8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (7)
#19085024 at 2023-06-27 21:07:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23437: 479 Days To Winning It All Edition
NASA Achieves Water Recovery Milestone on International Space Station
June 20, 2023
For space missions that venture beyond low Earth orbit, new challenges include how to provide basic needs for crew members without resupply missions from the ground. NASA is developing life support systems that can regenerate or recycle consumables such as food, air, and water and is testing them on the International Space Station.
Ideally, life support systems need to recover close to 98% of the water that crews bring along at the start of a long journey. The space station's Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) recently demonstrated that it can achieve that significant goal.
ECLSS is a combination of hardware that includes a Water Recovery System. This system collects wastewater and sends it to the Water Processor Assembly (WPA), which produces drinkable water. One specialized component uses advanced dehumidifiers to capture moisture released into the cabin air from crew breath and sweat.
Another subsystem, the Urine Processor Assembly (UPA), recovers water from urine using vacuum distillation. A previous technology demonstration on the space station tested improvements to the UPA's Distillation Assembly. Distillation produces water and a urine brine that still contains some reclaimable water. A Brine Processor Assembly (BPA) developed to extract this remaining wastewater has been on the space station as a demonstration of its operation in microgravity. Recent assessments found that the BPA helped the system achieve the 98% water recovery goal.
"This is a very important step forward in the evolution of life support systems," says Christopher Brown, part of the team at Johnson Space Center that manages the space station's life support system. "Let's say you collect 100 pounds of water on the station. You lose two pounds of that and the other 98% just keeps going around and around. Keeping that running is a pretty awesome achievement."
"Before the BPA, our total water recovery was between 93 and 94% overall," says Jill Williamson, ECLSS water subsystems manager. "We have now demonstrated that we can reach total water recovery of 98%, thanks to the brine processor."
The BPA takes the brine produced by the UPA and runs it through a special membrane technology, then blows warm, dry air over the brine to evaporate the water. That process creates humid air, which, just like crew breath and perspiration, is collected by the station's water collection systems.
All the collected water is treated by the WPA. It first uses a series of specialized filters, then a catalytic reactor that breaks down any trace contaminants that remain. Sensors check the water purity and unacceptable water is reprocessed. The system also adds iodine to the acceptable water to prevent microbial growth and stores it, ready for the crew to use. Each crew member needs about a gallon of water per day for consumption, food preparation, and hygiene such as brushing teeth.
The team acknowledges that the idea of drinking recycled urine might make some people squeamish. But they stress that the end result is far superior to what municipal water systems produce on the ground.
"The processing is fundamentally similar to some terrestrial water distribution systems, just done in microgravity," Williamson says. "The crew is not drinking urine; they are drinking water that has been reclaimed, filtered, and cleaned such that it is cleaner than what we drink here on Earth. We have a lot of processes in place and a lot of ground testing to provide confidence that we are producing clean, potable water."
The systems in ECLSS have been carefully tested, not only to ensure that they perform as intended, but also to demonstrate that each is reliable and can operate long-term without a lot of maintenance or spare parts.
"The regenerative ECLSS systems become ever more important as we go beyond low Earth orbit," Williamson says. "The inability of resupply during exploration means we need to be able to reclaim all the resources the crew needs on these missions. The less water and oxygen we have to ship up, the more science that can be added to the launch vehicle. Reliable, robust regenerative systems mean the crew doesn't have to worry about it and can focus on the true intent of their mission."
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/water_recovery_milestone/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Rc-kS9HPQ
#17807682 at 2022-11-25 15:12:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21840: CBDC's WW Edition
Early signs of a threat to shoot up a Manhattan synagogue were detected on Friday morning not by law enforcement officials but by an online security analyst working in a Manhattan office building.
A Twitter user with the handle @VrilGod posted a series of alarming tweets caught by the analyst's filters used to identify possible online threats.
In one post, the user warned: "Big moves being made on Friday."
In another, the user wrote: "Gonna ask a Priest if I should become a husband or shoot up a synagogue and die."
When the analyst saw these tweets, "alarm bells went off," said his boss, Mitchell Silber, who leads the Community Security Initiative for the UJA-Federation of New York. They resulted in a police investigation that ended in the arrest of Christopher Brown, 21, and Matthew Mahrer, 22, just before midnight on Friday at Pennsylvania Station.
