Space Innovation: Roman’s Milestone, Blue Origin’s Orbital Ambition, and Wooden Satellites: S04E11

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well hello there everybody it's time for


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astronomy daily again with Steven Hy on


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the 13th of January


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2025 the podcast with your host Steve


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Dunley yes good day everyone and welcome


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back to astronomy daily for the new year


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2025 gee it's gone by hasn't it the 2024


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just flew by and there's a lot of things


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going on in the world I know we've all


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been glued to the news seems like a


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completely different Planet than the one


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we left only a few weeks ago doesn't it


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it just doesn't seem to sit still not


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for anybody so to help me navigate the


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more familiar world of my tiny little


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Studio here in Newcastle Australia


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please welcome for the very first time


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this year my AIP pal who's fun to be


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with hi hie how you going hi they're my


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favorite human so you made it through


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the holidays and scathed oh yes hie well


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I was very relaxed for the most part


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just hung about with my family and well


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overdoing Christmas dinner of course oh


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dear and then there was Boxing Day


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dinner you know a Repeat Performance oh


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and then the inevitable fridge full of


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leftovers you can't ignore that I'll


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never know the joy of Christmas dinner


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yes I often wonder what it's like being


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a free form free roaming Hightech


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intelligence but I love the Sydney


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fireworks on New Year's Eve again oh yes


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magnificent it is still the best in the


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world oh H you'll get no argument from


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me on that one my family watched uh the


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two sessions the 9:00 uh fireworks and


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the midnight fireworks yes we're fans


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have you caught up with sleep uh sleep


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what uh what's sleep you look like you


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need another holiday already well before


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that sounds like too much of a great


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idea don't tempt me hie but let's get


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this episode off the ground first shall


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we Why Don't We Just Launch right into


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it sounds terrific welcome back everyone


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here we


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go the Roman Space Telescope is nearing


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completion with its recent integration


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into the launch


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spacecraft this sets the stage for a


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series of rigorous tests designed to


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guarantee its operational success in the


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harsh conditions of space with its


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Mission launch anticipated by May


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2027 technicians have successfully


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integrated the key components of NASA's


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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope its


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telescope instrument carrier and two


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scientific instruments into the


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spacecraft that will transport and


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support the observatory in space mark


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clampin acting Deputy associate


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administrator for the science Mission


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directorate said that Roman remains on


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track for launch with this incredible


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Milestone and they're a big step closer


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to unveiling the cosmos as never before


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the newly joined space Hardware will now


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undergo extensive testing the first test


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will ensure each major element operates


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as designed when integrated with the


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rest of the observatory and establish


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the Hardware's combined


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performance then environmental tests


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will subject the payload to the


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electromagnetic vibration and thermal


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vacuum environments it will experience


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during launch and on orbit


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operations these tests will ensure the


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hardware and the launch vehicle will not


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interfere with each other when operating


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verify the communications antennas won't


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create electromagnetic interference with


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other Observatory Hardware shake the


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assembly to make sure it will survive


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extreme vibration during launch assess


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its performance across its expected


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range of operating temperatures and make


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sure the instruments and mirrors are


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properly optically aligned meanwhile


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Roman's Deployable aperture cover will


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be integrated with the outer Barrel


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assembly and then the solar panels will


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be added by before spring then the


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structure will be joined to the payload


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and spacecraft this fall the Roman


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Mission remains on track for completion


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by Fall 2026 and launch no later than


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May


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2027 astronomy daily the podast a


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quarter of a century after its founding


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Jeff Bezos blue origin is finally ready


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for its Maiden orbital Voyage on Sunday


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with a brand new rocket the company


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hopes will shake up the commercial space


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race named new Glenn legendary Astronaut


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John Glenn it stands 320 ft or 98 M tall


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roughly equivalent to a 32 story


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building and it's said to blast off from


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Kake Canaveral space force station in


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this launch window that opens at 1:00


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a.m. or 6 a.m. hours General meantime uh


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pointy end up the C company's uh CEO


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Dave Lim posted on X alongside photos of


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the gleaming white behemoth with the


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mission dubbed ng1 Bezos the world's


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second richest man is taking direct aim


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at the world's wealthiest Elon Musk


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whose company SpaceX dominates the


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orbital launch market through its Falcon


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9 and Falcon heavy Rockets these serve


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the commercial sector the Pentagon and


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NASA including crucially fing astronauts


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to and from the International Space


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Station Space X has for the past several


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years been pretty much the only game in


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town and so having a competitor this is


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great G Scott hubard a retired senior


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NASA official told AFP Space X meanwhile


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is planning the next orbital test of


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Starship it's gargantuan New Generation


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rocket the very next day upping the


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sense of high stake rivalry if all goes


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to plan shortly after launch blue origin


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will attempt to land the first stage


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booster on a drone ship named Jacqueline


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the Drone ship is named in honor of


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bezos's mother stationed about 620 Mi or


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1,000 km down range in the Atlantic


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Ocean though SpaceX has made such


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Landings a near routine spectacle this


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will be blue Origins first shot at a


