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#141 Bingo

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 08:46 PM

The moon still exists even though we can't see it.

 

The cheese exists even though they couldn't see it.



#142 Gary H

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Posted 16 August 2019 - 08:25 PM

Last night's near full moon rise...

 

Shot though my window so there's some ghosting.  A single shot (no compositing) with no color enhancement, it really was dark orange.

 

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#143 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 13 September 2019 - 02:04 PM

For the first time in 13 years, a full moon will occur today, Friday the 13th
If you're looking for a fun Friday night, considering inviting your friends and/or resident canine over to howl at the lunar disk together

 

 

https://nationalpost...friday-the-13th


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#144 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 01:15 PM

The uncrewed X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility at 3:51 a.m. ET Sunday, the Air Force confirmed. The 780-day mission shattered the spaceplane’s own record of almost 718 days in orbit, which was set by Mission 4 when it returned to Earth in May 2017, Space.com reported.


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#145 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 01:19 PM

just thinking about that landing all on its own. isnt that the future of airline flight too? no need for pilots to go up with the plane. a team of 20 ground pilots can keep on top of 40 or 60 planes cruising and they can take turns as teams landing them or taking off and dealing with any big emergencies at cruising altitude.

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Posted 14 July 2020 - 05:01 AM

Rare comet dazzles night sky over Saanich Peninsula

Comet NEOWISE is passing Earth for the first time in 7,000 years

https://www.vicnews....nich-peninsula/



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Posted 14 September 2020 - 07:26 AM

“...they have detected a chemical — phosphine — in the thick Venus atmosphere. After much analysis, the scientists assert that something now alive is the only explanation for the chemical’s source..”: https://www.nytimes....ife-clouds.html

#148 North Shore

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Posted 14 September 2020 - 08:10 AM

just thinking about that landing all on its own. isnt that the future of airline flight too? no need for pilots to go up with the plane. a team of 20 ground pilots can keep on top of 40 or 60 planes cruising and they can take turns as teams landing them or taking off and dealing with any big emergencies at cruising altitude.

 

Once "they" have sorted the datalinks for redundancy, reliability, and security, I think that it'll be found that it's cheaper to just employ pilots


Say, what's that mountain goat doing up here in the mist?

#149 LJ

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Posted 14 September 2020 - 08:03 PM

They can be programmed to taxi, take off, proceed to destination, land and taxi in from an onboard computer.


Life's a journey......so roll down the window and enjoy the breeze.

#150 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 03 October 2020 - 10:01 PM

Mars will be shining the brightest that it has in well over a decade and people will be able to make out certain details on the planet, said Elaina Hyde, astronomer and assistant professor at York University.

 

"It will appear brighter in the sky and through telescopes, we will be able to make out more features," said Hyde. 

 

All of this is a result of Mars Opposition — a specific alignment in the solar system where Earth will be directly between Mars and the sun. Mars Opposition happens about every two years, but this year is particularly noteworthy because it's the closest the red planet can get to Earth. 

 

"It's going to be a lot better for observing, a lot better to look at through telescopes, like our one-metre telescope on campus, and it will be very, very fun to watch at night just with your naked eye."

 

It's set to fully align on Oct. 13 when various details on the surface of the red planet, such as the southern polar cap and volcanoes, will be visible. 

 

But details will start to be visible Saturday night and throughout the days leading up to Oct. 13.

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...-days-1.5749742


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#151 Redd42

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Posted 03 October 2020 - 10:38 PM

The full moon and mars were an awesome sight this evening!


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#152 Mike K.

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Posted 04 October 2020 - 06:01 AM

Yes, Mars has been very bright for weeks now. I’m looking forward to it getting even brighter.

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#153 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 01 November 2020 - 04:45 AM

There's an asteroid in space worth $10 quintillion
A new study has given us a closer look at 16 Psyche, a rare metallic asteroid worth an estimated $10,000,000,000,000,000,000.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


#154 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 15 November 2020 - 10:54 AM

SpaceX, the rocket company of high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, was due on Sunday to launch four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station, NASA's first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft.

 

The company's newly designed Crew Dragon capsule, which the crew has dubbed Resilience, was set for liftoff atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:27 p.m. ET from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

 

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...aunch-1.5801387


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#155 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 15 November 2020 - 01:27 PM

 

SpaceX, the rocket company of high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, was due on Sunday to launch four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station, NASA's first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft.

 

The company's newly designed Crew Dragon capsule, which the crew has dubbed Resilience, was set for liftoff atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:27 p.m. ET from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

 

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...aunch-1.5801387

 

 

 

watch on twitter at 4:27pm.

 

https://twitter.com/...s/1ypKdgRrpjoxW



#156 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 16 November 2020 - 07:54 AM

Resilience will dock autonomously to the forward port of the station’s Harmony module about 11 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16. NASA Television and the agency’s website are providing ongoing live coverage through docking, hatch opening, and the ceremony to welcome the crew aboard the orbiting laboratory.

 

https://blogs.nasa.g...ney-to-station/


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#157 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 16 November 2020 - 07:32 PM

docking in the next 15-45 minutes

 

video:

 

https://twitter.com/...s/1mrxmwqwddzGy



#158 LJ

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Posted 16 November 2020 - 08:28 PM

It's kinda funny to compare the workload of the original astronauts to these folks. They have to touch a screen once in awhile to make it look like they are actually doing something,


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#159 JanionGuy

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Posted 16 November 2020 - 08:53 PM

After having been heavily invested in Star Trek: The Next Generation over the last month, i'd say that SpaceX has a long way to go.

 

But at the same time -- since before and after Apollo 11 landed on the moon --SpaceX sure makes it look easy.  Plus the video is awesome!  Especially during the launch as the First stage disengaged and the second stage ignited.


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#160 JanionGuy

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Posted 16 November 2020 - 10:33 PM

This super Kate, uber intelligent, is sporting some really neat hair while she welcomes the 4 newcomers.

 

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