and with the launch of Mission To Psyche the 2023 of space exploration comes to an end... or wait! maybe not? as far as Google says, the IM-1 private lander (by Intuitive Machines) towards the lunar South Pole is still planned in a month's time

🚀🚀🚀 rocket! #MissionToPsyche

the continuous technical problem of Russian modules will surely reassure the Chinese that are in the talks of Russian collaboration for their space station...

it's amazing how much this new twatter policy of removing the headlines has led me to just not opening almost any article: I just see a photo and move on because that's what I usually do with photos, it doesn't lead me to click on it.

after @ESA's Voyage 2050 and the American (multi)Decadal, and after the presentation of their more detailed plans up to 2030, here's China's long-term vision for space exploration, a methodical progression of increasingly challenging goals (look at the asteroids...)

this is not a parody -and I'll leave it at that.
Everyone who actually loves science will know what to do at the next general election.

By the way, everyone (rightly so) focuses on the poster, but have you read the actual tweet?! It's even worse! #CPC23

I'm not at EPSC/DPS this year as I didn't feel like going all the way to Texas, but as usual James will provide beautiful highlights of many talks

this doesn't sound great

no real surprises here in this China space roadmap: the Chinese still stick to their original deadlines.
That 2028 Mars sample return tho... 👀

sometimes you gotta love the no-frills harshness of the Russians

I -might- get the reasons for the award re. space, but ugh! at this point I can't really separate the visionary from the very flawed/dangerous man anymore. Ugh.

This plus the fact that #IAC2023 is hosted by Azerbaijan this year just leaves a bitter taste

phew (especially because the launch window slipped to 12 Oct at the earliest)

This is going around again, so I'll say this: it's a fine line.
Papers can not have critical technical flaws & still be difficult to follow because the structure is not optimal & arguments are presented confusingly.
Pointing that out is helpful. Knowing when to stop, difficult

if I hadn't written a Research Highlight on a TRAPPIST-1 paper last month (this one, by the way, rdcu.be/dm8wK), this would have been a frontrunner for October.

It's always been feared that M-dwarfs activity could spoil exoplanetary characterisation, and here it is...

the perfectly-named expert Queenie Chan (guess why) reviewed for us the (very high production, by the way -exceptional quality) book from Dante Lauretta, Brian May and others on the 3D view of Bennu, #OSIRISREx target
(free-to-read: rdcu.be/dm3ZM)

China's plan for a crewed landing on the Moon around the end of the decade (mentioned also in our recent editorial, nature.com/articles/s4155…) is still officially pursued

I missed that, and yep, 'yikes' is pretty much the reaction 😱😬

I think someone need to get a grip, and fast, because this thing risks to be VERY disruptive to the whole US planetary exploration (it already is)

it was always a long shot but aww :/