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Elizabeth Frank
efrankplanetary
This is exciting news! SIMPLEx missions like @LunarTrailblazr, Janus, @lunahmap, and others have the potential to change how-and how often-NASA explores the solar system. But how exactly? Here's what I
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Jessica Noviello, Ph.D.
JessicaNoviello
There are literally millions of asteroids that a mission could choose as its target. Why did Hayabusa2 choose asteroid #Ryugu? A thread. Asteroid missions are still relatively new. The first
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Joalda Morancy
solarrsystem
Welcome to Day 1 of Ocean Worlds Week!Today I'm going to be giving a quick introduction to what ocean worlds really are. How do they form? Why are they important?
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Phil Plait
BadAstronomer
Did you feel the breeze? A few days ago, the small asteroid 2020 QG passed just 2,950 km above the Earth, the closest near-miss ever recorded!https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/a-small-asteroid-called-2020-qc-just-gave-earth-the-closest-near-mis
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Gareth Harney
OptimoPrincipi
1) May 6th, 319 AD. A normal spring day across Roman Britain. Little do the inhabitants of Britannia's towns and cities know they are about to witness one of nature's
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Ken Kirtland IV
KenKirtland17
I just need to say this while David isn't here (love you David)A contract to make a Lunar Crew Dragon and human rate Falcon Heavy should be made ASAP. Please
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DeliciousKashmiri
DKashmiri_
Yes, humans caused global warming. Here is how we know (rolling thread). #climatechange #ClimateAction @CarbonBrief https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-scientists-think-100-of-global-warming-is-due-to-humans > It is extremely likely
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Curtis “Ovid” Poe 🇺🇸🇫🇷✊🏾
OvidPerl
If I had to guess what the most profitable organization in the world is, I think I'd put my money on NASA.Wait, what?1/* In the US, people swoon at profits
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Do Good, 1 Day at a Time
SmileSimplify
A 46-tweet op-ed(?) thread by Phil Metzger (prompted by NASA’s announcement this morning that they are initiating a program to buy Lunar regolith from commercial entities).https://twitter.com/drphiltill/status/1304161564816220161 https://
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Business Insider India🇮🇳
BiIndia
A car-sized #asteroid flew within 1,830 miles of #Earth over the weekend — the closest pass ever — and we didn't see it cominghttps://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/a-car-size-asteroid-flew-within-1830-miles-of-earth-over-the-w
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CivilDrivel
DrivelCivil
Why was Pence leading:1. Commission on Election Integrity2. Space Force 3. COVID Task ForceWhat if all 3 were intimiately related?Connect the dots. Tell me your theory. KILL NASA (prevent
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Matt Collin
aidthoughts
Listened today to the @yourewrongabout episode on the Challenger disasterThey discuss the post-Apollo outsourcing of much of NASA's engineering work to private contractors, leading a lot of NASA geeks doing
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⭐Nereide🪐
Nereide
Thread1/5#Mariner4 flew past #Mars on July 14, 1965, providing the 1st close-up photographs of another planet.This 1st close-up image ever taken of Mars shows an area about 330 km across
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NASA Webb Telescope
NASAWebb
With the end of the year just days away, we're excited to announce #NASAWebb has cleared one of its most important milestones to date. Its 5-layer sunshield has been successfully
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Dr. Jeffrey Lewis
ArmsControlWonk
Here's a fun rabbit hole I fell into. Why are some solid-rocket motors tested horizontally, while others are tested vertically. I had wondered about this a long time. The answer
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808 Pirate ‡
perkdealer
In this universe, nothing really ends, it transforms into something else, nothing has a definite beginning or ending, nothing is going to end, things are only going to change.So "the
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