#habex

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Today is my birthday!! I finally finished this animation I made of Habex!

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HabEx: New Mission Proposed to Search for Second Earth | Astronomy | Sci-News.com

The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) would use a telescope with a mirror larger than Hubble’s, and would employ origami techniques to utilize an external ‘starshade,’ which would block the light from target stars and enable the search for and characterization of Earth-like exoplanets around them.

In Elite Frontier, Proxima Centauri was the first star to be found to hold a planet that had liquid water on it, for hundreds of years it held out the possibility of a new home, to push humanity forward to make the technical leaps to bridge the almost unimaginable distances, only to discover this new home, named Eden, was toxic and utterly inhospitable. 

The cautionary tale is, while we search for Earth type planets circling stars, what we find may match a number of similar metrics, but that in no way will mean it’s really a second home for us. 

Still, such projects, hopes and dreams will be the eldorado’s of the coming centuries, they may not find the fountain of youth, or the cities of gold, but it won’t hurt to imagine.

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One Of These Four Missions Will Be Selected As NASA's Next Flagship For Astrophysics

“Choosing which of these missions to build and fly will, in many ways, inform our plans for the next 30 years (or more) of astronomy. NASA is the pre-eminent space agency in the world. This is where science, research, development, discovery, and innovation all come together. The spinoff technologies alone justify the investment, but that's not why we do it. We are here to discover the Universe. We are here to learn all that we can about the cosmos and our place within it. We are here to find out what the Universe looks like and how it came to be the way it is today.

People will always argue over budgets — the penny-pinchers are always happy to propose something that's faster, cheaper, and worse — but the reality is this: the budget for NASA Astrophysics as a whole is just $1.35 billion per year: less than 0.1% of the federal discretionary budget and less than 0.03% of the total federal budget. And still, for that tiny amount, NASA has steadily built a flagship program that's the envy of the free world.”

Every 10 years, NASA performs a decadal survey, where it outlines its highest mission priorities for the next 10 years. The 2020 decadal is happening imminently, and once the recommendations are submitted to the National Resource Council at the National Academies of Science, the four flagship finalists will be ranked. This will determine NASA astrophysics’ direction for the 2030s.

James Webb is the flagship for the 2010s; WFIRST is it for the 2020s. What will we choose for the 2030s? It will be one of these four finalists! Dream big, everyone.

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Space robots stuck on Earth

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My NASA space telescopes-inspired reploids are all together now! Featuring (left to right): Habex, Luvoir, Lynx and Origins

Habex - The leader. He is the strategist and usually avoids battles but will fight when he has to. Although he looks as though he doesn't take things seriously, he always gets the job done.

Luvoir - The sniper. He was activated before his other siblings due to an error and he left to hunt Mavericks on his own. He eventually became a Maverick himself and reunited with his siblings through battle.

Lynx - The assassin. Unlike Luvoir, she prefers fighting in close hand combat and is stealthy enough to travel around undetected. She was created to work well with Luvoir.

Origins - The navigator. He has very sensitive vision and can detect the slightest movements and changes in the surrounding. Assists his siblings when they battle and will step in to protect them when the battle gets tough.

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OC paintings so far! They are all based on something space related!

Left to Right:

James Webb (JWST), Trappist (TRAPPIST-1), Spitzer (SST), Chandra (CXO), Discovery (Space Shuttle), Habex (HabEx concept), Lynx (Lynx concept) and Luvoir (LUVOIR concept)

I have more ocs I plan to paint! Hubble and Origins are on the top of my list right now. Hope some of you might be interested to see them!

I also like talking about my ocs so if you want, you can ask me questions about them, or talk to me about anything space related because I love space!

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My second reploid oc, Habex! He's inspired by the HabEX space telescope concept. He's Luvoir's brother who was awakened much later than he is. He is the leader of his team, which consists of 2 other siblings who were awakened the same time as him too.

Personality: Outgoing, relaxed, cunning, calculative, unmotivated sometimes

Likes: Reading, writing, plotting

Dislikes: Bad stories, video games

Habex loves to write and he's working on a memoir of his adventures with his siblings. He likes to exaggerate the stories too to make them more interesting. He dislikes video games since he's bad at them.

His weapon is based on the Whirligig Saw from Bloodborne. The original concept of his design is based on Susanoo but I decided to make him a wizard instead so he won't be too vastly different from his siblings and it worked out really well!

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My reploid oc, Habex!

Trivia: He was originally supposed to have a Susanoo inspired design but I completely changed it after playing Elden Ring.

He has one of my favorite oc designs!