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Steve Salmon FBIS

@stevesalmon.bsky.social
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Artist; Fellow & a Vice President of the British Interplanetary Society; Artist Member of the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA)

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Steve Salmon FBIS @stevesalmon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Also note our coming BIS lecture on the Space Elevator by Dr Peter Swan FBIS 👉 www.bis-space.com/event/bis-on...
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BIS Online Lecture: Space Elevator Talk by Dr Peter Swan FBIS – The British Interplanetary Society
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bisspace.bsky.social @bisspace.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚀 Could microwaved plasma replace combustion in hypersonic engines? BIS West Midlands Branch presents Dr Christopher MacLeod for a fascinating look at Hypersonic Plasma Engines  📅 5 September 2026 🕑 14:00–15:15 💻 Online via Zoom Register: bis-space.com/events
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bisspace.bsky.social @bisspace.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🌍⬆️ Could space elevators transform access to space? Could the space elevator become permanent infrastructure for access to space? 📅 16 September 2026 🕖 19:00–21:00 💻 Online via Zoom 👉 Register: bis-space.com/events #SpaceElevator #SpaceInfrastructure #FutureSpace #SpaceTechnology
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bisspace.bsky.social @bisspace.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🚀 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has launched. Named for NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy and the “Mother of Hubble”, Roman will survey the cosmos on an unprecedented scale. Read about the remarkable woman behind the mission: bis-space.com/news
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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 02/09/2026
Yesterday @esa.int and ispace-EUROPE celebrated a key milestone for MAGPIE, set to become Europe's first rover on the Moon 🌕 Launching in 2029, the rover will investigate lunar resources which could support a sustained human presence on the Moon 💧👨‍🚀. www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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ESA’s first lunar rover rolls forward
Today, during a signing ceremony at the Space for Inspiration event in Copenhagen, Denmark, the European Space Agency (ESA) and ispace-Europe celebrated the implementation of MAGPIE, set to be the fir...
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 01/09/2026
Some words and good vibes from ESA's Sophie Adenot on returning inside the International Space Station after her third spacewalk. Reflecting on the view from her workspace today, "...the Earth was really beautiful. And it makes us feel even more human and wanting to take care of our home planet."
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Gerry Anderson @gerryanderson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
NEW PODCAST EPISODE! Captain Black is back as Nigel Plaskitt joins Richard and Chris to watch the New Captain Scarlet episode Mercury Falling! Dare you risk the wrath of the Mysterons by missing it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA9l...
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The Randomiser | Captain Black Watches New Captain Scarlet!
YouTube video by The Gerry Anderson Podcast
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PhilSci-Archive @philsci-archive.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
New on the Archive: Cirkovic, Milan M. (2026) We the Living: There is absolutely nothing wrong with the species-level perspective on space settlement. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 79. pp. 21-27. philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29257
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Fernando 🌺🌌 @eudoxia.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Spent 10 GBP on the British Interplanetary Society merch store to buy these two papers that I couldn't find anywhere else.
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Bantership Potemkin @bonesdrawstuff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The British Interplanetary Society Lunar Spacesuit. Designed in 1949 by Harry Ross and Ralph Smith, the design would finally be brought to life by Stephen Wisdom in 2019. It is now at home in the Rocket Tower at the National Space Centre, Leicester
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Mark Stewart @markstewart2001.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Fancy a ride in a space elevator? Then look no further than the May issue of 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺 - the arts and culture magazine of the British Interplanetary Society. Plus book competitions, the Odyssey video vault, and how Shakespeare conquered space! @authorbnugent.bsky.social @simpsonclive.bsky.social
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Jackie Burns @artistburns.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
In honour of the successful Artemis II mission - my digital artwork of the Artemis II launch. Created using Adobe Fresco. #NASA #Artemis #DigitalArt
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Mark Stewart @markstewart2001.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
🚀 Inspired by the Artemis II mission? Want to know more about space flight and our nearest celestial neighbours? Under 25? Then join the oldest organisation devoted to promoting the exploration of space. And join for free! @artistburns.bsky.social @nick-stevens.com @iaaa.org #BIS #Odyssey #space
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Adrian Gibson @adrianpgibson.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
So on Thursday the Lambeth Tour Guides had a private tour of Arthur C. Clarke House, the home of the British Interplanetary Society. It was Out Of This World 🚀 #arthurcclarkehouse #britishinterplanetarysociety #space #lambethtourguides #vauxhall
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Steve Salmon FBIS @stevesalmon.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Today's BIS Festive Fun: JOIN IN: Comment below with your favourite #SPACEfacts. Wishing your holidays be filled with wonder, warmth and discovery! 🌟 Here's to reaching new heights in 2026! 🚀 🚀 Be part of the adventure at bis-space.com/join-bis #SeasonsGreetings #FromImaginationToReality
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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 11/11/2025
#CometInterceptor will be the first mission to visit a comet coming directly from the outer reaches of the Sun's realm, carrying material untouched since the dawn of the Solar System. Part of #CosmicVision, Comet Interceptor is an ESA-led mission in collaboration with JAXA. 1/ #CM25 🔭
Illustration showing spacecraft A, probe B1 built by JAXA and probe B2, and the suite of instruments they each carry, alongside other important components. The instruments and parts are colour coded according to four categories: blue for Dust, Fields and Plasma (DFP) instrument suite, orange for Plasma instrument suite, red for other scientific instruments, and green for important components.
