pinecone Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 Well you can Warp into Hyperspace to make the kessel run in 2 Parsecs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiD8nGD0Q6w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 Gaia astrometric reference frame already yielding new science tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 On 11/30/2020 at 11:47 AM, Cancer said: Gaia astrometric reference frame already yielding new science I read that as "Gastronomic reference frame already yielding new science". Double take! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 More on the new Gaia data release Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 I'm surprised nobody has reported this yet: Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction December 21, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 SpaceX Starship SN8 prototype launch may occur in the next few hours. This is a launch up to 12.5km followed by attempted "belly flop" reentry and RTLS. This launch is very likely to fail, hopefully in an educational manner. Prototype launches tend to have no scheduled launch time, just a warning siren ten minutes prior to launch. Track launch status at https://old.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/k5y4if/rspacex_starship_sn8_15km_hop_official_launch/ , livestream below. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 They may be shooting for a launch at 420pm CST. Fueling appears to be underway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 3 min to launch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Aborted at t plus one second. Better luck tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 Meteor lights up sky from New York to Ontario Another one spotted over Toronto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehobbit Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 17 hours ago, Old Man said: Aborted at t plus one second. Better luck tomorrow! SpaceX hasn't put up another livestream notice and neither Elon nor SpaceX have tweeted out any additional information since the abort. I'm not very confident that there will be another try today. If I had to bet, I'd say that they will switch to vertical flight a bit too early (to avoid a high speed crash) and have trouble landing straight down. This is because the Raptor isn't fully throttleable and bleeding off speed will be difficult. I'm also looking forward to Astra's next launch attempt which should be in a few days along with another launch by ULA's Delta IV. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 SpaceX livestream begins at 3pm CST, so the launch will be... after that. I'm hearing 430pm CST for the launch but that seems far out given that fueling appears to have begun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 Jesus, t minus five minutes. Surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 What? Did it explode?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 Tentative launch now 440pm CST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 Looking forwards to the fireball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 So say we all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 It was a nice fireball. Thought they might stick the landing there for a second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 Yadda yadda yadda breaking eggs ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 Apparently low header tank pressure was to blame for the underthrust and failed landing. Seems like a solvable problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehobbit Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 56 minutes ago, Old Man said: Apparently low header tank pressure was to blame for the underthrust and failed landing. Seems like a solvable problem. Plus the landing legs never deployed. Great explosion though. The entire tank section disintegrated but the nose cone was sitting on the landing spot still mostly intact. I am impressed at the control they showed during the belly flop as well as how quickly they transitioned from horizontal to vertical flight. There was much less swing than all the computer renders I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 First peek into Martian interior from seismology tkdguy, DShomshak and pinecone 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2020 Space news for December 2020 That bit from 5:10 to 6:40, well, you'll just have to hear that one for yourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 I heard on All Things Considered yesterday that three Mars missions are due to arrive soon, including a weather satellite sent by the UAE. More countries are getting involved in planetary exploration! Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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