A small test station still has practical applications as emergency power supplier for localized power outages or, better yet, mobile power supply for people working off the grid. This could have important military applications.
China's Space Program News Thread
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That won't matter (see below). Besides, it's likely that Criswell was being overly optimistic about the focusing abilities of the masers on the Moon; if the microwave beam spreads more than he thinks it will, the mirror orbiting Earth will have to be far larger (quadratic scaling) and therefore far more massive than he thinks.
As I have said, if the propellants come from Phobos they will be almost free. If the SPS's solar panels and the rockets launching them are made from lunar substances, the cost will be lower than creating a massive solar farm on the Moon (imagine all the highways that will have to be built). Especially if we use robots to assemble the SPS in GEO; it's difficult to imagine robots coping with the complex environment of the lunar surface (anytime soon).
In light of recent successes from our manned aerospace program, I wanted to share the link for Fiyta, the official watch sponsor for the shenzhou program. You can buy official chinese spacewatches from them.
Seems much more befitting of our time than some omega speedmaster, for which we have no connection or relevance. I'm probably ordering one myself in the next few months. They also have a J-20 inspired watch (Mach collection) for those who are interested. Remember these are official authorized products.
Seems much more befitting of our time than some omega speedmaster, for which we have no connection or relevance. I'm probably ordering one myself in the next few months. They also have a J-20 inspired watch (Mach collection) for those who are interested. Remember these are official authorized products.
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Another selfie from Mars.
I like how the Mars pictures taken by Zhurong are always so refreshing in the way it's totally nothing like those thousands of pictures taken by NASA which somehow has a studio-like quality in its lighting as per Mars' surface and sky, not saying they're taken in a studio or not.
Supposedly the arm has already walked from the narrow end of the station (configuration at launch) to the fat end prior to Shenzhou-12's arrival. The control being from the ground.
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