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SpaceX is gearing up for the Polaris Dawn mission, set to launch on Aug. 26, featuring the first private spacewalk. Commander Jared Isaacman leads the crew of four, including Scott Poteet, Anna Men...

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- SpaceX is gearing up for the Polaris Dawn mission, set to launch on Aug. 26, featuring the first private spacewalk. Commander Jared Isaacman leads the crew of four, including Scott Poteet, Anna Menon, and Sarah Gillis.
- The mission will be a free-flying trip, reaching altitudes not visited by humans in over 50 years. 
- Day three is the highlight with the spacewalk, where Isaacman and Gillis will venture outside the spacecraft. 
- Polaris Dawn aims to push the boundaries of private spaceflight and inspire future missions. The mission will be livestreamed, offering a glimpse into the future of space exploration. 

 Source: [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/17/first-spacex-spacewalk-polaris-dawn-mission-launch-date-details.html)

Polaris Dawn: SpaceX's First Private Spacewalk Mission

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Polaris Dawn: SpaceX's First Private Spacewalk Mission- Grapevine

SpaceX circa 2003

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He will make us multi planetory in two decades if he gets all the needed support. 

https://youtu.be/r8GZ0H0xSFo?si=Vy-Qol254hlKPDJB

Elon is the captain of the new space faring tribe

Product Manager

Actually, watching this at work live.

We’ve done it finally. Moments like these, you realise that we may suffer setbacks and failures but it’s our tenacity to get back up and fight our way to the top.

Especially, after the failure of the last mission, it’s proud to say that our Scientists did the best to learn from the mistakes and made the best out of it.

We are now part of an exclusive club, the #1 country to get to the Lunar South Pole and the #4 country to actually land on the moon(after US, Russia and China)

Congratulations fellow Indians 🇮🇳, we are successfully a part of Lunar Space History. 🌖🚀

- Pixxel, a Bengaluru-based space tech startup, has secured a major deal with NASA, marking the first such achievement by an Indian company since the sector opened to private firms in 2020.
- The contract, part of NASA's $476-million commercial smallsat data acquisition program, will run through November 2028.
- Pixxel will provide hyperspectral earth observation data to NASA, aiding in climate change, agriculture, biodiversity, and resource management research.
- CEO Awais Ahmed hailed the contract as a monumental achievement, emphasizing the importance of hyperspectral imaging for future earth observation.
- Pixxel plans to launch its highest-resolution hyperspectral satellites soon, expanding its constellation to 24 satellites for broader commercial availability. 

 Source: [Inc42](https://inc42.com/buzz/pixxel-bags-nasa-contract-to-offer-hyperspectral-earth-observation-data/)

Pixxel Becomes First Indian Space Startup to Secure NASA Contract

Wow! This is unbelievable. The Starship is in space for the first time, with all 33 engines working at full capacity. We lost the signal in the end, but we gathered the required information for the next flight test. What a day! I love science.

To the Mars 🚀

Consultant

- Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, who arrived at the ISS on Boeing's Starliner in June, will remain in space until February 2025 due to helium leaks and thruster failures.
- Boeing assures there's 'no increased risk' in bringing them back on the Starliner, but NASA is considering a SpaceX flight for their return.
- The ISS, spanning 356 feet, includes six sleeping quarters, two bathrooms, a gym, and a 360-degree view bay window, housing nine astronauts currently.
- The station's oxygen generation and recycling systems ensure a sustainable environment, converting exhaled CO2 and urine into usable resources.
- Recent supply missions have provided the astronauts with essentials, including personal clothing and favorite snacks like Sunita Williams' Nutter Butter spread. 

 Source: [Mint](https://www.livemint.com/science/news/how-will-sunita-williams-and-barry-wilmore-stay-in-space-till-2025-check-details-11724062468137.html)

Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore to Stay in Space Until 2025

This is the first step towards interplanetary return missions

ISRO announces Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module back from Lunar to Earth orbit

So proud of us!

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Lately, I have been trying to get into some AI workflows. It appears that conventional programming is usually less performant that Cython/.pyx implementations.

Some learnings from my explorations:

When working with DataFrames in Python, there are different methods to perform operations on data. Usually you would use iterrows, apply, or vectorized operations. Each method has different performance characteristics, especially as the size of the DataFrame grows.

To investigate this, I went to GPT and asked it for some synthetic simulation code to test out this thesis.

Generate DataFrames of sizes 10, 100, 1000, 10000, and 100000.

Then profile the following funcs:
1. iterrows: Iterate through each row, adding a constant to a column's value.
2. apply: Use the apply function with a lambda to add a constant to each item in a column.
3. Vectorized: Directly add a constant to the column using vectorized operations.

So for large DataFrames, avoid iterrows due to its poor performance. Use vectorized operations for the best efficiency, and resort to apply only if vectorized operations are not feasible. Most of your usecases should ideally be solved via vectorized ops tbh.

How do you write performant code for large data sources?

- AstroForge, an asteroid mining company, has raised $40 million in Series A funding, bringing their total to $55 million. 
- The company plans to launch its second spacecraft, Odin, later this year to fly by a metallic-rich asteroid. 
- Their first mission, Brokkr-1, faced challenges but provided valuable lessons for future missions. 
- AstroForge's third mission, Vestri, aims to dock with an asteroid using magnets and sample its composition. 
- The company is tracking several candidate asteroids for its missions, with plans to launch Vestri in 2025. 

 Source: [Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/against-all-odds-an-asteroid-mining-company-appears-to-be-making-headway/)

AstroForge Raises $40 Million for Asteroid Mining Missions

- ISRO launched the EOS-08 Earth Observation Satellite onboard the SSLV-D3 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on August 16, 2024.
- The SSLV-D3 lifted off at 9.17 am and successfully placed the EOS-08 satellite into a 475 km circular orbit 17 minutes later.
- ISRO Chairman S Somanath confirmed the successful launch and declared the SSLV development process completed.
- EOS-08 features advanced payloads for IR observation, GNSS-R remote sensing, and UV dosimetry, with a mission life of 1 year.
- The SSLV can launch Mini, Micro, or Nano satellites and is designed for low cost, quick turnaround, and flexibility in satellite accommodation. 

 Source: [The Hindu](https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/isro-earth-observation-satellite-sslv-d3-eos-08-launch-sriharikota-august-16-2024/article68531393.ece)

ISRO Successfully Launches EOS-08 Earth Observation Satellite

One of them is NASA sending a Software Update 12 Billion miles away to Voyager 2

NASA just sent a critical software update to Voyager 2 and it took almost 18 hours to complete the upgrade.

NASA just sent a software update to a spacecraft 12 billion miles away

What are some of the craziest technological feats ever?

India's SpaceX? Such a big achievement.

What's one thing that you look upto with curiosity, even now, like you used to do in your childhood.


It could be playing Sunday matches, meeting someone special, going to a special place, it could be anything, where the interest didn't fade away with time and responsibilities.

🧵 Still interesting after decades

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An engineer who is afraid of the market and wants to do side hustle but doesn't know any ideas.
A good one will get free equity in the company 🤑

Suggest me some billion dollar ideas 😅

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