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Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 12:59 pm
by fiby41
Kindly dump all articles/info regarding new advancements happening in the realm of space exploration. So that those interested can check them out and discuss, if enough people are interested.

Re: Space exploration interest thread

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 2:30 pm
by ThisDinosaur
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplan ... ort_System

I'm highly skeptical that Musk will build this thing as designed. But I think his push to make a fully reusable rocket with in-orbit refueling might actually add something useful to spaceflight technology for the first time since the 70s.

For those who haven't seen it, the awesome Atomic Rockets page has a great write-up on the SpaceX ITS' capabilities.

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/r ... signs2.php

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 2:50 am
by fiby41
Google Lunar Prize competition has December 2017 deadline. Only 4 teams are still remaining in the race as they've launch contracts. They have to land a robot, travel 500 m and transmit back its video.
Watch trailer.

Its even more exciting as 2 teams will be launching from the same vehicle at the same time.

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:52 pm
by fiby41
Today the sun, earth and Saturn are in a straight line. Just in case you had a telescope handy... You could see it's rings and moons brighter in the evening sky of June 15.

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 4:16 pm
by Astra
NASA selects two missions for New Frontiers
Yesterday, NASA selected two finalists from 12 proposals in the New Frontiers program for robotic projects planned to launch ind the mid-2020.
Project CAESAR would visit the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (of Rosetta fame), and collect a sample to return to Earth.
Project Dragonfly would survey the Saturn moon Titan with a drone quadcopter, and assess the moon's chemistry and habitabitability (is has an atmosphere!).

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa ... moon-titan

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:50 pm
by ThisDinosaur
Falcon Heavy launch date now set for February 6, 1:30pm -4:30 EST. If everything works right, it will be the largest working rocket in the world, and two of the three first-stage cores will return to the launch pad. The third will land on a drone ship in the atlantic.

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Wed May 02, 2018 4:50 pm
by onewayfamily
http://bgr.com/2018/05/01/spacex-boeing ... -sls-nasa/

"When SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket earlier this year, it earned the title of “most powerful operational rocket.” That little “operational” modifier is pretty important, since nothing has yet to surpass NASA’s own Saturn V rocket which ferried astronauts during the Apollo missions in the 1960s and 70s. Still, it seems SpaceX’s significant accomplishments have caught the eye of competitor Boeing, who is now going on the offensive and calling out the Falcon Heavy as being too small.

Boeing, which is currently under contract with the US government to develop the SLS (space launch system) rocket platform for NASA, is still years away from the first iteration of its hardware..."

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:49 pm
by fiby41
Space Moms is a documentary film on women in the space program.

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 2:32 pm
by fiby41
Chandrayaan-2's lander Vikram lost contact before impact yesterday. Orbiter has a lifespan of 7.5 years so might rekindle link. Cost: US$141 million
Chandrayaan-1 had landed in 2008. Cost: US$56 million

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 12:46 am
by fiby41
Chandrayaan-3 launch date scheduled in November 2020.

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:16 pm
by fiby41
13 US nano satellites along with Cartosat3 will be launched at 0928 hrs IST on 25.11.2019 subject to weather conditions.

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:43 pm
by Campitor
Voyager 2 sends back info about the transition between our heliosphere and deep space: https://youtu.be/w0l0_0y8_kU

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 8:53 am
by Jason
NVDA CEO discusses how the chipmaker is involved in Mars exploration.

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/11/19/n ... -2018.html

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2019 1:40 pm
by fiby41
Countdown to Launch takes a deep dive into upcoming space missions from around the world, interviewing the people involved and exploring all the science, innovation and technology involved. https://youtu.be/B2lA3Uu29KI?list=PL6uC ... R2EdCck0wV
It's like this thread but in the form of a playlist of ~4 minute videos.

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:48 am
by fiby41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3LoGSqRWGE
Who is leading the private space race?

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:28 pm
by classical_Liberal
Life on... Venus?
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1174-4

When I first learned of this I kind-of shrugged it off. Thinking there's probably a chemical process they haven't thought about. The more I dig into it, the more excited the science community seems about this evidence. Like, it's a pretty big deal, and no one can think of a nonbiological source at this time.

Here's a pretty good podcast on youtube if you'd rather listen than read the study.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YNxMVJN-Hk&t=1s

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 8:00 pm
by Alphaville
is it funny that i saw the headline and i wasn’t suprised in the least by this?

i mean i’m still curious about what life forms may be found there, but seeing as how we on earth have sulfur-eating bacteria living next to active volcanos at the bottom of the ocean, then of course we’re going to find life everywhere in the universe.

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 11:46 pm
by ertyu
There was this quote making its way around twitter, "the surest proof of the existence of extraterrestrial intelligent life is that it hasn't contacted us yet" :lol:

On a different level, I can't but think of the flying saucers, Elon Musk the protected genius who will take humanity to Mars, and now this as distraction tactics; a doubling in on the circus in times of lacking bread if you will. All that space shit worked during the cold war, and everyone at the top of us gvt is 70.

Update: yeah, flying saucers got in the news as the US was passing 100k deaths, venutian bacteria are in the news at 200k