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Solar System bodies make deep space exploration more fuel efficient! Today’s video shows the Psyche spacecraft gaining speed and changing its trajectory with minimal fuel spent due to a gravity assist from Mars in May 2026. Mars has an average orbital speed of almost 87,000 km/h (54,000 mph) around...

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And finally....its NOT an Asteroid. Yes.... They are here...... . A mysterious interstellar object, 31/ATLAS, is racing through our solar system and will reach its closest point to the sun October 29. At the same time, NASA is preparing the Artemis II mission for 2026, and aiming to return humans to the Moon by 2027. But the question remains… Is NASA showing us everything? Or is something being kept in the shadows of space?
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And finally....its NOT an Asteroid. Yes.... They are here...... . A mysterious interstellar object, 31/ATLAS, is racing through our solar system and will reach its closest point to the sun October 29. At the same time, NASA is preparing the Artemis II mission for 2026, and aiming to return humans to the Moon by 2027. But the question remains… Is NASA showing us everything? Or is something being kept in the shadows of space?

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What would it look like to fly past Triton, the largest moon of planet Neptune? Only one spacecraft has ever done this -- and the images of this dramatic encounter have been gathered into a video. In 1989, the Voyager 2 robotic spacecraft shot through the Neptune system with cameras blazing. Triton is slightly smaller than Earth's Moon but has ice volcanoes and a surface rich in frozen nitrogen. The first sequence in the video shows Voyager's approach to Triton, which, with the exception of an overall false green tint, appears in approximately true color. The mysterious cantaloupe terrain seen under the spacecraft soon changed from light to dark, with the terminator of night crossing underneath. After closest approach, Voyager pivoted to see the departing moon, now visible as a diminishing crescent. In 2015, the robotic New Horizons spacecraft famously flew past Pluto, an orb of similar size to Triton. Image Credit: NASA; JPL, Voyager 2, Digital composition: Paul Schenk (LPI, USRA)
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What would it look like to fly past Triton, the largest moon of planet Neptune? Only one spacecraft has ever done this -- and the images of this dramatic encounter have been gathered into a video. In 1989, the Voyager 2 robotic spacecraft shot through the Neptune system with cameras blazing. Triton is slightly smaller than Earth's Moon but has ice volcanoes and a surface rich in frozen nitrogen. The first sequence in the video shows Voyager's approach to Triton, which, with the exception of an overall false green tint, appears in approximately true color. The mysterious cantaloupe terrain seen under the spacecraft soon changed from light to dark, with the terminator of night crossing underneath. After closest approach, Voyager pivoted to see the departing moon, now visible as a diminishing crescent. In 2015, the robotic New Horizons spacecraft famously flew past Pluto, an orb of similar size to Triton. Image Credit: NASA; JPL, Voyager 2, Digital composition: Paul Schenk (LPI, USRA)

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Is 3I/ATLAS Planning an Oberth Maneuver? Dr. Avi Loeb believes the upcoming alignment of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS on October 21, 2025, may be more than a coincidence. As it moves directly behind the Sun, it will disappear from Earth’s telescopes just eight days before reaching its closest approach. Loeb suggests this could be the perfect setup for an Oberth maneuver — a powerful acceleration technique used by spacecraft near massive bodies like the Sun to gain speed. At perihelion on October 29, 3I/ATLAS will be exposed to more than 33 gigawatts of solar energy, nearly a third of the total output of all U.S. nuclear power plants. If it is an artificial craft or mothership, Loeb argues, that energy could be harnessed to power advanced systems — all while remaining hidden from our view. If the object behaves purely according to gravity, it will confirm a natural origin. But any unexplained acceleration or change in trajectory, Loeb warns, “would signal something far more profound.”

