Space: The Final Frontier

Live local, get around without breaking the bank
Post Reply
User avatar
fiby41
Posts: 1611
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:09 am
Location: India
Contact:

Space: The Final Frontier

Post 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.
Last edited by fiby41 on Sun Apr 23, 2017 12:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.

ThisDinosaur
Posts: 997
Joined: Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:31 am

Re: Space exploration interest thread

Post 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

User avatar
fiby41
Posts: 1611
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:09 am
Location: India
Contact:

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post 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.

User avatar
fiby41
Posts: 1611
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:09 am
Location: India
Contact:

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post 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.

Astra
Posts: 80
Joined: Tue Dec 19, 2017 7:22 am

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post 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

ThisDinosaur
Posts: 997
Joined: Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:31 am

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post 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.

onewayfamily
Posts: 56
Joined: Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:13 am
Contact:

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post 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..."

User avatar
fiby41
Posts: 1611
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:09 am
Location: India
Contact:

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post by fiby41 »

Space Moms is a documentary film on women in the space program.

User avatar
fiby41
Posts: 1611
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:09 am
Location: India
Contact:

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post 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

User avatar
fiby41
Posts: 1611
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:09 am
Location: India
Contact:

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post by fiby41 »

Chandrayaan-3 launch date scheduled in November 2020.

User avatar
fiby41
Posts: 1611
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:09 am
Location: India
Contact:

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post by fiby41 »

13 US nano satellites along with Cartosat3 will be launched at 0928 hrs IST on 25.11.2019 subject to weather conditions.

Campitor
Posts: 1227
Joined: Thu Aug 20, 2015 11:49 am

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post by Campitor »

Voyager 2 sends back info about the transition between our heliosphere and deep space: https://youtu.be/w0l0_0y8_kU

Jason

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post by Jason »

NVDA CEO discusses how the chipmaker is involved in Mars exploration.

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

User avatar
fiby41
Posts: 1611
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:09 am
Location: India
Contact:

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post 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.

User avatar
fiby41
Posts: 1611
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:09 am
Location: India
Contact:

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post by fiby41 »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3LoGSqRWGE
Who is leading the private space race?

classical_Liberal
Posts: 2283
Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:05 am

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post 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

User avatar
Alphaville
Posts: 3611
Joined: Thu Oct 03, 2019 10:50 am
Location: Quarantined

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post 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.

ertyu
Posts: 2893
Joined: Sun Nov 13, 2016 2:31 am

Re: Space: The Final Frontier

Post 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

Post Reply