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Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Lest We Forget #ArmisticeDay
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 10/11/2025
Ten years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, where do we stand in tracking our climate progress? Satellites are revealing critical trends that demand urgent attention. www.esa.int/Applications... #COP30
Map of the world as a Mercator projection showing biomass density.3D representation of Earth highlighting yearly carbon flux by surface area.
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 11/11/2025
🌊 Why launch another sea-level satellite? To build resilience, we need to know how sea level is changing, and why. Satellites such as #Copernicus Sentinel-6B, set to launch on 17 November, are helping us uncover what’s driving sea-level change. www.esa.int/Applications...
Time chart showing the sea-level rise
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Steve Salmon FBIS @stevesalmon.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
🌌 BIS Space Rendezvous – TODAY 📅 Thursday 10 July 2025 🕖 19:00–20:30 BST 📍 Online via Zoom Join us for our Monthly Online Social, where space enthusiasts from around the world come together to connect and share ideas.🚀✨😊👍🏻 🔗 Free and open to all – register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: British Interplanetary Society - Community Online Social. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: British Interplanetary Society - Community Online Social. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Steve Salmon FBIS @stevesalmon.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The British Interplanetary Society’s West Midlands Branch is exhibiting at 'SmallSpace 12' on 13th July at Hanslope Village Hall, Newport, Bucks, MK19 7NZ For more information please see the Smallspace 12 event website: hamex.co.uk/smallspace/smallspace%2012/smallspace%2012.html
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Steve Salmon FBIS @stevesalmon.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🚀 British Interplanetary Society (BIS) PUBLICATION August edition of our #SpaceFlight #Magazine is out now! BIS Members can access their FREE digital copy via the Members Area and copies are available to buy at bis-space.com/shop or become a member: bis-space.com/membership
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Nick Stevens @nick-stevens.com · 10/06/2025
Galactic Patrol by Chris Foss. One of my favourite bits of space art since I was a young teenager.
Galactic Patrol by Chris Foss.
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 16/06/2025
Ready to lift-off day 1 at #SalonDuBourget? 🚀 Don't forget to join us live for the ESA-@cnes.fr press conference beginning at 14:00 BST/15:00 CEST on esawebtv.esa.int For ESA’s full programme at the #ParisAirShow click here ➡️ www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...
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Steve Salmon FBIS @stevesalmon.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🚀 Call for Abstracts – Reinventing Space Conference 2025 🌍 📅 Deadline: MIDNIGHT, TODAY 16 June 2025 💡 Abstracts (max. 500 words) to: abstracts@bis-space.com. 👉 Please include “RISpace 2025” in your subject line + specify your format (talk, paper, panel, or demo). www.bis-space.com #ReinventingSpace
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Steve Salmon FBIS @stevesalmon.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
🚀 BIS PUBLICATION July edition of our #SpaceFlight #Magazine is out now. BIS Members can access their FREE digital copy via the Members Area and copies are available to buy at bis-space.com/shop or become a member: bis-space.com/membership Also available at some @WHSmith /#TGJones stores.
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Mark Stewart @markstewart2001.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
The overlap of fact and fiction: one of “Analog’s” famous magazine covers echoes "Project Daedalus” – a 1970s study by the British Interplanetary Society to design a plausible un-crewed interstellar probe...read in full here: tinyurl.com/486xjfd5 #BritishInterplanetarySociety #Odyssey
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Royal Astronomical Society @royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Find out more at: www.jodrellbank.net/events/a-sti...
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A Stitch in Space Time - Jodrell Bank
Step into a tapestry of space discovery and explore the cosmic threads that unite us in our new exhibition in collaboration with the RAS.
