The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.

[kirksnosehair]

That's cool!  how many pieces was it?

[Chino]

That's cool!  how many pieces was it?

Pictured there, technically 8, but it's only 7 files. The bottom piece fucked up about 70% of the way through, and I had to print the remaining 30% as a different piece. Including the stand, the final model (not counting the screwup) will have 10 pieces. There's a stand I'll be making, and two connector pieces that go inside the model to help anchor everything together.

[v_clortho]

are you going to blow it up?

[Chino]

are you going to blow it up?

Negative! Tis' a static model.


I can't believe we're going to finally about to see this thing fly!!!
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1422607954101084161?s=21

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

are you going to blow it up?

Negative! Tis' a static model.


I can't believe we're going to finally about to see this thing fly!!!
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1422607954101084161?s=21

So excited form that! 

Watching Tim's tour of Spacebase with Elon, so much fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t705r8ICkRw&ab_channel=EverydayAstronaut

[XJDenton]

are you going to blow it up?

Negative! Tis' a static model.


I can't believe we're going to finally about to see this thing fly!!!
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1422607954101084161?s=21

Or explode.

[lonestar]

Not sure which I'd want to see more.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Not sure which I'd want to see more.

Compared to Starship THAT booster is a big badaboom.

[Chino]

Siiiiick   

[Lonk]

Beautiful

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Wow that's incredible but wasn't the first super-heavy booster flight supposed to be without Starship?

[Lonk]

Here is another angle

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Part 2: https://youtu.be/SA8ZBJWo73E

It's like a view into Elon's mind. I love how he pauses after a question to think about his answer.

Part 3

The most interesting of all the parts.

[Lonk]

https://www.space.com/nasa-moon-landing-2024-spacesuit-oig-feasibility

Bummer that the moon mission is delayed, but expected.

[MinistroRaven]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V462IsOV3js

 

[Lonk]

https://www.space.com/nasa-moon-landing-2024-spacesuit-oig-feasibility

Bummer that the moon mission is delayed, but expected.

Well, something else to further delay this.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/jeff-bezos-space-company-blue-origin-is-suing-nasa-as-the-fight-escalates-with-spacex-over-a-lucrative-moon-landing-contract/ar-AANnXrd?ocid=ientp

Jeff Besoz really doesn't want to accept this.

[Spiritus]

Part 2: https://youtu.be/SA8ZBJWo73E

It's like a view into Elon's mind. I love how he pauses after a question to think about his answer.

Part 3

The most interesting of all the parts.

I keep reading more and more how this guy is a lying, stealing cheat.  Not all is at it seems in the world of Musk

[El Barto]

Part 2: https://youtu.be/SA8ZBJWo73E

It's like a view into Elon's mind. I love how he pauses after a question to think about his answer.

Part 3

The most interesting of all the parts.

It looks like the pauses are a combination of things. Part of it is defensive. There are certainly things he doesn't want to go public. Part of it is thoughtfulness. He knows a ton of stuff about these, and wants to get his facts straight. Part of it is that he's probably stoned as fuck. He looked just like I do on edibles.

I like that the Cybertruck shirt he was wearing was the broken window. And one thing I really like about him is that he really wants to understand all aspects of his projects. He's intensely curious, be it by nature or by necessity, and seems able to converse intelligently about all of it.

[Spiritus]

Part 2: https://youtu.be/SA8ZBJWo73E

It's like a view into Elon's mind. I love how he pauses after a question to think about his answer.

Part 3

The most interesting of all the parts.

It looks like the pauses are a combination of things. Part of it is defensive. There are certainly things he doesn't want to go public. Part of it is thoughtfulness. He knows a ton of stuff about these, and wants to get his facts straight. Part of it is that he's probably stoned as fuck. He looked just like I do on edibles.

I like that the Cybertruck shirt he was wearing was the broken window. And one thing I really like about him is that he really wants to understand all aspects of his projects. He's intensely curious, be it by nature or by necessity, and seems able to converse intelligently about all of it.

Have you guys actually gone in depth in all what is Elon Musk. All the scamming and failures and scamming and bullshit? Or am I the fooled?

[XJDenton]

Elon at the very least seems to have a genuine interest in the tech his companies work in, but he's very much standing on the shoulders of giants much cleverer than himself. In that respect he's no different than the other billionaires and tech giant CEOs who cultivate a cult of personality.

Also his insistence of throwing money at hyperloop and the boring company as opposed to just building a goddamn light rail or high speed train system is infuriating.

[El Barto]

Elon at the very least seems to have a genuine interest in the tech his companies work in, but he's very much standing on the shoulders of giants much cleverer than himself. In that respect he's no different than the other billionaires and tech giant CEOs who cultivate a cult of personality.

Also his insistence of throwing money at hyperloop and the boring company as opposed to just building a goddamn light rail or high speed train system is infuriating.

We're all standing on the shoulders of giants. At the same time, he seems to be engaged in a one man space race, so while I don't know if he's a good guy or not, I'm rooting for him and Space X. What he's done over the span of 15 years has been remarkable. It's something that would traditionally take massive government involvement, and he's doing what our government is no longer capable of, and doing it fairly well.

