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Post by MartinT on Dec 8, 2020 9:10:56 GMT
He is an oddity.
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 8, 2020 10:01:41 GMT
A space oddity.
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Post by MartinT on Dec 8, 2020 22:46:23 GMT
It was aborted for today.
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 9, 2020 1:59:10 GMT
The damn thing actually lit up, then decided not to go!
There's always tomorrow.
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Post by MartinT on Dec 9, 2020 8:10:01 GMT
There seemed to be plenty of fuel leaking from it in pretty spurts.
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 9, 2020 8:17:30 GMT
The thing is I bet it will be great to watch live, when the outcome is unknown, as the thing is pretty much expected to go catastrophic in some way - it's intended as a learning prototype, so they can learn from the mistakes.
Remember all the often hilarious cockups when SpaceX were first trialling the auto return rocket boosters. They are poetry in motion now.
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 9, 2020 10:51:07 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Dec 9, 2020 11:22:45 GMT
That's so well made. What a clever young lady.
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 10, 2020 4:22:49 GMT
"rapid unscheduled disassembly" SpaceX Starship prototype Xplodes on landing. Wow, impressive. I bet ElonM really is delighted with the way that test flight went. On schedule for going to Mars I would imagine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55239628 |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 10, 2020 6:25:47 GMT
That is impressive control. It nearly made it!
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Post by MartinT on Dec 11, 2020 22:56:37 GMT
Some really good analysis here.
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Post by mikeyb on Dec 13, 2020 0:18:38 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 13, 2020 8:07:54 GMT
That looks intriguing. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work properly on my phone, I'll wait till I fire up my laptop to have a proper look. |
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Post by mikeyb on Dec 13, 2020 8:33:12 GMT
I had to expand the main image so I could the click on the various galaxies, nebulas and stars.
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 13, 2020 8:52:48 GMT
My phone just locks up when I try that.
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 19, 2020 5:27:25 GMT
It's interesting to get a glimpse into the progress of the development of the replacement of the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope. "Lengthened to the size of a tennis court, the five-layer sunshield of NASA's fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope successfully completed a final series of large-scale deployment and tensioning tests. This milestone puts the observatory one step closer to its launch in 2021." The JWST will be a massive game changer in our understanding of the universe. Fingers crossed for a successful launch and deployment. phys.org/news/2020-12-nasa-webb-sunshield-successfully-unfolds.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter |
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Post by user211 on Dec 19, 2020 13:47:17 GMT
"The Kapton polymer-coated membranes of Webb's sunshield were fully deployed and tensioned in December at Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, California. Northrop Grumman designed the observatory's sunshield for NASA." Ah Apogee loudspeaker technology. You know it makes sense!  Undoubtedly this scope doubles as an awesome cosmic sonic transmitter with one fundamental flaw. |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 19, 2020 14:22:49 GMT
In space, no-one can hear you scream.
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Post by MartinT on Dec 19, 2020 14:24:19 GMT
The James Webb Space Telescope.  |
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 20, 2020 17:13:04 GMT
Spectacular view of the Jupiter Saturn conjunction in the SW atm!
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