Mudcrush Durtfeet
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They had a fair number of Mars failures too. The Soviets had a hard time with early planetary exploration.
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iannis
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I sometimes wonder how long "In Soviet Russia" will last.
Like I can imagine that in 50 years it will still be trotted out occassionaly, and no one will have ANY idea where it came from.
Yakov... you truly made your mark. People will forget Seinfeld, Leno, Louis CK, they'll even forget Carlin. But "In Soviet Russia" will ride shiny and chrome.
Like I can imagine that in 50 years it will still be trotted out occassionaly, and no one will have ANY idea where it came from.
Yakov... you truly made your mark. People will forget Seinfeld, Leno, Louis CK, they'll even forget Carlin. But "In Soviet Russia" will ride shiny and chrome.
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Eomer
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Not denying they had problems. I'm just saying that that shit is difficult and I really doubt that they were goofing things up because of incompetence or obvious oversights.
iannis
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That's what makes the sliding shutter joke funny.
I don't know if we ever even tried for venus. I bet it would be wicked hard to send a probe into orbit around another planet. Harder than crashing a rover on mars? Of course, we have set a few into orbit around mars.
Orbit around the sun seems like it would be pretty easy. You just shoot it west at night and wait.
I don't know if we ever even tried for venus. I bet it would be wicked hard to send a probe into orbit around another planet. Harder than crashing a rover on mars? Of course, we have set a few into orbit around mars.
Orbit around the sun seems like it would be pretty easy. You just shoot it west at night and wait.
Judging from some of the crazy half ass shit that went on with MIR I wouldn't be so quick to assume it wasn't some level of incompetence.
Araxen
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Landing a lander and getting data back is crazy hard for Venus especially when you consider when they tried to do it so I think their failures are pretty much acceptable. Trying to do it now while still hard it would be immensely easier. We have better materials that can better withstand the environment we need them to work in.
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Awesome video of Bezos' blue origin vehicle taking off and landing. Seems to be an advertisement as well:
Historic Rocket Landing - YouTube
Historic Rocket Landing - YouTube
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Eomer
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They probably can't just fuel her back up and send it on it's way without extensive checks, validation, and some repairs. But just the same it's a very, very important proof of concept.
Denamian
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Yep, likely not nearly as tricky landing this as it was for the rockets SpaceX is trying to reuse. From what I understand, Blue Origin is just trying to do some short duration space tourism, so they don't go very high and aren't carrying much weight. Still good to see.
I only saw blackening on the very bottom of the side. Are you sure you're not mistaking the big black feather painted on the side as a burn mark?
