The Astronomy Thread
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
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Brahma
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx will play 'tag' with asteroid Bennu to collect samples today. But will it succeed?
NASA won't know for sure for 10 days.
meStevo
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So they collected so much sample it jammed open the door to it and it's spilling out. They're not going to spin the craft to figure out the amount they have because it's clear it's substantial and they don't want to continue to lose it so they're going to proceed with storing procedures
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The probe returns to Earth with it's sample in 2023.
The probe returns to Earth with it's sample in 2023.
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Oldbased
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Another Starlinklaunching in a bit with a pre launch 784 active Sats, which I thought was low considering it should have been over 800. I checked and 51 have been deorbited. Turns out all the ones launched last year version .9 have been sent back to Earth. I know the V1.0 are better with better equipment but the plan had been to use the .9s. Guess they said F it. UPGRADE!
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Ukerric
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Brahma
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Tuco
I got Tuco'd!
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SpaceX Starship: The Continued Evolution of the Big Falcon Rocket - NASASpaceFlight.com
Since 2012, SpaceX has been working on a reusable rocket family, now called Starship, that…
www.nasaspaceflight.com
Brahma
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NASA spacecraft safely seals up asteroid sample to return to Earth | CNN
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully stowed the sample it collected from asteroid Bennu in the sample return capsule on Wednesday. This will prevent any more of the sample from leaking into space.
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BrutulTM
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SpaceX begins public beta testing of Starlink constellation at $99 a month
More details about Starlink speeds could be coming our way.
www.theverge.com
Disappointing in that I was hoping it would be free to bet in beta or cost $1 a month like they mentioned. If I get an invite I will seriously consider it though. If I knew it was going to be stable I would happily pay $100 a month for 50mb down and no data cap. Right now I'm paying $80 a month for 25 down which half the time is actually 2 down and a 35 gb soft cap from Viasat.
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