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Robotics<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SpaceMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceMining</span></a> ⚒️ <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robot</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3zRvl2LYJ4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=d3zRvl2LYJ</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RASSOR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RASSOR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>
Robotics<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OffWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OffWorld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robot</span></a> ⚒️ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18vMbCm-mHI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=18vMbCm-mH</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SpaceMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceMining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>📆 2021 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Hyundai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hyundai</span></a> 🇰🇷 bought 80% of <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/BostonDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BostonDynamics</span></a>* and revealed a <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robotic</span></a> vehicle: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs3srQuTs6Q" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=gs3srQuTs6</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p><p>* <a href="https://bostondynamics.com/news/hyundai-motor-group-completes-acquisition-of-boston-dynamics-from-softbank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bostondynamics.com/news/hyunda</span><span class="invisible">i-motor-group-completes-acquisition-of-boston-dynamics-from-softbank</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/rover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rover</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>This <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robotic</span></a> system <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOq20bisc0g" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=LOq20bisc0</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a> holds the potential to dig up to 10,000 kg in a single lunar day. This is a huge increase 📈 from previous missions that only collected tens of kilograms <a href="https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/nasas-powerful-moon-mining-robot-could-dig-10000-kg-of-soil-in-a-single-lunar-day" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">interestingengineering.com/inn</span><span class="invisible">ovation/nasas-powerful-moon-mining-robot-could-dig-10000-kg-of-soil-in-a-single-lunar-day</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IPEx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPEx</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceMining</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> robots 📆 Apr 29, 2025 :</p><p>• A modular system of small <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a> and smart algorithms that can <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/autonomously" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autonomously</span></a> assemble large-scale structures in <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a><br>• A team of small lunar rovers designed to operate <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/independently" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independently</span></a>, navigating and making decisions together <br>• A robotic arm system built for <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/lunar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunar</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/construction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construction</span></a> tasks 🏗️ <br>• A lunar <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/bulldozer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bulldozer</span></a>-dump <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/truck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truck</span></a> hybrid designed to mine ⚒️ and transport regolith<br><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/robots-rovers-and-regolith-nasa-brings-exploration-to-first-robotics-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie</span><span class="invisible">s/johnson/robots-rovers-and-regolith-nasa-brings-exploration-to-first-robotics-2025</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>The <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> Exploration Rover <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Spirit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spirit</span></a> and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/InSight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InSight</span></a> lander both experienced challenges related to understanding the geotechnical properties of regolith. The advancements in legged <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robotic</span></a> platforms <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBTyelFFE1A" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=wBTyelFFE1</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a> hold potential to address these challenges through greater sensitivity to changing surface properties <a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20230000243" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/202300</span><span class="invisible">00243</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LASSIE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LASSIE</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>When will <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a> be able to withstand the harsh conditions of <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> 🔴 to build <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> for further <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploration</span></a> ?</p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>A one-way journey typically takes about six 6️⃣ to nine months. <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Optimus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Optimus</span></a> is intended to perform basic tasks like equipment setup, maintenance, and data collection on <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> 🔴 <a href="https://thedroidguy.com/spacexs-bold-plan-starship-and-teslas-optimus-robot-headed-to-mars-by-2026-1268548" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thedroidguy.com/spacexs-bold-p</span><span class="invisible">lan-starship-and-teslas-optimus-robot-headed-to-mars-by-2026-1268548</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Optimus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Optimus</span></a> humanoid robots 🤖 have electric motors in their arms that operate in a confined space and require the special magnets 🧲. <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RareEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RareEarth</span></a> magnets are up to 15 times as powerful as conventional iron magnets of the same size <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/business/elon-musk-tesla-robots.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/23/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/elon-musk-tesla-robots.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SupplyChain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupplyChain</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>For Starship to go to <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> 🔴, you’ve got to get <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Starship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starship</span></a> tankers ⛽ on orbit and perfect orbital refueling. <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> will have to perfect the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a> 🤖 that will help build spacecraft <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LandingPads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandingPads</span></a> and human <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/habitats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>habitats</span></a> on the Martian surface, prospect for water 💧 underground, and convert the water and carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere into vast reservoirs of super-cooled oxygen and methane for the Starships’ return voyage to Earth. <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/2025/03/11/spacexs-starship-plan-to-land-first-humans-on-mars-but-not-till-2031" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenpl</span><span class="invisible">att/2025/03/11/spacexs-starship-plan-to-land-first-humans-on-mars-but-not-till-2031</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mars2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars2026</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Optimus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Optimus</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>🇨🇳 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ChangE8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangE8</span></a> 📆 2028 : “Through data sharing and task delegation, the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a> 🤖 will work together like a team, achieving objectives that would be impossible for independent robots to complete” <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3296324/change-8-moon-mission-first-get-robotic-boost-chinas-private-sector" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scmp.com/news/china/science/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/3296324/change-8-moon-mission-first-get-robotic-boost-chinas-private-sector</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/MoonMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoonMining</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ISRU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISRU</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>Some useful payload for greenhouses 🌱 on <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> 🔴 ? 