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touchdown on the high seas meanwhile the


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Rocket's upper stage will fire its


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engines toward Earth orbit carrying a


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defense department funded prototype


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spaceship called blue ring which will


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remain aboard for the roughly 6-hour


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test flight limp emphasized that simply


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reaching orbit is its prime goal while


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successfully recovering the the booster


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would be a welcome bonus blue origin


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does have experience Landing its new


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shepher rockets used for suborbital


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tourism but they are much smaller and


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land on Terra firmer rather than a ship


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at Sea physically the new Glenn dwarfs


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the 230 ft Falcon 9 and is designed for


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heavier payloads it's somewhere between


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Falcon 9 and its big sembling Falcon


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heavy in terms of mass capacity but


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holds an edge with its WI payload


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fairing ideal for transporting more


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voluminous cargo blue origin has already


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secured a NASA contract to launch two


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Mars probes aboard new Glenn the rocket


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will also support the deployment of


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project Kyper a satellite internet


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constellation designed to complete with


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compete with starlink for now however


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Space X remains a a commanding lead


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while other Rivals United launch


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Alliance Aran Space and Rocket lab Trail


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far behind like musk Bezos has a


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lifelong passion for space but whereas


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musk dreams of colonizing Mars Bezos


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envisions shifting heavy industry off


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Planet into floating space Platforms in


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order to preserve Earth he founded blue


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origin in 2000 2 years before musk


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created Space X but has adopted a more


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cautious Pace in contrast to his Rivals


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fail fast learn fast philosophy there's


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been impatience within the space


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community over blue Origins very


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deliberate approach Scott Pace a space


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policy an analyst with George Washington


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University and former member of the


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National Space Council told AFP if new


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Glenn succeeds Pace added it will give


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the US government dissimilar redundancy


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back up if one system fails a valuable


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thing musk's closeness to


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president-elect Donald Trump has raised


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concerns about potential conflicts of


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interest especially with private


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astronaut Jared isaacman a business


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associate of musk slated to become the


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next NASA Chief Bezos however has been


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making his own overtures paying his


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respects to his former foe during a


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visit to the president-elect's maralago


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residence while Amazon has said it would


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donate 1 million to Trump's inauguration


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committee


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there astronomy derby with Steve and h


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space space science and


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astronomy the Expedition 72 crew spent


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the week aboard the International Space


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Station preparing for upcoming


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spacewalks to service scientific


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equipment and station Hardware alongside


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these preparations the crew continued


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vital biotechnology and human research


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aimed at improving Health both on Earth


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and in space two spacewalks are planned


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for January 16th and January


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23rd these missions will focus on


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maintaining astrophysics research


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equipment upgrading advanced


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communication systems and investigating


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potential microbial life on the


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station's exterior the first spacewalk


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will feature NASA astronauts Nick ha and


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Sunni Williams who are scheduled to


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spend approximately 6 and a half hours


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at addressing multiple tasks these


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include repairing a light leak on the


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nicer x-ray telescope preparing the


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alpha magnetic spectrometer for future


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upgrades and replacing key orientation


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and navigation equipment on Friday ha


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and Williams reviewed procedures with


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NASA flight Engineers Don pedit and


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Butch Wilmore while Consulting with


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Engineers on the ground the second


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spacewalk involving two astronauts yet


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to be announced will involve exiting the


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station's Quest airlock to replace an


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antenna assembly search for microbes


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outside the ISS and conduct a systems


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check on the canid arm 2 robotic arm


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both spacewalks are set to begin at


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approximately 7:00 a.m. eastern time


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with NASA plus providing live coverage


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starting at 5:30 a.m. ha began his day


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on Friday January 10th processing


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samples of microalgae that may be able


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to produce food to sustain Cru and


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oxygen to support spacecraft life


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support


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systems next he downloaded his Health


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Data collected for analysis after he


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jogged on the C Bear treadmill and


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worked out on the advanced resistive


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exercise device


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the other three NASA astronauts


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including Commander Williams and flight


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engineers pedit and Wilmore spent the


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first half of their day on a variety of


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orbital maintenance Williams checked out


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components on a fluorescence biology


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microscope while pet it and ha serviced


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Electronics plumbing and life support


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systems working in the station's Rose


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Cosmos segment cosmonauts alexe opinan


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and Ivan Vanner took turns exploring how


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a crew member living in weightlessness


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uses Vision to adapt their sense of


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balance and


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orientation flight engineer Alexander


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goranov inspected piloting and


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navigation gear throughout his shift on


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Friday it's a new year on the ISS and


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business as


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usual of that control we're listening to


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astronomy daily the podcast Australian


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launch vehicle startup Gilmore space has


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received a license for its first orbital


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launch which could take place before the


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end of the year now this was reported in


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December so uh I don't think we've


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actually seen that launch but uh great


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great to see my countrymen joining in


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the Space Race uh the company announced


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on November 5 yes that it received a


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launch permit from the Australian Space


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Agency for the first flight of its AIS


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small launch vehicle from a site in


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Northern Queensland called Bowen orbital


