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Matterbeam. Author of the ToughSF blog. Original SuperNerd. Kurzgesagt Team Duck. Discord discord.gg/MzSjtqw
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Any chance something happens in London in the future?

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The 2033 Mars flyby mission proposed by Boeing would send an Orion MPCV attached to an Exploration Command Module, with a deployable shade to protect from the heat of a close pass to the Sun. #space#artwww.deviantart.com/brickmack/ar...www.deviantart.com/brickmack/ar...

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Electrodynamic recycling of liquid uranium in a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket: iafastro.directory/iac/paper/id... This concept, to be presented later this year, proposes to use dielectrophoresis to separate uranium fuel droplets from the exhaust stream, requiring only 100 W per CFE.

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Launch of the Massachusetts (SSN 798) Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine: youtu.be/I4H9_9AE4ak It's sunk in place and then towed out to sea. It's interesting to note which parts of its hull are blurred/hidden: propeller, tailplane, parts of the deck near the sail...

Massachusetts (SSN 798) Launch
Massachusetts (SSN 798) Launch

Virginia-class submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) was recently launched into the James River at Newport News Shipbuilding.Shipbuilders transferred the submari...

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White Dwarf stars with atmospheres 'polluted' by rocks falling in from nearby planets allow us to determine the elemental composition of their system when it formed billions of years ago, and help solve the cosmological missing lithium problem: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Project Ascensio was an award-winning design effort for a 'luxurious' mobile ocean-based spaceport tethered to an asteroid counterweight in geostationary orbit, as part of the Jacques Rougerie Competition. By Jordan William Hughes. www.artstation.com/artwork/PX3848

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A spaceship inspired by Hermes, Kronos and NASA's render of a warp-drive FTL design. By Tamas Wright. www.artstation.com/artwork/lVGmBG

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When form follows function, extraordinary functions means extraordinary forms. Nothing illustrates this better than a kilometers-long antimatter-powered relativistic starship inspired by Pellegrino's Valkyrie: the 'Chandelier'. Retrovisor's best work. www.artstation.com/artwork/ao2Aq2

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A dual-fuselage DC-9 concept: www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=5365 Finding a wide enough runway is a problem though.

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The ESA reusable spaceplane concept Space Rider with 600kg payload: youtu.be/l5qN75sXNuc It is built off the IXV lifting body design and is supposed to be launched by the Vega-C rocket.

Space Rider features video, ESA uncrewed orbital lifting body spaceplane, Avio & Thales Alenia Space
Space Rider features video, ESA uncrewed orbital lifting body spaceplane, Avio & Thales Alenia Space

[video: ESA] read more: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Space_Rider/To_orbit_and_back_with_Space_Rider

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Matterbeam. Author of the ToughSF blog. Original SuperNerd. Kurzgesagt Team Duck. Discord discord.gg/MzSjtqw
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