Talk about socializing honestly, talking about going to other planets, dreaming of new technologies, dreaming of civilly controlling the space we can reach. Talk about a fair world dream of a world full of smiles. Look inside ourselves and look for the island on which our soul lives. Watching TV and seeing long lines of trucks taking away lost islands because our Earth is sometimes loving mother and sometimes caustic stepmother. Learn, talk, build, build in ourselves and remember, always remember where we come from, taking care of it because lacking essential things the old man in us will not live and our caustic stepmother will show us other rows of trucks full of lost islands. We pay attention, we are Earthlings,Asgardian of the 3rd planet of the solar system, Albedo 0.39 and an invisible enemy that comes from the microcosm, to fight and win civilly with the weapons of conscience, of science.

Stellar Outpost of Lojano, Science Log, Asgardian Date 24 Aries 0004. A group of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Institutes of Health, University of Waterloo and Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL), has created an innovative three-phase neutron interferometer, capable of scanning inside meteorites and other porous materials such as gels and foams at the base of common consumer products. It could be tool for future research in space exploration and asteroid mining. https://avampostostellarelojano.wordpress.com/2020/03/20/scanner-ad-interferometria-neutronica-trifase/

A team of researchers of UCLA developed a new design of optical sensor based on graphene and nano-structured gold-titanim brush shaped plates. They demonstrate improvement of the response times by more than sevenorders of magnitude and an increase in bandwidths of one order of magnitude compared to those of higher-responsivity graphene photodetectors based on quantum dots and tunneling barriers. https://avampostostellarelojano.wordpress.com/2020/03/17/fotorivelatori-al-grafene-ad-alte-prestazioni/

It is part of a virus strain that affects both animals and humans (depending on the subgroup to which the virus to be referred belongs to. SARS, the simple cold, but also viral strains such as FIP belong to this unpleasant family which in cats is fatal, causing irreversible peritonitis and resistant to known drugs. In the last decades this family has expanded with mutations, such as the aforementioned SARS, Covid 19, or MERS new subgroup. CoviD 19 is a mutation of a virus that it infects other types of mammals belonging to the animal world. This mutation has surprised many experts and the seriousness of its effects derives from the lack of specific therapies for contrast and the high asymptomatic contagiousness. We are fighting a war against one of the smallest creatures of this world and at the moment has scared us, even beaten us up and made us lose precious friends and relatives. A lesson in humility, a lesson to remind us that the planet is alive and evolving.

Thus was presented this scourge that frightened humanity by forcing the individual to isolate himself from high contagiousness. A mortality similar to that of the flu (about 2%). Looking at today's data in Italy we are at 6.8% (21,157 infections and 1,441 deaths). It is a fact that makes one think for life in the exosphere. What to do if a virus or bacterium suddenly becomes aggressive both in space and on earth before astronauts leave. On earth it is relatively easy, there are sanitization protocols both in and out of those laboratories where viruses and bacteria are studied. Different is what can happen in space if a contagious avent occurs or if a bacterial or viral disease occurs after an incubation. A solution could be to provide a quarantine module, in which to isolate the sick on one side and on the other a safety module together with a ventilation of the remaining modules together with the extensive use of bactericidal lamps. Uninfected astronauts isolated in the safety form, pending completion of the sanitization procedure. 1 injection of disinfectant / bactericide aerosol 2 stand by as required 3 release of pure strong bactericidal oxygen 4 discharge of the mix into the space vacuum 5 restoration of the normal internal atmosphere This procedure request a lot of gas ad atmosphere but if is necessary...

Recently there has been talk again about energy generators that exploit the movement of waves. Interest is aroused by the ingenious transformation of a buoy into an electric generator. The buoy is anchored to the bottom of the sea and works both with the wave motion that invests it and with the simple pitch and roll given by the constraint created by the anchorage to the seabed the dimensions are consistent, but on the sea we have seen much worse things (it is several meters in diameter). The tests that have been conducted have shown that a single unit is capable of producing energy for about 200 homes. Doing a quick calculation by assigning 3.5 kW to each house we are faced with a generator capable of producing about 700 kW/h. It gets interesting, as far as we know, the first units will be available as early as this year.

Next 8th Gemini (29th of April) an asteroid with 4.1km of diameter will be at 16.36 L.D. (Lunar Distance) from us. Asgardia have to cooperate with all research center to develop a network of ground and space telescope for scanning 360° the sky in order to identify any possible hazards. This will not only need the deployment of the telescopes but also analysis automation of images, may be powered by AI systems.

I've already written about buildings on lunar soil. What has been disclosed after the geological analysis of the lunar soil carried out by the Chinese probes, is that for about 12 meters (36 feet) we are in the presence of regulite, the lunar dust formed by the crushing of the rocks making up the satellite together with the meteorites that impacted it. Well. if the regolite is not radioactive (product of exposure to gamma rays from the sun) we will be in the presence of a probable basis for a building material, it remains to be determined with which techniques to manipulate it and give it cohesion and impermeability adequate to contain the biosphere necessary for the life of the first settlers. The suggestion is good, it will be tested on a prototype equipped with a system of detection of internal conditions. Three problems remain to be solved: 1 the defense of living spaces from gamma rays. 2 the certainty that there are no harmful elements in the reguliths including cadmium, lithium, chromium, beryllium or other dangerous elements. 3 identify an area with a consistent bottom to support the construction (even if gravity is reduced, the weight on the ground of a housing module is still discharged). A good reading on the regolite is on Science Advances.

