#astronautsafety — Public Fediverse posts

Eric Ballesteros, an MIT PhD student, poses in the style of Doctor Octopus. Together with his advisor, Harry Asada, he is creating SuperLimbs — a pair of robotic limbs that extend from a spacesuit's backpack. These are limbs, not extra arms. They are designed to help with movement in low gravity.
Read more about Harry Asada's work: https://news.mit.edu/2024/robotic-superlimbs-could-help-moonwalkers-recover-from-falls-0515
#RoboLimbs #NASA #MIT #SpaceSuit #SuperLimbs #AstronautSafety

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/nasa-losing-nearly-4-000-employees-to-trump-administrations-deferred-resignation-program

Trump proposed cutting the agency's overall funding by 24% and slashing the agency's #science budget by nearly half.

Such moves have sparked protests by #scientists, #engineers and regular folks who care about space science and #exploration. For example, nearly 300 #NASA scientists recently signed the #VoyagerDeclaration, warning that the budget cuts, if enacted, would have devastating effects on #AmericanScience and could impact #AstronautSafety.