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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1820 on: November 07, 2021, 08:59:51 AM »
As unboxing videos go, this is a really good one

https://youtu.be/nNtt7GN7YH8
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1821 on: November 07, 2021, 11:09:00 AM »
Quote from: Azyiu on November 07, 2021, 08:21:13 AM
Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on September 15, 2021, 03:14:51 PM
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.
Yea but i've only watched the first episode so far.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1822 on: November 08, 2021, 07:09:59 AM »
Pretty cool Star Base video that was released the other day. Just a quick 90 second thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeVbYCIFVa8
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1823 on: November 08, 2021, 07:55:20 AM »
Damn cool, thanks for sharing.  :tup
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1824 on: November 08, 2021, 08:01:55 AM »
Quote from: Chino on November 08, 2021, 07:09:59 AM
Pretty cool Star Base video that was released the other day. Just a quick 90 second thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeVbYCIFVa8


That was great, that last drone shot with the zoom out was nuts.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1825 on: December 02, 2021, 06:03:29 AM »
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1826 on: December 06, 2021, 07:50:58 PM »
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1827 on: December 07, 2021, 12:42:29 AM »
Quote from: Vmadera00 on December 06, 2021, 07:50:58 PM
Quote from: Chino on December 02, 2021, 06:03:29 AM
Dope!

https://old.reddit.com/r/elonmusk/comments/r6u15g/i_am_speechless/

That's so cool!

Here's some weird news for ya

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.space.com/amp/china-yutu-2-moon-rover-cube-shaped-object-photos

Probably nothing, but intriguing nonetheless
Hmm interesting, right now in everyones mind it's an alien structure made by a lost civilisation. In a couple of days it turn out to be just a natural made rock in a kinda cube like formation.  :D
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1828 on: December 07, 2021, 06:39:28 AM »
 :lol that's my guess too. Some cubed shaped rock that looks nothing like it up close.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1829 on: December 07, 2021, 10:01:56 AM »
Seriously, we can land a rover on Mars. We can a control and communicate with it. All this technology and all we get is a blurry pic circa 1975?

Geez... :tdwn
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1830 on: December 07, 2021, 11:11:25 AM »
Quote from: hunnus2000 on December 07, 2021, 10:01:56 AM
Seriously, we can land a rover on Mars. We can a control and communicate with it. All this technology and all we get is a blurry pic circa 1975?

Geez... :tdwn

We usually use lower res/black and white imagery for distant viewing and bulk image collection. It's way less data that needs to be beamed back to Earth. We'll start taking Hi Def images once we have a target.

However, I don't think the rover that took this image is equipped with any kind of quality camera. It's China's first lander since the 70's, and the primary objectives for the mission were/are to orbit the moon, land, and do a sample return. It's not really exploring. It's more China's way of dipping their toe back into the lunar ocean. I wouldn't be surprised if the cameras that took the cube image are for navigation purposes only.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1831 on: December 16, 2021, 03:20:15 PM »
I'm starting to get a bit jiggy because THE launch of the century oups meant decade is just days upon us. :omg:

I REALLY hope everything goes as planned or atleast with no major incidents.

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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1832 on: December 21, 2021, 02:17:09 PM »
Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on December 16, 2021, 03:20:15 PM
I'm starting to get a bit jiggy because THE launch of the century oups meant decade is just days upon us. :omg:

I REALLY hope everything goes as planned or atleast with no major incidents.

Didn't realize the launch was pushed back to Dec 24th. Hopefully everything goes as plan  :corn
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1833 on: December 21, 2021, 02:20:40 PM »
I'm optimistic for the launch, the tricky part will be the unfolding and fine tuning that happens in the next 6 months to produce meaningful results.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1834 on: December 21, 2021, 04:05:30 PM »
Quote from: Vmadera00 on December 21, 2021, 02:17:09 PM
Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on December 16, 2021, 03:20:15 PM
I'm starting to get a bit jiggy because THE launch of the century oups meant decade is just days upon us. :omg:

I REALLY hope everything goes as planned or atleast with no major incidents.

