I’ve got it! With better lighting down the sample tube, you can see the rock core I collected is still in there. Up next, I’ll process this sample and seal the tube. #SamplingMars https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1434376252819841026 https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/

The main purpose of this book is to trace the origins of the concept of light and to understand how it gained theologically over the millennia its sacredness and its current value, to extrapolate this concept from the religious context and to investigate scientifically its individual aspects in order to overcome the concept of creationism and lay the foundation of all principles of a new era introducing a new political vision for a changing world. FREE COPY TO DOWNLOAD! https://eoti.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Free-Copy-Gothic-All-is-Light-Intelligent-Design.pdf The National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg https://primo.nlr.ru/permalink/f/oo3rn7/07NLR_LMS012289160 The Digital Library of the National Library of Russia https://vivaldi.nlr.ru/bx000040661/details DNB Deutsche National Bibliothek http://d-nb.info/1203939787

Space-based solar power won't be just a sci-fi dream forever, if things go according to the U.S. Air Force's plans. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is developing a project called SSPIDR ("Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research"), which aims to mature the technology needed to harvest solar energy in space and beam it down for use on Earth. Such a capability would be a big advantage on the battlefield, Air Force officials said. SOLAR POWER STATIONS IN SPACE COULD BE THE ANSWER TO OUR ENERGY NEEDS space.com/solar-power-stations-in-space-could-be-the-answer-to-our-energy-needs.html

Advancements in radar and advanced materials technology have made energy transmission over long ranges possible. At Emrod, we have developed unique technology that makes long distance energy transmission safe & reliable for commercial purposes. Energy is transmitted through electromagnetic waves over long distances using Emrod's proprietary beam shaping, metamaterials and rectenna technology. https://emrod.energy/wireless-power/?fbclid=IwAR3ri2jKIrtxkGW1eB0W7NovgWeRMscrilQ84LPMGrkRrQTMC8FXs324zf0

With more than a third of days marred by fog all year round, Chongqing city in southwestern China is not the ideal place for a solar power plant. But soon it will have the nation’s first experimental facility to test a revolutionary technology allowing China to send, and receive, a powerful energy beam from space in about a decade, according to scientists involved in the project. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3145237/china-aims-use-space-based-solar-energy-station-harvest-suns?&&&fbclid=IwAR1fi9h5Fougu_s23Hw3edJaRCL2YcgGT79iFAeoss7EX4Ri0rMUzzha1ME

Following Flight 12’s scouting images of “South Seítah,” which were the most valuable Ingenuity has taken to date, we are taking Winston’s advice for Ingenuity’s 13th flight. We will again be venturing across into Seítah to scout an area of outcrops glimpsed in Flight 12 imagery – but we’re taking these new pictures while looking back, pointing in the opposite direction. https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/329/lucky-13-ingenuity-to-get-lower-for-more-detailed-images-during-next-flight/ The #MarsHelicopter will attempt its next flight on the Red Planet no earlier than Sept. 4. We’ll journey into the intriguing South Seítah region and fly lower to take images. This will provide valuable insight for the @NASAPersevere team. http://go.nasa.gov/3BEcjs2 https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1433973542043881473?s=20&fbclid=IwAR1qnY3hSZ-jJzcwKdLaC_WANRW-fTVL56l64aTOpAazAfi71Njfo6lI5AU

First Rock Taken Sept. 1 by Mastcam-Z after Perseverance’s sample-coring activities, this image shows the rover’s drill with no cored rock sample evident in the sample tube. Perseverance's Navigation Camera Captures Sample Borehole: The drill hole from Perseverance's second sample-collection attempt can be seen, in this composite of two images taken on Sept. 1, by one of the rover’s navigation cameras. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Full image and caption › Perseverance will obtain additional imagery of the sample tube before potentially completing the process of collecting its first scientifically-selected Mars sample. Data received late Sept. 1 from NASA’s Perseverance rover indicate the team has achieved its goal of successfully coring a Mars rock. The initial images downlinked after the historic event show an intact sample present in the tube after coring. However, additional images taken after the arm completed sample acquisition were inconclusive due to poor sunlight conditions. Another round of images with better lighting will be taken before the sample processing continues. Obtaining additional imagery prior to proceeding with the sealing and storing of Mars rock sample is an extra step the team opted to include based on its experience with the rover’s sampling attempt on Aug. 5. Although the Perseverance mission team is confident that the sample is in the tube, images in optimal lighting conditions will confirm its presence. If the results of this additional imaging remain inconclusive, the Perseverance team still has several options to choose from going forward, including using the Sampling and Caching System’s volume probe (located inside the rover’s chassis) as a final confirmation of the sample being in the tube. https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9027/nasas-perseverance-rover-successfully-cores-its-first-rock/ https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1433334279937789954 https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1433565831649107971

Facility in country’s east maintains extreme temperatures for five times longer than its previous benchmark. Similar endeavours are under way in the United States, Europe, Russia, South Korea, UK https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3135332/chinese-artificial-sun-hits-new-mark-fusion-energy-mission?&&&fbclid=IwAR0DxeTrOtzcAC2L0LUt28QOUUZT5hWPTrL_WtHpmC2D0nEMktPh2x8FfU4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawson_criterion

Initial results from a UK experiment could help clear a hurdle to achieving commercial power based on nuclear fusion, experts say. The researchers believe they now have a better way to remove the excess heat produced by fusion reactions. This intense heat can melt materials used inside a reactor, limiting the amount of time it can operate for. The system, which has been likened to a car exhaust, resulted in a tenfold reduction in the heat. The tests were carried out at the Mast (Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak) Upgrade nuclear fusion experiment at Culham in Oxfordshire. The £55m device began operating in October last year, after a seven-year build. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57232644?fbclid=IwAR1cLsbykM2jis10fVG_zeuaB1V1cjNkQ1FybwAMlaJdIijXy2LP1wDHECw