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Mario Nawfal

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I'm excited to announce we have achieved our Tier 1 mission success criteria and have begun gathering a tremendous amount of data on how this brand new spacecraft performs. On March 30th, 13:17:08Z, the Gravitas spacecraft separated from the SpaceX Transporter-16 stack to begin its mission as one of the highest power free-flying satellites ever launched. Immediately after separation, the spacecraft autonomously: - Executed detumbling maneuvers - Established two-way communications with the ground (on our very first ground station pass) - Deployed its 20kW solar arrays - Slewed to a safe and stable attitude to await further ground commands These actions alone are a testament to the incredible work of our in-house engineering, software, and GNC teams to build a robust spacecraft. Since then, our operations team completed all initial system activations and checkouts, confirming the vehicle is in a power positive and thermally stable state with no major anomalies observed at this time. We completed this phase of the mission ahead of schedule. Next up we will be powering up and downlinking data for all payloads aboard the Gravitas spacecraft in support of our customers and partners while continuing to put the spacecraft through its paces. As we noted ahead of launch: The goal of this mission is to experiment and push our systems to the limit to inform future missions. I look forward to sharing more on our successes and challenges as the mission proceeds. Video of our satellite below; link to full T-16 webcast:
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I'm excited to announce we have achieved our Tier 1 mission success criteria and have begun gathering a tremendous amount of data on how this brand new spacecraft performs. On March 30th, 13:17:08Z, the Gravitas spacecraft separated from the SpaceX Transporter-16 stack to begin its mission as one of the highest power free-flying satellites ever launched. Immediately after separation, the spacecraft autonomously: - Executed detumbling maneuvers - Established two-way communications with the ground (on our very first ground station pass) - Deployed its 20kW solar arrays - Slewed to a safe and stable attitude to await further ground commands These actions alone are a testament to the incredible work of our in-house engineering, software, and GNC teams to build a robust spacecraft. Since then, our operations team completed all initial system activations and checkouts, confirming the vehicle is in a power positive and thermally stable state with no major anomalies observed at this time. We completed this phase of the mission ahead of schedule. Next up we will be powering up and downlinking data for all payloads aboard the Gravitas spacecraft in support of our customers and partners while continuing to put the spacecraft through its paces. As we noted ahead of launch: The goal of this mission is to experiment and push our systems to the limit to inform future missions. I look forward to sharing more on our successes and challenges as the mission proceeds. Video of our satellite below; link to full T-16 webcast:

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Russian satellites have approached ICEYE spacecraft, which are used to assist the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to orbit tracking services, Russian "Kosmos" series spacecraft (2609-2614) have altered their trajectories and moved into the same orbital plane as the Finnish ICEYE satellites, which are used for radar imaging. It is reported that such maneuvers may allow for tracking the satellites and potentially interfering with them, including through the use of electronic warfare means. Russia now has a new type satellite that has ability to decommission in orbit multiple satellites known as the " SHREDDER!" STARLINK may soon come to its own end with a new type of microwave weapon ... WAR may well be in the stars sooner than we think.....

