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@dexter These are absolutely beautiful man, thanks for sharing.

That is actually a pretty cool marketing idea.

This doesn't make any sense.

My understanding is that France does have outstanding interests in the region, at last as far as the involvement of Total in gas exploration in the Cyprus EEZ is concerned. I think that Yavuz was actually seen recently drilling in one of said blocks where Total had a concession.

Rubber stamping the creation of Bantustans is not much of a choice here. Everybody knows this, but some have difficulty acknowledging it. The announcement of full annexation regarding settlements in West Bank, 2 hours after the plan was unveiled should tell you everything you need to know...

My prayers to all in the region. Hope everyone is safe.

Turkey to step up to award new licenses to TPAO after deal with Libya Sevil Erkuş – ANKARA - Hurriyet Turkey’s Energy Ministry started to work on granting new licenses for Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) to search for hydrocarbons in the western part of Turkey’s continental shelf in...

The rocket variant itself (Falcon 9 Block V) has done more than 10, and the actual rocket stage used on this one had already been to space (three times) in other SpaceX missions. Besides this test, the capsule has also completed an ISS demo mission without passengers, as well as a pad abort...

SpaceX performs in-flight abort test of Crew Dragon spacecraft WASHINGTON — SpaceX successfully tested the abort system of its Crew Dragon spacecraft, one of the final milestones before the vehicle is cleared to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. A Falcon 9 carrying the...

Wait, where does LOSC say that?

Your math is incorrect (to be more specific, your math is irrelevant as regards to how a hall thruster operates). And the power consumption of the described system is actually pretty impressive for a hall thruster (most commercially available systems of this exact type usually need around 22kW...

Extremely unrealistic. I think you might have to work on your math a little, right?

I could do the math for you, but I think it would be even easier/faster to just understand that there is a valid reason for both planetary probes and satellites using electric thrusters. If there wasn't one, they wouldn't really exist. Would they? For reference, Vinasat-1 and Vinasat-2, the...

In satellites where the system is used, the power comes from their solar panels. The application btw works very well for interplanetary probes too. In that case, power is provided from solar panels or RTGs. See Dawn, Deep Space 1 or Hayabusa as some examples.

Hall effect thrusters (and most electric propulsion systems for that matter) provide small amounts of thrust for extremely long amounts of time at terrific efficiency. It is exactly what you need for an orbit-raising or station keeping propulsion system, and the reason that are routinely...

Good news, this would allow China to develop and field all-electric sats without needing to depend on foreign suppliers.

Well...that is certainly one way to pad your stats...

It really *has* to be the second flight of the LM-5 LEO variant. You cannot risk putting something as valuable as the CCM on the maiden launch of a new rocket. The new spacecraft boilerplate is actually an ideal payload for the first launch. At the same time, if the first launch is scheduled...

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/haftar-seeks-support-in-greece.650059/ ;)