The Astronomy Thread
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I imagine the Apollo 13 crew got real close to generate and conserve heat
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khorum
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Crew Dragon's abort test is in a few hours. This is the final hurdle till a crewed dragon launch this year. Seems like they fixed whatever caused the hypergolic fuel leak that made the last crew dragon blow up on the test pad.
So it looks like the test is a full Falcon-9 launch with the abort launch while still at suborbital altitude. I dunno if the Falcon will be able to turn around and land while it's still that low. Secondly, does ULA/Boeing also have to do a full-up launch test with their Spaceliner? That's a considerable difference in costs considering Spacex can just reuse a booster, which they are, and ULA can't.
So it looks like the test is a full Falcon-9 launch with the abort launch while still at suborbital altitude. I dunno if the Falcon will be able to turn around and land while it's still that low. Secondly, does ULA/Boeing also have to do a full-up launch test with their Spaceliner? That's a considerable difference in costs considering Spacex can just reuse a booster, which they are, and ULA can't.
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Mudcrush Durtfeet
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They expect the Falcon 9 used to be destroyed.
Not sure about Starliner. From what I've read, it seems Nasa types are really wanting to let ULA _not_ have to do another unmanned test after the last one failed to reach the space station. I imagine if it was SpaceX that Nasa would be a lot less accomodating.
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Mudcrush Durtfeet
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SpaceX aces Crew Dragon launch abort test, destroys rocket on purpose
The Falcon 9 met a fiery fate, as expected.
Next stop, SpaceX doing a manned test flight to the space station.
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Mudcrush Durtfeet
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I did a cursorry search online and did not find anything saying that Boeing has done an inflight abort test for the Starliner (which is what SpaceX did today with their own capsule). SpaceX has seemingly successfully passed the pod abort test, the docking with the space station and the in flight abort test and only has to do the manned space station trip test thing to get fully approved.
Boeing had a parachute fail in the pad abort test (Nasa declared it a success anyway), and failed the space station docking test mission and hasn't done the other two. So might be a while before Starliner finishes testing, unless Nasa decides to let them off lightly for their failures.
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khorum
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What the fuck... are they actually gonna use those Daft Punk spacesuits?
Oh lol no shit they're NASA certified:
www.geek.com
Starliner has its own custom spacesuit too:
Oh lol no shit they're NASA certified:
Astronauts Test New Spacesuits for SpaceX's First Crewed Test Flight - Geek.com
Looks like white and gray are the new orange. NASA offered a glimpse of the sleek, new spacesuits astronauts will be wearing for SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station as part …
Starliner has its own custom spacesuit too:
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Tuco
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SpaceX tested their separation system. I guess they used an expendable falcon rocket that was equipped with the minimal gear necessary to perform the test and was designed to break up immediately after separation.
I haven't found any videos with audio capturing the explosion yet.
I haven't found any videos with audio capturing the explosion yet.
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Gavinmad
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Aaron
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What the fuck... are they actually gonna use those Daft Punk spacesuits?
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Oh lol no shit they're NASA certified:
Astronauts Test New Spacesuits for SpaceX's First Crewed Test Flight - Geek.com
Looks like white and gray are the new orange. NASA offered a glimpse of the sleek, new spacesuits astronauts will be wearing for SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station as part …
Starliner has its own custom spacesuit too:
Thanks! Now I have "Around the World" humming in my head!
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I don't know. Perhaps they fired off the capsule and THAT caused the rocket to break up.
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Ukerric
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The latter. Once the nose capsule detached, the aerodynamic profile was horribly wonky and destabilized the whole thing, until the first stage blew up. The second stage apparently fell down more or less intact into the sea.
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A Mysterious Burst of Gravitational Waves Came From a Region Near Betelgeuse. But There's Probably No Connection
First it was dimming. Then we detected a burst of gravitational waves. Betelgeuse is in the news, but it's not going supernova. Yet.
www.universetoday.com
Mainly posting this since I was rustled by the CBC clickbait type article I originally read. Title of the article on CBC:
Is a gravitational wave detection near Betelgeuse a sign the star is ready to explode?
A possible gravity wave detection in the region of sky near Betelgeuse, has fuck all to do with the star itself. Fucking muppets.
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Ukerric
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Yea. The only thing giving out gravity waves are so energistic, Earth would be ALREADY done for if that happened in Betelgeuse for some reason.A Mysterious Burst of Gravitational Waves Came From a Region Near Betelgeuse. But There's Probably No Connection
First it was dimming. Then we detected a burst of gravitational waves. Betelgeuse is in the news, but it's not going supernova. Yet.
Mainly posting this since I was rustled by the CBC clickbait type article I originally read. Title of the article on CBC:
Is a gravitational wave detection near Betelgeuse a sign the star is ready to explode?
A possible gravity wave detection in the region of sky near Betelgeuse, has fuck all to do with the star itself. Fucking muppets.
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I'm more leaning towards the thinking we wouldn't have much effect here, if say a neutron star merger happened at that distance, but the science is still new, we have no clear idea what is going on in the local area, when one of these events occurs. Are they actually having an effect on physical matter, beyond the area of the event? Or are they just blips in "spacetime" rippling the fabric of the universe, us along with it, with no real physical effect on it, but sensitive equipment can pick up the effect?
I'm not even sure if there has been gravity wave event detected yet in relation with a supernova of any type, although possible, my deep reading these days is usually done on the shitter. We haven't been able to observe one within our own galaxy in over a hundred years I think?
I love the cosmos, shit is better than religion, especially that feeling when you thought you knew something, but a completely new & better idea blows your mind while it expands it. Sure makes you feel tiny.
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