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Royal Astronomical Society @royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Don't forget you can see our Bicentennial Quilts on display together for the first time this Bank Holiday weekend! They are part of Jodrell Bank's new summer exhibition 'A Stitch in Space Time', which also features pieces from innovative spacewear and textiles artist, Anurita Chandola. ⤵️
The Bicentennial Quilts, patchwork left and Solar System inset, with the Jodrell Bank patch top right and fascinating pieces from innovative spacewear and textiles artist, Anurita Chandola, bottom right.
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Mark Stewart @markstewart2001.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Remembering the ongoing cultural impact of “2001: A Space Odyssey” on the birthday of Keir Dullea, who got to say one of the most famous (and enigmatic) lines in the history of the cinema: “My, god! It’s full of stars!” Still wondering what it really meant. #KeirDullea #Odyssey #BIS
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Alex Storer @thelightdreams.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A big THANK YOU 🙏 to everybody who has either checked out or bought Málverk on Bandcamp. This release really epitomises my sound, style and influences and it's one I'm really proud of - your support means a lot! thelightdreams.bandcamp.com/album/m-lverk
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Málverk, by The Light Dreams
6 track album
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Mark Stewart @markstewart2001.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Pathfinder Art #1: Chesley Bonestell’s art embodies the spirit of the BIS motto - “From imagination to reality.” It might be termed “pathfinder art” pointing the way to worlds which human beings might one day explore, courtesy of machines they might one day build. @artistburns.bsky.social
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Nick Stevens @nick-stevens.com · 01/06/2025
Nikolay Kolchitsky, Travel to distant worlds, Jupiter from Europa.
Nikolay Kolchitsky, Travel to distant worlds, Jupiter from Europa.
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Nick Stevens @nick-stevens.com · 01/06/2025
Art by David Hardy for the German reprint of Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (1981)
Art by David Hardy for the German reprint of Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (1981)
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Jackie Burns @artistburns.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I will always love the iconic Shuttle. Here’s one I painted in acrylics on stretched canvas. #NASA #aerospace #Shuttle
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 06/06/2025
📷 This week's @esaearth.esa.int #EarthFromSpace is a #Copernicus Sentinel-3 visible image of a thick plume of orange dust from the Sahara Desert over approximately 150 000 sq km of the eastern Atlantic Ocean on 7 May 2025🧪🌍 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
The Sentinel-3 optical image shows a dense, orange plume of Saharan sand over approximately 150 000 sq km of the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The small islands of Cabo Verde peek out from beneath the clouds in the top left corner.
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Mark Stewart @markstewart2001.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The latest issue of "Space Chronicle" – one of four amazing publications available from the British Interplanetary Society – features tributes to the late Bill Anders, the Apollo astronaut who took the famous “Earthrise” photo. @stevesalmon.bsky.social @artistburns.bsky.social #BIS www.bis-space.com
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Mark Stewart @markstewart2001.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Want to know more about the history of a British think-tank that in many ways beat NASA to the moon with designs for lunar spacecraft and spacesuits? Don’t miss your chance to get the updated story. tinyurl.com/yxrhyzp8 @stevesalmon.bsky.social @artistburns.bsky.social #BritishInterplanetarySociety
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Steve Salmon FBIS @stevesalmon.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🚀 Call for Abstracts – Reinventing Space Conference 2025 🌍 📅 Deadline: 24.00, 16 June 2025. ‘The Rapidly Changing Context of Global Space’. Max. 500 words to: abstracts@bis-space.com 👉 Please include "RISpace 2025" in the subject line + specify format (talk/paper/panel/demo). www.BIS-space.com
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 02/06/2025
📷 This was our #WeekInImages 26-30 May 2025 👇 🔗 www.esa.int/About_Us/Wee...
A spiral galaxy seen face-on. Its centre is crossed by a broad bar of light. A glowing spiral arm extends from each end of this bar, both making almost a full turn through the galaxy’s disc before fading out. The arms contain sparkling blue stars, pink spots of star formation, and dark threads of dust that follow both spiral arms into and across the central bar. A foreground star sits atop the galaxyMarking 50 years since the ESA Convention was opened for signature on 30 May 1975, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher reviews the new facsimile edition of the Convention produced with the support of the Archives of the French Ministry for European and Foreign Affairs.On 27 May 2025, ESA inaugurated the European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre (ESDI), the first ESA presence in Switzerland, created in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). Here are ESA Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness Geraldine Naja (right), together with Joanne Sieber, CEO of Deep Tech Nation Switzerland Foundation. A field of galaxies in space, dominated by an enormous, bright-white elliptical galaxy that is the core of a massive galaxy cluster. Many other elliptical galaxies can be seen around it. Also around it are short, curved, glowing red lines, which are images of distant background galaxies magnified and warped by gravitational lensing. A couple of foreground stars appear large and bright with long spikes around them
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 15/05/2025
📢 Applications to our Junior Professional Programme are now open! 🌍✨ Do you have two to three years of professional experience and a Master’s degree? 🎓 Are you passionate about space and want to build a long-term career in the European space sector?🚀 Apply today 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Car...
