russia extend to the ISS? Also in this episode: Moon Dust for Sale, Strange Weather on Neptune and a Space Burst of 2014 is now news. Luc van den Abilene, Michel van Pal and Herbert Blankestegen have discussed the events of space in the past two weeks.
= Russia still respects the International Space Station conventions
https://ria.ru/20220411/mks-1782854613.html
= Axiom’s first commercial crew
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314633-watch-axiom-and-spacex-launch-first-all-private-crew-to-iss/
= Delay in spacecraft?
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/6/23013435/spacex-starbase-starship-army-corps-engineers-permit-application
= Megadeal Amazon for Kuiper Network
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/04/05/amazon-books-up-to-83-launches-with-ula-arianespace-and-blue-origin/
= Artemis has been downsized but will “up to speed”
https://www.space.com/nasa-scaling-back-artemis-1-moon-mission-test
https://www.volkskrant.nl/science/back-naar-de-maan-de-artemis-missie-van-Amerika-en-europa-komen-op-stoom~b7cd911f/
= Moondust for sale!
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27937/space-history-featuring-the-first-lunar-sample/
= Something strange with the weather on Neptune
https://www.bnr.nl/podcast/science-vandaag/10473089/er-is-iets-buitens-aan-de-hand-met-het-weer-op-neptune
= An interstellar object exploded above Earth in 2014, according to declassified government data
https://www.livescience.com/first-interstellar-object-detected
= I checked Wired a documentary on SPaceX
https://www.wired.com/story/return-to-space-doc-review/
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