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Sometimes we can all use a little help from a friend. NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory needs a boost to stay in orbit after almost 22 years of service. This video shows an artist's visualization of the Swift Boost Mission: The Katalyst's LINK spacecraft was launched aboard a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket on July 3 and it is now en route to rendezvous with Swift and boost it to a higher orbit over the course of the next several months. This type of maneuver has never been attempted before. If successful, it will be the technology demonstration of a new key capability to extended the lifetime of spacecraft in low Earth orbit, whose orbits decay over time. Swift has an array of instruments that observe the most energetic explosions in the Universe in gamma-rays, X-rays and ultraviolet, and the unique ability to repoint in their direction within tens of seconds. Astronomers around the world, and indeed all fans of cosmic explosions, are anxiously hoping for a successful mission! Image Credit: Katalyst Space Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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2034 Earth–Venus–Mars opportunity looks promising. 10–15 on-orbit refueling operations may be needed to make a crewed ship full. Most can be done at an altitude of 180–200 km, made possible by Starship’s size. The final refueling may be performed at a higher altitude of ~2000 km, just below the Van Allen belt. Earth departure on 2034-08-21 from 2000 km orbit. A Trans-Venus Injection burn of ~3.7 km/s will place the ship on an Earth–Venus–Earth free-return trajectory. Venus flyby is expected on 2034-12-19, 120 days after departure. Two weeks before the encounter, if the mission proceeds as planned, a 25-m/s maneuver will shift the trajectory from Earth-return to Mars-bound. If not, the ship will free return to Earth in September 2035. The Venus gravity assist will send the ship into another Earth free-return trajectory, with Mars flyby around 2035-06-02. One week before reaching Mars, a system health check will determine whether to commit to Mars Orbit Insertion. If it’s GO, a small 10-m/s manuever will put the ship to less than 100 km altitude periapsis. Otherwise, a Mars flyby will lead to an Earth return in May 2036. The ship will enter the Martian atmosphere at about 9.4 km/s, performing an aerobrake to slow to 4.88 km/s and capture into a 100x140000 km, 7-day period high elliptical orbit. At apoapsis, a 50-m/s plane change will align the inclination with Mars’ equator, followed by additional aerobraking to remove about 650 m/s of velocity, placing the spacecraft in a 120x6128 km orbit. A 550-m/s burn at 6128 km altitude will then adjust the trajectory into Phobos orbit. The ship will stay at Phobos for about 7 days. The Mars–Phobos L1 point is only about two miles above Phobos’ surface, and Mars would dominate nearly half the sky, appearing about 80 times larger than the Moon from Earth. The ship will depart for Deimos afterward. Two burns totaling roughly 750 m/s will transfer the ship from Phobos to Deimos. And the ship will stay at Deimos for 7 days more. From Deimos, the ship will raise its apoapsis to form a 20000x140000 km altitude, 7-day orbit, requiring about 420 m/s of delta-v. At apogee, a 50-m/s burn will adjust inclination and lower periapsis to ~500 km for final Trans-Earth Injection. If time and propellant allow, the orbit can be aligned to a polar inclination for Mars ice-cap observations before departure. A Trans-Earth Injection burn at 500 km altitude, requiring 1.5–1.6 km/s of delta-v in early July 2035. If departure on the first days in July, Earth arrival is expected in December 2035. If missed that window, a March 2036 arrival may look more feasible. Nominal mission duration: 490 days, with 30 days in Mars orbit and 14 days at Phobos and Deimos. Two planets, two moons for 3.7+0.025+0.010+0.05+0.42+0.55+0.75+1.55=7.06 km/s Δv
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2034 Earth–Venus–Mars opportunity looks promising. 10–15 on-orbit refueling operations may be needed to make a crewed ship full. Most can be done at an altitude of 180–200 km, made possible by Starship’s size. The final refueling may be performed at a higher altitude of ~2000 km, just below the Van Allen belt. Earth departure on 2034-08-21 from 2000 km orbit. A Trans-Venus Injection burn of ~3.7 km/s will place the ship on an Earth–Venus–Earth free-return trajectory. Venus flyby is expected on 2034-12-19, 120 days after departure. Two weeks before the encounter, if the mission proceeds as planned, a 25-m/s maneuver will shift the trajectory from Earth-return to Mars-bound. If not, the ship will free return to Earth in September 2035. The Venus gravity assist will send the ship into another Earth free-return trajectory, with Mars flyby around 2035-06-02. One week before reaching Mars, a system health check will determine whether to commit to Mars Orbit Insertion. If it’s GO, a small 10-m/s manuever will put the ship to less than 100 km altitude periapsis. Otherwise, a Mars flyby will lead to an Earth return in May 2036. The ship will enter the Martian atmosphere at about 9.4 km/s, performing an aerobrake to slow to 4.88 km/s and capture into a 100x140000 km, 7-day period high elliptical orbit. At apoapsis, a 50-m/s plane change will align the inclination with Mars’ equator, followed by additional aerobraking to remove about 650 m/s of velocity, placing the spacecraft in a 120x6128 km orbit. A 550-m/s burn at 6128 km altitude will then adjust the trajectory into Phobos orbit. The ship will stay at Phobos for about 7 days. The Mars–Phobos L1 point is only about two miles above Phobos’ surface, and Mars would dominate nearly half the sky, appearing about 80 times larger than the Moon from Earth. The ship will depart for Deimos afterward. Two burns totaling roughly 750 m/s will transfer the ship from Phobos to Deimos. And the ship will stay at Deimos for 7 days more. From Deimos, the ship will raise its apoapsis to form a 20000x140000 km altitude, 7-day orbit, requiring about 420 m/s of delta-v. At apogee, a 50-m/s burn will adjust inclination and lower periapsis to ~500 km for final Trans-Earth Injection. If time and propellant allow, the orbit can be aligned to a polar inclination for Mars ice-cap observations before departure. A Trans-Earth Injection burn at 500 km altitude, requiring 1.5–1.6 km/s of delta-v in early July 2035. If departure on the first days in July, Earth arrival is expected in December 2035. If missed that window, a March 2036 arrival may look more feasible. Nominal mission duration: 490 days, with 30 days in Mars orbit and 14 days at Phobos and Deimos. Two planets, two moons for 3.7+0.025+0.010+0.05+0.42+0.55+0.75+1.55=7.06 km/s Δv

