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Space Exploration II: Always Looking up

bronconick said:
I imagine getting Hubble hypothetically inside the shuttle to take back to Earth would've been the worst game of Tetris and Legos combined ever created.
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How.... how do you think it got into space in the first place?

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dxmnkd316 said:
So let's go philosophical for a moment.

What would you consider to be the three most important artifacts lost to history and what would be a reasonable expense to obtain and preserve it?

note, it's fine to say we should just chuck everything into challenger deep.
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I wouldn't mind having the House of Wisdom back.

For expense, I'd trade Australia. Let's just assume it was always open ocean.
 
joecct said:
Starliner return now pushed back to June 25 around 10pm. NASA is still studying the helium leaks.
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Sigh. And I had high hopes for the Rockwell side of Boeing.

Lockheed Martin really held the United Space Alliance together, didn't they?
 
Starliner's return now pushed into July.
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2024/06/22/nasa-starliner-boeing-crew-return/7601719075815/

Still having issues with helium leaks. The thrusters did all work in a test a few days ago. Each thruster was fired very briefly to test if it works and was producing thrust, which they were all found to be. The test was performed while it remained docked with the ISS because NASA could then use the ISS to double check the data when the station counter acted the Boeing thrusters.
 
In continuing space drama, a spacewalk outside of the ISS was again cancelled because of a leak of the water cooling lines within one of the EVA space suits on board the station.

On top of that, one of the key manufacturers for the replacement space suits has exited their contract leaving NASA with no replacements scheduled.

https://gizmodo.com/nasa-iss-leaky-spacesuits-collins-cancels-contract-1851561235

Can we get back to NASA launching some secret DoD sh*t again so they can get a sweet slice of the defense budget, please? Why are we as a nation nickel and diming NASA?
 
aparch said:
Starliner's return now pushed into July.
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2024/06/22/nasa-starliner-boeing-crew-return/7601719075815/

Still having issues with helium leaks. The thrusters did all work in a test a few days ago. Each thruster was fired very briefly to test if it works and was producing thrust, which they were all found to be. The test was performed while it remained docked with the ISS because NASA could then use the ISS to double check the data when the station counter acted the Boeing thrusters.
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Date is now TBD. Somebody cue up the Kingston Trio.
 
...They'll be floating forever above the streets of Boston. They're the crew that never returned..."

Stay extended until NASA/Boeing figure out the thrusters. The 45 day limit can be extended.
 
Murmurs are growing louder that the Boeing Starliner docked to the ISS is going to be abandoned and the astronauts will return on a SpaceX Dragon capsule.

Which is going to be a challenge in itself because the two capsules have different support systems for their astronauts suits.

There's also rumors that the entire Boeing Starliner program will be 86'd once the astronauts return considering Boeing hasn't provided anywhere near the results of SpaceX efforts, despite having double the funding.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/signs-boeing-starliner-completely-failed

There are going to be heads rolling for this between Boeing and NASA.
 
aparch said:
Murmurs are growing louder that the Boeing Starliner docked to the ISS is going to be abandoned and the astronauts will return on a SpaceX Dragon capsule.

Which is going to be a challenge in itself because the two capsules have different support systems for their astronauts suits.

There's also rumors that the entire Boeing Starliner program will be 86'd once the astronauts return considering Boeing hasn't provided anywhere near the results of SpaceX efforts, despite having double the funding.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/signs-boeing-starliner-completely-failed

There are going to be heads rolling for this between Boeing and NASA.
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Boeing's track record lately just keep getting "better."

Pity for those who own stock in that company... (Which probably includes my mutual funds.)
 
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