Lojano Star Outpost, Science Log, Asgardian Date 1 Aries 004. After decades of research by Prof. Heinrich Hora, the HB11 company, a spin-off of the University of New South Wales, is preparing to build the first nuclear fusion reactor using the laser-plasma reaction on a hydrogen and boron-11 target. Instead of using the two rare isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium, the Australian group uses the more common and abundant hydrogen (H) and Boron-11 (composed by 5 protons and 6 neutrons), irradiating a sample of H and B11 with short laser pulses of the order of pico-seconds and at high intensity 10 PetaWatts of power it is possible to achieve the nuclear fusion between these two elements. https://avampostostellarelojano.wordpress.com/2020/02/26/reattore-a-fusione-p-b11-indotta-da-laser-plasma/

Recently there has been talk again about meteors that will pass very close to planet Earth. Thoughts go to that series of catastrophic films in which a handful of brave people engage in a fight against time to save the planet, or part of it, from destruction from space. True is that some space bolides have approached with their orbits, others are expected. A perception of the immanent danger linked to the speed with which this manifests itself and is divulged. The timing comes to define the danger thresholds months, if not a few years in advance. Let us consider instead what happens every day, the one whose evolution we hardly perceive. Today a small insect disappears in the southern continent, tomorrow a fungal flora becomes extinct in the Indian subcontinent. A small mammal overwhelmed by the random import into its habitat of a predator succumbs and extinguishes. What do these events have in common? Apparently little if anything. There is one small thing, though. Their extinctions were detected by man, noted in the great book of animal and plant species. As an accountant, man notes and finds that the extinct species are much more numerous than those that appear in the limelight of life on the planet, caught by a doubt he goes to consult the balance sheets of the previous years, of the previous century until this kind of annotation began to be collected. And he verifies that already five times the number of species has decreased with this type of acceleration, at the moment when the great mass extinctions began. We are at the beginning of a new mass extinction of life on earth. Going to see what were the determining elements of the previous ones we find natural causes (change in the composition ratios of atmospheric gases, the fall of a meteor, glaciations, colossal volcanic eruptions...), but today ? If we consider man as a natural element it is disconcerting to realize that it is his work to be anthropomorphous and his badly managed inventions developed in the last 200 years. Rising temperatures, melting ice, invasive changes to all the green lungs on the planet; what else? The overpopulation that will accelerate the demand for all those resources and products that constitute the modern civilization of homo sapiens. Already many scholars have launched warnings about the dangers of climate change; they have left a little implicit, not obvious, the responsibility that man has in the extinction of both plant and animal habitats and species. Like a frog, put in a pot of water on the fire, man will really become aware that the water is too hot to allow life, too late, too late. Most likely the next E.L.E (Extintion Level Event) will not be a meteor, but an A.E.M. (Anthropic Event Method) by man. Detect, see, disseminate, learn, defend, we only have this planet (at the moment).

One of the problems that must be faced to bring the presence of man into space is to bring, both in low and high orbit, the modules that once joined together form the vehicle or station intended to perform the function for which they were designed. The same problem will have to be faced for future structures to be installed on our satellite. This problem will not escape even the future ring that will surround the earth. Loading spare parts for the various types of needs will inevitably involve the launch of shuttles with the necessary parts for the replacements, storage problems and center of gravity for the carrier, problems of handling and transfer of parts from the shuttle to the station or moon base with the need to dedicate volumes that are expensive in every respect. Science fiction has already made its way by giving image to sollutions with the on-site construction of "plastic" objects. A shooting ? There are no such things as 3D printers which, with the peace of mind of science fiction, can also be purchased by ordinary citizens. It's intriguing to think of evolutionary steps of this technology thinking about 3D printers that use wire of the various metal alloys necessary to make joints, cords for male - female plugs, stiffenings of panels etc.etc.. with the precision necessary for the specific use. We consider that some car manufacturers are already modelling, with this technology, the mockups of the parts that will make up the vehicle in its functional form on a high-density polymer base. They verify their steric impedance. Is this a viable way to standardise and facilitate the transport of the spare parts needed to maintain the structures in the exosphere ? Is it possible to design a workshop module with computers and 3D printers for metal materials and polymers to create what is needed for maintenance ? Let's refine this technology.

