Nice recap! I am fascinated by the amount of technological innovation needed to make some of these feats you mentioned a reality. I even wrote specifically about Europa Clipper’s power system.
That's an interesting topic. I was involved in some projects in the past modelling battery performance on spacecraft, it is surprisingly important, and especially so when you are operating in an environment where you need to be very sure about the availability of power and also manage fluctuating temperature, eclipses and daylight, and high radiation levels. I'll have a look for your article, it sounds like an interesting read!
I'm sure we will see change. Appointing Isaacman to run NASA is the first sign of that! It is hard to say how it will play out, but the contacts I have at NASA seem cautiously optimistic at the moment. It's going to be an interesting thing to watch this year.
Nice recap! I am fascinated by the amount of technological innovation needed to make some of these feats you mentioned a reality. I even wrote specifically about Europa Clipper’s power system.
That's an interesting topic. I was involved in some projects in the past modelling battery performance on spacecraft, it is surprisingly important, and especially so when you are operating in an environment where you need to be very sure about the availability of power and also manage fluctuating temperature, eclipses and daylight, and high radiation levels. I'll have a look for your article, it sounds like an interesting read!
Yay NASA - Parker Solar Probe, boo NASA - can't figure out Artemis. I thought Artemis II was still 2025 :(
Do you think we'll see any changes to that bureaucracy with colonize mars/DOGE man having so much power?
I'm sure we will see change. Appointing Isaacman to run NASA is the first sign of that! It is hard to say how it will play out, but the contacts I have at NASA seem cautiously optimistic at the moment. It's going to be an interesting thing to watch this year.