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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1750 on: April 28, 2021, 12:33:33 PM »
RIP Michael Collins, who joined Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the first historical moon landing, the man that stayed behind. The most difficult task, being the first to go up there, but not descending on the moon.
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« Reply #1751 on: April 28, 2021, 02:10:02 PM »
RIP indeed. And then there was one..
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« Reply #1752 on: April 30, 2021, 10:53:28 AM »
SN15 today!  :tup
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1754 on: April 30, 2021, 11:54:42 AM »
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« Reply #1755 on: April 30, 2021, 11:56:32 AM »
Yup, looks like it  :tdwn
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1756 on: April 30, 2021, 01:49:23 PM »
Too bad, hopfully it will happen this weekend. Looking forward to this, apparently there's so much improvement on everything since SN11.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1758 on: May 05, 2021, 12:42:18 PM »
Waiting for days now for this that I almost forgot about it today. Thx for reminding!  :tup
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1759 on: May 05, 2021, 12:49:37 PM »
Waiting for days now for this that I almost forgot about it today. Thx for reminding!  :tup

So did I  :lol Youtube is the only application that I have notifications enabled on, and it's for the sole purpose of never missing one of these streams. I get an alert every time Tim goes live.

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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1760 on: May 05, 2021, 11:19:29 PM »
I of course fell asleep through the whole thing. However I just watched the recap, really awesome they finally nailed the landing. I loved the little correction it did just at the end to keep it vertical.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1761 on: May 07, 2021, 06:56:50 AM »
Elon said on Twitter they might try and attempt a second launch with SN15  :metal

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« Reply #1762 on: May 07, 2021, 08:31:30 AM »
Oh, that could be interesting. I mean why not continue testing it until 'splosion anyway and then move to SN16. Lots of good data could be found eitherway.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1763 on: May 21, 2021, 07:36:19 AM »
We've seen pieces for the Super Heavy booster being manufactured here and there over the last few months. Looks like they're finally getting stacked!!

https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-stacking-starship-super-heavy-booster-bn3/


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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1764 on: May 23, 2021, 11:37:49 AM »
Awesome! Can't wait for SN20!  :metal

I always start my morning by watching videos from Boca Chica at NASASpaceflight. I love watching all the activity at Starbase so much progress everyday it's insane.

I also follow Marcus House and What about it? on YT, they both summarize everything going on with SpaceX and other space releated news.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1766 on: June 01, 2021, 02:38:29 AM »
The launch tower at Spaceport is starting to really get some height. It's crazy seeing how tiny the workers are next to it.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1767 on: June 19, 2021, 11:41:33 AM »
Some cool and fascinating footage of simulating re-entry by a satellite in a plasma wind tunnel.

Demising a Solar Array Drive Mechanism
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1768 on: July 02, 2021, 07:06:55 AM »
I don't really care for Jeff Bezos or Richard Branson, but I do appreciate their investment in making space more accessible. I hope everything goes well for both on them and their flights.

In other news, I don't know why reading this made me laugh.

https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-civilian-crew-view-from-spaceship-toilet-2021-6
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1769 on: July 02, 2021, 07:17:41 AM »
Yes, seems like the space age is about to commence for real.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1770 on: July 11, 2021, 01:18:12 PM »
Seems like everything went smooth for SpaceShipTwo except for the crappy livestream. Hopefully all future flights will be as successful.

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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1772 on: July 11, 2021, 02:53:09 PM »
Richard Branson's Message From Space

Space orgy? :lol
Ahh that's probably why the livestream kept cutting out.

Just read on Wiki: "Richard Branson, the British billionaire entrepreneur and owner of the Virgin Group, including Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia, claimed that he joined the mile-high club at age 19".

So I guess you're probably right.  :lol
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1773 on: July 11, 2021, 06:12:58 PM »
Richard Branson's Message From Space

Space orgy? :lol

It was only a matter of time!

All jokes aside, as space become more accessible, this will become a reality.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1774 on: July 16, 2021, 04:49:04 PM »
HST has been resurrected (the telescope, not the author). I'm glad to hear this. Webb is still a ways off, and there's no guarantee the thing will even work. Hubble will eventually croak, but it occurred to me two weeks ago that it'll be a sad thing when it does.

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1016953132/hobbled-hubble-telescope-springs-back-to-life-on-its-backup-system
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« Reply #1775 on: July 19, 2021, 02:11:12 PM »
"fINAl sErvIcnG miSSioN"

Either Hubble will be serviced forever or they'll send up an updated one when Webb's orbit gets screwed up and it flies off into space.
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« Reply #1776 on: July 20, 2021, 12:11:48 PM »
So touchdown for Blue Orgin and it seems everything went as accordingly. Fun seeing Wally Funk among the passengers, amazing woman!

Whatever one might think about billionares in space i'm trying to look at it from a bigger picture, hopefully this leads to a big step forward for commercial flight. Sure the day I will afford a ticket is most likely way past my time on this earth.  :lol :-[
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« Reply #1777 on: July 20, 2021, 12:14:14 PM »
So I know nothing about this. I'm curious then, what can suborbital flight help us with? I'm sure it's something, but I'm unsure what it is other than avoiding storms.
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« Reply #1778 on: July 20, 2021, 12:22:54 PM »
So I know nothing about this. I'm curious then, what can suborbital flight help us with? I'm sure it's something, but I'm unsure what it is other than avoiding storms.

