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03/03/2025

CLPS lander Firefly lands on the moon.

We've only had a few images down from Blue Ghost, but I wanted to take a look at what they tell us, the shadow picture is most interesting, but then the sunr...

02/07/2025

The Satellite Conference is in Washington, DC, from March 10-13—if you're attending, let's connect! Looking forward to discussing space robotics, infrastructure, and industry trends. Send a message if you’d like to meet up! 🚀

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12/13/2024

🛰️ The Top 5 Challenges to the New Space Age 🚀

NASA’s Civil Space Shortfall Ranking highlights the top 5 technologies critical for advancing space exploration, from building Moon and Mars bases to deploying robotic explorers. This video examines the priorities and challenges we must address to achieve these goals, including robotics, navigation, and surviving extreme conditions. Learn more about what it will take to make the vision of a spacefaring future a reality.

This video was sponsored by Brilliant. To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/PaulSutter/ . You’ll als...

12/11/2024

🛰️ Airbus Tests Metal 3D Printing in Space 🚀

Airbus, funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), is testing the first metal 3D printer on the ISS. Unlike Earth-based printers, which use powdered metal, this system melts stainless steel wire to build parts, ensuring safety for the crew. The first part has been printed, with more on the way, marking a significant step in space manufacturing.

Airbus is testing the first metal 3D printer in space, funded by the European Space Agency (ESA). 3D printers of plastic have been used on ISS since 2014, b...

12/09/2024

🚀 NASA Revolutionizes Rocket Engine Manufacturing 🌌

NASA’s Rapid Analysis and Manufacturing Propulsion Technology (RAMPT) program is using 3D printing to transform rocket engine production. By combining two advanced additive manufacturing techniques, NASA has developed a single-piece, multi-metal thrust chamber assembly that simplifies design and significantly reduces time and material waste. This innovative approach cuts production from months to days, offering dramatic cost savings for spacecraft propulsion systems.

When we talk about spacecraft, we are largely talking about propulsion. About 70% of the cost of a spacecraft, along with considerable manufacturing lead tim...

12/09/2024

🤖 Adam Savage Visits MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms – Part 4 🔧

In the final part of his tour, Adam explores groundbreaking macro technologies, including a folding machine that transforms flat sheets of renewable material into 3D forms with adjustable elasticity. This cutting-edge demonstration showcases the innovative possibilities of material science and design.

Adam concludes his tour of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms with the demonstration of some macro technologies, including a folding machine that can take a sin...

12/08/2024

🤖 Adam Savage Visits MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms – Part 3 🔧

In the final part of his tour, Adam dives into the cutting-edge world of meso technologies and explores how machines can rapidly prototype other machines. This glimpse into the future of manufacturing is as innovative as it is mind-bending. Don’t miss this fascinating look at the next stage of engineering!

The next stage of machines making machines isn't rapid prototyping, it's rapid prototyping of rapid prototyping. In this third part of his tour of MIT's Cent...

12/07/2024

🤖 Adam Savage Visits MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms – Part 2 🔧

In the second part of his tour, Adam explores multiple micron tools and gets an up-close look at BILL-E, the Bipedal Isotropic Lattice Locomoting Explorer. This robotic assembler is a groundbreaking innovation you have to see to believe. Watch as cutting-edge robotics and engineering come to life!

In the second part of his tour of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, Adam learns about multiple micron tools and meets BILL-E (Bipedal Isotropic Lattice Locomo...

12/06/2024

🚜 Automation at Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri Mine 🌏

Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri mine in Western Australia uses autonomous trucks, drills, trains, and digital twin technology to optimize operations. The $3.1 billion mine reached full capacity of 43 million tonnes in under four months and has a lifespan of over 40 years. Its digital twin provides real-time feedback to predict changes and improve efficiency over the mine’s lifetime. This demonstrates how advanced automation and monitoring can improve productivity and reliability in remote worksites.

Sky News Business Editor Edward Boyd has travelled to Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri mine in Western Australia to see the mining corporation's newest and most techn...

12/04/2024

🏗️ Building in Extreme Conditions 🌌

Imagine constructing the world’s largest telescope in the remote Atacama Desert, atop a 3,000-meter-high mountain in Chile. The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) presents a monumental engineering challenge, with its massive primary mirror poised to revolutionize astronomy. This isolated, massive construction project highlights the difficulties of building in remote locations.

In Chile's Atacama Desert, men and women are building the world's largest telescope. A titanic construction site with record numbers and stakes, isolated fr...

12/03/2024

🏗️ Digital Twins: The Future of Construction 🌐

Discover how digital twins are transforming the construction industry by creating real-time virtual replicas of physical sites. This technology streamlines planning, improves accuracy, and ensures projects stay on track. See link here:

Using digital twins in construction enables real-time monitoring, simulation, and optimization of projects. Learn how to implement digital twin technology in construction projects.

12/02/2024

🌌 Reimagining Space Telescopes 🚀

Advances in launch vehicles, sensors, and software have revolutionized low-cost, high-risk SmallSat missions, and now similar innovation is being applied to larger space telescopes. This new "LargeSat" concept explores a cost-effective 6.5-meter optical telescope, leveraging borosilicate glass mirrors and commercial electronics for stability. By rethinking the traditional space observatory paradigm, this approach aims to enable groundbreaking science at a fraction of the cost of flagship missions.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.04934