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[morris]

Trump wants more countries to join US policy approach to space resources, lunar mining

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to seek further support for the collection and use of space resources.

www.cnbc.com

 

[bdpopeye]

Expedition 63 Preflight by NASA Johnson, on Flickr
(April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Preflight - The Soyuz rocket with Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA, Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos onboard is seen a several hours before launch, Thursday, April 9, 2020 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A few hours later, the trio lifted off on a Soyuz rocket for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)...

Expedition 63 Preflight by NASA Johnson, on Flickr
(April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA, left, Anatoly Ivanishin, center, and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, depart building 254 for the launch pad, Thursday, April 9, 2020 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A few hours later, they lifted off on a Soyuz rocket for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)..

Expedition 63 Launch by NASA Johnson, on Flickr
Expedition 63 Launch by NASA Johnson, on Flickr
(April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Launch - The Soyuz MS-16 lifts off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Thursday, April 9, 2020 sending Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos into orbit for a six-hour flight to the International Space Station and the start of a six-and-a-half month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

 

[morris]

On April 12, 1961

 

[morris]

NASA, International Partners Advance Cooperation with First Signings of Artemis Accords - NASA

International cooperation on and around the Moon as part of the Artemis program is taking a step forward today with the signing of the Artemis Accords between

www.nasa.gov

The Artemis Accords establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in the agency’s 21st century lunar exploration plans.

The founding member nations that have signed the Artemis Accords, in alphabetical order, are:

• Australia
• Canada
• Italy
• Japan
• Luxembourg
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States of America

NASA announced it was establishing the Artemis Accords earlier this year to guide future cooperative activities, to be implemented through bilateral agreements that will describe responsibilities and other legal provisions. The partners will ensure their activities comply with the accords in carrying out future cooperation. International cooperation on Artemis is intended not only to bolster space exploration but to enhance peaceful relationships among nations.

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-accords/img/Artemis-Accords-signed-13Oct2020.pdf

 

[morris]

60 years ago.

 

[morris]

Mars Res Nullius

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[BCNTM]

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Musk in a prison on the moon

once he has built a base on Mars then its up for discussion?

 

[Penny]

This isn't your typical space rock: There's a metal asteroid out there worth $10,000 quadrillion

The asteroid 16 Psyche, one of the most massive objects in the main asteroid belt orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, could be made entirely of metal, according to a study published this week.

Article Link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...2-svUoTntIGVu-iOSl4zFc4NGC3y_UWD9w1EndrBlnUtA

 

[digrar]

JAXA Hayabusa2 Project

Web site of the asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 project.

www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp

The joys of working on a rocket range. This bad boy from Japan is coming in hot and we're in the potential landing zone. So we'll be evacuating site again (we did it last year for a couple of weeks on and off during some ADF training on the range).

 

[morris]

JAXA Hayabusa2 Project

Web site of the asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 project.

www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp

The joys of working on a rocket range. This bad boy from Japan is coming in hot and we're in the potential landing zone. So we'll be evacuating site again (we did it last year for a couple of weeks on and off during some ADF training on the range).

I was in place called Ora Banda near Kalgoorlie when the Skylab crashed, all of a sadden it was like a gold rush again, everyone and their dog were there trying to find a peace of it.

 

[digrar]

One of the servos on the Nullarbor has a fair collection of Skylab junk IIRC. Balladonia I think it is.

 

[Penny]

One of the servos on the Nullarbor has a fair collection of Skylab junk IIRC. Balladonia I think it is.

Esperance Shire Council sent NASA a $400 fine for littering, too.

 

[Penny]

I was in place called Ora Banda near Kalgoorlie when the Skylab crashed, all of a sadden it was like a gold rush again, everyone and their dog were there trying to find a peace of it.

And to add to that:

US newspaper, the San Francisco Examiner, who turned the hunt for souvenirs into a frenzy when they offered $10,000 dollars to the first person to arrive at their office with an authentic piece of Skylab - the winner had just 72 hours to get to America. The prize was claimed by 17 year old Stan Thorton from Esperance.

https://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2009/07/09/2621733.htm

 

[morris]

Esperance Shire Council sent NASA a $400 fine for littering, too.

I think NASA refused and it went to courts, don't know if they came to settlement agreement at the end or not.

 

[Penny]

I think NASA refused and it went to courts, don't know if they came to settlement agreement at the end or not.

I don't know either. This is what Skeptics said on it:

The fact that a radio show collected the money to pay the fine on behalf of NASA 30 years later implies that NASA denied this fine.

But Skylab was unquestionably property of and a project of NASA, so by any law I can think of, the claim for compensation would be legal. Not to talk about about a laughable amount of $400 due to littering the city. I mean, NASA has to pay billions a year for its projects. Why should they refuse to pay $400 for something caused undoubtedly by them?

https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/...for-littering-caused-by-the-deorbiting-of-sky


Probably another good thing these Artemis Accords and the like are good for, considering agreements for fallen spacecraft debris.

 

[digrar]

Ora Banda

The Ora Banda Hotel. Billy Grierson and the Gypsy Jokers, Don Hancock and Tony Lewandowski and the Mickleburg Brothers and SASR, the Perth Mint Swindle, Don the Gold Theft detective who probably stole more gold than anyone in WA, Snot Reid the super grass, Lou Louis and the car bomb that killed Don as well. I miss sleepy old Perth. Now big nose Basil is the Mayor and the place will never be the same.

 

[digrar]

To clear that up, Don Hancock was a goldfields kid, who joined the police and became a very effective (although couldn't lie straight in bed) detective.

Ray Mickleburg had served in the SAS in Vietnam, he and his brothers had already defrauded Alan Bond (first man to beat the Americans in over 100 years of Americas Cup yacht racing) of several hundred thousand dollars on a bogus gold nugget sale. They were then tied into a theft of gold at the Perth Mint. Ultimately convicted, later released and the two surviving brothers got about half a million each in compensation. The gold was never recovered, although some ended up at Ch7 during one of the appeals.

Tony Lewandowski and Don Hancock had cooked up bogus statements that led to the Mickleburgs being convicted. Tony committed suicide in 2004 during an inquiry or one of the appeals, at any rate, he fingered Don Hancock and himself before he topped himself.

Billy Grierson and the Jokers were out at Ora Banda (a ghost town with a pub) having a few beers around a camp site when Billy was shot dead. Allegedly by Don Hancock, in response to some fairly filthy comments made to Don's daughter. Don wasn't convicted, he was too busy drinking with the top Kalgoorlie detective for anyone to do anything like search his house, or carry out any sort of meaningful investigation.

At any rate, Snot Reid and the Jokers blew up Don's car, Don and poor old Lou the next year in revenge. Snot got a life sentence, but was paroled early for turning supergrass in an investigation.

Ultimately the Ora Banda pub burned down last year. No doubt there was arson involved, there is no chance that it was something as prosaic as a bit of dodgy wiring.

Nothing to do with Space, but Ora Banda has a bit of history.

 

[morris]

Ora Banda has a bit of history

Around time I started exploring there on BHP behalf a block from Perth reportedly found a huge gold nugget using a metal detector. I recon it was a set up, later he made fortune selling metal detectors from Perth as they became fashionable.

 

[Forrest White]

In the future Artemis mission, almost all countries take part and they are responsible for different areas. For example, Lockheed Martin will build spaceships, the UK is for the lunar station building.