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#201 sebberry

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Posted 19 February 2021 - 11:41 AM

The video was from Curiosity and someone added sound effects.

 

I sure hope the video from Perseverance is oriented correctly.  Can you imagine putting the phone in the robot's hand vertically instead of horizontally?  'You had one job' comes to mind :D 


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#202 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 27 February 2021 - 05:04 PM

Mars Is a Hellhole  :wave: 

Colonizing the red planet is a ridiculous way to help humanity.

 

https://www.theatlan...o-earth/618133/


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Posted 28 February 2021 - 06:27 PM

History has demonstrated over and over again that true explorers don't fear the unknown ... in fact they embrace it.

The author of the article is obviously satisfied with her morning Starbucks, 9 to 5 job, her cat, and a warm bed to sleep in at night.

Thankfully, there are plenty of folks for whom that hasn't ever been good enough ... and thankfully it's those folks who have historically charted the course for humanity.

 

The author of the article can crawl back into her bed ... nobody cares what she says or does ... Elon Musk (on the other hand) is busy every day - changing the world.

 

Underlying everything of course ... is the fact that we'll eventually have to leave this place ... as the Sun goes supernova and Earth turns to ash.

Better to start laying the groundwork for space travel now ... one day in the distant future your grandchild 3000 times removed might thank you!


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#204 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 02 March 2021 - 06:43 AM

An out-of-this-world hotel is just a few years away from becoming a reality. 

 

This decade will see the start and completion of construction on humanity’s first hotel in outer space, according to the group behind it, Orbital Assembly. 

 

The 3-year-old company plans to begin building Voyager Station in low Earth orbit in 2025, and believes its interstellar resort may be operational as soon as 2027, the Daily Mail reported

 

Renderings of the celestial hotel are cosmic-chic: Individual pods are attached to a rotating wheel, with tubes connecting the different areas forming an X, similar to the wheel’s spokes.

 

voyager-station-4.jpg?quality=90&strip=a

 

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Posted 03 March 2021 - 05:25 PM

SpaceX's latest Starship prototype went out in a blaze of glory.

 

The Starship SN10 spacecraft touched down successfully after a high-altitude test flight today (March 3), a major milestone for the company and its crewed Mars ambitions. But the vehicle didn't manage to hold itself together, exploding about eight minutes after landing.

 

The big stainless-steel SN10 (short for "Serial No. 10") launched from SpaceX's South Texas site at 6:15 p.m. EST (2315 GMT), rose 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) into the sky and then came back to Earth for a smooth touchdown 6 minutes and 20 seconds after liftoff. 

 

https://www.space.co...nding-explosion



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Posted 29 March 2021 - 06:18 AM

space-x might try again with their fat boy at 9am today.  10km up.  then straight back down to try to land on the same platform.

 

watch:

 

https://www.youtube....stronaut/videos


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Posted 10 April 2021 - 03:35 PM

NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity's historic flight delayed

 

The flight test will mark another first in flight

 

https://www.foxnews....historic-flight


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#208 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 23 April 2021 - 06:59 PM

SpaceX launches another crew

 

SpaceX has launched its third crew in under a year for NASA, this time using a recycled rocket and capsule.

 

A Falcon rocket carrying four astronauts blasted toward orbit early Friday morning from Central Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.

 

The Dragon capsule should reach the International Space Station on Saturday.

 

It’s the same capsule that carried up the first SpaceX crew last May. And the rocket hoisted the second crew in November. SpaceX founder Elon Musk met briefly with the U.S., French and Japanese astronauts before they headed to the launch pad.

 

 

https://www.wxii12.c...-video/36212994


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Posted 24 April 2021 - 12:52 PM

The International Space Station's population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX's third crew capsule in less than a year.

 

It's the biggest crowd at the station in more than a decade.

 

All of the astronauts — representing the U.S., Russia, Japan and France — managed to squeeze into camera view for a congratulatory call from the leaders of their space agencies.

 

"In this tough situation around the world, I believe you have brought courage and hope for all of us," Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency president Hiroshi Yamakawa said from his country's flight control centre, referring to the global pandemic.