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Apply now to ESA's Junior Professional Programme: your portal to space
Are you passionate about space and looking to build a long-term career in the European space sector? Do you have two to three years of professional experience and a Master’s degree? The European Space...
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Steve Salmon FBIS @stevesalmon.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🚀 Join us this tomorrow for a special talk “FROM SHUTTLE TO VEGA: 30 Years of Italian Space Missions” by Dr Enrico Flamini, the Italian Space Agency's former Chief Scientist! 📅 Thursday 15 May ⏰ 7:00-9:00 PM (GMT) 📍 BIS HQ & online 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/5642ttk3
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Steve Salmon FBIS @stevesalmon.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🚀 Join the British Interplanetary Society this Thursday for a special talk “FROM SHUTTLE TO VEGA: 30 Years of Italian Space Missions” by Dr Enrico Flamini, the Italian Space Agency’s former Chief Scientist! 📅 Thursday 15 May ⏰ 7:00-9:00 PM (GMT) 📍 BIS HQ & online 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/5642ttk3
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Steve Salmon FBIS @stevesalmon.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
🚀 Join the British Interplanetary Society this Thursday for a special talk “FROM SHUTTLE TO VEGA: 30 Years of Italian Space Missions” by Dr Enrico Flamini, the Italian Space Agency’s former Chief Scientist! 📅 Thursday 15 May ⏰ 7:00-9:00 PM (GMT) 📍 BIS HQ & online 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/5642ttk3
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 12/05/2025
🔭🚀 We will be present at the 55th edition of International Paris Air Show, taking place on 16-22 June at Le Bourget airport. Here we celebrate 50 years of advancing space for Europe, as well as highlighting our vision for the future, ESA’s Strategy 2040. Find out more ➡️ esa.int/About_Us/Exh...
Public walking around a concrete floor with several white rockets in the background.
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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 14/04/2025
🚀 Take a virtual leap inside Europe’s #MoonOnEarth 🥽🌖 At the @esa.int – @dlr-en.bsky.social LUNA facility, @astromatthias.bsky.social is testing VR tech for training under lunar extremes — blinding light, deep shadows, lunar dust and even virtual rockets! 🧑‍🚀🔁🌕 🔗 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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LUNA’s virtual leap towards the Moon
Rough terrain, deep shadows and blinding light – training for lunar missions means facing an environment unlike anything on Earth. At the ESA-DLR LUNA analogue facility, virtual reality (VR) technolog...
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I4IS @i4interstellar.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Again, a fusion-powered interplanetary spacecraft would be good for Interstellar precursor trips, and the technology could be developed for true Interstellar missions.
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Steve Salmon FBIS @stevesalmon.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🚀 Join us this evening for the official launch of ‘Interplanetary – The History of the British Interplanetary Society’ with Prof. Bob Parkinson, BIS Past President. 📆Tuesday 15 April 2025 ⏲️19.00 BST 📍BIS HQ, London or Online via Zoom 🎟️Register: tinyurl.com/24vzcny8
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‘INTERPLANETARY’ BOOK LAUNCH - The British Interplanetary Society
Title: ‘Interplanetary’ Book Launch Registration Open – CLICK HERE to book – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Speaker: Bob Parkinson Date: Tuesday 15 April 2025 at 1900 BST Venue: BIS, London and online Abst...
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Mark Stewart @markstewart2001.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
"From imagination to reality..." In the latest SpaceFlight magazine: Sunbird rises: British nuclear propulsion firm Pulsar Fusion unveiled its interplanetary transfer vehicle propelled by fusion power. @cliftop.bsky.social @stevesalmon.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3fyxm4ym #BritishInterplanetarySociety
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Mark Stewart @markstewart2001.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
"SpaceFlight" magazine: May issue out now: while talk of Mars and Musk’s Starship steals the limelight it is landers like Blue Ghost, and future larger versions, that will deliver the supplies, equipment and habitat for Moon bases. @cliftop.bsky.social @stevesalmon.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3fyxm4ym
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