Just_Another_Scott t1_j9nbfxk wrote on February 23, 2023 at 4:53 AM

Reply to comment by Vulcan_MasterRace in DARPA is Reigniting the Nuclear Engine by Afrin_Drip

Several different companies were awarded contracts. Not just Blue Origin. The DoD has handed out a few of these across different programs. DIU has a similar program as well.

Here's more companies that were awarded contracts

https://spacenews.com/diu-selects-nuclear-powered-spacecraft-designs-for-2027-demonstrations/

Just_Another_Scott t1_iu2jklj wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:59 AM

Reply to comment by herrbdog in 3,200 Megapixels: The World’s Largest Camera will be Complete in 2023 by M416_Lover

Their website says about 15 terabytes a night. So take that for what you will.

> Rubin Observatory R&D has led to a new-generation imaging CCD which is highly segmented, low noise, and sensitive from the UV to the near IR. The speed with which Rubin Observatory can cover half the sky will produce about 15 terabytes (TB) per night, leading to a total database over the ten years of operations of order 50 petabytes (PB) for the raw data, and 15 PB for the catalog database. The total data volume after processing will be over 100 PB

So total data requirements exceeds 100 PB over a 10 year period.

https://www.lsst.org/about/dm/technology