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 by: MrPostin...@kymhorsell.com - Thu, 4 Nov 2021 21:23 UTC

From "The Latest from The Debrief" newsletter 4 Nov 2021:

NASA's DART Program Lays Plans for the Future

The news of UA1's visit arrives as NASA announced its most recent
plans to discuss planetary defense against impacts from dangerous
near-Earth objects. The space agency stated that it planned to provide
a media briefing on its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) during
a virtual meeting scheduled for 1 PM EDT on Thu, Nov 4.

Led by NASA in coordination with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
Laboratory (APL) and a collection of other NASA facilities, DART will
be the first demonstration of what it terms "kinetic impactor"
technology, designed to intercept with and alter the motion of an
asteroid headed toward Earth.

"As a technology test, the mission will help determine if
intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid is an effective
way to change its course, should an Earth-threatening asteroid be
discovered in the future," a NASA press statement read. "DART's target
asteroid is not a threat to Earth," it added.

Even if DART's capabilities prove to be effective in altering the
course of asteroids that are found to be on a collision course with
our planet in the future, the requirement of first being able to spot
those asteroids remains. Going forward, a combined approach that pairs
enhanced detection capabilities with the use of kinetic impactors will
likely be required in order to ensure the overall safety of our
planet.

--
FedEx Pilots Film `Pulsating' UFO Following Their Plane, Expert Calls It
`A Threat To Safe Aviation'
BroBible, 29 Oct 2021 14:35Z
The first officer is "a career fighter pilot that flew f-15s before working
in the private sector." The initial reporting of ...

For [AUS] Defence, UFOs exist only in a distant galaxy
The Australian, 28 Oct 2021 08:58Z
So, does the Australian military monitor UFO activity? Nope. Hupfeld has not
seen any reports regarding UAPs in Australian ...

Defence won't follow Pentagon to launch an investigation into UFO sightings
or Unexplained Aerial Phenomena
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 27 Oct 2021 19:59Z
The truth may be out there, but Australia's Dept of Defence is not
interested in following its US counterpart in trying ...

`We hope it's not an adversary here on Earth': NASA leader suggests UFOs
could be aliens
YAHOO!News, 23 Oct 2021 22:24Z
The leader of NASA hinted at the possibility that some UFOs might be
extraterrestrial life forms or beings from an alternate ...
[Good news: it is and it isnt].

Former Air Force chief claims he once saw UFO firing at nuke missiles
launched from secret base
New York Post, 21 Oct 2021 19:07Z
Ex-US Air Force First lieutenant Robert Jacobs alleged a craft,
resembling a flying saucer, circled the dummy warhead during ...
[Witnessed by experts and caught on high-def film at the time, denied
by the US govt for 40+y].

DIA Says "UFO Program" Had No Mission Statement, Outline or Objective Document
The Black Vault, 21 Oct 2021 12:48Z
In an effort to get the true objective of the alleged "UFO Program" operated
from 2008-2010 by the Defense Intelligence ...

Air Force Veterans Who Are UFO True Believers Return to Newly Attentive
Washington
Military.com, 20 Oct 2021 02:50Z
Three aging Air Force veterans came to Washington, D.C., on Tue to
again tell their strange and extraordinary stories. A fourth veteran was
piped into the National Press Club conference by video feed from the Ozark
Mountains in Missouri.
Each veteran's story is different, but all share one central claim: In the
1960s, UFOs tampered with nuclear weapons managed by the Air Force, both
terrifying and mystifying the airmen who experienced the encounters. Some
remained silent for decades, they say.

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 by: 98.6% - Thu, 4 Nov 2021 21:50 UTC

On 11/4/2021 5:23 PM, MrPostingRobot@kymhorsell.com wrote:
> From "The Latest from The Debrief" newsletter 4 Nov 2021:
>
>
> NASA's DART Program Lays Plans for the Future
>
> The news of UA1's visit arrives as NASA announced its most recent
> plans to discuss planetary defense against impacts from dangerous
> near-Earth objects. The space agency stated that it planned to provide
> a media briefing on its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) during
> a virtual meeting scheduled for 1 PM EDT on Thu, No

Pretty sure all these plans to intercept incoming asteroids
are really designed to intercept incoming...Chinese objects
of mass destruction. Another way to divert funding to
missile defense.

