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  1. From Vegemite Rockets to Space Robots (IAC 2025)

    I went to IAC 2025 thinking it would be a normal space conference. It was not. Within five days I saw a jar of Vegemite that literally went on a rocket, got trapped in an elevator with a disco ball and music, had my AstroBoy shirt turned into art by an astro artist, and accidentally ended up interviewing some of the biggest brains in the space industry.

    They shut down an entire street in Sydney for opening night, I climbed through the CSIRO mobile command station like an excited child, met lunar rover designers, and spoke to RMIT students who casually launched a cubesat into orbit.

    This was the wildest event I’ve ever been to — and I was NOT prepared.

    #IAC2025 #SpaceIndustry #SpaceConference #AerospaceEngineering #NewSpace #CommercialSpace #SpaceTech #SpaceInnovation

    #Astronomy #SpaceExploration #SpaceNews #Astrophotography #Stargazing #NASA #ESA #RocketLaunch #SpaceNerd #SpaceCommunity #FutureOfSpace #MoonMission #MarsMission #ScienceYouTube #STEM #Engineering #TechInnovation #BehindTheScenes #Interviews #Vlog #CreatorLife

    Organisations

    Open Cosmos - open-cosmos.com/
    CSIRO - csiro.au/en/
    Australian Astronomical Optics - aao.org.au/
    NH Micro - nhmicro.com/
    Southern Launch Space - southernlaunch.space/
    Australian Space Agency - space.gov.au/
    Gilmour Space - gspace.com/
    Stella Engineering - stellaengineering.com.au/
    Astrea Technologies - astrea.com.au/
    RMIT University - rmit.edu.au/
    Mawson Rovers - mawsonrovers.com/

    YouTube Link: youtu.be/mxIYTAsMOP0

  2. Sierra Space is blowing up stuff to prove inflatable habitats are safe - Enlarge / Sierra Space's 300 cubic meter inflatable habitat burst at 77... - arstechnica.com/?p=1998174 #inflatablemodule #commercialspace #spacestations #sierraspace #space

  3. This Vast space station concept seems very cool - the idea is to piggyback off of SpaceX's proven life support tech to build a simple space station in a few years. Normally I'd say a new entrant like that has little chances of success, but they have a bunch of ex-NASA and SpaceX people working with them and a funder with gobs of money. None of that guarantees success, but their plan seems reasonable even if the timeline is fast.

    #Space #Vast #SpaceStations #CommercialSpace #SpaceX