Space Stuff and the Such.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 7:35 am

Can't wait!

Going to be a fascinating thing to watch.

Post by **Big Kev** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:55 am

Was cancelled with about 15 mins to go. They'll try again in 2-3 days.

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:29 am

I'm impressed it can stand there without falling over, let alone take off.

Post by **Big Kev** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 11:52 pm

Well it launched! Amazing

Post by **Big Kev** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 11:54 pm

And then it experienced, what SpaceX called a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly'

KNAPPO · Post by **KNAPPO** » Fri Apr 21, 2023 12:07 am

So rad. Seeing it lift off is just a little mind bending.
That looked like a real KSP monstrosity let loose.

Post by **norbs** » Fri Apr 21, 2023 12:59 am

Post by **Big Kev** » Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:20 am

KNAPPO · Post by **KNAPPO** » Fri Apr 21, 2023 12:29 pm

I cant wait to show my kids this launch tonight.

Post by **Big Kev** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 7:11 am

Made a bit of a mess of the launch pad!!

Post by **Big Kev** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 7:15 am

Analysis of what went wrong

Post by **Big Kev** » Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:44 pm

The Starship is assembled again. Just waiting for FAA approval for another launch attempt.

Post by **Big Kev** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:00 am

The Starship is going for another launch on Saturday.
I think 1pm UK time.....ish

Post by **Big Kev** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 11:24 pm

It took off this time, but after separation the booster blew up (or was self destructed) before landing and it seems they lost comms with the main stage too about 8 minutes in.

Post by **Big Kev** » Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:55 am

The Odysseus moon lander touches down in about 2 and a half hours at the south pole.

What's cool with this is there's another camera that's going to detach 30m above the ground so it can film the lander landing.
If that works it'll be bloody brilliant!

Good luck to them.

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:53 pm

I watched the landing stream but was knackered, so when they lost contact I gave up and went to sleep thinking it'd crashed on landing.

I was quite pleased to see the news this morning.

Post by **Big Kev** » Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:39 pm

Oh no, looks like it caught a foot on a rock and tipped over at the last second.
Amazing how difficult it is to land on the moon.

Post by **norbs** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:45 am

It tripped.

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:10 pm

It really puts into perspective how amazing it was that almost 20 years ago we launched a robot that successfully (just about) landed on a comet.

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