Space Exploration,astronomy & Cosmology

Discussion in 'Taylor's Tittle-Tattle - General Banter' started by StuBoy, May 26, 2020.

  1. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

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  2. Smudger

    Smudger Messi's Mad Coach Staff Member

    The dorks that present Breakfast TV wouldn't understand what they ate supposed to describe accurately. The lander is going to make a soft landing as opposed to the deliberate impacts used to collate lunar data ie structure by NASA.
     
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  3. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

  4. Lloyd

    Lloyd Squad Player

    I think they should go for a really f***ing hard landing
     
  5. Smudger

    Smudger Messi's Mad Coach Staff Member

    Commentary on the empty superficial shallow consumerism of the Yuppie years that is now entrenched in the minds of the many and everywhere.
     
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  6. Smudger

    Smudger Messi's Mad Coach Staff Member

    Would be great if some of the emptyheads on breakfast and morning TV were on it. Holly Willoughby for instance. Vacuousness personified.
     
  7. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    Let’s hope the lander gets a good welcome.

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  8. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Going by the latest news reports, it seems they've gone for the far less ambitious 'no landing, floating in space like an expensive piece of junk' option:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67915696
     
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  9. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    Good job no one was on it.

     
  10. Hornets81

    Hornets81 Academy Graduate

    That's the fashionable way to do it in space I believe
     
  11. Diamond

    Diamond First Team

    Did Fujitsu program this one?
     
  12. SkylaRose

    SkylaRose Administrator Staff Member

    Polaris Dawn (Falcon 9) has been rescheduled again.

    April this year (with any luck). Was sent a technical brief yesterday with changes needed to the launch code which we have about two months to write, test and debug. I really do not know why they keep delaying it, as the start date was green lit for December. We are not told why, but just to keep amending it as needed. I know the people boarding now.

    Jared Isaacman; Scott Poteet; Sarah Gillis; Anna Menon

    Pretty sure Isaacman is fronting it. Was supposed to launch July last year but was delayed due a fueling issue. I know these things happen but it must be frustrating. At least they are pushing it back and not putting it off totally I guess.
     
  13. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

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  14. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    Lander incredibly slow in producing images given that we could follow the Apollo missions with early 1970s tech.
     
  15. SkylaRose

    SkylaRose Administrator Staff Member

    It probably uses the Horizon software that the PO used. Might see the images in a few years.
     
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  16. Diamond

    Diamond First Team

    I read that it tipped over on landing and is on its side.
     
  17. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    Should have based it on a weeble and not R2D2.

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  18. StuBoy

    StuBoy Forum Cad and Bounder

    Starship Flight Test 3, potentially due to happen in under an hour, if weather, range violation and other things align ok...I wouldn't be surprised if it scrubbed today, but you never know.

     
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  19. StuBoy

    StuBoy Forum Cad and Bounder

    Crickey, they got it into orbit at the 3rd attempt. Incredible.
     
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  20. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

    Lost on re-entry but a big step today.
     

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