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US space agency NASA’s unmanned space probe is now starting its eighth of a planned 24 orbits around our star. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is the closest man-made kit to the Sun, currently passing a mere 8.4 million miles (13.5 million km) from the Sun’s infernal surface.
After two years of futile struggles to penetrate surprisingly sticky soil, the heat probe’s demise leaves large gaps in our understanding of the Red Planet’s interior
In the United States government, the Cabinet is the president’s advisory body that includes the Vice President and the heads of all 15 executive departments. These heads take the title of Secretary, except for the head of the Justice Department, who assumes the title of Attorney General. The Cabinet also includes the White House Chief of Staff and the heads of other government agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, and others.
Heavy Construction Process to be Measured by Space-based Machine Automated Recognition
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, announced a multi-year research effort called the Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique (SMART) program.
January 13, 2021
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)
BlackSky uses on-demand satellite tasking and rapid access to collect images and data of heavy construction and other types of projects.
BlackSky
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, announced today a multi-year research effort called the Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique (SMART) program.
Moon Dialogs bring together stakeholders in near-future lunar activity
Laurel Kornfeld
January 12th, 2021
A rendering of an Orion spacecraft flying by the Moon during an Artemis mission. Image Credit: NASA
Moon Dialogs, a partnership that seeks to bring together a wide variety of stakeholders to brainstorm about near-future lunar activity, organized Zoom sessions throughout 2020 exploring the wide range of topics pertinent to policy and governance on the Moon.
Representatives of industry, government, science, public policy and non-government organizations held nine interdisciplinary dialog sessions or salons over the past year, culminating in a Dec. 14, 2020, hour-and-a-half-long salon titled “
Lunar Policy Takeaways,” where numerous stakeholders reflected on science and policy recommendations of the past year.