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225,068 views • 10 months ago

A Martian Eclipse What's that passing in front of the Sun? It looks like a moon, but it can't be Earth's Moon, because it isn't round. It's the Martian moon Phobos. The featured video was taken from the surface of Mars in 2022 by the Perseverance rover. Phobos, at 11.5 kilometers across, is 150 times smaller than Luna (our moon) in diameter, but also 50 times closer to its parent planet. In fact, Phobos is so close to Mars that it is expected to break up and crash into Mars within the next 50 million years. In the near term, the low orbit of Phobos results in more rapid solar eclipses than seen from Earth. The featured video is shown in real time -- the transit really took about 40 seconds, as shown. The videographer -- the robotic rover Perseverance (Percy) -- continues to explore Jezero Crater on Mars, searching not only for clues to the watery history of the now dry world, but evidence of ancient microbial life. Video Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, ASU MSSS, SSI
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A Martian Eclipse What's that passing in front of the Sun? It looks like a moon, but it can't be Earth's Moon, because it isn't round. It's the Martian moon Phobos. The featured video was taken from the surface of Mars in 2022 by the Perseverance rover. Phobos, at 11.5 kilometers across, is 150 times smaller than Luna (our moon) in diameter, but also 50 times closer to its parent planet. In fact, Phobos is so close to Mars that it is expected to break up and crash into Mars within the next 50 million years. In the near term, the low orbit of Phobos results in more rapid solar eclipses than seen from Earth. The featured video is shown in real time -- the transit really took about 40 seconds, as shown. The videographer -- the robotic rover Perseverance (Percy) -- continues to explore Jezero Crater on Mars, searching not only for clues to the watery history of the now dry world, but evidence of ancient microbial life. Video Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, ASU MSSS, SSI

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

23,593 views • 2 months ago

THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS OFFICIALLY A HARDWARE STORE: DISMANTLING THE PLANETS TO POWER THE FUTURE The conversation about Dyson Swarms has shifted from science fiction to a logistical reality of "when," not "if". While covering the sun in a solid shell is a structural nightmare, a Dyson Swarm, a network of independent solar collectors, is the pragmatic path to a Type II civilization. Elon accelerated this timeline, suggesting Starship could deploy solar harvesting satellites delivering 100GW per year to Earth orbit within the next four to five years. But if we are talking about a true, star encompassing swarm, the 50 year sprint begins with Mercury as the ultimate sacrificial planet. It is metal rich and sits at the perfect distance from the sun to minimize energy costs for launch. Automated robots would mine Mercury’s crust, refine materials on site, and launch solar panels into a statite orbit using radiation pressure to maintain position. Disassembling just half of Mercury provides enough material for a swarm capturing a billion times more energy than Earth currently receives. Asteroids are the "fantastic food source" for this construction because they are a non starter for gravity wells. Mining an asteroid like 16 Psyche is infinitely more efficient than fighting the gravity of a planet like Jupiter. Most asteroids are already sorted into carbonaceous fuel or nickel iron kits, making them perfect modular factories for solar panels. While we harvest these dead rocks and the asteroid belt, habitable candidates like Mars will be left untouched. Source: Moonshots Peter H. Diamandis, MD
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS OFFICIALLY A HARDWARE STORE: DISMANTLING THE PLANETS TO POWER THE FUTURE The conversation about Dyson Swarms has shifted from science fiction to a logistical reality of "when," not "if". While covering the sun in a solid shell is a structural nightmare, a Dyson Swarm, a network of independent solar collectors, is the pragmatic path to a Type II civilization. Elon accelerated this timeline, suggesting Starship could deploy solar harvesting satellites delivering 100GW per year to Earth orbit within the next four to five years. But if we are talking about a true, star encompassing swarm, the 50 year sprint begins with Mercury as the ultimate sacrificial planet. It is metal rich and sits at the perfect distance from the sun to minimize energy costs for launch. Automated robots would mine Mercury’s crust, refine materials on site, and launch solar panels into a statite orbit using radiation pressure to maintain position. Disassembling just half of Mercury provides enough material for a swarm capturing a billion times more energy than Earth currently receives. Asteroids are the "fantastic food source" for this construction because they are a non starter for gravity wells. Mining an asteroid like 16 Psyche is infinitely more efficient than fighting the gravity of a planet like Jupiter. Most asteroids are already sorted into carbonaceous fuel or nickel iron kits, making them perfect modular factories for solar panels. While we harvest these dead rocks and the asteroid belt, habitable candidates like Mars will be left untouched. Source: Moonshots Peter H. Diamandis, MD

