The Universe

[Clown Job]

 

[Silvio Tattiescone]

Is there any actual technological merit in Bozo's system? Is it advancing the technology at all?

[welshbairn]

2 hours ago, Newbornbairn said:

Is there any actual technological merit in Bozo's system? Is it advancing the technology at all?

He's supposed to be close to replacing NASA's need for Russian rocket engines by building his own. He basically started at the exact same time as SpaceX though and hasn't put an atom in orbit yet. He's talked about building the infrastructure for creating huge space stations that people could live their lives on, while SpaceX concentrate on interplanetary transport, but if he hasn't even got a bottle of water above the atmosphere after 22 years I doubt he's going to accomplish much. It's a bit suspicious that the announcement that his rocket engines are nearly ready came a couple of days after his suborbital playground ride Blue Origin went very badly wrong on a live stream launch, although the safety systems did work so if he had any billionaire passengers on board they would probably have been ok.

[Tartan Dave]

Clouds getting right in the way of Jupiter this evening. Annoying

[tamthebam]

56 minutes ago, Tartan Dave said:

Clouds getting right in the way of Jupiter this evening. Annoying

Saw it last night through 18 x 40 binoculars. Not the best view but I always find it amazing you can make out some of the moons as well.

[welshbairn]

NASA seeing what happens when you smash 800kg into a big rock at 6 km/s. Next 20 minutes or so.

 

Edited September 26, 2022 by welshbairn

[SweeperDee]

NASA seeing what happens when you smash 800kg into a big rock at 6 km/s. Next 20 minutes or so.
 

Prepping for the huge asteroid own our way.

[welshbairn]

Tricky thing is avoiding the big rock to hit the little one.

[Clown Job]

This reminds me of how shit I am at Kerbal Space Program

[welshbairn]

Big boy was definitely the 4th musketeer.

[Sherrif John Bunnell]

It's mad how detailed the picture was at impact.

[welshbairn]

Fabulous thing just happened despite the hysterical and hugely annoying NASA media team.

[Sherrif John Bunnell]

GIRUY dinosaurs

[Salt n Vinegar]

Well done NASA. What a great success. Maybe there is hope that humanity might be able to smack a much bigger one enough to avoid an Earth impact.

Much better and more important viewing than some other supposedly crucial TV we've been subjected to recently.

[Salt n Vinegar]

To be fair, if Dart had failed, we could just send up John McGinn in a rocket and let him batter the asteroid away with his backside. 

[NorthernLights]

https://www.google.com/search?q=dart+asteroid+mission

(This might only work on desktops)

[sugna]

6 minutes ago, NorthernLights said:

https://www.google.com/search?q=dart+asteroid+mission

(This might only work on desktops)

Worked on my phone.

[Sergeant Wilson]

On 17/09/2022 at 21:04, welshbairn said:

He's supposed to be close to replacing NASA's need for Russian rocket engines by building his own. He basically started at the exact same time as SpaceX though and hasn't put an atom in orbit yet. He's talked about building the infrastructure for creating huge space stations that people could live their lives on, while SpaceX concentrate on interplanetary transport, but if he hasn't even got a bottle of water above the atmosphere after 22 years I doubt he's going to accomplish much. It's a bit suspicious that the announcement that his rocket engines are nearly ready came a couple of days after his suborbital playground ride Blue Origin went very badly wrong on a live stream launch, although the safety systems did work so if he had any billionaire passengers on board they would probably have been ok.

You've got to start somewhere.

[topcat(The most tip top)]

The mash has its own take

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-technology/nasa-probe-smashes-into-first-emerging-sign-of-alien-life-20220927226189

Edited September 27, 2022 by topcat(The most tip top)

[welshbairn]