F. Stephan's Blog, page 13

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Do you like our sun ?

 I do. And it appears it is an unusually quiet one, which may have helped us survive. Go and have a look…


 


https://www.space.com/lucky-to-have-a...

Do you hate weekly house cleaning ?

Well, look at his video on space station cleaning and take a good laugh ! I loved it !

 


http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2020/04/Astronaut_coffee_break_tomato_sauce_in_space

Do you have kids at home, wondering now after long weeks of confinement what to do ?

Then this “one stop shop” by ESA may provide a few hours of activity. Have a look.


 


https://www.esa.int/Education/Expedition_Home

Can we harness wind energy without land-based turbines?

This question becomes important as land turbines are fought more and more violently by local communities with green association leading. If this energy is not green, we need to find another one. Is this an option?


 

Image from ESA

How long can we live in confinement ?

A long time when we look at the results of the MARS500 experiment. An article + a video to truly understand what a trip to Mars means, something we will understand differently in these confinement days !


 


http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Vid...

Curiosity never stops.

Even with Covid, it continues moving on. HOw? more details here ! A tribute to the perseverance of this rover!


 


https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8647/nasas-curiosity-keeps-rolling-as-team-operates-rover-from-ho

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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how do you grow food in space ?

John Freeman has written an excellent article detailling all you need to know about this. It provides both an history on space crops but also the current status and experiment based on moon / martian soils. A must-read for all who want to travel further than the geosync orbit !

https://ancientsolarsystem.blogspot.com/2018/07/answers-for-authors-could-astronaut.html

Disappointed by Giant planets ?

…because we’ll never live on them


 


Well, here is an Earth-size planet. Still not sure it’s the right fit for us as it orbits a dwarf sun and may not receive enough light. but maybe it is. And it’s a bare 300 light years away …


 


https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/ea...

Credits: NASA/Ames Research Center/Daniel Rutter

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