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!
Mudcrush Durtfeet
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meStevo
I think your wife's a bigfoot gus.
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Alignment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After full review, the observatory has been confirmed to be capable of capturing crisp, well-focused images with each of its four powerful onboard science instruments. Upon completing the seventh and final stage of telescope alignment, the team held a set of key decision meetings and unanimously agreed that Webb is ready to move forward into its next and final series of preparations, known as science instrument commissioning. This process will take about two months before scientific operations begin in the summer.
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Mudcrush Durtfeet
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FAA delays environmental review of SpaceX's Starship yet another month, to May 31
The FAA has repeatedly pushed back the estimated release date of the final report.
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Mudcrush Durtfeet
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EXTERMINATE!
www.space.com
Elon Musk shows off new SpaceX rocket engines for Starship. Twitter fans see Daleks.
No, they don't have plungers and scream "Exterminate!" Yes, they will fly in space.
Kharzette
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He needs to just buy his own island and get out of the states. If they are going to stand in the way of progress he should just take his biz elsewhere.FAA delays environmental review of SpaceX's Starship yet another month, to May 31
The FAA has repeatedly pushed back the estimated release date of the final report.
Zindan
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This is JUST what we need to fire up support for trips to Mars. Get the environmentalists outraged by our trash, so much so that you'll demand we go pick it up! Queue Elon Musk.... "I have a plan".
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Borzak
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Forums at cloudynights is the best place for telescope info
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just now starting to restock in small quantities. Like a lot of stuff during the shutdowns people bought up telescopes and slow shipping/replacement.
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Ukerric
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Although he probably could, it would instantly mean the end of the military contracts. He gets those launches (like the NROL last week) because SpaceX is owned by Americans and headquartered in the States.
Presumably the NASA ones too, at least beyond the current contracts.
Tuco
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Musk's choice to stack Starship and the booster back in August makes these bullshit delays look bad, even if Starship isn't actually ready to fly.FAA delays environmental review of SpaceX's Starship yet another month, to May 31
The FAA has repeatedly pushed back the estimated release date of the final report.
Kiroy
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Wrong - bezos maybe not involved as much but still the same outcome.
Since he wasn't a globalist kowtowing scum, or a ultra cowardly fence sitter such as yourself, spacex is actually facing an existential threat
Didn't even have to wait for a loss of life, just some random shitty bird. lol
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Tuco
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Oh shit not the piping plover. I'm pretty sure it could make golden retrievers extinct and spacex would still be e full steam ahead.
Mudcrush Durtfeet
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Bezos doesn't actually have more money to spend on litigation than Musk. In any case, at least for now, it seems SpaceX will be able to operate from Florida if Texas is a no-go.
If Florida becomes a no-go, they'll have to operate from converted oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, I guess.
If Florida becomes a no-go, they'll have to operate from converted oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, I guess.
Tuco
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Also quit spreading fake news.
In the accompanying BCO, the Service determined that the action, as proposed, is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the species listed above. The action area encompasses a relative small portion of the range wide habitat of each of the species addressed in this opinion and small portion of each species’ population.
The proposed action includes a variety of protective measures that are intended to minimize incidental take. Some of the measures include:
offsetting impacts by the conservation of similar habitat,
implementing measures that lessen noise and lighting impacts,
monitoring of species reactions or impacts to the species and/or their habitat
reducing impacts to habitat from anomalies and removal of debris and,
monitoring the effectiveness of the implemented measure.
partnering with the Service on its conservation partners to implement recovery plan actions.
For these reasons, the effect of the take anticipated in this BCO is not expected to significantly affect the species considered.
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Mudcrush Durtfeet
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Nice.
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Piece Falls Off Boeing Starliner as It Trundles Toward Launchpad
On its way to Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Boeing's Starliner lost a piece of its windows. It's not a good look, considering the development hell.
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Tuco
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Not only did it "fall off" but it yeeted away from the Starliner like a small rocket.Nice.
Piece Falls Off Boeing Starliner as It Trundles Toward Launchpad
On its way to Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Boeing's Starliner lost a piece of its windows. It's not a good look, considering the development hell.
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