 

 

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...pacex-1.6001084


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Posted 26 April 2021 - 02:57 PM

A new U.S. spy satellite launched into space Monday afternoon (April 26) on the mightiest rocket built by the United Launch Alliance (ULA): the massive Delta IV Heavy.

 

The behemoth blasted off at 4:47 p.m. EST (2047 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, carrying the classified NROL-82 satellite into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). 

 

Delta IV engineer Rob Kesselman "confirmed the successful completion of the early phase of today's flight and all systems continue to operate nominally," launch commentator Caroline Kirk said during a webcast of the launch.

 

https://www.space.co...y-rocket-launch

 

 

 

 

 

yesterday:

 

An Arianespace Soyuz rocket launched 36 new OneWeb internet satellites into orbit tonight (April 25), further building the company's broadband constellation.

 

The rocket lifted off from Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern Russia at 6:14 p.m. EDT (2214 GMT or 7:14 a.m. local time on Monday, April 26). If all goes to plan, this next clutch of satellites will fly to a near-polar orbit, joining a growing constellation at an altitude of roughly 280 miles (450 kilometers).

 

All 36 satellites were successfully deployed by about four hours after launch, Arianespace representatives said.

 

https://www.space.co...tellites-launch


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#211 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 30 April 2021 - 06:28 PM

michael collins passed away.

 

he went all the way to the moon but never landed on it.  384k km.

 

i bet you he was later regretting that.  "you know looking back i probably should have gone down at least for a quick walk-around".


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#212 Rob Randall

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Posted 30 April 2021 - 06:33 PM

When Collins was orbiting the moon while Aldrin and Armstrong were on the surface Collins was at that time the most isolated and alone human being ever.


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#213 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 02 May 2021 - 06:59 AM

SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot.

 

The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, just before 3 a.m., ending the second astronaut flight for Elon Musk’s company.

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...down-1.24314156


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Posted 04 May 2021 - 06:24 AM

The SpaceX lights were visible in Victoria this morning around 4:30 AM. Same idea, moving southeast.

 

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Posted 04 May 2021 - 09:57 PM

Finally got to see it tonight while sitting in the jacuzzi, 9:24 pm.. really amazing thing to see!

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Posted 05 May 2021 - 09:35 AM

Launching multiple rockets in the same day has increasingly become a norm for SpaceX. On Wednesday, the private space company has two major flights lined up within hours between its test facility in Texas and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

 

In Texas, near the Boca Chica village, SpaceX is expected to launch its latest Starship prototype, SN15, for another high-altitude test flight sometime between 1 p.m. and 9 p.m. Eastern Time.

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Also this afternoon, SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida to deliver the latest batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit. Liftoff is scheduled at 3:01 p.m. ET. Live coverage of the mission will begin 15 minutes before liftoff on SpaceX’s YouTube channel.

 

 

 

https://observer.com...lite-wednesday/


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Posted 05 May 2021 - 04:00 PM

SpaceX's Starship, the rocket that CEO Elon Musk hopes will take people to the moon and eventually Mars, completed a test on Wednesday that marked the first time it successfully launched and landed.

 

The rocket, designated SN15, lifted off from Boca Chica, Texas, at 5:27 p.m. local time. It reached an altitude of 10 kilometres before beginning its descent in the "belly flop" configuration. Then it fired its thrusters, flipped itself in the upright position, extended its landing legs and touched down softly.

 

with VIDEO:   https://www.cbc.ca/n...-sn15-1.6014602


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Posted 07 May 2021 - 03:20 AM

Blue Origin announced May 5 that it will fly people on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle for the first time July 20, and will auction off one of the seats on that launch.

 

The company said that, after years of test flights without anyone on board, it will start flying people on New Shepard. The announcement took place 60 years to the day after the vehicle’s namesake, Alan Shepard, became the first American space on the suborbital Mercury 3 launch. The scheduled date of the flight is the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

 

 

 

https://spacenews.co...hepard-in-july/


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#219 Mike K.

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Posted 07 May 2021 - 05:30 AM

“...Alan Shepard, became the first American space on the suborbital...”

What were the meaning to say here?

Btw there’s an out of control rocket crashing down to earth again.

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Posted 07 May 2021 - 06:13 AM

^Considering where it was made, I'm not surprised.  One use, and it breaks - just like everything else...


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