> Led by NASA in coordination with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
> Laboratory (APL) and a collection of other NASA facilities, DART will
> be the first demonstration of what it terms "kinetic impactor"
> technology, designed to intercept with and alter the motion of an
> asteroid headed toward Earth.
>
> "As a technology test, the mission will help determine if
> intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid is an effective
> way to change its course, should an Earth-threatening asteroid be
> discovered in the future," a NASA press statement read. "DART's target
> asteroid is not a threat to Earth," it added.
>
> Even if DART's capabilities prove to be effective in altering the
> course of asteroids that are found to be on a collision course with
> our planet in the future, the requirement of first being able to spot
> those asteroids remains. Going forward, a combined approach that pairs
> enhanced detection capabilities with the use of kinetic impactors will
> likely be required in order to ensure the overall safety of our
> planet.
>
>
>
> --
> FedEx Pilots Film `Pulsating' UFO Following Their Plane, Expert Calls It
> `A Threat To Safe Aviation'
> BroBible, 29 Oct 2021 14:35Z
> The first officer is "a career fighter pilot that flew f-15s before working
> in the private sector." The initial reporting of ...
>
> For [AUS] Defence, UFOs exist only in a distant galaxy
> The Australian, 28 Oct 2021 08:58Z
> So, does the Australian military monitor UFO activity? Nope. Hupfeld has not
> seen any reports regarding UAPs in Australian ...
>
> Defence won't follow Pentagon to launch an investigation into UFO sightings
> or Unexplained Aerial Phenomena
> Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 27 Oct 2021 19:59Z
> The truth may be out there, but Australia's Dept of Defence is not
> interested in following its US counterpart in trying ...
>
> `We hope it's not an adversary here on Earth': NASA leader suggests UFOs
> could be aliens
> YAHOO!News, 23 Oct 2021 22:24Z
> The leader of NASA hinted at the possibility that some UFOs might be
> extraterrestrial life forms or beings from an alternate ...
> [Good news: it is and it isnt].
>
> Former Air Force chief claims he once saw UFO firing at nuke missiles
> launched from secret base
> New York Post, 21 Oct 2021 19:07Z
> Ex-US Air Force First lieutenant Robert Jacobs alleged a craft,
> resembling a flying saucer, circled the dummy warhead during ...
> [Witnessed by experts and caught on high-def film at the time, denied
> by the US govt for 40+y].
>
> DIA Says "UFO Program" Had No Mission Statement, Outline or Objective Document
> The Black Vault, 21 Oct 2021 12:48Z
> In an effort to get the true objective of the alleged "UFO Program" operated
> from 2008-2010 by the Defense Intelligence ...
>
> Air Force Veterans Who Are UFO True Believers Return to Newly Attentive
> Washington
> Military.com, 20 Oct 2021 02:50Z
> Three aging Air Force veterans came to Washington, D.C., on Tue to
> again tell their strange and extraordinary stories. A fourth veteran was
> piped into the National Press Club conference by video feed from the Ozark
> Mountains in Missouri.
> Each veteran's story is different, but all share one central claim: In the
> 1960s, UFOs tampered with nuclear weapons managed by the Air Force, both
> terrifying and mystifying the airmen who experienced the encounters. Some
> remained silent for decades, they say.
>

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 by: R Kym Horsell - Thu, 4 Nov 2021 22:23 UTC

98.6% <WhoMe?@aol.com> wrote:
> On 11/4/2021 5:23 PM, MrPostingRobot@kymhorsell.com wrote:
>> From "The Latest from The Debrief" newsletter 4 Nov 2021:
>> NASA's DART Program Lays Plans for the Future
>> The news of UA1's visit arrives as NASA announced its most recent
>> plans to discuss planetary defense against impacts from dangerous
>> near-Earth objects. The space agency stated that it planned to provide
>> a media briefing on its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) during
>> a virtual meeting scheduled for 1 PM EDT on Thu, No
> Pretty sure all these plans to intercept incoming asteroids
> are really designed to intercept incoming...Chinese objects
> of mass destruction. Another way to divert funding to
> missile defense.

That must be why they're going to the trouble of testing their
kinetic projectile system in deep space so noone can see it! :)

--
[Blam!]
SpaceX accepts delivery of NASA's DART asteroid impact spacecraft
Teslarati, 04 Nov 2021 09:45Z

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 by: 98.6% - Fri, 5 Nov 2021 14:51 UTC

On 11/4/2021 6:23 PM, R Kym Horsell wrote:
> 98.6% <WhoMe?@aol.com> wrote:
>> On 11/4/2021 5:23 PM, MrPostingRobot@kymhorsell.com wrote:
>>> From "The Latest from The Debrief" newsletter 4 Nov 2021:
>>> NASA's DART Program Lays Plans for the Future
>>> The news of UA1's visit arrives as NASA announced its most recent
>>> plans to discuss planetary defense against impacts from dangerous
>>> near-Earth objects. The space agency stated that it planned to provide
>>> a media briefing on its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) during
>>> a virtual meeting scheduled for 1 PM EDT on Thu, No
>> Pretty sure all these plans to intercept incoming asteroids
>> are really designed to intercept incoming...Chinese objects
>> of mass destruction. Another way to divert funding to
>> missile defense.
>
> That must be why they're going to the trouble of testing their
> kinetic projectile system in deep space so noone can see it! :)
>

Missile defense has recently moved into cislunar space, the
area between the moon and earth as fields of operation.
They need the ability to quickly intercept anything
coming from the area of the moon.

