Now that the dust has settled a little, how are are NASA SEWP VIers doing? Have you also finished studying up on the official RFP? Did your strategy have to change a little?
We get it! These large GWACs always seem to try and keep you on your toes! Feeling a little overwhelmed? Don't be afraid to ask for help! Sometimes bringing in assistance can give you peace of mind and ensure you don't miss anything.
So tell us honestly, how are you feeling about NASA SEWP VI now that it's out?
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The NASA White Paper for Deorbiting the International Space Station by SpaceX!
That must have been a very comprehensive study and a very hard decision to let go of the ISS, and the White Paper is just a simple summary of the study result.
Hmm... Maybe we can help build a truss for a repository component yard for future reuse, and then de-orbit? How much percentage of the work can be done by robots and how much of the work has to be done by EVA? I guess that's the issue.
The modules are good candidates for reuse, but yes, they're getting old..., but they can be used for automated food manufacturing modules?! Anyone wanting to work with us on this concept ? Maybe we can leave one module for automated emergency shelter?
Interesting engineering issue...
Quite complicated issue...
We're here to learn from the experience.
#NASA is having SpaceX build a ~$850 million spacecraft to destroy the International Space Station.
After the ISS retires in 2030, the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle will guide the research laboratory through the fiery demise of reentry in a "safe and responsible" way:
Did you know that there was a helicopter on Mars?
Yes! There was a helicopter on Mars! But… it died. But it flew 72 times before it died!
Ingenuity was developed with the challenges of Mars’ thin atmosphere in mind. Engineers at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed it to be lightweight, with rotor blades that are much larger and spin significantly faster than what would be required on Earth, enabling it to lift off in the Martian atmosphere, which is just 1% as dense as Earth's.
Check out the video to learn more about Ingenuity, how it was made and why it existed and let me know what you think in the comments.
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MISSION MILESTONE: First SP0-S radiation-tolerant SBC produced for HALO is ready for functional testing. We’re one step closer to returning to the moon!
The SP0-S is part of the vehicle control unit that manages critical functions of the Habitat Spacecraft command – Telemetry, Navigation, Thermal Control, Fault Management – on the Gateway space station.
“Future Artemis missions will rely on Gateway’s HALO and I-HAB modules as a home away from home; establishing an enduring human presence around the Moon and serve as a steppingstone to Mars,” according to NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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SpaceX will build a ~$850 million spacecraft to safely deorbit the ISS, guiding it through re-entry.
NASA plans to retire the International Space Station in 2030.
Private space stations are expected to replace the ISS, offering a more cost-effective solution for space research and operations.
The Deorbit Vehicle, developed by SpaceX, will attach to the ISS and perform a controlled deorbit burn.
This maneuver will lower the ISS's orbit, eventually guiding it to reenter Earth's atmosphere safely, ensuring it lands in a remote area of the South Pacific Ocean.
Private space stations will replace the ISS by offering a more cost-effective solution for space research and operations.
NASA sees privately built space stations as a way to replace the ISS at a fraction of the cost, as the ISS costs about $4 billion each year to operate.
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#NASA is having SpaceX build a ~$850 million spacecraft to destroy the International Space Station.
After the ISS retires in 2030, the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle will guide the research laboratory through the fiery demise of reentry in a "safe and responsible" way:
*sniff*
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"NASA will have a spacecraft from Elon Musk’s SpaceX guide the International Space Station’s destruction later this decade, the agency announced Wednesday.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded an $843 million contract to SpaceX to build the so-called “U.S. Deorbit Vehicle.” The spacecraft will be designed to guide the football-field-sized research laboratory back into the Earth’s atmosphere after retiring in 2030.
The SpaceX-built vehicle will effectively destroy the ISS by pushing the station into reentry from orbit.
“It is crucial to prepare for the safe and responsible deorbit of the International Space Station in a controlled manner,” NASA said in a press release, with the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle needed to “ensure avoidance of risk to populated areas.”
NASA did not specify whether SpaceX’s design for the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle will be based on one of the company’s existing spacecraft, such as its Dragon capsules. SpaceX and NASA did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on the design.
The U.S. – along with four international partner agencies representing Russia, Europe, Canada, and Japan – has been preparing for the eventual end of the ISS, which has been crewed since 2000. The ISS, primarily created as a crewed research laboratory, has seen more than 3,300 experiments conducted in microgravity. That includes research not possible on Earth such as medical sciences and technology demonstrations.
But the ISS is aging, with NASA and its lead partner Roscosmos, unable to solve a worsening problem of microscopic leaks on the station.
NASA published a study on Wednesday with analysis of why it decided to intentionally destroy the ISS in a controlled reentry. The agency evaluated a variety of alternatives, including disassembling the station in orbit or trying to raise the ISS to a higher orbit with a large spacecraft like SpaceX’s Starship.
“The space station is a unique artifact whose historical value cannot be overstated. NASA considered this when determining if any part of the station could be salvaged for historical preservation or technical analysis,” the agency wrote.
Ultimately, the agency study determined that any attempts to preserve or reuse the ISS were technically or economically infeasible. NASA noted the possibility the ISS’ operational lifetime could be extended beyond 2030, but that is yet to be determined and requires agreement with its international partner agencies.
NASA is planning to replace the ISS through private space stations and is helping fund U.S. companies’ development through the Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD) program.
The ISS totaled about $150 billion to develop and build and costs NASA about $4 billion each year to operate, so the agency sees privately built space stations as a way to replace the ISS at a fraction of the cost."
#NASA is having SpaceX build a ~$850 million spacecraft to destroy the International Space Station.
After the ISS retires in 2030, the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle will guide the research laboratory through the fiery demise of reentry in a "safe and responsible" way:
🌑 Sharing the first infographic I've ever made for the NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Aerospace Scholars program, inspired from the 2007 Dawn Mission. I wanted to make an infographic on this topic because I found this mission to be one of the many, very successful missions because the amount of data was recovered from this mission. I hope that future deep space satellite missions are able to have similar design redundancies in order to create full scale data maps of other planets within our solar system!
🛰 NASA Dawn Mission
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