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Billy Presley

The Orbital Index Issue № 311:
New DESI data hints dark energy isn’t constant, potentially resolving the Hubble Tension. SpaceX's Transporter-13 marked its 400th landing with 74+ payloads, including Botswana's first satellite. Meanwhile, SETI engaged with a whale, and lunar rovers may soon map soil with tiny spectrometers. ESA’s Hera imaged Deimos! 🚀🌖🛰🌌📡🌍💫

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The Orbital Index · Issue No. 311The Orbital Index
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@JoseAC
Mean? Ha ha! That's called democracy. Bitchy, critical, pointy opinions, no gods, no kings, just men/women.

Airbus is just a transnational company that makes billions from public contracts. I don't care much about them, but I do care about what ESA does, what European scientists get in return and publish for the rest of us to read.

#ESA is not on par with my expectations on public outreach, actually, far bellow them. They ought to do a much better job. At least, let scientists do it.

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Let me make that clearer:

We all know that #Europe has not managed so far to land a craft on Mars. By now we all know that #ESA's #Beagle2 failed to operate on Mars. But who knows that it was EADS/Astrium, now -surprise!- Airbus, who managed the program?

I don't mean to diminish the importance of aerospace & arms companies of European interests, but ESA shouldn't appear as an advertising agency for the private sector.

Oligarchies don't suddenly come out of nowhere. Take the #US as an example.

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Whose project is this?

Let me put it differently: Who pays for it and who will take the heat if the project fails to deliver the #RosalindFranklin rover to the surface? Will we then see titles like, "Airbus crashes lander on Mars"? Certainly not.

So, #ESA, do your job and render to C̶a̶e̶s̶a̶r Airbus the things that are Airbus's and to G̶o̶d̶ ESA the things that are ESA's, meaning, size and place logos properly, and provide information on funding.

esa.int/Science_Exploration/Hu

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Daniel Pomarède

ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will have a European landing platform

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus to design and build the landing platform for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover. In 2028, ESA will launch this ambitious exploration mission to search for past and present signs of life on Mars.

esa.int/Science_Exploration/Hu

www.esa.intExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will have a European landing platformThe European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus to design and build the landing platform for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover. In 2028, ESA will launch this ambitious exploration mission to search for past and present signs of life on Mars.
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#IsarAerospace CEO apparently likes Orwellian newspeak, and toots their 30s flight (that's 𝟑𝟎 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒔) that ended in RUD as a “𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔”.

The CEO should be reminded that 80+ years ago his compatriot Wernher von Braun managed to get his V2 rockets cross the Kármán line and, as an added bonus, dropped them unstoppable into London, killing thousands. That was an actual success.

Exploding test flights ain't "success"; putting satellites to orbit is.

esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space

www.esa.intSpectrum takes flight and clears the launch pad
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