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Spaceflight 🚀

A fusion-powered #spacecraft could make the trip to #Mars 🔴 in 90 days or less.The roadmap identifies milestones in #FusionPropulsion technology to deploy fusion spacecraft in the 2030s, on par with the vast majority of fusion developers’ commercialization timelines (89% of fusion companies* anticipate fusion on the grid in the 2030s or before) fusionindustryassociation.org/

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Fusion Industry Association · FIA Launches Fusion Spacecraft Propulsion Roadmap - Fusion Industry AssociationFusion has the potential to revolutionize space propulsion as we know it. One leg of a mission to Mars using conventional chemical propulsion can take up to nine months. In contrast, a fusion-powered spacecraft could make the trip in 90 days or less. 
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Old Soviet spacecraft expected to crash back to Earth next week
By Jacinta Bowler

Scientists are keeping an eye on Kosmos 482, which is forecast to plunge back to Earth next week. We just don't know exactly when or where it will land.

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ABC News · Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 expected to crash back to Earth next week. Here's what you need to knowBy Jacinta Bowler
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Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plunge uncontrolled to Earth next week | Space | The Guardian
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"Kosmos 482, weighing 500kg, was meant to land on Venus in the 1970s but it never made it out of orbit because of a rocket malfunction"

The Guardian · Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plunge uncontrolled to Earth next weekBy Guardian staff reporter
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‘It's almost cheating’: How Michael hunts comets in his spare time
By Jacinta Bowler

Amateur astronomer Michael Mattiazzo discovered the latest comet to grace our sky. But he fears his tenth comet could be his last as a new state-of-the-art telescope is set to replace comet hunters like him.

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ABC News · Comet C/2025 F2 SWAN was discovered by an Australian amateur astronomer. This is how he found it.By Jacinta Bowler
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Spaceflight 🚀

As the #spacecraft approaches Mars 🔴, it will need to perform a capture burn 🔥 to slow down and be captured by Mars' gravity. This requires a delta-v of about 0.7 to 1.3 km/s to enter Mars' orbit or to land on the planet's surface. #Starship 🚀 will enter #Mars’ atmosphere at 7.7 km/sec and decelerate #aerodynamically uc.edu/content/dam/refresh/con

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Space Environmentalism

Deloitte on #space: "While growth in the space industry is generally positive, it also poses challenges, which can put #spacecraft at risk. Preservation of the space environment, such as critical earth orbits, is essential to the industry’s growth. As a space sector leader, the United States can have a vital role and ample motivation to lead in sustainable space practices and international cooperative efforts to help preserve the #SpaceEnvironment."

www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insigh

Deloitte InsightsReaping the rewards of the new space raceAmerica, the trailblazer in space technology, must innovate, cooperate, and regulate to safeguard its leadership and drive a prosperous cosmic future.
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