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Iroquois Pliskin
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I like vacuum environments with lots of radiation where gravity is the only force that really matters

The Israeli government are war criminals and should be brought to justice for genocide.

All lies. The Crew Dragon that they are coming down with tomorrow has been docked to the ISS since september 2024. They were never abandoned but their mission was redefined in good consultation with the astronauts.

Open access secure global communication technology will be enabled by space based satellites running Lightning Network nodes that you pay per bit with BTC, and DIY hardware for a ground terminal. This will be great for global FOS, i.e. being able to say what you want without the risk of a government that can stop and/or censor you. The only drawback is that criminals get the same capability.

At anytime in the past, I would have stepped into a SpaceX Crew Dragon. But not now. Recently, falcon9 had several issues with 2nd stages and lost a first stage after landing. Also, Starship FT7 and FT8 went wrong and human resources were shifted from F9 to SS. And Elon Musk used to be cheering people up but I would guess that SpaceX workers are not happy with their neofascist company owner. He is too busy with chopping things up, for example NASA. The agency that is his client. All in all, I would not trust my life in the hands of this company now. Godspeed crew10!

What will happen to Exomars and its partnership with NASA, while NASA is being slaughtered by the DOGE? Time to move to Ariane 6 and hire the fired JPL team for helping out with the landing?

Reality is always the opposite. I used to admire the guy for doing great things with SpaceX. I actually met him at a conference back in 2004 (Vancouver, IAC). He came across as a humble nerd. Now he is off the rails clearly since a few years. What happened to him?