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Rosetta heads for kamikaze* Comet farewell after 12 years
Copious coverage on NASA TV, Ustream, etc... some starting @04:45 Eastern. (09:45 here in the UK) It would be awesome if your touchdown merely bent a wing and you revived on next orbit but we know cold (amongst other risks) means this is probably a fond final farewell. Ciao, Rosetta. Say Thanks to Philae, too. * Actual impact velocity @pprox "at walking pace", lol All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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Space Pirate
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'Burb you rock - I'm dialed in now watching in real time during the final descent - less than a minute to go!
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I'm finally in the green zone for a rocket launch!
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I"m right on the edge of that envelope. I'll have to go out and take a look later tonight.
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
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That was very cool to see. I didn't hear it at all but I did get to see it. I even got my kids out to the beach. There were a bunch of others out there too. I only had my iPhone so the images aren't awesome.
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NASA/ESO Discover 7 Earth-like Exoplanets (3 in Habitable zone) around nearby Ultra-cool Brown Dwarf
230 Trillion Miles / 40 Light Years Away... Orbiting an "Ultra Cool Brown Dwarf" not much bigger than Jupiter... Tidally locked planets ranging from 1 Day to 20 Day orbits mean you'd age very quickly NASA home page with links to full res media Details of the Trappist-1 system from Spitzer Space Telescope Some 40 light-years from Earth, a planet called TRAPPIST-1e offers a heart-stopping view: brilliant objects in a red sky, looming like larger and smaller versions of our own moon. But these are no moons. They are other Earth-sized planets in a spectacular planetary system outside our own. These seven rocky worlds huddle around their small, dim, red star, like a family around a campfire. Any of them could harbor liquid water, but the planet shown here, fourth from the TRAPPIST-1 star, is in the habitable zone, the area around the star where liquid water is most likely to be detected. This system was revealed by the TRansiting Planets and PlanetIsmals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The planets are also excellent targets for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Take a planet-hopping excursion through the TRAPPIST-1 system.Apologies for not posting this last week when the news broke... my old iPadv3 did too All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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Need Warp Drive Now!!!
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1.4 Billion km Selfie
Last week, in part to celebrate Earth Day one last time (before beginning its Grand Finale Tour of Ring plane crossings leading up to a kamikaze dive into Saturn on Sept. 15th), Cassini sent home another gorgeous shot of our home through the rings of Saturn. Click for bigger and zoom in to spot the few pixels of our Moon to the left of the bright speck that is the Earth... here shown between segments of the A (including the Keeler gap) and much brighter F rings at top and bottom, respectively ... just in case you needed a fresh sense of perspective on your place in the Universe. All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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Space Clouds ahead for the East Coast USA! Live tonight at 9! (Almost anyway).
Launch visibility: NASA Sounding Rocket will Release Early Morning Artificial Clouds Lighting up the Mid-Atlantic Coast The article wasn't retitled to match the 9PM launch change. They've tried to launch this a number of times it seems. I might be able to see the projectile fly from a base near me. Watch it via ustream.http Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Mooooon Tuuuubes... 🌓
A newly discovered moon tunnel could be the perfect place for a colony, scientists say The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...cientists-say/ At the close of the Apollo age, a year before the final moonwalk in 1972, a NASA researcher argued that vast tunnels lie beneath the lunar surface. For more technical data... the JAXA linked paper from near the end of the WaPo story. http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/topics/001159.html I would say “who knew sub-surface bases were so doable?”, but apparently... All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. Last edited by curiousuburb : 2017-10-26 at 16:10. Reason: Better pics |
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epic elon
http://www.spacex.com/falcon-heavy payload choice, awesome soundtrack choice, class bet the landing ship name is clever too launch set for 06:30 UTC today wish i had his life, if only to do cool shit like this All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSwFU6tY1c
This is where we should be able to stream the liftoff live in the next hour or so. |
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That was cool to watch. Nice to see everything go smoothly other than lost video on the drone ship so we don't know if it made the landing or not. the synchronized landing of the secondary boosters was really cool though!
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These guys are actual rocket scientists. Why does no one ever think to park another drone with a camera a few hundred metres from the barge? |
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https://twitter.com/tomhanks/status/999870930670182405
RIP Alan Bean. Apollo 12, try SCE to Auxiliary, over. Last surviving member of Apollo 12. |
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Oh no! I searched for a news story about this and can't find anything.
But I trust Tom Hanks. EDIT But I just read a story that said that this was a hoax, and that he's still alive? I don't know who to trust now. ... Last edited by drewprops : 2018-05-25 at 08:34. |
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Tom Hanks deleted that tweet, looks like a miscommunication happened.
Alan Bean did, however, have a stroke a few weeks back, so might have just been a mixup. |
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https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/...34017081200641
RIP for real this time. Apollo 12, try SCE to Auxiliary, over. Edit: For those unfamiliar with the SCE to Auxiliary story, check out this segment from the Tom Hanks-produced From The Earth To The Moon on the launch of Apollo 12: https://youtu.be/SSN4MIsP_90 Last edited by PKIDelirium : 2018-05-26 at 13:33. |
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Came here to post this.
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‘burb... ?
I’m thinking of you mate. |
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https://youtu.be/CrzlMTRVt_I
Onboard video of the Soyuz MS-10 failure has been posted. Damn that was violent. |
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I suppose this is a reasonable simulation of what went wrong. What I find amazing is the engineering work that has gone into the launch escape systems. No doubt those guys are alive because that thing worked.
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Is it just me, or is SpaceX hitting on all cylinders?
I mean, this is the third successful launch and recovery of the main booster in an 8-month span. I am genuinely impressed. And this just four months after the successful launch and recovery of all three boosters. Brilliant!! - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
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We’re about to hit the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. I’ve got my official patch already.
SpaceX has the Dragon crew access arm deployed over 39A with a massive flag flying from it: https://twitter.com/maxar/status/1148388665757974528 |
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Starhopper hopped! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f86uSlYYDzE
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1154599520711266305 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1154604015822311424 Elon says 200m hop within a couple weeks. Engine cam: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1154629726914220032 |
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Also, a Falcon 9 carrying a Cargo Dragon launched the CRS-18 resupply mission to the ISS from SLC-40 at the Cape earlier. The booster, which previously launched CRS-17 and will next launch CRS-19, landed back at LZ-1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlgrxVuP5jk This booster landing was the 44th successful recovery of a Falcon, less than four years after the first successful landing in December 2015. Also, this was the first time a Cargo Dragon capsule has flown for the third time. It was sporting two ISS insignias representing the previous two missions, in addition to an Apollo 50th logo. Two prototype heat shield tiles for Starship are attached on the side for real-life testing when Dragon returns in four weeks. Last edited by PKIDelirium : 2019-07-26 at 01:15. |
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