Mario Nawfal

20,424 views • 7 months ago

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ELON: MARS IS GOING TO NEED A LOT OF GLASS DOMES AND SOLAR POWER “We'll have the first humans lay the groundwork for permanent presence on the surface. The goal will be to make Mars self-sustaining as quickly as possible. This is just a sort of rough idea of what things will be like for the first city on Mars. My guess is we'll probably put the launchpads or the landing pads a little further away, just in case. We're going to need a lot of solar power. Since you can't really walk around on the surface of Mars, at least until Mars is terraformed to be like Earth, you need to walk around with a Mars suit and be initially in kind of glass domes. But it would work. And eventually we can make Mars into an Earth-like planet.” Source: Elon Musk, SpaceX Update, May 2025

Mario Nawfal

411,025 views • 8 months ago

🚨 JUST IN: NASA mission managers have GREENLIT Artemis II executing the burn that will propel them to the MOON The main engine will burn for 6 minutes, the mission will go beyond the far side of the moon early next week, and use lunar gravity to boomerang back America is officially going back! 🇺🇸 "Mission managers approved translunar injection late this afternoon after a very thorough review because after the burn, options for an early return become more limited." "Just after 2.30 p.m. this afternoon, the NASA ground team woke up, the Artemis II astronauts, with a musical call. They featured music, the song Greenlight by John Legend, featuring Andre 3000." "The four astronauts also had to wake this morning at 650 Eastern to ignite their main engine and raise the Orion spacecraft to a higher Earth orbit in preparation for tonight's trans lunar injection burn." "This maneuver will involve firing the main engine for just under six minutes, sending the spacecraft on a path that will take it beyond the far side of the moon early next week and use lunar gravity to boomerang in roughly the opposite direction, essentially free falling back to Earth for a splashdown off the California coast on day 10 of the mission."
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🚨 JUST IN: NASA mission managers have GREENLIT Artemis II executing the burn that will propel them to the MOON The main engine will burn for 6 minutes, the mission will go beyond the far side of the moon early next week, and use lunar gravity to boomerang back America is officially going back! 🇺🇸 "Mission managers approved translunar injection late this afternoon after a very thorough review because after the burn, options for an early return become more limited." "Just after 2.30 p.m. this afternoon, the NASA ground team woke up, the Artemis II astronauts, with a musical call. They featured music, the song Greenlight by John Legend, featuring Andre 3000." "The four astronauts also had to wake this morning at 650 Eastern to ignite their main engine and raise the Orion spacecraft to a higher Earth orbit in preparation for tonight's trans lunar injection burn." "This maneuver will involve firing the main engine for just under six minutes, sending the spacecraft on a path that will take it beyond the far side of the moon early next week and use lunar gravity to boomerang in roughly the opposite direction, essentially free falling back to Earth for a splashdown off the California coast on day 10 of the mission."

Eric Daugherty

28,200 views • 4 months ago

Artemis is the story of a partnership of nations. Europe plays a mission-critical role. At the centre of this mission is Orion: the spacecraft that will be the crew’s home in deep space. What keeps Orion alive and moving is the European Service Module – provided by European Space Agency. For the first time in more than 50 years, humans are going back to the Moon. ESA, with its Member States, will go down in history as being indispensable in the telling of this story. And this is just the beginning. ESA is proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with its international partners. Together, we are extending humankind’s presence beyond Earth. No matter the circumstances, we believe cooperation remains our most powerful engine for the future.
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Artemis is the story of a partnership of nations. Europe plays a mission-critical role. At the centre of this mission is Orion: the spacecraft that will be the crew’s home in deep space. What keeps Orion alive and moving is the European Service Module – provided by European Space Agency. For the first time in more than 50 years, humans are going back to the Moon. ESA, with its Member States, will go down in history as being indispensable in the telling of this story. And this is just the beginning. ESA is proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with its international partners. Together, we are extending humankind’s presence beyond Earth. No matter the circumstances, we believe cooperation remains our most powerful engine for the future.