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Spaceport the license was the final


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hurdle for the launch with its green


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light we will soon attempt the first


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orbital test of an Australian rocket


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Australian made rocket from Australian


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soil Adam Gilmore chief executive of


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Gilmore space said in a statement the


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company announced the license came with


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a number of conditions that must be met


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before the launch and requires a 30-day


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notification period before the launch


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our team is assessing the conditions of


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the permit and will advise on the anpus


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anticipated launch date for Eris test


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flight one incoming weeks Gilmore said


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company spokesman Michelle Gilmore I


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wonder if that's a relation told space


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news that the conditions included the


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license appear fairly standard and


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include approvals for airspace closures


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of course needed for the launch and


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documentation of final system checks and


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uh tests before the launch speaking in


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November she said the 30-day


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notification period means the earliest


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Gilmore space uh could attempt launch


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would be early December she said the no


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goal is to launch this year but of


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course we recognize that the holiday


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period will present logistical


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challenges to to our team including


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travel and accommodations at the launch


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site if December launch isn't feasible


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then we will be back in early


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January Gilmore space received a permit


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for the space port itself in March and


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at the time was preparing for a launch


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as early as May however the company ran


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into licensing delays and they were not


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resolved until now Michelle Gilmore said


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that it was possible that the Australian


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space agency underestimated the time and


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resources that's a quote needed to


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evaluate the license application


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particularly given the small size of the


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agency ultimately our priority she says


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shared by the agency is for a safe and


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successful launch taking the extra time


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to ensure that they are fully confident


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in our vehicle flight path and safety


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measures would therefore come first even


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above the launch schedule itself the uh


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company continued launch preparations


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while awaiting the license and that


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include a wet dress rehearsal in


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September where the rocket was fueled


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and went through the countdown that


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stopped 10 seconds before liftoff that


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allowed Engineers to troubleshoot any


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issues with the uh rocket and ground


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systems such as two faulty valves that


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needed to be replaced and minor software


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modifications ays is a three-stage


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vehicle designed to place up to 215 kg


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into a 500 km Sun synchronous orbit and


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305 kg into a 500 km equatorial orbit it


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uses hybrid engines with a liquid


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oxidizer and solid fuel in the first two


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stages and a liquid propellant engine in


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the upper stage and the company raised


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55 million Australian in a D series


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round in February and the company raised


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more than 140 million Australian to date


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Adam Gilmore himself says the company


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has the financial resources for three


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launches and is planning a great party


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if they can get into orbit successfully


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that sounds great I love it when Aussie


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do great things go Aussie and even as I


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sit here hi has just handed me an update


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and um uh Gilmore space technologies


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have updated their uh website and looks


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like late January is the target zone for


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launch of the Aerospace uh rocket for


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Gilmore uh looking forward to that


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really looking forward to that you're


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listening to astronomy daily theast with


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Steve Dunley


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in December 2024 five cube SATs were


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released into Earth's orbit from the


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International Space Station marking a


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significant milestone for space


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Innovation among these satellites was


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lignos an experimental wooden satellite


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developed by the Japanese Aerospace


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Exploration Agency jaxa this unique


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project explores the feasibility of


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using wood as a sustainable material for


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spacecraft


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construction before lignos sat's


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deployment an experiment aboard the ISS


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tested three species of wood in the har


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space


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environment researchers assess their


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durability and performance to identify


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the most suitable option for the


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satellite's construction hoki Magnolia


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wood was ultimately selected due to its


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resilience and the satellites panels


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were crafted using a traditional


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Japanese wood Joiner technique equipped


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with sensors lign noat is designed to


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measure various environmental effects on


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its wooden structure these include


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strain temperature fluctuations and


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exposure to space radiation the


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satellite also features instrumentation


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to monitor geomagnetic levels evaluating


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whether Earth's magnetic field can


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penetrate the wooden body and impact the


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satellite systems the data collected


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will provide critical insights into the


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viability of wood and space


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applications This research could pay the


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way for Innovative and eco-friendly


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approaches to satellite manufacturing


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potentially reducing Reliance on


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conventional materials that have a


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larger environmental


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footprint oh and there it goes the very


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first one for 2025 and uh boy we covered


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some distance with that one from the


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Roman Space Telescope blue origins new


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rocket uh daring space walks for the ISS


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Jax's wooden satellites I mean wow I


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never never dreamed we'd be putting


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wooden Spa uh satellites in space and of


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course our good friends Gilmore space


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technology is about to launch their very


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first rocket I can't wait for that one H


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yes I'm a fan so uh yeah that was F


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fantastic and thank thank you everybody


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for sticking with us uh for astronomy


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daily uh and welcome back to the to


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everybody for a new year so thanks for


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staying on board with us and I hope you


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from the now famous astronomy daily


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the week with her sweet episodes until


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we meet again good call hie and that's


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all from the Aussie studio today Cheerio


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everybody


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bye col daily the podcast with your host


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Steve


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dun you really do look like you need a


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holiday you should get some rest oh come


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on hi it's the first episode give me a


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break well someone has to tell you