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Nzoner's Game Room>Space Exploration megathread
DaFace 09:40 AM 06-01-2014
Since a number of cool things are happening in space exploration these days, we'll widen the scope of this thread a smidge. Conversation about all things space exploration are welcome, whether it be from NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin, or anyone else. Chances are most of the discussion will still be about SpaceX since they love to make things public and fun, but nothing's off limits. I'll eventually get around to modifying the OP to include resources for other companies too, but in the meantime, feel free to post any cool stuff you run across.

Lists of Upcoming Missions

Spoiler!


How to Watch a Live Launch
Spoiler!


Where to Learn More
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Glossary
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arrowheadnation 12:33 AM 08-05-2020
Literally the ground floor steps to the future survival of the human race. Oh what a time to be alive.
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GloryDayz 06:13 AM 08-05-2020
Originally Posted by arrowheadnation:
Literally the ground floor steps to the future survival of the human race. Oh what a time to be alive.
Agree.
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Donger 07:39 AM 08-05-2020
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Official video from SpaceX:

Very cool! Although the flames above the engine looked a little odd starting around 0:36
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Donger 11:08 AM 08-05-2020
Houston (AFP) - SpaceX's crewed capsule isn't called Dragon for nothing.

The two NASA astronauts brought back to Earth on Sunday said they felt they were inside the belly of a beast as it careened into the atmosphere at 17,500 mph.

"It came alive," said mission commander Bob Behnkhen at a virtual press conference held Tuesday in Houston, Texas.

The thrusters were firing to keep the capsule, called "Endeavour," pointed precisely at its target site off the coast of Pensacola, for the first water landing by a US spaceship since 1975.

"The atmosphere starts to make noise, you can hear that rumble outside the vehicle and as the vehicle tries to control, you feel a little bit of that shimmy in your body," continued the 50-year-old.

"It doesn't sound like a machine, it sounds like an animal coming through the atmosphere with all that all the puffs that are happening from the thrusters and the atmospheric noise," he added.

Not only was ride down deafening, but each time the vessel carried out descent sequences like jettisoning its "trunk" that contained the power system and firing parachutes, it was also bone-jarring.

"Very much like getting hit in the back of the chair with a baseball bat, you know, just a crack," said Behnken, describing the sensation.

Behnken and crewmate Doug Hurley, 53, are best friends in real life and both are married to fellow astronauts.

They were addressing journalists, as tradition dictates, two days after their return from a six-month stay on the International Space Station.

The success of the demonstration mission for SpaceX Crew Dragon, the first crewed US spaceship to achieve orbit since the Space Shuttle era, means it will likely soon be certified for regular service.

The next mission is already planned for September.

"The mission went just like the simulators, from start to finish, all the way there was really no surprises," said Hurley.

Both men are veterans of the Space Shuttle program, which ended in 2011, and they had been training for five years with SpaceX.

Splash down at 15 miles per hour in the Gulf of Mexico felt "pretty firm," said Hurley, but that was expected.

One person who will particularly benefit from Behnken's knowledge: astronaut Megan McArthur, who is slated to make the same voyage in the spring of 2021 on the same spacecraft, and is Behnken's wife.
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DaFace 04:17 PM 08-06-2020
In case anyone's up for a late night tonight.

Falcon 9’s first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched two Starlink missions, Crew Demo-1, and the RADARSAT Constellation Mission pic.twitter.com/eCsqnBYD04

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 6, 2020

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DaFace 12:47 PM 08-14-2020

NEWS: @NASA & @SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Oct. 23 for Crew Dragon’s first operational mission to the @Space_Station with @Astro_illini, @VicGlover, Shannon Walker and @Astro_Soichi, pending certification following a successful Demo-2 test flight. https://t.co/saubpEc2Ms pic.twitter.com/Ug3LyyhTdF

— Jim Bridenstine (@JimBridenstine) August 14, 2020

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Donger 02:15 PM 08-14-2020
Awesome!
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Megatron96 02:35 PM 08-14-2020
We're going to get to see time dilation in about two years:
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-fas...speed-of-light
https://phys.org/news/2020-08-fastest-star.html
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DaFace 10:47 AM 08-16-2020
Just to let you guys know, I'm leaving for a while and maybe forever. Take care of my thread. Go SpaceX.
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unlurking 10:56 AM 08-16-2020
:-)


One of a few threads that keep me coming back here. Sorry to see you go.
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eDave 10:56 AM 08-16-2020
You take care of yourself Daface and best of luck. If you don't return, it was great getting to know you.
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Donger 10:57 AM 08-16-2020
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Just to let you guys know, I'm leaving for a while and maybe forever. Take care of my thread. Go SpaceX.
I'm sorry to hear that, DaFace. Worry not. We'll take care of this thread. God speed and I hope you come back soon.
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Megatron96 01:00 PM 08-16-2020
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Just to let you guys know, I'm leaving for a while and maybe forever. Take care of my thread. Go SpaceX.
??? Hope everything's okay. Good luck or good hunting, whichever is appropriate.
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GloryDayz 08:15 PM 08-16-2020
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Just to let you guys know, I'm leaving for a while and maybe forever. Take care of my thread. Go SpaceX.
Ugh...
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Bearcat 08:24 PM 08-16-2020
Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
Ugh...
Speaking of reasons people leave, do something about your sig.... the max is 200 pixels tall and that retardation is probably twice that.
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