MuckleMoo Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 That's pretty cool to be fair 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 NASA has a press conference today and there is some speculation around Hubble. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-discuss-new-science-commercial-study-today 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Just due to start. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Second Lunar tourism mission announced. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/spacex-announces-a-second-private-flight-to-the-moon-aboard-starship/ This is a cis lunar flyby not a landing. It will follow the Yusaku Maezawa's "dearMoon" flight, also round the Moon not landing. I assume these will be after the early Artemis NASA flights. And will not be the Starship HLS, the landing version. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Different wavelengths and all sorts of manipulation on both, but 6,500 light years away. Cheap at the price I think, Hubble and the James Webb. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budmiester1 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 9 hours ago, welshbairn said: Different wavelengths and all sorts of manipulation on both, but 6,500 light years away. Cheap at the price I think, Hubble and the James Webb. “The Universe is more beautiful and terrifying than we can imagine”, think that this is from a film that I can’t remember but it’s absolutely true. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Dave Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I am a bit of a novice so forgive me. I bought a telescope off amazon a while back and have enjoyed looking at jupiter. But all I see is a bright circle and 4 moons around it. This is cool. But now I want to see more. I get my best view using just a 25mm lense. i’ve then used the 2x thing that came with telescope and it just goes unclear, like a grey blob. So I tried the 10mm with 2x and much the same. So I’m assuming I need to buy a new eye piece, maybe something like 50 mm plus? They are fairly expensive so I’d like someone who knows what they’re talking about to give me a steer! all I really want is to be able to pick out some different things on jupiter, maybe the red dot if thats possible. my telescope is a celestron starsense. It was about £200 off amazon a while back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Falcon Heavy launch due at 13.40. It has 3 first stage boosters so it could be quite spectacular if they attempt to land all 3. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budmiester1 Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 On 30/10/2022 at 20:41, Tartan Dave said: I am a bit of a novice so forgive me. I bought a telescope off amazon a while back and have enjoyed looking at jupiter. But all I see is a bright circle and 4 moons around it. This is cool. But now I want to see more. I get my best view using just a 25mm lense. i’ve then used the 2x thing that came with telescope and it just goes unclear, like a grey blob. So I tried the 10mm with 2x and much the same. So I’m assuming I need to buy a new eye piece, maybe something like 50 mm plus? They are fairly expensive so I’d like someone who knows what they’re talking about to give me a steer! all I really want is to be able to pick out some different things on jupiter, maybe the red dot if thats possible. my telescope is a celestron starsense. It was about £200 off amazon a while back. Is it a “Barlow” x2 magnification lens, if so you might be getting what they call “empty magnification “ . To get proper magnification you need a bigger light aperture ie the bigger the telescope the better 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Ever get a weather warnings and yet forget to take in something valuable? NASA left SLS out and turns out the small hurricane is going to come a lot closer to the Cape than they originally expected. Only a 15% chance of winds that exceed the ground safety levels of the vehicle (75mph). If it is not damaged its due to try to fly 14 November. Seems a bit of a cursed mission if not entire program at this stage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Problem they have is that the rocket wasn't designed to get repeatedly rolled out and back for failed tests and launch attempts, and its structure weakens a bit every time. It's a 4.2 billion dollar demo with one last chance to keep the insanely expensive US pork barrel space industry going. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Launch date moved back 48 hours to Nov 16th, assuming everything survives the hurricane. https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/08/nasa-prepares-rocket-spacecraft-ahead-of-tropical-storm-nicole-re-targets-launch/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Given that it's been vertically stacked for much longer than designed, and has gone through more stressful testing than planned, I'd say that the 4.2 billion dollar rocket is on a shoogly peg. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 minute ago, welshbairn said: Given that it's been vertically stacked for much longer than designed, and has gone through more stressful testing than planned, I'd say that the 4.2 billion dollar rocket is on a shoogly peg. Can they use it for something else? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Can they use it for something else?Seems like the kind of thing Putin might want. Should give him a bell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 17 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Can they use it for something else? I’m sure the residents of Kirkton could find a use for it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Sounds like they're going for launch or bust on Wednesday morning despite some insulation protecting the capsule blowing off during the storm. Jim Free, one of the NASA bosses, says if it goes badly there won't be an Artemis 2. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Fingers crossed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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