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Near and far side of Moon look very different.

China’s Chang’e-6 mission retrieve first-ever samples from Moon's farside.

Chang’e-6 mission brought back 1,935.3 grams of lunar regolith from the far side’s South Pole–Aitken Basin. Samples successfully returned to Earth on 2024-06-25.

Study of the regolith yields four Nature papers:

• Prolonged Volcanic Activity: Analysis identified two distinct volcanic phases on the lunar farside—4.2 billion and 2.8 billion years ago—indicating that volcanic activity persisted for at least 1.4 billion years, far longer than previously thought.
• Fluctuating Magnetic Field: Measurements of paleomagnetic intensities in basalt clasts revealed a rebound in the Moon’s magnetic field 2.8 billion years ago, suggesting that the lunar dynamo, which generates magnetic fields, fluctuated episodically rather than fading steadily.
• Asymmetric Water Distribution: The farside mantle was found to have significantly lower water content than the nearside mantle, indicating that volatile elements are unevenly distributed within the lunar interior.
• Mantle Depletion Signatures: Geochemical analysis of basalt points to an “ultra-depleted” mantle source, likely resulting from either a primordial depleted mantle or massive melt extraction triggered by large impacts.

Reference: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09131-7

FTFY. I'm surprised at how much shorter it got.

Starbase activities (2025-08-24):

• Aug 21st through 23rd 20:00 cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Aug 21st through 23rd addenda: Vicki Cocks posts timelapses of B16 lift, LR11000 crane laid down, Starlink simulator loading, S37 lift,
• Build site: Elon posts a short video from inside Starfactory.
• Flight chairs are spotted. (CeaserG33)

Flight 10 launch attempt:

• Rhin0 posts the known engines on B16 and S37.
• 03:10, 03:27: Two B16 igniter tests. (ViX)
• 06:35: Detonation suppression system is tested. (ViX)
• 06:55: S37 igniter test. (ViX)
• 07:31: S37 flaps are tested. (LabPadre, ViX)
• 11:04: Road is closed. (TrackingTheSB)
• 11:22: Booster and ship transport stands leaving the launch site. (TrackingTheSB)
• 13:48: Helicopter on duty. (NSF)
• 14:22: Chopsticks open. (LabPadre, TrackingTheSB)
• 14:42: N628TS departs PIT for Brownsville. (ElonJet)
• 15:20: Helicopter is on standby. (NSF)
• 15:55:48: "Bonk" noise, cars to the pad, cars depart from the pad. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• 16:01, 16:55: Tank farm spools up. (TrackingTheSB, ViX)
• 17:30: Tower venting. (ViX)
• 17:39: Launch mount venting. (ViX)
• 17:43: Go for propellant load. (SpaceX)
• 17:54: Ship propellant loading underway. (SpaceX)
• 18:00: Booster propellant loading underway. (SpaceX)
• Propellant loading begins, then pauses at T-39:55. (NSF, ViX 1, ViX 2)
• 18:13: Launch is scrubbed due to "an issue with ground systems". (SpaceX)
• 22:09: Workers are observed on the ship quick disconnect arm. (Golden)
• SpaceX are currently targeting a 24-hour recycle, Aug 25th 18:30. (Starship Gazer)

Scrub for the day: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1959755893324865963

Standing down from today's tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems

Countdown clock is in a hold now, and it seems like they are offloading propellant.

Propellant loading on ship and booster is underway.

They are go for propellant load: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1959748505800790310

The Starship team is go for prop load

T-0 has been pushed to 2025-08-24 23:50 UTC, 18:50 CDT.

T-0 has been pulled up to 2025-08-24 23:45 UTC, 18:45 CDT.

starship in it’s current design will never work. Something about the heat generated

We don't really know. No one has tried to build a rapidly reusable upper stage before.

Is the outlook good on this one?

Hopefully better than the previous three, but we shall see.

NASASpaceflight Launch stream is live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7WmlTp7ue0

Tank farm is spooling up.

NASASpaceflight Stakeout stream is live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr-P3Gmrqtk

One of the downsides of rapid iterative development: Systemic deprioritization of structural qualification testing.

Elizabeth "Batty" Penderwick. Shy, sensitive, and musically inclined. I think we have some shared characteristics and could probably nerd-out over Beethoven symphonies.

gas powered

Sir, this is !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net :)

OTOH electrical grid would explode

Would it? If people recharge their vehicles during off-peak hours when rates are low, increased demand should be manageable, no?

I feel as though Lemmy federate ought to be able to use multiple instances for its back-end operations. Relying on a single instance is somewhat at odds with the spirit of decentralization.

@iso@lemy.lol Thoughts?

Very creative uses of gears, minifigure arms, and magnifying glasses.

Where are the screenshots saved? I can never find the default folder...

Good eye, I hadn't noticed. That would certainly be commitment-to-the-bit on the part of OP.

Starbase activities (2025-08-23):

• Aug 22 addendum: B18.1 / Test Tank 17 performed a third round of cryo testing at Massey’s. (video)
• Build site: Overnight, eight Starlink simulators are loaded into S37. (NSF, LabPadre 1, LabPadre 2, TrackingTheSB)
• S37 emerges from Megabay 2. (NSF, LabPadre, Starship Gazer)
• New valve shielding is visible on Raptor 3 #20. (Rhin0, CeaserG33)
• Launch site: S37 rolls out to Pad 1. (NSF, LabPadre 1, LabPadre 2, ViX, Starship Gazer (leeward), Starship Gazer (side), Starship Gazer (windward), Beyer (upskirt), TrackingTheSB, winespringcafe, SpaceX, NSF full livestream)
• S37 is stacked on B16. (NSF 1, NSF 2, LabPadre 1, LabPadre 2, Starship Gazer, Gray (upskirt))
• Masseys: B18.1 / Test Tank 17 performed a fourth round of cryo testing. (video)
• New video from CSI Starbase (1:11:40)

Flight 10:

• Still targeting Aug 24th at 18:30 CDT.
• Weather is a watch item. (Diez)

Dragon nosecone deployment confirmed.