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Totally jealous! Missed out in seeing a STS mission in 2006 through weather delays, which was absolutely gutting - even if I did get to see Atlantis on the pad. Back there for 3 weeks next September, so hopefully there'll be something going up. Nothing as exciting as a manned mission or a big science mission like this though  |
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altitude2k 5,238 posts
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So, if you're UKish and you look up at the Moon right now, you'll see a bright star to the left and down a bit. It's Jupiter! It's been following the Moon all evening. If you go out and look at it tomorrow evening, it'll be just ahead of the Moon and will stay there all evening. Cooler still - if you look early tomorrow evening and you have extraordinary eyesight or maybe a telescope to hand, you might see the Moon, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Venus all in a line! I guess that means Angelina Jolie is at the North Pole, and Milla Hohoyovitch will turn into Milla Yohoyovitch pretty soon. May be missing a planet or two tho. -
Was down in my parents house in the country this evening and the moon had this odd "ring" of no clouds around it in a perfect circle. Never seen it before but i'm sure it's an utterly normal occurance. -
spudsbuckley wrote:
Like this?
Was down in my parents house in the country this evening and the moon had this odd "ring" of no clouds around it in a perfect circle. Never seen it before but i'm sure it's an utterly normal occurance. -
Bremenacht wrote:
That would be exactly it.
spudsbuckley wrote:
Like this?
Was down in my parents house in the country this evening and the moon had this odd "ring" of no clouds around it in a perfect circle. Never seen it before but i'm sure it's an utterly normal occurance. -
localnotail 23,079 posts
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Registered 13 years agoSolar storm means Aurora is visible much further south than normal - has anyone seen it?
Overcast here in Brum but apparently theoretically visible tonight. Stupid light pollution. Lots of people reporting sightings on twitter though
Northumbria, 10:45 tonight *jealous*
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localnotail 23,079 posts
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Salaman 24,162 posts
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There's another fat mass ejection sweeping in now:
http://spaceweather.com/
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Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoGood morning everyone.
SpaceX is launching the first commercial rocket (well if all goes well) to the space station in about 17 minutes.
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
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Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Salaman 24,162 posts
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Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoIt went up!
It's now in orbit and solar panels are deployed.
Was exciting for a minute when the video cut out with a loud POP-sound, but everything went as planned.
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RunningMan 3,098 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAwesome, night launches are so cool. Roll on the heavy lift version! -
DaM 17,729 posts
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Registered 20 years agoOh excellent, must be such a relief for them. I got the impression they were half expecting something to go wrong.
Bags not being in the first manned launch
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Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI miss working in space 
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Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoIt was kinda cool hearing the 1800 spaceX employees cheering when dragon deployed it's solar pannels, must be such a relief.
As I understand it, they have to test some maneuvering capabilities in the coming 2 days before nasa will even let them get close to space station. They are also not docking in the traditional sense, they'll grapple dragon with the robotic arm and dock manually.
I believe it has about 500kg of supplies in there, water, propellant, toilet paper and dirty magazines. -
Khanivor 44,800 posts
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Registered 20 years agoIf it docks with the ISS then the future has started to roll again. This and the asteroid mining will move us toward not having to work for a national agency to get to work and live in space.
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MrWorf 64,187 posts
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Registered 20 years agohttp://www.engadget.com/2012/05/25/psa-spacex-docking/
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MrWorf 64,187 posts
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Dr-Strangelove 2,309 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI'm playing Elite whilst watching this...
Space station ahead... Approaching Dock... Aligned speed... Check
Aligning rotation.... Check
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MrWorf 64,187 posts
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oceanmotion 17,358 posts
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Registered 18 years agoIt all seems so easy and straight forward but obviously not.
Spaaaaaaaaaaaaacee! -
Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoIt's really not that easy. Your height is dependent on your orbital speed.
So if you move a little forward in the direction you're flying, your orbital speed increases a little which mean you will also move up. -
Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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What the fuck are they doing now? They're not even showing Dragon on Nasa TV now.
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