Analysts on Mr. Silber's team who contacted the authorities about the threat were monitoring filters that scrape the internet for possible local attacks by employing search terms like "Jewish, New York, synagogue, kill, shoot and die," said Mr. Silber, a former director of intelligence analysis with the New York City Police Department. The initiative was created after the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue attack in Pittsburgh, he said in an interview on Tuesday.
The filters search mainstream social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, as well as other chat forums including 4Chan, 8chan, Gab.com and Telegraph, he said.
https://www.jns.org/jew-accused-of-threatening-nyc-synagogue-is-grandson-of-a-holocaust-survivor/
#17796196 at 2022-11-20 17:34:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21815: BEWARE of MAJOR FALSE FLAG attempts this week Edition
>>17796136
tyb
Prudency and deductive reasoning is needed. Both sides are mixed. This is a Good vs Evil Spirituality/Psychology situation. Try to stick to the code.
Man who allegedly threatened NYC synagogue is Jewish, kin of a Holocaust survivor: Lawyer
https://nypost.com/2022/11/20/matthew-mahrer-who-made-threats-against-nyc-synagogue-is-jewish-kin-of-a-holocaust-survivor-lawyer/
One of two men accused of plotting to attack New York City synagogues is Jewish and the grandson of a Holocaust survivor, his attorney claimed in court Saturday.
Matthew Mahrer, 22, was ordered held on $150,000 bail at his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of criminal possession of a weapon though his lawyer asked that he be released on his own recognizance.
"There are a lot of questions here," defense attorney Brandon Freycint said of Mahrer, who has allegedly been diagnosed with autism, bipolar disorder, anxiety and ADHD.
"My client is of Jewish heritage. He resides with his parents and his grandfather is actually a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor - and my client is his part-time caretaker," Freycinet said.
Mahrer and pal Christopher Brown were busted Friday on the Long Island Rail Road with Brown carrying weapons and a Nazi armband, according to police sources.
Cops seized a loaded handgun with an extended magazine and a bulletproof vest from Mahrer's Upper West Side apartment that he and a buddy allegedly planned to use in a synagogue attack, prosecutors said.
Mahrer's defense attorney, Brandon Freycinet, argued that his client has no criminal history and said he's of "Jewish heritage."
But Mahrer had no criminal record and his parents had cooperated with cops, his attorney said. The accused had spent time in homeless shelters before moving in with his parents about a year ago, the attorney added.
"Based on that, judge, my client should not be implicated in anything involving hatred towards his own people and his own religion," he said.
Assistant District Attorney Emilio Hernandez said Mahrer and Brown traveled to Pennsylvania together and bought the gun "with intent to use it in an attack at a synagogue."
The FBI and NYPD had been on the trail of Mahrer and Brown, a "diagnosed schizophrenic" who recently told family members that he wanted to go to New York and buy a gun, sources said.
"The parents of this defendant alerted police officers to the existence of a firearm within the backpack of the defendant inside the defendant's apartment," Hernandez said.
Prosecutors claimed the pair were aware that police were looking for them and decided to leave the firearm in the backpack in the apartment.
Mahrer's parents were in the gallery for the arraignment. As the defense attorney spoke of her son, her husband wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
"He's not what they are saying he is," his mom told The Post outside the court. His father declined to comment.
#13349356 at 2021-04-02 23:49:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16911: Terrorism Double Standard Edition
U.S. Attorney's Office
District of Columbia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 2, 2021
Former State Department Employee Indicted for Concealing Information in Background Investigation
WASHINGTON - Paul Michael Guertin ("Guertin"), 40, of Arizona and former resident of Washington, DC, was indicted on March 29, 2021 by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for wire fraud and obstructing an official proceeding. The indictment was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Special Agent in Charge Elisabeth Heller, of the U.S. Department of State, Office of Inspector General.
Guertin was a Foreign Service Officer who served on multiple State Department assignments, including overseas postings to U.S. diplomatic missions in Shanghai, China and Islamabad, Pakistan, and a posting to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at State Department headquarters in Washington, DC. As a condition of his employment, Guertin was required to apply for and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. According to the indictment, Guertin intentionally concealed information on his SF-86 background investigation questionnaires and in interviews with State Department background investigators. He withheld information about several categories of conduct, including an undisclosed sexual relationship with a Chinese national, whose U.S. visa application was adjudicated by Guertin while he was serving as a consular officer in Shanghai, China; undisclosed gambling debts; and an undisclosed $225,000 loan from two Chinese nationals, who were directed by Guertin to provide $45,000 of the initial disbursement in the form of cash in $100 bills.