Didn't realize the launch was pushed back to Dec 24th. Hopefully everything goes as plan  :corn
Yea I kinda missed that too. That's christmas day in my part of the world. I'm excited for this launch!
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1835 on: December 23, 2021, 08:51:06 AM »
JWST moved to the 25th. I wonder when someone has the nerve to press the launch button?  :lol

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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1836 on: December 23, 2021, 08:57:19 AM »
I wondered if the delays were because of weather, and if it is so, we won't see a launch before the New Year

https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/d40a371b14f3afc345b16522ef119529e75a405f4d56d0ef54fd842febb3e6fc
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1837 on: December 23, 2021, 04:24:34 PM »
Quote from: Vmadera00 on December 23, 2021, 08:57:19 AM
I wondered if the delays were because of weather, and if it is so, we won't see a launch before the New Year

https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/d40a371b14f3afc345b16522ef119529e75a405f4d56d0ef54fd842febb3e6fc

Weather is monitored by the minute. They only need a short window to launch.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1838 on: December 25, 2021, 03:10:43 AM »
T-minus 2h9m
T-minus 6min  :omg:

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Let's go!
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1839 on: December 25, 2021, 05:16:52 AM »
Woke up early just for this!
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1840 on: December 25, 2021, 07:03:09 AM »
So how long will it take for it to get to its destination so it can unfurl its shield?
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1841 on: December 25, 2021, 07:20:45 AM »
Quote from: hunnus2000 on December 25, 2021, 07:03:09 AM
So how long will it take for it to get to its destination so it can unfurl its shield?
29 days until it reaches L2. As far as I understand it, it will be unfolded on the journey to it's destination.

https://www.inverse.com/science/whats-the-roadmap-for-james-webb-telescope-now

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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1842 on: December 25, 2021, 08:09:14 AM »
WOW! Exciting times!!  :metal
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1843 on: December 25, 2021, 12:54:16 PM »
This is an excellent Christmas present.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1844 on: December 25, 2021, 08:10:58 PM »
Reading through the roadmap.... Yeah, not much that can go wrong there!!!
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1845 on: January 06, 2022, 07:56:43 PM »
Nerve-wracking last couple weeks, but everything seems to be going about as well as hoped! Last major assembly left is to unfold the two side wings of the primary mirror.

These are two great sites for tracking the progress so far:

https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

https://planet4589.org/space/misc/webb/time.html
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1846 on: January 06, 2022, 07:57:32 PM »
Those are the exact two sites I've been religiously following daily. Things are indeed looking great so far.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1847 on: January 13, 2022, 11:05:45 AM »
Tim Dodds recent video about why rocket engines don't melt is super interesting.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1848 on: February 10, 2022, 06:25:50 AM »
What a glorious beast.

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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1849 on: February 10, 2022, 10:29:02 AM »
A starlink constellation disintegrating over Puerto Rico. As far as I'm concerned the dude can launch all of the tiny satellites he wants if he sets them all to de-orbit after a set amount of time so we can enjoy the fireworks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=84&v=a7KUSN89-A0&feature=emb_title
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1850 on: February 13, 2022, 03:16:16 AM »
Quote from: Chino on February 10, 2022, 06:25:50 AM
What a glorious beast.


It's freaking huge! I saw some workers at the bottom and that kinda revealed the scale of it.

I heard about one mission they planned to go to Mars in orbit with a bunch of artists. That sounded interesting.

If I understood correctly they will move all activity to Cape if Boca get struck with more FAA hassle.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1851 on: March 14, 2022, 02:28:54 PM »
I always felt it was such a wonderful thing about the relationship and work between Russia and US when it comes to space. Of all the drama in the world that mutual interest for space was still going strong despite politics. Although of course so much stuff was probably happening behind the scenes that we don't know about and some of it was a facade but in general I hope you know what I mean.

Seems like that relationship might end sadly given all the sanctions and so on. I honestly feel so sad about that.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1852 on: March 14, 2022, 02:43:00 PM »
Yeah, the current situation is going to have a domino effect on a lot of things.

On a random thought, have any of you tried a "Digital telescope"? I was looking into it and they are expensive, but a cool way to observed with you want to get more details.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_AS0R4x_cE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sMnhYMyR68
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« Reply #1853 on: March 16, 2022, 08:49:34 PM »
This is nice to see. The great experiment.

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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1854 on: March 17, 2022, 08:24:33 AM »
Yeah it looks really great on a large monitor, so many galaxies in that picture in various orientations. Really can't wait to see what JWT can show us.
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