The Astronomy Thread
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iannis
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It was a family guy gag, I think. Now for the weather with Carl.. and they cut to a black guy in a raincoat who yells "IT GUN RAIN". Then cut back, "Thank you, carl!".
That star exploding clip does -exactly- the same thing. They cut to the black guy who says, "That's one big ass explosion!" and then immediately cut away. lol. It's so silly and stupid that it's funny. You know that dude is at least a grad student, probably a doctoral, and he spent 10 minutes explaining what a supernova is, and that's the four second clip they used of him.
That star exploding clip does -exactly- the same thing. They cut to the black guy who says, "That's one big ass explosion!" and then immediately cut away. lol. It's so silly and stupid that it's funny. You know that dude is at least a grad student, probably a doctoral, and he spent 10 minutes explaining what a supernova is, and that's the four second clip they used of him.
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Gavinmad
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Mudcrush Durtfeet
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And NASA still hasn't said if they'll make Boeing do the test again.
You know *someone* has to be pressuring NASA to somehow, someway not require another test. :-/
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moonarchia
The Scientific Shitlord
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ESA Mars Rover delayed until 2022. My future brother-in-law works on NASA's Mars Rover 2020 and they're burning hard to try to make this year's launch window.
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This is kind of cool to think about.
www.cbsnews.com
Astronomers discover scorching hot planet where it rains liquid iron
On one particularly hot planet, hundreds of light-years away from Earth, the forecast is cloudy with a chance of liquid iron rain.
www.cbsnews.com
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Mudcrush Durtfeet
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NASA's 'critical path' to the moon no longer requires a Lunar Gateway: Report
But this isn't the end for the moon-orbiting space station.
I remember that Boeing was trying to get Gateway cancelled. Looks like that's going to happen.
Not that the Lunar Gateway ever really made any sense, it was just something to give SLS more to do. With SLS slipping even more, removing it and going direct to the moon is the only way they might still get a landing by 2024.
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Now looking like NASA's becomes the Mars Rover 2022, also.
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Brahma
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You forget the speeds these are traveling at. They do a great job with the commentary also.
Mudcrush Durtfeet
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Apparently they had a serious problem with an engine just before main engine cut off, but the software shut down the engine and ran other engines longer to make up for it to make sure of mission success.
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