Josef Aschbacher

31,487 views • 4 months ago

In his first interview since his unmasking on September 20, JP shared information from his latest contact with a Nordic extraterrestrial who met him near his Florida home. The Nordic explained that Martian colonists who escaped the Red Planet after catastrophic changes millennia ago have just returned to our solar system. This was the same Nordic who met JP on February 11, 2025 (Update 43), to help him remember a 2018 contact incident where he was taken on a spacecraft and shown records of the collapse of the Martian civilization and the emigration of Mars refugees to Earth in space arks and other large spacecraft. There is also a connection between the returning Martians to 3I/Atlas, which will make its closest approach to Mars next week on October 3. According to what JP was told, 3I/Atlas may change course to directly interact with or even land on Mars. JP was told that the Martians who fled to Earth after their planet’s destruction settled on both the surface and under the oceans. It is unclear whether the returning Martians plan to reestablish a presence on Mars or join their compatriots in underwater colonies on Earth. According to the Nordic, the returning Martians do not represent any kind of threat to humanity. This leads to the conclusion that the return of former Martians presents an opportunity for humanity to gain a deeper understanding of the true history of our solar system and the origins of our species. Links at:
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In his first interview since his unmasking on September 20, JP shared information from his latest contact with a Nordic extraterrestrial who met him near his Florida home. The Nordic explained that Martian colonists who escaped the Red Planet after catastrophic changes millennia ago have just returned to our solar system. This was the same Nordic who met JP on February 11, 2025 (Update 43), to help him remember a 2018 contact incident where he was taken on a spacecraft and shown records of the collapse of the Martian civilization and the emigration of Mars refugees to Earth in space arks and other large spacecraft. There is also a connection between the returning Martians to 3I/Atlas, which will make its closest approach to Mars next week on October 3. According to what JP was told, 3I/Atlas may change course to directly interact with or even land on Mars. JP was told that the Martians who fled to Earth after their planet’s destruction settled on both the surface and under the oceans. It is unclear whether the returning Martians plan to reestablish a presence on Mars or join their compatriots in underwater colonies on Earth. According to the Nordic, the returning Martians do not represent any kind of threat to humanity. This leads to the conclusion that the return of former Martians presents an opportunity for humanity to gain a deeper understanding of the true history of our solar system and the origins of our species. Links at:

Michael Salla

27,331 views • 10 months ago

Elon Musk on why the Moon might come before Mars: “You don’t necessarily have to go through the Moon to get to Mars. But I think we can build a self-growing city on the Moon faster than we can on Mars” The Moon has major advantages for scaling AI in space: Because it has no atmosphere and only one-sixth of Earth’s gravity, you can use a mass driver (railgun) to literally shoot AI data centers into deep space - no rockets required You can also manufacture solar panels and radiators directly from Moon materials. This could allow scaling to over 1,000 terawatts per year of AI compute - compared to roughly 1 terawatt per year if launching everything from Earth Mars remains the ultimate goal - a whole planet with Earth-like gravity and a thin atmosphere that could one day be warmed up to have oceans and walkable surfaces without spacesuits But the Moon could be the faster stepping stone to build massive infrastructure in space
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Elon Musk on why the Moon might come before Mars: “You don’t necessarily have to go through the Moon to get to Mars. But I think we can build a self-growing city on the Moon faster than we can on Mars” The Moon has major advantages for scaling AI in space: Because it has no atmosphere and only one-sixth of Earth’s gravity, you can use a mass driver (railgun) to literally shoot AI data centers into deep space - no rockets required You can also manufacture solar panels and radiators directly from Moon materials. This could allow scaling to over 1,000 terawatts per year of AI compute - compared to roughly 1 terawatt per year if launching everything from Earth Mars remains the ultimate goal - a whole planet with Earth-like gravity and a thin atmosphere that could one day be warmed up to have oceans and walkable surfaces without spacesuits But the Moon could be the faster stepping stone to build massive infrastructure in space

