Astronomers now know exactly what to call the “Oumuamua” object — which is hurtling through space at 70,000 miles per hour and was originally thought to be a UFO.
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Astronaut Mark Kelly says Trump’s order to create a Space Force ‘is a dumb idea’
The US already has the Air Force Space Command and the Space Mission Force.
President Donald Trump on Monday said he wanted to create a sixth military division called the Space Force. But Mark Kelly, a retired NASA astronaut and Navy veteran, tweeted that it was “a dumb idea” because the US Air Force already has a Space Command and a space force.
Gateway Foundation Spaceport envisions large scale space construction
They would start with a hub that is 78 meters wide.
The National Space Society has the goal of 100-meter wide space station that weighs 8500 tons. It could house 500 people.
At Asteroid Ryugu, Japan’s Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Preps for Exploration
The probe will map the surface, deploy rovers and collect pristine samples that could contain clues about the origins of life on Earth.
- By Elizabeth Tasker on June 29, 2018
Amazing Facts About Star Clusters
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