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So refreshing to hear this instead of bland platitudes about Ariane 6. “If Europe wants to stay relevant—we will not be relevant without a massive rocket at a massive cadence."
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A historic night for European spaceflight.
Huge congratulations to @danielmetzler and the entire @isaraerospace team on reaching orbit with Spectrum 🚀 from continental Europe.
Spectrum quite literally rose to the challenge and delivered its payloads in low Earth orbit. An astounding achievement by German company Isar, founded only eight years ago. This is exactly the kind of ambition and commercial dynamism Europe needs.
Commercialisation has been at the heart of ESA’s strategy, and the European Launcher Challenge is that strategy put into action following the 2023 Seville Summit.
ESA will continue supporting Isar and Europe’s other new launch providers as they move from demonstration to reliable operations and scale.
There is still a long road ahead, but this is a major milestone.
Congratulations, Daniel and team. Europe is accelerating! Onward and upward! 🚀
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Trying to make sense of what happened this week with the White House, France's Space Summit, and prominent US space companies.
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+++ DIO: "GUCCINI È MORTO" +++
[@ciliegiodinoce]
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Anil Menon applied to become an astronaut four times. He was rejected four times.
“I was so sad, and I admitted defeat,” Menon said. “I just did not see a pathway forward. So I pretty much, at that point in time, gave up on being an astronaut. I thought there was a zero percent chance.”
He went to space yesterday.
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Two years ago today was the first team simulating #HeraMission operations
On the shoulders of giants
#rosetta
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I was able to get some more information about why NASA took the dramatic step 10 days ago of sending its astronauts into Crew Dragon for 'safe haven.' Spoiler alert: It involves saws and drills in space.
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È tutto vero:
pochi giorni fa “Geopolitica dello spazio” è uscito in #Russia.
In Russia, la patria della cosmonautica.
• qui la versione in italiano per @ilSaggiatoreEd: ilsaggiatore.com/libro/geopo…
• qui la versione in russo per @AlpinaBookRu: alpinabook.ru/search/?q=%D0%…
Ad astra
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Era inquietante prima che emergessero i primi risultati delle indagini (che, ricordo, conducono gli investigatori della squadra mobile, non i giudici comunisti brutti e cattivi). Adesso è spaventoso.
“Se ci chiamate forze dell’ordine ci dev’essere un motivo. Non ce la farete a farci arrendere, anche se è sempre più dura!”
Paolo Macchi, ispettore di Polizia e dirigente nazionale SIULP.
#Fuoridalcoro
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The easy thing to do—the expected thing, really—would have been for NASA to sweep this report under the rug, declare Starliner-CFT a great learning experience, and say everything is going well. NASA did not do the easy thing.
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I’m hearing that, internally, Blue Origin is moving aggressively toward an interim Artemis landing solution that does not require refueling (Blue Moon Mk-1.5).
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In #Borsa fra il #2026 e il #2027 - con una valutazione che potrebbe sancire la #Ipo più grande della storia (1500 miliardi di $) - data center orbitali e #Marte.
Negli ultimi giorni dell’anno, le prospettive di @SpaceX e @elonmusk 👇(con @mariniteo)
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I’m horrified and saddened by the death of Rob Reiner and Michele. Wonderful friend, political ally, and brilliant filmmaker (including 2 of mine). Rest in peace, Rob. You always stood by me.
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In chiusura degli eventi @fgcult, abbiamo premiato oggi ad Ancona @mariniteo con la #FeniceCONAI 2025 per il suo racconto sui bracci robotici per “spazzini” spaziali pubblicato su @Repubblica.
Leggi il comunicato stampa: conai.org/notizie/fenice-con…
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♻️ Oggi, nella Mole Vanvitelliana di Ancona, si è tenuto il seminario “Riciclo ed economia circolare, il modello-Italia che fa scuola in Europa”, organizzato da @conai. Premiato anche @mariniteo con la Fenice CONAI per la categoria Stampa e Digitale. #fgcult25
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Perché l’@esa - che è un ente civile -, secondo le parole del DG @AschbacherJosef, potrebbe essere il primo vero pilastro di una difesa europea.
Per lo #SpaceEconomyInstitute ne ho scritto con @mariniteo
