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meStevo

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Hayabusa 2 going to drop a third rover on Ryugu. Think it also has a small impactor to fire at it and at some point during the mission is going to land for sample collection.
 
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MusicForFish

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Brahma said:
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All the videos you have been posting lately look like this.
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Why?
Wru content?
 
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Gavinmad

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28 years of distinguished service certainly doesn't count as a career cut tragically short, but it would be a shame if they can't get the backup reaction wheel working. I assume 'gyro' means reaction wheel because I own Kerbal Space Program and that makes me an expert.

It's a shame we don't have some kind of "above-atmosphere expeditionary service" that could fix it.
 
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LachiusTZ

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Gavinmad said:
28 years of distinguished service certainly doesn't count as a career cut tragically short, but it would be a shame if they can't get the backup reaction wheel working. I assume 'gyro' means reaction wheel because I own Kerbal Space Program and that makes me an expert.

It's a shame we don't have some kind of "above-atmosphere expeditionary service" that could fix it.
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Space X could grab it and bring it back, for a wild not crazy expensive publicity stunt.
 
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khorum

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Oh shit, a soyuz crew mission to the ISS had a booster failure. Both astronauts (an American and a Russian) are still alive and search and rescue got them quickly.
Gizmodo said:
Soyuz Space Crew Makes Emergency Landing After Terrifying Booster Failure
“The Soyuz capsule is returning to Earth via a ballistic descent, which is a sharper angle of landing compared to normal,” NASA tweeted. “Search and rescue teams are heading towards the expected touchdown location of the spacecraft and crew.”
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They got video of the moment the booster failed and it looks like it was forceful enough to buffet the crew capsule. I can't even recall the last time a soyuz launch blew up, they're pretty cheats on Kerbal.

 
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meStevo

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Hubble hobbled (sorry), Kepler on fumes and now 19 year old Chandra in safe mode, cause under investigation.

 
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LachiusTZ

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I cant even imagine how terrifying it is to have the e-brake pulled on a fucking rocket launch. Lol

But prolly also fun as fuck
 
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