DShomshak Posted February 10, 2021 Report Share Posted February 10, 2021 My morning newspaper tells me the UAE's weather satellite 'Amal' ("Hope") successfully entered Mars orbit. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted February 11, 2021 Report Share Posted February 11, 2021 The Chinese probe Tianwen ('Quest for Heavenly Truth,' named after a Chinese poem) successfully entered Mars orbit Wednesday. The Chinese are immensely proud, and justifiably so. Next step is to get the golf cart-sized lander down to the surface. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2021 Possible planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A * I posted the wrong link to this story and deleted that link. See dmjalund's post below to read the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted February 11, 2021 Report Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 hours ago, DShomshak said: The Chinese probe Tianwen ('Quest for Heavenly Truth,' named after a Chinese poem) successfully entered Mars orbit Wednesday. The Chinese are immensely proud, and justifiably so. Next step is to get the golf cart-sized lander down to the surface. Dean Shomshak Not to worry, it's the off season so if they don't get it right the first time, they get a mulligan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted February 11, 2021 Report Share Posted February 11, 2021 4 hours ago, DShomshak said: The Chinese probe Tianwen ('Quest for Heavenly Truth,' named after a Chinese poem) successfully entered Mars orbit Wednesday. The Chinese are immensely proud, and justifiably so. Next step is to get the golf cart-sized lander down to the surface. Dean Shomshak Getting the lander to the surface should be the easy part. Getting it there intact is the tricky part. Tom Cowan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 10 hours ago, tkdguy said: What's that object near Alpha Centauri A? wrong path (points to Rodger Federer story try this tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 Ugh, that's what I get for posting multiple links at one time! Thanks for posting the right story. I'll delete the wrong link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/11/2021 at 1:31 PM, archer said: Getting the lander to the surface should be the easy part. Getting it there intact is the tricky part. Once again I look at the wacky landing procedure and shake my head. How could that possibly work? Either way, impact is Thursday afternoon EST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Mars lander livestream is up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg&feature=emb_logo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Touchdown! DShomshak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Hurrah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Huzzah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 Next item to be watched with great interest: deployment and initial flight of the helicopter. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 NASA's first few images from Percy Personally I'm waiting to see the video of the landing once it uploads. That's going to be epic. Tom Cowan and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 The video! tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 NASA is streaming on Twitch right now. Too much buffering for me, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 SpaceX may conduct another Starship test hop in the next hour or so. SN10. Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQkk3ojNfM tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Old Man said: SpaceX may conduct another Starship test hop in the next hour or so. SN10. Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQkk3ojNfM the launch was aborted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 31 minutes ago, dmjalund said: the launch was aborted Supposedly reattempting in ~90 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cowan Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 46 minutes ago, dmjalund said: the launch was aborted better then a BOOM! on launch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 BOOM tomorrow; I think we all can get behind that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 Landed a little hard but stuck it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Turns out I turned off the livestream too soon--SN10 blew up anyway five minutes after landing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Always a boom Tom Cowan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 33 minutes ago, Old Man said: Turns out I turned off the livestream too soon--SN10 blew up anyway five minutes after landing. But at least that's enough time to grab your overhead luggage and exit the vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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