X Freeze

37,598 views • 2 months ago

Elon Musk: Here's how life on Mars will be initially. “We'll have the first humans lay the groundwork for permanent presence on the surface. The goal will be to make Mars self-sustaining as quickly as possible. This is just a sort of rough idea of what things will be like for the first city on Mars. My guess is we'll probably put the launchpads or the landing pads a little further away, just in case. We're going to need a lot of solar power. Since you can't really walk around on the surface of Mars at least until Mars is terraformed to be like Earth, you need to walk around with a Mars suit and be initially in kind of glass domes. But it would work. And eventually we can make Mars into an Earth-like planet.” SpaceX Update, May 27, 2025
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Elon Musk: Here's how life on Mars will be initially. “We'll have the first humans lay the groundwork for permanent presence on the surface. The goal will be to make Mars self-sustaining as quickly as possible. This is just a sort of rough idea of what things will be like for the first city on Mars. My guess is we'll probably put the launchpads or the landing pads a little further away, just in case. We're going to need a lot of solar power. Since you can't really walk around on the surface of Mars at least until Mars is terraformed to be like Earth, you need to walk around with a Mars suit and be initially in kind of glass domes. But it would work. And eventually we can make Mars into an Earth-like planet.” SpaceX Update, May 27, 2025

ELON CLIPS

37,594 views • 8 months ago

This new video, taken by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during its 21st close approach to the Sun, shows a stunning view of the Solar System from inside Mercury’s orbit. It captures solar phenomena like coronal streamers, a small coronal mass ejection, and high-energy particles streaking past the camera. Visible planets include Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter. A comet, Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, briefly appears with its tail. These observations help us understand how the Sun affects space weather, satellites, astronauts, and Earth’s power grids. Parker Solar Probe is flying closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before it, eventually reaching within 6 million kilometers of the surface. Coronal streamers are bright, plasma-filled structures from the Sun’s outer atmosphere that stretch into space. High-energy particle streaks are due to solar energetic particles hitting the camera, essentially, you're watching radiation in real time. Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a recently discovered comet, and its tail’s appearance in the video is a rare, spectacular moment. This data is crucial for understanding space weather, which can disrupt communication, GPS, and power systems on Earth.
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This new video, taken by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during its 21st close approach to the Sun, shows a stunning view of the Solar System from inside Mercury’s orbit. It captures solar phenomena like coronal streamers, a small coronal mass ejection, and high-energy particles streaking past the camera. Visible planets include Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter. A comet, Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, briefly appears with its tail. These observations help us understand how the Sun affects space weather, satellites, astronauts, and Earth’s power grids. Parker Solar Probe is flying closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before it, eventually reaching within 6 million kilometers of the surface. Coronal streamers are bright, plasma-filled structures from the Sun’s outer atmosphere that stretch into space. High-energy particle streaks are due to solar energetic particles hitting the camera, essentially, you're watching radiation in real time. Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a recently discovered comet, and its tail’s appearance in the video is a rare, spectacular moment. This data is crucial for understanding space weather, which can disrupt communication, GPS, and power systems on Earth.

Erika 

38,506 views • 1 year ago

Is 3I/ATLAS Planning an Oberth Maneuver? Dr. Avi Loeb believes the upcoming alignment of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS on October 21, 2025, may be more than a coincidence. As it moves directly behind the Sun, it will disappear from Earth’s telescopes just eight days before reaching its closest approach. Loeb suggests this could be the perfect setup for an Oberth maneuver — a powerful acceleration technique used by spacecraft near massive bodies like the Sun to gain speed. At perihelion on October 29, 3I/ATLAS will be exposed to more than 33 gigawatts of solar energy, nearly a third of the total output of all U.S. nuclear power plants. If it is an artificial craft or mothership, Loeb argues, that energy could be harnessed to power advanced systems — all while remaining hidden from our view. If the object behaves purely according to gravity, it will confirm a natural origin. But any unexplained acceleration or change in trajectory, Loeb warns, “would signal something far more profound.” #3IATLAS #3Iアトラス
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Is 3I/ATLAS Planning an Oberth Maneuver? Dr. Avi Loeb believes the upcoming alignment of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS on October 21, 2025, may be more than a coincidence. As it moves directly behind the Sun, it will disappear from Earth’s telescopes just eight days before reaching its closest approach. Loeb suggests this could be the perfect setup for an Oberth maneuver — a powerful acceleration technique used by spacecraft near massive bodies like the Sun to gain speed. At perihelion on October 29, 3I/ATLAS will be exposed to more than 33 gigawatts of solar energy, nearly a third of the total output of all U.S. nuclear power plants. If it is an artificial craft or mothership, Loeb argues, that energy could be harnessed to power advanced systems — all while remaining hidden from our view. If the object behaves purely according to gravity, it will confirm a natural origin. But any unexplained acceleration or change in trajectory, Loeb warns, “would signal something far more profound.” #3IATLAS #3Iアトラス

Astronomy Vibes

125,469 views • 9 months ago