Usually only works on tablets and phones. You can drag the image around.
Re: Space Stuff and the Such.
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:33 am
by wobblysauce
Big Kev wrote:Usually only works on tablets and phones. You can drag the image around.
Just messing , I have looked at it a few times, in all directions.
Re: Space Stuff and the Such.
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 5:52 pm
by DexterPunk
Haha that's a good one.
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Re: Space Stuff and the Such.
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:05 am
by DarrenM
Successful landing for SpaceX's latest launch. How does that thing stay up with the size of those waves? I assume all the weight is at the bottom.
Re: Space Stuff and the Such.
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:16 am
by DarrenM
Looks more stable close up
Re: Space Stuff and the Such.
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 7:53 pm
by durbster
Amazing stuff. You'd think there would be an uninhabited island or something they could aim for instead wouldn't you, but the fact they've achieved this on a wibbly wobbly boat is mind-blowing.
I've watched a lot of these launches but I'd forgotten just how big the thing is until that Twitter video. It's like landing a building!
Re: Space Stuff and the Such.
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 3:02 am
by wobblysauce
And the sea was higher then the other landing attempts..
Barge is about the size of a Soccer field, And the landing part of the rocket is about 70m.
What happens to the stage if it lands? - Assuming all goes well, the first stage will be upright on the barge. Once it has vented its LOX, the support crew (in a ship a few km away) will go to the barge and weld a metal shoe over each landing leg, so that the first stage can stay standing if there are high winds or a bad storm, etc.
Seems the video I posted above isn't a live feed. It's someone streaming footage from their pc.
Here are some actual live feeds
(HD) (SD)
Re: Space Stuff and the Such.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 5:07 am
by Big Kev
Mercury did a transit across the sun today.
Was very cloudy but I did manage to get one picture. I was hoping to get a series but the cloud put paid that early on.
The little fella is on the left of centre. The other marks are sunspots.
Had me wiping at my screen thinking the kids had touched it. Amazing pic
Re: Space Stuff and the Such.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 10:34 am
by DarrenM
Onboard Blue Origin's latest landing
Video from our New Shepard flight on April 2, 2016 showing flight of the booster from just ahead of reentry through descent and landing. Video is from the GH2 vent camera located just below the booster’s ring fin.
Amazing how fast it stops on the external view.
Re: Space Stuff and the Such.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 11:05 am
by norbs
Fark! Damn right Darren
Re: Space Stuff and the Such.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 11:13 am
by Duke
Damn that's impressive!!!
Re: Space Stuff and the Such.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 2:03 pm
by wobblysauce
Fun times.. being able to place camera everywhere.
How Elon Musk exposed billions in questionable Pentagon spending
Ten years after a joint operation of Boeing and Lockheed Martin was born, the FTC’s direst warnings have come true, along with outcomes even the skeptics did not predict.
, I have looked at it a few times, in all directions.
Mercury Sun transit by Kevin Clark, on Flickr