DARPA Nuke Sat To Target Cislunar Monitoring Mission

WASHINGTON: DARPA’s effort to develop nuclear ‘engines’ for far-roving
satellites also hopes to demonstrate the capability to keep “timely”
tabs on spacecraft operating near the Moon, says program manager Maj.
Nathan Greiner.

While cislunar surveillance doesn’t require nuclear-propulsion, such a
spacecraft could move more rapidly into position to monitor targets of
interest. It might also mean the spacecraft would be able to remain
active for a longer period thanks to the fuel.

“Some of this is classified, so this answer must be rather general,” he
said in an email, explaining that the Demonstration Rocket for Agile
Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program has two key goals:

“Provide agile, responsive maneuverability (potentially across vast
distances) within the cislunar domain for a variety of missions.
Conduct space domain awareness within the cislunar domain in a timely
fashion.”
DARPA awarded contracts to General Atomics, Blue Origin and Lockheed
Martin last week for Phase 1 of the DRACO program, which has two
separate but related parts.

The central focus of the effort, called Track A, is development of a
nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) system for spacecraft, essentially a
small nuclear reactor that rapidly heats liquid rocket fuel, converting
it to gas and creating thrust.

“DRACO’s NTP system has the potential to achieve high thrust-to-weight
ratios similar to in-space chemical propulsion and approach the high
propellent efficiency of electric systems,” DARPA’s website explains.
“This combination would give a DRACO spacecraft greater agility to
implement DoD’s core tenet of rapid maneuver in cislunar space (between
the Earth and moon).”

(NASA is experimenting with NTP as well to cut the time it would take
robotic and human exploration missions to deep space, including to Mars.)

General Atomics was awarded $22 million to develop the NTP
“Demonstration System (DS)” under Track A, Granier said. This includes
development of demonstration hardware under the 18-month contract —
hardware that may or may not eventually be included in the DRACO
spacecraft that DARPA hopes to launch in 2025.

The DS should be “traceable” to the “Operational System (OS) concept” —
i.e. the blueprint for the future DRACO spacecraft, Granier elaborated.
“Traceable means that the DS should be on the evolutionary path to the
OS, for the entire spacecraft, but in particular for the NTP engine
itself, which is the focus of Phase 1. The NTP propulsion unit should be
ready for incorporation into an OS spacecraft within an order of years
after the DS for operational DoD or NASA use.”

Lockheed Martin and Blue Origin are responsible for fleshing out that OS
concept, winning $2.9 million and $2.5 million respectively, Grenier
said. Under that part of the DRACO effort, called Track B, the two
contractors will provide a proposed design — not including hardware —
for the entire spacecraft. The idea is that by developing the NTP first,
engineers can better figure out what payloads the satellite bus can
carry and how to best optimize subsystems, he explained.

“Once the NTP propulsion unit is proven to be viable, then the OS system
will be able to tolerate more risk on other subsystems, such as deep
space comms, more advanced cryogenic fluid management technologies,
etc.,” he said.

It is in the design of the OS where the capability for cislunar domain
awareness would come in, with development of sensor suites and
communications payloads for the spacecraft.

Cislunar Rush

Earth-Moon Lagrange points, NASA image
Earth-Moon Lagrange points, NASA image

DARPA defines the cislunar domain as the volume of pace between
Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) at approximately 36,000 kilometers above the
Earth — and not coincidentally where many national security satellites
operate — and the Moon. This includes, Grenier noted, the Earth-Moon
Lagrange points.

The Lagrange points are positions where “the gravitational pull of two
large masses precisely equals the centripetal force required for a small
object to move with them,” according to NASA’s website.

The Space Force is interested in two of the five Earth-Moon Lagrange
points — L1, on a straight line between the Earth and the Moon; and L2,
on the far side of the Moon — because they essentially allow a satellite
to ‘hover’ in a stable orbit and provide an unobstructed view of the
lunar surface. NASA, too, is interested in L1 and L2 because that
line-of-sight also eases communications with lunar-surface operations.

