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That looks quite a bit like the Ares V. Is it? The article didn't say either way.
[edit]: Wiki says: "The NASA Authorization Act of 2010 envisions the transformation of the Ares I and Ares V vehicle designs into a single launch vehicle usable for both crew and cargo." So I guess kind've, even though it sure as hell looks like the latter, just with new paint. So it goes. |
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This is sort of relevant to the thread - Massive Solar Eruption and CME headed toward planet Earth. Expected to hit around 5-9 am Eastern Saturday. It's and X-Class eruption, so should be a good Northern Lights display, possibly visible to some who are usually a bit too far South for such things.
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Probably not. Latest forecasts predict the strength of the geomagnetic storm associated with this CME will likely only reach G1, possibly as high as G2 (on a scale of 5). The latter is expected to cause aurorae to appear as far south as New York and Idaho; it would likely take a strong G4 or G5 storm to push it all the way down to Texas (and by that point, we'd probably be preoccupied with other things, like the potential collapse of the national power grid {pdf link}).
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I wonder if I took a picture of it with my iPhone, would it still get into PhotoStream? Cell towers and network backbones have UPSs, right? Time to stock up on canned soup again... 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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The geomagnetic storm associated with that CME finally hit G2 strength this morning, and has stayed at around that level all day. There doesn't seem to be any indication that it'll get any worse from this point, though obviously SWPC is keeping an eye out for any additional activity.
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Best Curiosity animation I've seen, from launch, to landing, to mission.
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Looks like it mirrors EYES ON THE SOLAR SYSTEM - NASA's own visualisation toolkit... Anyone can use the free web app to "Ride along on an asteroid orbit, or follow Curiosity during flight, or cruise over the Moon with GRAIL, or join VOYAGER 1 or 2, or check out the JUNO mission"
Same workstation-quality visuals, real telemetry/data, but now with user configurable cameras etc. All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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That is a really cool interactive concept. Reminds me of Celestia a little bit but inside the browser and more features / control.
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Endeavour has begun her trip to the mate/de-mate device.
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Hey Burbs check your email when you get a chance. Meantime, did you guys know Curiosity is on Twitter? Over a million followers already. Pretty humorous / good way to get kids involved in science missions.
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NASA proposes Deep Space Base
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Interesting. Not sure that's the best way to spend NASA's "half a penny on the dollar" budget (as Neil DeGrasse Tyson puts it). It seems like a solution in search of a real problem or objective. Why put people at an L2 orbit to get rocks from the moon... wouldn't it be easier to just go directly back to the moon and return?
The L2 point is where the James Webb Telescope will be... so I suppose NASA could propose that being able to get there would enable servicing missions but seems like those types of missions would be more expensive than Hubble missions and I don't know that the JWST is being built with servicing missions in mind (swappable modules, etc). Fuel depot to Mars... also seems like a short-sighted idea. Not exactly sure to what degree a manned flight to Mars would require a refuel after launch, but seems like we'd have to spend and risk an awful lot of money and life just to get fuel safely stored at that point, in a way that could be offloaded onto a ship that arrives there on its way to MArs or somewhere else. Wouldn't it be better to have a fuel station much closer to earth? Both in terms of cost, risk, and making it easier to fix if something goes wrong initially? The launch itself is the biggest fuel guzzler so... why would the refueling need to be so far away? ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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First there was the Hubble Deep Field... then there was the Ultra Deep Field... now behold the eXtreme Deep Field.
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Holy....
Perfect timing too as I read Neil DeGrasse Tyson's book every night relating to this and connected subjects. Awesome. Maybe the JWST will help us to see all the way back to the initial states of matter (the uber-cloud). I feel shame for my contribution today... harpooning space junk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19798745 ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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NASA gives contracts to ATK, Dynetics, and Northrop Grumman for the advanced booster for the SLS.
Dynetics is the group that is proposing the F-1 powered boosters. ATK is of course sticking with solid fuel. Seems like Northrop Grumman is just developing the fuel tanks for the booster. So it is pretty much down to ATK's SRB's and Dynetics F-1 powered boosters. Go Dynetics. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012...iR0LE.facebook EDIT: Ha. Got NASA's social network people to respond on Facebook saying that safety is their number one goal for SLS after trashing SRB's. giggity Last edited by Quagmire : 2012-10-02 at 14:18. |
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First rock study shows signs of water, volcanic forces similar to earth, on Mars.
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Great photo's of Endeavour's ongoing move through LA.
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Nothing of note to add other than a few weeks ago I went to the Presidio in San Francisco and watched the Endeavour flyover. Was pretty awesome, to say the least.
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Felix Baumgartner just pipped Joe Kittinger's record for highest human in a balloon. About to make his jump... Live YouTube streaming linked there. |
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Beat me to it... I don't like this mission control guy. He seems not 100% focused / too casual about this checklist.
This is amazing this guy is going to end up around 128,000 feet. What was also curious to me was the temperature inversions at high altitude. Was much colder outside the capsule around 50K feet vs where he is now. I thought it was continually get colder. ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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The video's not working. :-/
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Good here. Not opened the door yet / pressure not 100% equalize. Altitude now dropping slightly.
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Door's open. Man this mission guy is a doofus. Not cool.
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Inching his way out of capsule... holy fucking shit. I'm getting nervous just looking at the feed.
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So they turn off the telemetry in the feed during the most critical part. Nice job Red Bull.
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