Space Stuff and the Such.

Post by **norbs** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 11:50 pm

Awesome news Kev.

wobblysauce · Post by **wobblysauce** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 3:56 am

SpaceX CRS-7 has blown up on launch...

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:07 am

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:10 am

It's amazing how silent they were. I expected at least an oops.

DexterPunk · Post by **DexterPunk** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:42 am

Bugger. Have they got any ideas as to what caused it to burn up?

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:47 am

'SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk later said that the pressure got too high in the liquid-oxygen tank of the rocket's upper stage.'

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:48 am

Wow it got a long way up before failure. The radio silence was eery.

wobblysauce · Post by **wobblysauce** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 1:56 pm

It just finished the first stage of power and was transitioning to the next stage of powering up, while over the sound barrier..

J.D. · Post by **J.D.** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 3:25 pm

The ISS is in some serious trouble. The docking adapter is out of action and half the world's rocket programs have either failed or are inactive at the moment. Lack of supplies is going to be a major headache.

DexterPunk · Post by **DexterPunk** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 4:13 pm

I thought Russia were still going ok with launches?

J.D. · Post by **J.D.** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:06 pm

As I understand it, the Progress supply rocket failed - an extremely rare event for a Soyuz and there was a Proton failure a few months ago. Actually, there have been multiple Proton failures recently but there is another one on the pad for launch next week. Not sure what the mission is but I guess if you shoot enough rockets at the ISS, one or two will get there in the end.

One of the things which shits me about space programs is when nationalism takes the floor. I treat all of the current space programs, including those of China and India (very impressive recently), the same way. If you can make it work then you're in the space race. All of them have done it and, even after almost 60 years, it remains a major technical challenge.

wobblysauce · Post by **wobblysauce** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:26 pm

That it is JD.. it is not like going to the shops around the corner.

Post by **Big Kev** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 7:23 pm

But you'd think as it's now over 50 years since man first went in to space, it would be cheap and routine. After all, driving and flying are (relatively).

J.D. · Post by **J.D.** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:16 pm

I think it's the financial pressures Kev. Everyone is cutting corners. The ability of a space agency to make money relates to the cost per kilo of anything you want to launch. This is why the Space Shuttle was retired - it was not cost competitive.

The end result is almost inevitable.

It's like we've lost sight of what we're doing and why.

smithcorp · Post by **smithcorp** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:57 pm

If You Could See All The Asteroids, What Would The Sky Look Like?

Amazing animation, with scrolling and panning!

wobblysauce · Post by **wobblysauce** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:45 pm

Curiosity Rover's 50 foot diameter parachute being tested.

Post by **Big Kev** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 5:25 pm

New image of Pluto today as they get closer to their flyby on the 14th

J.D. · Post by **J.D.** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 5:59 pm

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/03/trave ... index.html

smithcorp · Post by **smithcorp** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:29 am

We saw the ISS pass by Jupiter and Venuis last night about 5.34pm. Kids were excited. We could see the two planets clearly and then the ISS appeared from the north, passing right by the planets and over our heads as a bright light. Pretty neat to think there's a bunch of folk up there and great to see it.

wobblysauce · Post by **wobblysauce** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:11 am

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 12:33 am

Not sure if this has been posted before but I haven't seen it:
http://stuffin.space/

It's a 3D realtime map of all the stuff whizzing about over our heads. Quite extraordinary

wobblysauce · Post by **wobblysauce** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 12:48 am

Nope, site:arseforums.com stuffin.space results in just this post.

Crowed, it is.

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
From the Nasa fly by ..that happened about 2hrs ago.

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richo · Post by **richo** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 6:15 am

There is a bit of waffling going on in this video but once again Chris Hadfield shows he the man .

smithcorp · Post by **smithcorp** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:50 am

Fantastic image of Pluto

wobblysauce · Post by **wobblysauce** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:00 am

Forgot to add that in also.. it was nice even the waffle, in the slight differences US, USSR and Made by Savage Inc.

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