The Astronomy Thread

Kiroy said:

twas a compliment, you're still the most well rounded conspiracy themed poster we've ever had imo

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By shape?

LachiusTZ said:

I agree whole heatedly, but it's Tuesday and I'm trying to tint my realism with optimism.

It won't be cancelled prior to it's first launch. Best I'm hoping for is after the first launch.

There is an argument to be made for rocketry as a national security item, but that should be done from the ground up with the same reusable methods as blue origin and space x

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If Nasa can get rid of the whole cargo aspect of space exploration, they will. They would rather spend $$ into kick ass satellites and incredible space missions.

MusicForFish said:

What the hell!
I'm only 10 lbs overweight!!

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I was requesting clarification on what he meant by well rounded. Besides, you could have a very round face/head.

Tuco said:

Musk and the Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa being sent to the moon.

"OK, who is the lightest rich guy we can send to the moon?"

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They picked a doozy. Not only is the guy a legit billionaire----he's a fucking koolaid-inhaling BELIEVER, and even before all this he was already famous as a self-promoter right up there with Musk himself.

And the viral video he's produced with SpaceX, and the #dearMoon hashtag to go along with it, more or less hammers that point home: if this was a publicity stunt, it's an extraodinarily savvy one:


Word is that the global art contest to become one of the artists to get on the ship will require art/film/music to be produced specifically for the application and all entries will be public. Dude is playing this better than Musk.

First time capturing space junk in space. Actual video.

Watch This Net Capture Orbital Space Debris for the First Time in History

he test was carried about by the RemoveDEBRIS satellite, an experimental space debris removal platform built by an international consortium of space companies and university research centers. There are tens of thousands of pieces of fast-moving space junk in orbit, which range from the centimeter-scale all the way to entire rocket stages. Some of these pieces are moving faster than a bullet and all of them pose a serious danger to other satellites and crewed capsules.

meStevo said:

All the pieces of JWST under one roof.

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All that plastic wrap makes sense if it's gold plated. Gotta keep the Semites from smelling it.

meStevo said:

I think so, this is the tweet I got it from that I meant to include. Other tweets said it's from 64m above the surface, first photo w/ that camera on the rover. Not sure if this is during a hop or descent.

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Makes me wonder if there are a couple brothers somewhere in Japan who, while looking up at the night sky, have decided to become astronauts.