Biochemistry of Enceladus

Observations of Elemental Composition of Enceladus Consistent with Generalized Models of Theoretical Ecosystems | bioRxiv

Paper on BiorXiv on the chemistry found on Enceladus. You can read this here

I found a link to this on the Fediverse and the original post can also be found here

This can also be discussed on Science Forums

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#Science,#Chemistry,#BioChemistry,#Space,#Moon,#Enceladus

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India Moon mission

There doesn't seem to have been much in the news about this, but India's mission to the moon is past another critical stage.

This is really important for the country but hopefully also for humanity as with any luck we will actually start to collaborate on exploration.

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Artemis 2 training

With the 2024 Artemis 2 mission fast approaching, the mission teams are hard at work training for this important mission to fly humans around the moon and return safely to Earth. Read more here

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JWST finds water on Enceladus

Posted to the Fediverse on 30/5/2023. The James Webb Space Telescope has potentially found water on Enceladus, one of the moons of Saturn. This is a great discovery and shows there is water on other planets. You can read original fediverse post via link below.

• Original post

The following graphic was also part of the post, so reproducing here too.

Feel free to discuss further either tag me on fedi @zleap@qoto.org. Or you can start a thread on Science Forums

Sorry, I don't use mainstream social media. This is 2023, the fediverse provides intellectual content.

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#Science,#Astronomy.#JWST,#Saturn,#Moon,#Enceladus,#Water

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The Damage to Lunar Orbiting Spacecraft Caused by the Ejecta of Lunar Landers

This is an interesting paper looking at The Damage to Lunar Orbiting Spacecraft Caused by the Ejecta of Lunar Landers.. The Link was posted to the Fediverse.

Links

• arXiv
• Paper arXiv:2305.12234
• Science Forums
  • Science forum thread

Just highlights the many dangers of space exploration, we need to protect any spacecraft from moon ejecta. How we do this will of course require more research and data, as I guess we can't just go up and collect a load of moon dust and bring to earth, probably not as simple as that as we would probably need to simulate the gravity difference on the moon.

I have started a discussion on science forums around this as I am just speculating about how we can research this. I would guess that once we do have data, then we can use AI to help with simulations.

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#Moon,#SpaceFlight,#Missions.#MoonDust,#Electa,#SpaceCraft,#Damage

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Artemis II Mission

The crew to take NASA and humans back to lunar orbit has been announced. This is the second mission which will take a human crew around the moon and back to Earth.

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• [NASA]((https://www.nasa.gov)
  • Crew Announcement (Youtube)

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#NASA,#Science,#Artemis,#Mission,#Moon,#Crew,#space,#spaceflight

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