I might be wrong, but I believe suborbital flights would help with speed. It can help you travel faster for longer distances.

Not sure if it would take the same amount of energy/fuel though.

So touchdown for Blue Orgin and it seems everything went as accordingly. Fun seeing Wally Funk among the passengers, amazing woman!

Whatever one might think about billionares in space i'm trying to look at it from a bigger picture, hopefully this leads to a big step forward for commercial flight. Sure the day I will afford a ticket is most likely way past my time on this earth.  :lol :-[


I forgot to check this out today but glad it went well. To be honest, I thought this flights would come at a higher price tag, but Virgin Galatic flight will (only) cost $250,000. Which is a lot of money for us common people, but not as expensive as I thought it would be. That just means that when technology gets better, and there is more competition around, the price for a space flight will be a lot more reachable for those who want it.
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« Reply #1779 on: July 20, 2021, 12:29:54 PM »
So I know nothing about this. I'm curious then, what can suborbital flight help us with? I'm sure it's something, but I'm unsure what it is other than avoiding storms.
I guess the most basic answer is, it's alot cheaper overall than going into space which reflects the ticket prices (~250k), atleast that's the plan moving forward. Since they aren't going into space the training dosen't need to be as intense as the real astrounats has to endure.
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« Reply #1780 on: July 20, 2021, 12:32:55 PM »
So I know nothing about this. I'm curious then, what can suborbital flight help us with? I'm sure it's something, but I'm unsure what it is other than avoiding storms.
Not much. I'd say that it's in our capability to get there, but neither outfit is really doing anything new. Branson and Bezos have basically just done what the USAF and NASA were doing in '61. At best they're helping to decrease the cost going forward, but Musk is really the one pushing that avenue. Elon is doing something very beneficial. These two I'm really not seeing.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1781 on: July 20, 2021, 12:37:48 PM »
So I know nothing about this. I'm curious then, what can suborbital flight help us with? I'm sure it's something, but I'm unsure what it is other than avoiding storms.
Not much. I'd say that it's in our capability to get there, but neither outfit is really doing anything new. Branson and Bezos have basically just done what the USAF and NASA were doing in '61. At best they're helping to decrease the cost going forward, but Musk is really the one pushing that avenue. Elon is doing something very beneficial. These two I'm really not seeing.

Yea, I just kept reading about how that Bezos and Branson are doing will ultimately help humanity in huge ways and I'm just curious what that is. If suborbital flight serves no purpose other than the novelty, then I don't see how it helps. But if it improves travel or helps with interplanetary travel, that's awesome but I don't see how it does. Yet. Seems that this one really was just a few billionaires having fun.
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« Reply #1782 on: July 20, 2021, 12:43:44 PM »
So I know nothing about this. I'm curious then, what can suborbital flight help us with? I'm sure it's something, but I'm unsure what it is other than avoiding storms.
Not much. I'd say that it's in our capability to get there, but neither outfit is really doing anything new. Branson and Bezos have basically just done what the USAF and NASA were doing in '61. At best they're helping to decrease the cost going forward, but Musk is really the one pushing that avenue. Elon is doing something very beneficial. These two I'm really not seeing.

To sell tickets to space and profit.  I do think it's somewhat cool to see private companies doing this, but I'm not sure if this is a good use of resources.  However, who am I to say how private citizens spend their money?

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« Reply #1783 on: July 20, 2021, 12:51:56 PM »
So I know nothing about this. I'm curious then, what can suborbital flight help us with? I'm sure it's something, but I'm unsure what it is other than avoiding storms.
Not much. I'd say that it's in our capability to get there, but neither outfit is really doing anything new. Branson and Bezos have basically just done what the USAF and NASA were doing in '61. At best they're helping to decrease the cost going forward, but Musk is really the one pushing that avenue. Elon is doing something very beneficial. These two I'm really not seeing.

Yea, I just kept reading about how that Bezos and Branson are doing will ultimately help humanity in huge ways and I'm just curious what that is. If suborbital flight serves no purpose other than the novelty, then I don't see how it helps. But if it improves travel or helps with interplanetary travel, that's awesome but I don't see how it does. Yet. Seems that this one really was just a few billionaires having fun.
I mean we haven't had anything like this ever so one can't exactly say it's not doing anything for space travel, bringing down the price is a huge deal. A ticket with Space X to ISS is 55 millon which include ALOT of training and preperation. Sure the stuff Space X are doing is alot more exciting and beneficial but still though, maybe i'm optimistic but I think it's pretty cool. We'll see in a couple of years how this will evolve.

You have to start somewhere and since it's expensive I feel it's natural to start with a bunch of billionaries willing to burn money.  :lol

The view is pretty incredible even though it's still suborbital:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HzfrCqCLYw&ab_channel=explorethespace

One thing though, if that was me in one of those seats I would like to sit in silence and just take it all in without out all that cheering and noice.
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« Reply #1784 on: July 21, 2021, 08:47:19 AM »
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