Chanur
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Someone has to be trained to pilot those space jalopies. We all know Russia isn't capable.
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The Astronomy Thread
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Loser Araysar
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meStevo
I think your wife's a bigfoot gus.
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Some of the layers are pretty fucking amazing, especially X-Ray.
This is what it looks like via optical and something like Hubble.
' In the nebula's very center lies a pulsar: a neutron star as massive as the Sun but with only the size of a small town. The Crab Pulsar rotates about 30 times each second.'
Also, this video is really cool.
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Mudcrush Durtfeet
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This is from 2015 and says Nasa is unlikely to do a new space shuttle.
I imagine that once Boeing or SpaceX gets going that we won't do this any longer.
SpaceX recently tested the engines on an actual Falcon Heavy core, so that's looking like the Falcon Heavy will be taking off in the not too distant future.
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Loser Araysar
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Yep, will be good to see US back to putting people in space.
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Aaron
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First thing I thought when I saw that was: "Wait, did they just simultaneously discover advanced intelligent life and oil on Mars, and now we have to bring them 'freedom'?"
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Oldbased
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I think it is more for harsh environment than defeating space aliens as witnessed by the "tires" of the rovers shown before. Lots of sharp rocks, windstorms and sandblasting going on. It's one thing to be a rover, it is another when you have people inside it 6 months away from the nearest medical center.
Also noted in the video the tires are a major design improvement over the rovers on Mars now.
Also noted in the video the tires are a major design improvement over the rovers on Mars now.
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Oldbased
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'Alien tank' found on the Moon, UFO hunters say
Why is Russia such assholes. Placing tanks on the moon.
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Chanur
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Lunar object? Well that rules out Russia and it's"superior" rocket tech.
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Tuco
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It cracks me up when I see an article like this, see the imagine and think it just looks like a boulder.
But somehow people might think it's an alien tank. Because aliens are just roaming around in tanks on the moon.
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Oldbased
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If you were alien and got within radio signal of Earth's broadcasts would you continue or land on the moon instead and save campaign?
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iannis
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Soon we'll be paying Musk to do it instead.
And that'll actually sort of suck. We may use russian rockets, but they're not shooting any mars landers off. This is specialization of labor in a real way that works to mutual benefit. If we had to maintain the shuttle program that would be less budget for SPACE ROBOTS.
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