A viable nuclear fusion reactor — one that spits out more energy than it consumes — could be here as soon as 2025. That's the takeaway of seven new studies, published Sept. 29 in the Journal of Plasma Physics. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-plasma-physics/collections/status-of-the-sparc-physics-basis

Physicists working on a type of fusion reactor called a stellarator are getting closer to actually harnessing the power of nuclear fusion. According to a new paper, the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator in Germany is now capable of containing heat that reaches temperatures twice as high as those found in the core of the Sun. This means physicists have been able to reduce heat loss - a major step forward in stellarator technology. https://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-been-a-significant-advance-in-harnessing-the-power-of-nuclear-fusion/?fbclid=IwAR1_x8_vwNvQFjpiY991QVXhWdy8lvHwUta447a-TGa0Pj9tBfGEBjs0ynU https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03687-w

This week in Jezero crater, Perseverance is hard at work carrying out sampling-related activities at the Citadelle location. On Earth, preparing for sampling is a massive undertaking and involves careful coordination across all instrument teams, scientists, and engineers; it’s a huge team effort! https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/status/328/kicking-off-the-sampling-sol-path-at-citadelle/ https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1432770602302009350?s=20

Astroscale’s pioneering ELSA-d mission, the first project to demonstrate the core rendezvous, capture and de-orbit technologies used by the ELSA (End-of-Life Service by Astroscale) programme. ELSA-d is comprised of two satellites, the ‘Servicer’ and the ‘Client.’ The ‘Servicer’ is equipped with optical sensing instruments and a capture mechanism which will attach to a Docking Plate on the ‘Client’ satellite. The Servicer and Client will then de-orbit together, burning up as they re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-worlds-first-space-sweeper-make-dent-orbiting-debris-180978515/?fbclid=IwAR2bZLcIwpQ3Ol778wpvRl6KThVGgCADyh8NZOwvBA89GZXAHqdkwwtHTfU

When the Perseverance rover finishes a drive and is exploring a new location, you may see it create a round, shallow hole in a nearby rock. Why does it do this, and how? Mars rovers are robot geologists. They study the rocks around them to understand how the area was formed. However, the environment on the surface of Mars can dramatically change the exterior of a rock. The unaltered rock below the surface may hold important clues to the history of the area. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/status/327/why-and-how-perseverance-abrades-rocks/

The Optical Communication Terminal is one of four Technology Demonstration Payloads carried by Alphasat. It combines a laser terminal and a high-speed downlink to route torrents of data from low-orbiting satellites to ground stations via its host satellite. https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2013/05/Alphasat_TDP1?fbclid=IwAR3x_WqysJWNr-QhhCP0ZuKqU_DikcogyUBhSMynef9jZVN7M62Z99I7KdM#.YSbGOjVycNo.facebook SpaceX paused Starlink launches to give its internet satellites lasers https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-internet-satellites-lasers-launch?fbclid=IwAR0ILZ5Ie8Qrq6ApmnKskf47PRj33563AZOBEa9O5KNPjZev_PsY1KaNya0

A new State of the Climate report confirmed that 2020 was among the three warmest years in records dating to the mid-1800s, even with a cooling La Niña influence in the second half of the year. New high temperature records were set across the globe. The report found that the major indicators of climate change continued to reflect trends consistent with a warming planet. Several markers such as sea level, ocean heat content, and permafrost once again broke records set just one year prior. Notably, carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere also reached record highs in 2020, even with an estimated 6%–7% reduction of CO2 emissions due to the economic slowdown from the global pandemic. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/reporting-state-climate-2020

Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 26, 2021 – Astroscale’s End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) successfully tested its ability to capture its client spacecraft using the servicer’s magnetic capture system, in a demonstration performed on Wednesday, August 25 (UTC). https://astroscale.com/astroscales-elsa-d-successfully-demonstrates-repeated-magnetic-capture/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome "If you don't take action now, then you will be as responsible as those who have not taken care of climate change," says Kai-Uwe Schrogl, chief strategy officer for the European Space Agency (ESA). https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-risky-rush-for-mega-constellations/?fbclid=IwAR3d-J_bR1o9CMNrU_6a-uIeF20N6QvwFvqCCfSNgyS7vCsHpJkDoW3TAHg

The rover will abrade a rock this week, allowing scientists and engineers to decide whether that target would withstand its powerful drill. SOMETIMES THE ROCK APPEARS SOLID ON THE OUTSIDE BUT CRUMBLY, FRIABLE ON THE INSIDE. ESPECIALLY IF IT IS A VOLCANIC ROCK. In its search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover is once again preparing to collect the first of many rock core samples that could eventually be brought to Earth for further study. https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9022/nasas-perseverance-plans-next-sample-attempt/

‘The Climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis: Introducing the Children’s Climate Risk Index’ is the first comprehensive analysis of climate risk from a child’s perspective. According to a UNICEF report launched today in collaboration with Fridays for Future on the third anniversary of the youth-led global climate strike movement, the report finds approximately 1 billion children – nearly half the world's 2.2 billion children – live in one of the 33 countries classified as “extremely high-risk”. https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/one-billion-children-extremely-high-risk-impacts-climate-crisis-unicef https://www.unicef.org/reports/climate-crisis-child-rights-crisis