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!
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Another article I read said it got caught on the launcher and ripped on launch so yes, and it was damaged anyways.
Still, we discussed this crazy man a few years ago, either this thread of main politics thread. It's good to see we have a happy ending and another page of history is now complete.
Although I doubt due to the speed of things he was aware the Earth was not flag afterall with only 1800 feet and a few seconds before his demise. Should have took a plane ride instead.
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INB4 the FEs say he bounced off the dome and proved flat earth causing many other people to attempt the same experiment.
Darwinism in action lol
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Astronomers detect biggest explosion in the history of the Universe
Scientists studying a distant galaxy cluster have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe since the Big Bang. The blast came from a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy hundreds of millions of light-years away. It released five times more energy than the previous...
www.sciencedaily.com
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I'm reading that it was SN-1, the one they were hoping to do the 8 mile hover test in the not distant future.
Oops.
Oops.
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Pretty cool imo.
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket To Launch NASA Mission To ‘Unique’ Asteroid In 2022
NASA has announced that SpaceX will launch the agency’s Psyche spacecraft in 2022, a mission to study an asteroid of the same name in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Thanks for your service.
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Katherine Johnson, whose math helped land a man on the moon, dies at 101
NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose critical calculations are credited for landing astronauts on the moon and returning them safely to earth in 1969, died at age 101. Her inspiring story was featured in the film “Hidden Figures.” Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well-lived.
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Honestly, I think attempting to go there is folly. Risk of failure way too high.
Orbital habitats is the way to go.
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Final launch of Dragon 1 a success.
www.nasaspaceflight.com
CRS-20 - Final Dragon 1 arrives at the ISS - NASASpaceFlight.com
Following its ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Friday, the company’s CRS-20 Dragon…
www.nasaspaceflight.com
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