Space Stuff and the Such.

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 8:39 am

Here is the link for the livestream. 8:15pm AEST.

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 8:53 pm

Anyone watching the stream? They've just confirmed a successful flight, hover and landing.

Fucking amazing

Post by **Big Kev** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 8:59 pm

Yep. WFH this week so got it on.

They have an animated gif of it taking off and landing taken from the rover. Absolutely flipping amazing.

Post by **Big Kev** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 9:55 pm

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 12:04 am

Gravity's really weird on Mars isn't it

So cool. Sounded like everything went as well as it could have. They got the photo from the downward facing navigation camera:

Post by **Big Kev** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:36 am

Video

Just to get off the ground, the rotors had to be spinning at 2500rpm. A normal helicopter is about 450!

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:16 am

This thing only weighs 1.8kg. They said the technology should scale up quite simply now they know it works, so a bigger one could potentially carry things around.

I was curious what speed the typical domestic quadcopter rotors spin at and they are well over 10k rpm.

Post by **Big Kev** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 5:22 am

Seriously near miss for spaceX and some space debris. Breathe in!!!

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 12:47 pm

R.I.P. Michael

Brett_S · Post by **Brett_S** » Thu May 06, 2021 2:32 pm

Nailed the landing this time

KNAPPO · Post by **KNAPPO** » Thu May 06, 2021 2:45 pm

Wonder where this will actually land!!!

We expect it to reenter sometime between the eighth and 10th of May. And in that two-day period, it goes around the world 30 times. The thing is traveling at like 18,000 miles an hour. And so if you're an hour out at guessing when it comes down, you're 18,000 miles out in saying where."
Still, the ocean remains the safest bet for where the debris will land, he said, just because it takes up most of the Earth's surface.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Thu May 06, 2021 3:36 pm

Brett_S wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 2:32 pm Nailed the landing this time

And it didn't blow up afterwards!
fascinating to see what they do with it now, whether it'll fly again or...?

Brett_S · Post by **Brett_S** » Thu May 06, 2021 3:51 pm

Scottie wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 3:36 pm And it didn't blow up afterwards!
fascinating to see what they do with it now, whether it'll fly again or...?

I missed the livestream driving into work this morning - had a quick look when I got to work and thought it hadn't taken off as it was still upright

From what I read it wasn't too long before people were out there doing post flight checks. Hopefully not too long before the next test.

Post by **Big Kev** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 7:00 pm

They're getting really rather good at this now. I'd also say that I think they've made NASA look a bit archaic. They've come in with new thinking about how you can do this cheaply and using technology to autoland etc.

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 7:13 pm

It is extraordinary how quickly a landing is now the expected outcome rather than the optimistic one.

I still watched the clips this morning in total awe. I love what it means for the future too. It feels like the culmination of a sci-fi fantasy to me but for the kids who become the next engineers, this is their starting point.

Post by **Big Kev** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 9:08 pm

wowza!

KNAPPO · Post by **KNAPPO** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 9:18 pm

That landing was smooth as!

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:46 pm

Mental. It's like something from the Thunderbirds.

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:14 pm

So friggin cool & yes.

"Thunderbirds Are Go"

Post by **Big Kev** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 5:16 am

KNAPPO · Post by **KNAPPO** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:51 pm

^^^^^ THATS MAD AS FUCK ^^^^^^

I had to know more. Here is the photographers explanation video.

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 11:56 am

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 4:53 pm

Very cool

Post by **Big Kev** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:23 pm

Bezo's cock rocket blasts off in 45 mins......

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:45 pm

Got the live stream on. It seems very well produced.

Edit: What am I saying. The guy owns a TV and film business. He should know how to put a decent show on.

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