HubertManne

Interesting. So it won’t happen unless musk specifically does it. So if musk is not around then it could not happen. Very good to know.

ooh. plus one for steamdeck. should have mentioned it in my comments.

I use zorin and by and large like it because I install it and can use it right away and maybe install a thing here or there as needed.

This works out well because its likely best we have no intel on it.

mexico??? you know the panama/canada/greenland talk yeah.

its all opinion from my experience.

There is something about reading and in particular a story. If you read a text book or manual its different. With a story you visually look at the words and you don’t just take in the words but will also imagine the sound of the voices and the image of the scene and even smells. It sorta activates all parts of your brain in a way nothing else does quite as well. I would say its as valuable or maybe more than doing suduko or crosswords or some other puzzle type thing.

I don’t think I have read a book in the last 12 years.

someone with far more experience replied to me and he might be better to ask. Im sorta viewing this as like the equivalent of sputnik for what it is and like how long it took to get civilian gps in the 90’s. So like 30 or 40 years. stuff by and large goes faster now so im thinking this may be something utilized by actual space industries if they can get going in the next ten or twenty years. I mean ten is unlikely but never know. Total peanut gallery opinion from me though. I don’t work in the industry im just a science and technology geek.

Im not sure then why mars was mentioned in the article. Is the power really limiting though assuming solar panels just for lunar transmission (earth retransmissions) and maybe more not only so that some are active at any point (seems almost better than battery but maybe battery would be better) but also using directed antenna to get info to the points we want to get the information to (so like ones that send info to the lagrange point and others that are more for lunar surface gps). I hope im getting what im thinking across clear enough.

I think the plan is to expand it. Put antennas like this at specific points like 6 around the sphere. Im sorta surprised that they don’t use a rover setup to maybe plant them as specific a location as they can. I think the theory is we can use what we have at earth and place beacons around such that you can get more and more exact measurments. Much like gps became more and more accurate. I would expect things put into lagrange points and such to. I mean they will have to do something to get this working out to like mars.

interesting. its not just about the moon:

“LuGRE’s groundbreaking success opens the door for future NASA Artemis missions and other space explorations to use GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) signals. This means they can accurately figure out their position, speed, and time without human help. It’s a huge leap forward for navigation systems on the Moon and Mars!”

this should be pretty huge. think about the various failed landings and such you have seen in the news.:

“Traditionally, NASA engineers use a combination of onboard sensors and Earth-based tracking signals to track spacecraft. LuGRE’s demonstration shows that GNSS signals can autonomously aid navigation, even at the Moon’s distance.”

so this really changes space exploration as or more significant to the reusable rocket stages.

this was working well in a research lab in the aughts. Surprised its not more common as by now I would think any laptop camera should be able to do eye tracking pretty decently.