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The detail is truly amazing. The mobile-friendly website is also awesome. These guys know what's up!

There are a good few things in this article that seem like long-shots, but since it's Berger talking about I feel like this could be serious!

Glad to have this space to redirect news to!

The curse of end-of-year NET dates is certainly worrying. Still, I have a feeling Vast is moving pretty fast at least relative to the other space station companies. No source, just a hunch.

Thank you!!

Thanks! c/militaryspace has my vote.

The strategy has three “co-equal” science themes, said Becky McCauley Rench, program scientist in NASA’s planetary science division and co-lead of the study. One, called “exploring the potential for Martian life,” is focused on looking for any evidence of life on Mars. “Did life ever arise on Mars, and if so, does it exist today?” she said. “If life never developed, why not?”

A second theme, “supporting the human exploration of Mars,” is looking at the “synergistic observations” that could be made with robotic missions ahead of the first crewed missions, including key knowledge gaps to fill. “How can we prepare to maximize that precious human time on the surface and the resources in connection with the export community here on Earth?” she said.

The third theme, called “revealing Mars as a dynamic planetary system,” includes other science topics, with an emphasis on comparative planetology. “We want to learn as much about Mars as we know about Earth,” she said.

To perform the science in those three themes, the plan advocates a regular series of mission, focusing on smaller spacecraft. “This program is looking at changing the paradigm of how we think about Mars missions,” Ianson said. “Every opportunity there is when a launch window opens up, can we send something up?”

I think the sh.itjust.works instance would be a good home. Personally I don't feel very passionate about this area so I just post stuff when it's relevant and disregard when I I don't care too much.

This particular story is hilarious. Spaceflight memes might be a good home for it lol

Anyone interested in starting a military space community page? There's an increasing amount of news and it might be nice to separate it from scientific/civilian spaceflight.

Did they upgrade the support tower?

So awesome to see Orbcomm-2 and Falcon Heavy in the top 5! I thought it was hilarious that Artemis I was in 25th place lol

I love Vast's approach. I wish them best of luck and can't wait to see how well they execute!