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To infinity...

Post by eny » Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:36 pm

Thought I'd create a dedicated Space thread, rather than clutter up Moving Pictures.


The Artemis launch window is now 2pm tomorrow, dependent on the risk of causing a lightning strike...





https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/



Another date to watch out for is 00.00am 27th of this month, there will be a live feed of NASA crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid....which is nice.





https://dart.jhuapl.edu/
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Re: To infinity...

Post by Animalmother » Sun Sep 04, 2022 4:01 pm

It's been delayed because of a possible fuel leak. Rocket science sounds crazy stressful.

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Post by eny » Sun Sep 04, 2022 4:23 pm

Yeah, it's not the first time, it was during the hydrogen fueling, there is shrinkage because of the liquid and flow rates have to be managed to compensate for seal leakage. Monday will be the next window I think.
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Post by eny » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:16 pm

1 hour from impact in the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)!





The spaceship is 7 million miles from Earth, attacking a football stadium-sized asteroid, and signals take 45 seconds to get here from it. Utterly phenomenal science!
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Post by Animalmother » Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:17 pm

I started watching that 30 seconds before impact. Great timing! :P

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Post by eny » Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:19 pm

17m off target! Not a bad MOA over 7 million miles!
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Re: To infinity...

Post by Animalmother » Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:31 pm

Amazing stuff

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Re: To infinity...

Post by Raid » Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:32 am

Rooms full of rocket scientists reacting to their missions succeeding is one of my favourite genres.

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Re: To infinity...

Post by Lenny Solidus » Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:18 am

Building the future, and keeping the past alive - are one and the same thing.

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Post by eny » Wed Oct 12, 2022 2:53 pm

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Re: To infinity...

Post by eny » Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:30 pm

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