For those who are not yet aware, at the moment, the presence of nuclear reactors in space is not allowed, the road to space use is still long. I believe that these can only be taken into consideration when a generational spaceship has seen the light coming out of the lunar or orbiting yards. What is a generational spaceship ?? Let's start from the beginning. As we know, in the state of knowledge of physics, the speed of light is the maximum speed at which a medium can go without altering the horizon of events, the limit beyond which we enter the hypotheses and theories of what happens to the matter that passes it and where this goes from. Staying in conventional space we have to reach a sub-light speed of security to move in the known space. We need energy in quantity to move the spaceship with constant acceleration. Above all, the problem dominates that the distances even at sub-light speeds are enormous. At light speeds it takes about three years to reach the nearest star. To reach one of the potentially habitable planets identified in distant star systems takes tens of years if not hundreds. It is from these dimensions that we started talking about generational spaceships hosting a complex biosphere that ensures life for both the departing astronauts, and those who will be born on board and who will replace the fathers and mothers in the guide of the spaceship to complete the flight (there is already uncertainty about what would happen in the change from the first to the second generation, both for education and for vocations that naturally differentiate human nature). At present the theories stop and we enter a gray area to be studied. It is instead interesting to know that the evolution of plasma engines continues and from laboratory experiment these have passed to practical applications reaching VASIMIR (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket), which will be subject to thrust experiments on the ISS the evaluations on the potential development of this engine indicate that it will be able to carry a spacecraft from Earth to Mars in less than 40 days, shortening its flight to the red planet by months. The principle of operation? Radio waves and magnetic fields to accelerate the plasma that will propel the ship.

An almost daily topic that frightens, but does not leave the countries that are most involved sufficiently convinced. Let's make some examples. It is ascertained that the speed of the winds has increased, for those who are not practical, but want to realize what will happen, we can say that the pressure generated by the winds on the buildings will increase following a scale with a trend that is not directly proportional since beyond direct impact of the wind it is necessary to consider the effects of the turbulences that are created laterally to the building and the void or almost that is created on the roof pitch opposite the wind travel vector, considering that an F1 that travels at 190 nautical miles needs about 850 HP; to increase the speed of 10 boats, you still need 50 HP, an increase of 10 more boats would require about 70 (the figures are not exact to the hundredth, but they serve to make us understand the force that increasingly intense winds can exert on homes). The governments of some authentic nature havens that are based on atolls around the oceans in subtropical areas, are already negotiating the purchase of land in areas still considered safe from rising seas. What sadness, what anguish for those people. With this, we do not want to blame this or that country because responsibility is only distributed to those development models that have remained deaf for some reason (social, objective, circumstantial, etc.). They have not had the opportunity to promptly change the pace to anticipate the problems that are emerging; the climate does not discount anyone and will rage progressively with greater harshness. To aggravate the picture we see on the one hand the current economic models which are mainly based on consumption gradually increased by market laws, on the other the increase in the world population who obviously want to have access to as many useful resources to improve their content of life, on the other hand the ascertained limitedness of the resources that the planet is objectively able to produce not only for man, but also for all living beings and plants that form the very basis of life, without which neither do we we could continue to exist. So what to do? Look at a new awareness, starting from the values ​​that inspire Asgardia to protect the earth from threats from the sky (studying it, anticipating it, suggesting, when masters of the problem, a viable way); the freedom of space in space will allow us to see and deal with both problems that can come from outside, and to analyze those that afflict the surface of this wonderful planet with 38 degrees of temperature. Like a kid with the flu.

It has been built in 1655, known also Heliometer, solar meter, this Meridian has a hole on the roof the Basilica, at 27m from the ground. It proofs cold and warm seasons do not depends on Earth distance from our Sun. It takes care of Tycho Brahe atmosferic abberation, IT is used to obtain the exact measure of Equation if Time. Installed inside the church, it proofs many ipothesis about cosmology were wrong, bringing the Truth in the science of that time.

I read a post written on the subject, the desire to open a new way for the colonization of the moon is great, but there are some things to consider. First you need to develop a new technology for settlements, capable of being modular and easily assembled (I am not talking about the initial modules that will necessarily arrive on the moon and will host the first lunar workers) but the definitive ones, those within which the workers themselves will find shelter having the comforts needed by those who work in critical conditions and in a lethal environment in the event of a tear or infringement of the spacesuit. another aspect to consider are the suits that must necessarily be redesigned to allow maximum ergonomics of movement. Another chapter are the tools suitable for intervening in the assemblies (the component modules can be equipped with automated joints, but specific tools will be inevitable). Let's not forget that the lunar soil is abundantly covered by dust that compresses, leaving the relatively low weight of the housing modules to settle. It will therefore be necessary to study and produce a rover capable of operating as a bulldozer to remove the layer of dust and some of the lunar soil forming the platform on which to start the assembly of the modules. The energy will undoubtedly be solar, the technology being developed by graphene batteries will help once they have been tested in space with all (for the moment) unknown factors. They will allow for greater capacity, faster charging and a very long cyclic life. Let's not forget the air problem both for suits and for lunar houses it will be necessary to devise a technology that allows to produce oxygen inside the modules (hydroponic crops with high oxygen production or ...) These are only the first notes, it will be very demanding, but step by step with a large number of technicians and engineers with wide visions and witty inventions it will be a viable way.The final results? There is no rush we start working.