🤔 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVcQp-WQbF0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=aVcQp-WQbF</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceFarming</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceFood</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceColonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceColonization</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>The two limb design of the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> 🇪🇺 Robotic Arm gives it the ability to 'walk' around the exterior of the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISS</span></a> under its own control, moving hand-over-hand between the pre-fixed base points <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Robotic_Arm#End_effectors" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European</span><span class="invisible">_Robotic_Arm#End_effectors</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>"No <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astronauts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronauts</span></a> 👨‍🚀 have ever viewed Earth from the vantage point of a polar orbit. Such orbits are favored by commercial photo-reconnaissance satellites 🛰️ because they fly over the entire planet as it rotates beneath them." <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-to-launch-bitcoin-entrepreneur-and-three-crewmates-on-flight-around-earths-poles/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/spacex-to-lau</span><span class="invisible">nch-bitcoin-entrepreneur-and-three-crewmates-on-flight-around-earths-poles/</span></a></p><p>Maybe they see more than the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HiRes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HiRes</span></a> cams with their 👓 ❓🤔 </p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Fram2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fram2</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HumanSpaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanSpaceflight</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceTourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTourism</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> 🇨🇳 has made it a goal to have mass production of humanoid <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a> by 📆 2025 and wants global leadership 📈 in the sector by 📆 2027.<br><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Leju" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leju</span></a> Robot presented its <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Kuavo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kuavo</span></a> 🤖, which runs on an operating system derived from <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Huawei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Huawei</span></a>’s <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/OpenHarmony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenHarmony</span></a>, the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> version of <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HarmonyOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarmonyOS</span></a> 📱 <a href="https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3269500/chinas-laws-robotics-shanghai-publishes-first-humanoid-robot-guidelines" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3</span><span class="invisible">269500/chinas-laws-robotics-shanghai-publishes-first-humanoid-robot-guidelines</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HumanSpaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanSpaceflight</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>“<a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Astronauts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronauts</span></a> 👨‍🚀 need far more maintenance than <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a> 🤖, simply because their journeys and surface operations require air, water, food, living space, and protection against harmful radiation ☢️”. Merely going back to the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> will simply look routine, despite the $90bn 💰 cost of the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Artemis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Artemis</span></a> programme. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/20/from-apollo-to-artemis-50-years-on-is-it-time-to-go-back-to-the-moon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/2022/n</span><span class="invisible">ov/20/from-apollo-to-artemis-50-years-on-is-it-time-to-go-back-to-the-moon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HumanSpaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanSpaceflight</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>Poll 📊 of the American <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Astronomical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomical</span></a> Society : 36 percent said a manned 👩‍🚀 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> mission had “great scientific value,” and 35 percent said it had “little scientific value.” And unmanned, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robotic</span></a> 🤖 missions to the Moon? Sixty-six percent of space <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> said they would have “great scientific value.” <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-you-didnt-know-about-apollo-11-mission-fifty-years-ago-180972165/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/science-nat</span><span class="invisible">ure/what-you-didnt-know-about-apollo-11-mission-fifty-years-ago-180972165/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HumanSpaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanSpaceflight</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>"Human beings 👨‍🚀 don't serve any useful function in space 🌌. They radiate heat, they're very expensive to keep alive and unlike robotic missions, they have a natural desire to come back, so that anything involving human beings is enormously expensive." <a href="https://www.space.com/4357-nobel-laureate-disses-nasa-manned-spaceflight.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">space.com/4357-nobel-laureate-</span><span class="invisible">disses-nasa-manned-spaceflight.html</span></a></p><p>“I see on the part of the president and the administrators of <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>… an infantile 👶 fixation on putting people into space, which has little or no <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/scientific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientific</span></a> value.” <a href="https://www.thespacereview.com/article/1037/1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thespacereview.com/article/103</span><span class="invisible">7/1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HumanSpaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanSpaceflight</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>Objectives of ten or 20 years from now, like building <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/lunar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunar</span></a> settlements, exploring mineral deposits on the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> and efficiently repairing <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceStation</span></a> modules can only be achieved using <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robotics</span></a>. Due to possible disruptions in normal operations, like a small <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/meteor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meteor</span></a> shower damaging the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robot</span></a>, or hacking carried by a hostile group or state, humans 👩‍🚀 must be ready to step in. <br>Modern <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/spacesuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacesuits</span></a> will be a key foundation of this collaborative relationship. <a href="https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/the-upgrades-to-spacesuits-that-need-to-be-made-sooner-rather-than-later/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">astronomy.com/space-exploratio</span><span class="invisible">n/the-upgrades-to-spacesuits-that-need-to-be-made-sooner-rather-than-later/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> 🌙 scouts will all be <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robotic</span></a>, designed to build a foundation for <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astronauts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronauts</span></a> 👨‍🚀 to follow about two years later. There is need for transporting 🚀 large masses of equipment and materials from <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a>. An <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> lander is set to reach the Moon later this year. <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>’s <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a> will release a “swarm” of robot-explorers equipped with stereo cameras 📹 and charged with creating photorealistic <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3D</span></a> maps 🗺️ of the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/lunar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunar</span></a> terrain <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/2024/04/27/robot-explorers-futuristic-spacex-starships-set-to-transform-the-moon/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenpl</span><span class="invisible">att/2024/04/27/robot-explorers-futuristic-spacex-starships-set-to-transform-the-moon/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceLogistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceLogistics</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Starship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starship</span></a></p>