The Astronomy Thread
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Ukerric
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I love this ISS. "This time, we do everything in full control. But when it's the soyouz docking, we have to pretty much stop everything on the station and let stuff happen" (hopefully for best remained unsaid)
Also the fumbling with the seat footrest. I could very much imagine the guy "ok, how to I store this? Who the fuck designed this, Ikea? NEEDS VELCRO, DAMMIT, THIS IS SPACE. NO VELCRO, NO SPACE STUFF!"
Also the fumbling with the seat footrest. I could very much imagine the guy "ok, how to I store this? Who the fuck designed this, Ikea? NEEDS VELCRO, DAMMIT, THIS IS SPACE. NO VELCRO, NO SPACE STUFF!"
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meStevo
I think your wife's a bigfoot gus.
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Russian's a bit fussy/threatened by Crew Dragon (as they should be). Russia’s passive-aggressive reaction to SpaceX may mask a deeper truth
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Cybsled
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Brings up good points. The Soyuz is extremely dependable and gets the job done for the purpose it was built for. However, it is also 50 year old technology at this point and (hopefully) soon space flight is going to start to look beyond low Earth orbit again, at which point many of the limitations of the Soyuz will become more pronounced. By staying complacent, they risk being left behind. NASA was honestly in the same boat, but companies like Space-X are injecting that much needed innovation (and cost effectiveness) into the equation. I really do believe that private industry is going to be one of the best things to happen to manned space flight in terms of progress and the Russians encouraging those types of industries on their soil will help them in the long run stay competitive in space.
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Mudcrush Durtfeet
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Mudcrush Durtfeet
Hungry Ogre
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Well, NASA could go with the Delta-IV heavy. However, those apparently take 2-3 years from order to availability, so unless they have two of them in process right now (usable for this), then no.
I could see one being used (politics) along with a Falcon-Heavy, somehow. Any use of a Falcon Heavy would assume no problems with the upcoming launches of that vehicle, of course.
And this all assumes that the Orion for the mission would be ready by 2020, which (knowing the SLS wasn't likely to be ready) might not have been too serious a priority for Boeing. Who knows.
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Ukerric
Bearded Ape
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As if Congress would allow them to cancel the SLS.
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Big Phoenix
Pronouns: zie/zhem/zer
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SLS will fly, just not for scientific or exploration reasons.
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Siddar
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
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SLS will finish development but never be used beyond one are two missions. NASA has basically already said as much. Its really just a show down between Blue Origin and Space X at this point. Airforce has already begun work on almost all solid Omega rocket that will remove the need for SLS to continue in order guarantee production of solids. That was how SLS survived for so long in the face of all evidence that it was nearly useless for any non government missions.
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meStevo
I think your wife's a bigfoot gus.
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Looks like SpaceX may have a manned mission before Boeing can get their test mission off the ground.
www.reuters.com
Boeing delays by months test flights for U.S. human space program: sources
Boeing Co has delayed by at least three months its first uncrewed flight to the International Space Station under NASA's human spaceflight program, and pushed its crewed flight until November, industry sources said on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
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Mudcrush Durtfeet
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Looks like SpaceX may have a manned mission before Boeing can get their test mission off the ground.
Boeing delays by months test flights for U.S. human space program: sources
Boeing Co has delayed by at least three months its first uncrewed flight to the International Space Station under NASA's human spaceflight program, and pushed its crewed flight until November, industry sources said on Wednesday.
I'd noticed that there wasn't much out there about the upcoming Boeing mission prior to this announcement. I had wondered if 'behind the scenes' the delays with Nasa and SpaceX from December to March were quietly meant to give Boeing more time without announcing they needed more time.
Well, probably will never know, but sorry to hear of this really.
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pharmakos
soʞɐɯɹɐɥd
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Life on Mars? Growing ‘FUNGI’ discovered in Mars Curiosity Rover photo
ALIEN life-hunters have received a boost after spotting huge mushroom-like objects on Mars, the Journal of Astrobiology and Space Science has announced.
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