An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
This matter was investigated by the U.S. Department of State, Office of Inspector General and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Christopher Brown and Thomas Gillice, with assistance from Paralegal Specialist Chad Byron.
#13252047 at 2021-03-18 23:42:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16787: Enjoy The Show Edition
>>13251982
>Christopher Brown
>Chris Brown
MAYBE BECAUSE WORD GOT AROUND YOU LIKE PUNCHING WOMEN IN THE FACE! (ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT BE DESERVED)! BUT STILL! THEY WANTED EQUAL RIGHTS EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENCE FROM MEN!
#13251982 at 2021-03-18 23:34:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16787: Enjoy The Show Edition
Christopher Brown
1 review
10 months ago
They refused service to me because I'm black.
#10945414 at 2020-10-06 14:14:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14001: Virgins can +1 Edition
MARINES BECOME MOBILE, MORE LETHAL WITH CYBER EW TRAINING
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. –
Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group and 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Marine Division, received two weeks of training in tactical Cyber Electronic Warfare reconnaissance and survey capabilities from September 7 to 18, 2020, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. This training introduced I MEF Marines to newly developed capabilities generated from U.S. Cyber Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace.
This training further developed Marines' ability to map out the digital terrain, making them a critical asset for not only a geographic combatant commander, but also the national cyber enterprise within the Department of Defense. USCYBERCOM and MarkPoint Technologies will provide this training for two years under a direct award called Rapidly Deployable Access Capabilities. One of MARFORCYBER's missions is bringing newly developed capabilities that can enable future cyber operations to the tactical warfighter.
Markpoint Technologies focuses on providing wireless, cyber-software products and services to support Department of Defense missions.
The course, which was a two-week program, provided innovative training for Marines working with information related capabilities. The course included Cyber EW reconnaissance and survey capabilities, training and analysis, and supported the development and delivery of future capabilities that address the constantly changing battlefield with the Internet of Things.
"Getting to work with Marines from other aspects of the Marine Corps is a great opportunity, especially for a junior Marine, like myself," said Lance Cpl. Christopher Brown, a student in the course, and a cryptologic digital network operator from 1st Radio Battalion, I MIG. "This training gives Marines from all job fields the opportunity to come together and learn a new skill set."
https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/2372836/marines-become-mobile-more-lethal-with-cyber-ew-training/
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#74911 at 2021-04-02 23:58:12 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #336: Feel'n Dem Good Friday Vibrations Edition
U.S. Attorney's Office
District of Columbia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 2, 2021
Former State Department Employee Indicted for Concealing Information in Background Investigation
WASHINGTON - Paul Michael Guertin ("Guertin"), 40, of Arizona and former resident of Washington, DC, was indicted on March 29, 2021 by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for wire fraud and obstructing an official proceeding. The indictment was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Special Agent in Charge Elisabeth Heller, of the U.S. Department of State, Office of Inspector General.
Guertin was a Foreign Service Officer who served on multiple State Department assignments, including overseas postings to U.S. diplomatic missions in Shanghai, China and Islamabad, Pakistan, and a posting to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at State Department headquarters in Washington, DC. As a condition of his employment, Guertin was required to apply for and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. According to the indictment, Guertin intentionally concealed information on his SF-86 background investigation questionnaires and in interviews with State Department background investigators. He withheld information about several categories of conduct, including an undisclosed sexual relationship with a Chinese national, whose U.S. visa application was adjudicated by Guertin while he was serving as a consular officer in Shanghai, China; undisclosed gambling debts; and an undisclosed $225,000 loan from two Chinese nationals, who were directed by Guertin to provide $45,000 of the initial disbursement in the form of cash in $100 bills.
An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
This matter was investigated by the U.S. Department of State, Office of Inspector General and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Christopher Brown and Thomas Gillice, with assistance from Paralegal Specialist Chad Byron.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-state-department-employee-indicted-concealing-information-background-investigation