[XJDenton]

Don't disagree with that, SpaceX does fantastic work. Where we probably disagree is how much this is attributable to Musk himself.

[El Barto]

Don't disagree with that, SpaceX does fantastic work. Where we probably disagree is how much this is attributable to Musk himself.

On a scientific level, zero. On a managerial level a great deal. And while he may be a crook (I really have no idea), I do buy into his sincerity about wanting to change the world. I think the dude want's to all that he can before he runs out of time, and that's good for everybody.

[Lonk]

I admire everything Musk is doing. As Barto said, I believe he is genuine about wanting to advance our technology and civilization as a whole. My only beef with Musk is that he has been polluting the night sky.

From a technology stand point, it is great. As someone who observes the night sky regularly, it's fun to catch a satellite here and there (specially through a telescope). As someone who does astrophotography, it's annoying to see a streak in one of my images.

[gmillerdrake]

My only beef with Musk is that he has been polluting the night sky.

Yeah. This is brutal. And it's only going to continue to get worse as we 'advance' as a species.

[lonestar]

Anyone watch the Netflix documentary on the upcoming Inspiration4 launch? Really well done, and some seriously moving stories, especially the pediatric cancer survivor. I challenge anyone to watch her backstory and not shed a tear or two.

Really getting excited to see the launch now.

[Chino]

My only beef with Musk is that he has been polluting the night sky.

Yeah. This is brutal. And it's only going to continue to get worse as we 'advance' as a species.

I go back and forth with this one so much.

While light pollution in the night sky is a bummer for astronomers, you can't deny being able to bring high speed internet to every inch of this planet isn't advanced as all hell. Doctors, hospitals, construction efforts, governments, locals, educators, etc can now communicate in real time and to modern standards in the most remote and harshest environments our planet has to offer. Solar panels, battery storage, and reliable satellite based communication (video and large amounts of data) are a godsend to a huge number of people on this planet.

I really do sympathize with the back yard astronomers and observatories, but this is true advancement as a species in every sense of the word. I don't think it'll make it's way to the hobbyists, but I'm guessing the ground observatories will eventually incorporate some kind of digital/AI filter that removes the light pollution caused by the satellites, something similar to the software hot fix that allowed Hubble to still see despite the manufacturing defect in the mirror.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I know their visible from earth but can you call that light pollution? That too me sounds more like more "moving stars in the sky light" kind of problem. Light pollution to my knowledge is about light on earth blocking the sky like citylight in cities.

[Lonk]

Oh yeah Chino, no argument there. Thats why the first part of my comment was saying that from a technology stand point, what he is doing is great.

Rest of my comment comes more from a selfish view of wanting my astrophotos to be as clean as possible  the minor inconvenience to me and others in the same hobby is very, very, very minor compared to what he is doing to advance our technology.

[Chino]

I know their visible from earth but can you call that light pollution? That too me sounds more like more "moving stars in the sky light" kind of problem. Light pollution to my knowledge is about light on earth blocking the sky like citylight in cities.

Taking photos of space requires really long exposures, so those satellites orbiting create very long and annoying white lines in the final pictures.

I'm not sure if "light pollution" is the proper term, I don't know what it's official definition. Either way, the added light in the night sky is making it harder to see into space from Earth. Orbiting telescopes aren't impacted by this.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I know their visible from earth but can you call that light pollution? That too me sounds more like more "moving stars in the sky light" kind of problem. Light pollution to my knowledge is about light on earth blocking the sky like citylight in cities.

Taking photos of space requires really long exposures, so those satellites orbiting create very long and annoying white lines in the final pictures.

I'm not sure if "light pollution" is the proper term, I don't know what it's official definition. Either way, the added light in the night sky is making it harder to see into space from Earth. Orbiting telescopes aren't impacted by this.

Oh that makes sense, didn't thought about that.

[Chino]

Oh yeah Chino, no argument there. Thats why the first part of my comment was saying that from a technology stand point, what he is doing is great.

Rest of my comment comes more from a selfish view of wanting my astrophotos to be as clean as possible  the minor inconvenience to me and others in the same hobby is very, very, very minor compared to what he is doing to advance our technology.

What kind of telescope to you have?

[Lonk]

Oh yeah Chino, no argument there. Thats why the first part of my comment was saying that from a technology stand point, what he is doing is great.

Rest of my comment comes more from a selfish view of wanting my astrophotos to be as clean as possible  the minor inconvenience to me and others in the same hobby is very, very, very minor compared to what he is doing to advance our technology.

What kind of telescope to you have?

I have 2 scopes: a Celestron 70mm (refractor) Travel Scope and a Celestron NexStar 8SE. I use a ZWO ASI178MC camera, or a Canon T7i with an 24mm, F/2.8 lens for landscape images

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Inspiration4 launch in about 3 hours. I'm probably not awake to see it though, hopefully it all goes well.

[Azyiu]

Inspiration4 launch in about 3 hours. I'm probably not awake to see it though, hopefully it all goes well.

Did you watch Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space on Netflix? I like the first 2 episodes in this mini series.