21 April 2021, 11:04 pm
With Earth Day 2021 just around the corner, SpaceX founder Elon Musk gets a little gift from a few people who aren t really fans of his planet-hopping escapades.
(Photo : Getty Images)
According to a report by The Independent, Activista, a creative agency based in Los Angeles, just left a billboard that says Mars Sucks outside the Hawthorne, California headquarters of Elon Musk s SpaceX. The agency also tweeted about installing the billboard on their official Twitter page.
The billboard s message claims that Musk and SpaceX are too focused on setting foot on a so-called barren, desolate wasteland instead of focusing on saving Earth. As is obviously presented, the message to the multi-billionaire is linked to Earth Day 2021, whose main theme is Restore Our Earth. This year s edition of Earth Day wants to focus on showcasing eco-friendly solutions that will help restore damaged ecosystems, such as green technologies and environment-conscious innova
Scientific American
The new orbiting laboratory will host research from Chinese and international scientists
Advertisement
Since the Soviet Union launched the first space station, Salyut 1, 50 years ago, humans have lived on a total of 11 such facilities in Earth orbit. China will soon add one more to that list. With the core module of the Chinese Space Station (CSS) scheduled to lift off at the end of April, the cumulation of a project the nation’s government initially envisioned in 1992 is finally entering the construction phase.
After the core module reaches space, China plans at least 10 more launches of other major modules, as well as crewed and cargo missions, to complete the station’s assembly by the end of 2022. At that time the CSS will join the International Space Station (ISS) as the only fully operational space stations in orbit.
In statement, Zaki Azmi, Chief Justice of DIFC Courts, said: “While space law is nothing new, an important next step will be for the Courts of Space initiative to develop and establish the DIFC Courts as a commercial go-to court for these matters. This is a complex and tall order, but it’s well within Dubai’s reach as the UAE develops its own space-faring ambitions and becomes one of very few countries to have reached Mars.”
The 17-member Working Group will have observers from The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.
“For the time being, the Working Group will discuss more current space dispute issues such as equipment failures, space cargo disputes, or even failure to deliver components on time, said Amna Al Owais, Chief Registrar, DIFC Courts. It might include substandard materials or design faults.
When the atmosphere isn t enough
Why has life flourished on Earth, but nowhere else - that we know of - in the Solar System? The answer is our delicately thin, but hugely consequential atmosphere. Ask the dinosaurs however, and they would say it’s not to be relied upon. That’s what ESA’s Space Safety programme is working on, being there when the atmosphere isn’t enough.
The dinosaurs didn t have a space agency
The Chicxulub impact some 66 million years ago shows us that enormous asteroids many kilometres in diameter survive the fiery journey through Earth’s atmosphere, wreaking havoc on the entire planet.