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Wow, 6/9 doesn't sound like a very good success rate - IMO. Although I'm no space geek so I don't really know what a good success rate is.
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No it's not, really. Hopefully it's all a coincidence but sounds like this will put a real dent in our earth science / climate monitoring capabilities.
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Antimatter Man
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Last Taurus XL fairing separation failure for OCO launch generated a 'mishap investigation board'.
Lessons learned were apparently put in place for this launch of Taurus XL. Mishap redux. [/facepalm] Try another rocket, dudes! All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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Detached prominence off the solar limb = awesomeness... click for bigger
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The small spot is that big... and teh prominence can be up to 10 Billion tons of material. Descriptive source All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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feeling my oats
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wow...so the sun has cloudy days too
Gavin beautiful photo. |
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Holy....
It's remarkable the resolution we can now capture the sun with. |
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Gravity on Earth isn't the same everywhere... new map shows stronger (yellow) and weaker (blue) zones and a wacky potato shaped planet.
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I like taters. Now we know why Michael Jordan could jump so high and why all those Euros are flat-footed chumps.
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To celebrate the 50 anniversary of humans in space, watch a YouTube film (made of ISS-shot HD video) recreating the view as if seen during Gagarin's First Orbit
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Let the terraforming begin!
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Is there any definition by which a moon is considered to be a planet?
I was reading an article about Io's magma "ocean" and noticed that by the end they were referring to that moon as a planet. Quote:
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is the next Chiquita
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If orbiting a sun is all it takes to be a planet, then that would mean that Pluto would still be a planet. Obviously, it's a bit more than that. Damned if I know the formal definition, since I'm a long cry from being an astronomer.
(not that I would want to vouch for FoxNews's ummmm... newsworthiness. It looks like a black hole right there.) |
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When I was a kid, people who did wrong were punished, restricted, and forbidden. Now, when someone does wrong, all of the rest of us are punished, restricted, and forbidden... and the one who did the wrong is counselled and "understood" and fed ice cream. |
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Yeah, it's a bit more complex (sorry Pluto), but a moon is inherently incapable of being classified a planet, as far as I know.
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Antimatter Man
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Then there are Rogue planets (without stars to orbit, apparently)
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Thunderbolt, fuck yeah!
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And a little closer to earth, with no ambitions of going higher up than 15 km, the guys from Copenhagen Suborbitals are at it again. They plan to launch at 3 pm CET.
EDIT: I worked! First YouTube video of the launch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0UdxZYezwg While the rocket itself worked as advertised, the parachute apparently came down empty. Also, the rocket didn't have a guidance system, just some rollerons to keep it steady. Guess they'll need a few more tests before putting a man in it. Awesome nevertheless! EDIT2: Here's a Google translated article about the test: http://translate.google.com/translat...n&u=www.ing.dk EDIT3: For some reason Google translate keeps returning the front page of the website I'm linking to instead of the article "The rocket flew, crashed and gathered valuable data into". Oh well, it will probably remain front page stuff for a while anyway. Last edited by Mugge : 2011-06-03 at 14:22. |
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Paulo Nespoli provides the first (and last) shots of Endeavour docked with ISS taken from a departing Soyuz.
30+ awesome wallpaper res shots available here There's also more on Paolo's Flickr pages, but I <3 the fact that the Nasa wallpapers still include Mac OS 9 instructions. Quote:
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Dawn Probe orbits Asteroid Vesta
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Artist's impression (not to scale) of Dawn and its ion propulsion system showing the asteroids Vesta (left) and Ceres (right). Image: William K Hartmann/AP For more, see Dawn's official NASA page or JPL's Dawn pages Another triumph for Ion engines. All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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Hey amongst all the low gravity biological experiments was there ever any zero gravity hetero lovin' experiments? I'm not sure how fun this would actually be (vs. work), as I read something in a space travel exploration book that said both parties would have to be anchored to a wall or something to enable the boom-boom movement.
Can you imagine giving your she-astronaut the first bump and her flying across the lab? There's a good monty python sketch in here somewhere. ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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Awesome... maybe future spacecraft to be powered by anti-proton / anti-matter engine, using anti-proton fields trapped by the Van Allen radiation belts as a fuel source?
Since it would take us forever and a day to produce enough of the stuff to fuel a ship, maybe we can "scoop some up on our way out of town", just before our refueling pit stop in Saturn's radiation belts for a "precursor" mission to the stars. Download the PDF at the bottom of the link. It is awesome even for a math-tard like me. Gives me hope for humanity. OTOH such a small portion of the population has the motivation to learn these kinds of math and science skills... Imagine if even 2% of the kids out there were motivated to do this instead of skipping their homework so they can listen to Puff Diddly and Lady Googoo, watching Real Housewives of East Bumblefuck, and partying all the time. How many more great minds would we have at work on this problem in 10 years? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14405122 ...into the light of a dark black night. Last edited by Moogs : 2011-08-07 at 14:28. |
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File this under space exploration not-so-coolness.
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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter offers best ever views of Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites.
Detailed images and video available here Or visit the LRO Camera team website here Suck It moon landing hoax conspiracy nutters! All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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It's the parasite-snake trails leading way from the lander! Apollo 18z is REEL¡¡
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Wait a sec, that looks an awful lot like...
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Oh, and that tiny dot to the left?
Right there? That's Earth. Quote:
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