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  • #46
    Re: Space exploration: Where do we go from here?

    SpaceX had a successful abort-test for the Dragon/Falcon 9 this am.

    Pretty exciting times, hopefully the ability to send US astronauts to space from American soil again is just a few or handful of months away.

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    • #47
      Re: Space exploration: Where do we go from here?

      I just went and watched the replay. This is so exciting to watch, and the enthusiasm from SpaceX staff is so much fun. SpaceX is making this look so easy.
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      • #48
        Re: Space exploration: Where do we go from here?

        Originally posted by aparch View Post
        I just went and watched the replay. This is so exciting to watch, and the enthusiasm from SpaceX staff is so much fun. SpaceX is making this look so easy.
        It was fascinating. I love that the chutes look like the logo for Umbrella Corporation.
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        • #49
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          • #50
            Re: Space exploration: Where do we go from here?

            Wherever we go, we're gonna find life.

            Amino acids form spontaneously everywhere in the universe.

            They clump into proteins.

            Proteins in appropriate environments differentiate functionally and the combinations shade from "chemistry" into "life."

            The universe is the Blind Watchmaker.
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            • #51
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              Just got an email from USA Jobs that NASA is opening up applications to be an astronaut again.

              Unfortunately, they now require a masters as a minimum education requirement, and I had a roller coaster of emotions in that brief email.

              Sigh. Gone are my dreams of being an astronaut. And I can't even claim to be a two-time astronaut candidate now.
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              • #52
                Re: Space exploration: Where do we go from here?

                It is exactly one year until the planned launch date for the James Webb Space Telescope.
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                • #53
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                  I thought I read something about covid delaying that.
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                  When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
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                  • #54
                    Re: Space exploration: Where do we go from here?

                    Coronavirus allowed amateur to track down a long forgotten "functioning" satellite still in orbit.

                    https://www.npr.org/2020/04/24/843493304/long-lost-u-s-military-satellite-found-by-amateur-radio-operator
                    British Columbia, where Tilley lives, was on lockdown. Like many of us, suddenly Tilley had time on his hands. He used it to look for LES-5, and on March 24, he hit the ham radio equivalent of pay dirt.

                    He's been making additional measurements ever since.

                    "The reason this one is kind of intriguing is its telemetry beacon is still operating," Tilley says.

                    In other words, says Tilley, even though the satellite was supposed to shut down in 1972, it's still going. As long as the solar panels are in the sun, the satellite's radio continues to operate. Tilley thinks it may even be possible to send commands to the satellite.

                    The MIT lab that built LES-5 still does a lot of work on classified projects for the military. NPR contacted its news office to ask if someone could say more about LES-5 and whether it really could still receive commands.

                    But after repeated requests, Lincoln Laboratory finally answered with a "no comment."

                    It seems that even a 50-year-old zombie satellite might still have secrets.
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                    • #55
                      Re: Space exploration: Where do we go from here?

                      Someone took the footage of the Apollo 16 lunar rover excursion, and using modern technology, upscaled it to 4k. And used video smoothing to make the video less choppy.

                      It looks amazing.

                      https://youtu.be/az9nFrnCK60
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                      • #56
                        Re: Space exploration: Where do we go from here?

                        Just under 3.5 hours until we hopefully send humans back to the ISS from US soil.

                        Exciting day.

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                        • #57
                          Re: Space exploration: Where do we go from here?

                          Originally posted by hockeyplayer1015 View Post
                          Just under 3.5 hours until we hopefully send humans back to the ISS from US soil.

                          Exciting day.
                          Nice heads up. I did not realize. Thanks!!!

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                          LOL, astronauts and families arrive in Teslas. Oh, Elon.
                          Last edited by Kepler; 05-27-2020, 12:17 PM.
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                          • #58
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                            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                            LOL, astronauts and families arrive in Teslas. Oh, Elon.
                            Always Be Closing

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                            • #59
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                              Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                              Nice
                              LOL, astronauts and families arrive in Teslas. Oh, Elon.
                              And that's how they are taking the astronauts out to the launch pad, too. Funny. So much for the Airsteams.

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                              • #60
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                                Originally posted by alfablue View Post
                                And that's how they are taking the astronauts out to the launch pad, too. Funny. So much for the Airsteams.
                                Technically, instead of NASA spending money to have our US astronauts sent into space in Russia, they're spending money to have our US astronauts sent into space in Florida. It's not in-house anymore.
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