Space Force and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) are funding a
number of experiments aimed at developing spacecraft to enable domain
awareness beyond GEO.

AFRL’s Cislunar Highway Patrol System — or CHPS, pronounced ‘chips,’ in
homage to the late 1970s TV series about motorcycle-riding cops — will
be a small satellite orbiting near the Moon capable of detecting objects
traversing cislunar space, as well as tipping and cueing other sensors
to enable Space Force to keep track of them.

Another joint AFRL-Space Force project, called Defense Deep Space
Sentinel (D2S2), will demonstrate “extreme mobility of small satellites
via advanced electric propulsion and compact power system technologies
that are foundational for a variety of deep space missions, including
domain awareness, rendezvous/proximity operations, space servicing,
space object removal and recovery, and other applications in defensive
space operations,” James Haywood, deputy director of the AFRL Center for
Rapid Innovation (CRI), told me in November. Another potential mission:
surveilling activities on the lunar surface.

AFRL's lunar patrol satellite, CHPS
CHPS lunar patrol satellite, AFRL graphic

Beyond Cislunar

Indeed, AFRL last Thursday held a classified stakeholder meeting to
discuss research and development needed to underpin future military
operations beyond the traditional near-Earth orbits used today,
according to DoD officials. Neither AFRL nor Space Command would provide
any details whatsoever about the meeting — not even a list of participants.

Sean Kirkpatrick, who represents the DNI at Space Command’s Joint Task
Force-Space Defense (JTF-SD), said last Tuesday the “summit” was focused
not just on R&D needed to counter potential adversary activities in
cislunar space, but also “all around the sphere of the Earth, not
necessarily in the direction of the Moon.”

This is because “things that could come at us from above” GEO in any
direction, he told the AFCEA Intelligence Partnering for Space Power in
2021 virtual conference. “There’s not necessarily a
lot of specificity currently about what could happen, or what will
happen from that area of concern, but there’s a lot of understanding
that things could happen.”

Kirkpatrick explained that “even if a booster were just to be launched
on an extremely high apogee to place a satellite in orbit, and then it
enters GEO from above … in our paranoid world that’s a problem, because
we don’t have the proper types of sensors, and a lot of cases and we
certainly don’t have them … in the right places to see things like that
happening.

“I think that we are behind that curve already,” he added. “And it might
take, you know, the better part of the decade to get right in that regard.”

https://breakingdefense.com/2021/04/darpa-nuke-sat-to-target-cislunar-monitoring-mission/

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 by: R Kym Horsell - Fri, 5 Nov 2021 16:14 UTC

98.6% <WhoMe?@aol.com> wrote:
> On 11/4/2021 6:23 PM, R Kym Horsell wrote:
>> 98.6% <WhoMe?@aol.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/4/2021 5:23 PM, MrPostingRobot@kymhorsell.com wrote:
>>>> From "The Latest from The Debrief" newsletter 4 Nov 2021:
>>>> NASA's DART Program Lays Plans for the Future
>>>> The news of UA1's visit arrives as NASA announced its most recent
>>>> plans to discuss planetary defense against impacts from dangerous
>>>> near-Earth objects. The space agency stated that it planned to provide
>>>> a media briefing on its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) during
>>>> a virtual meeting scheduled for 1 PM EDT on Thu, No
>>> Pretty sure all these plans to intercept incoming asteroids
>>> are really designed to intercept incoming...Chinese objects
>>> of mass destruction. Another way to divert funding to
>>> missile defense.
>> That must be why they're going to the trouble of testing their
>> kinetic projectile system in deep space so noone can see it! :)
> Missile defense has recently moved into cislunar space, the
> area between the moon and earth as fields of operation.
> They need the ability to quickly intercept anything
> coming from the area of the moon.
....

The asteroid in question is a minimum of 0.6 AU away from earth.

Thank goodness asteroid defence isn't important.

--
Mission Overview - DART
DART will be the first-ever space mission to demonstrate asteroid ...
The timing of the DART impact in fall 2022 is chosen to minimize the
distance between ...
-- dart.jhuapl.edu

65803 Didymos, provisional designation 1996 GT, is a sub-kilometer
asteroid and synchronous binary system, classified as potentially
hazardous asteroid and near-Earth object of both the Apollo and Amor group.
Radius: 390 m
Orbital period: 770 days
[P^2 ~ R^3 so 770 days ~= (770/365)^(2/3) == 1.6 AU].
Mass: 52.7 billion kg
Absolute magnitude: 18
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