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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

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How to Watch a Live Launch
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Where to Learn More
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Glossary
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Hydrae 02:37 PM 02-02-2022
Always such a cool watch.
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Donger 02:37 PM 02-02-2022
Incredible precision. I forgot how close those buildings are to the landing pad...
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DaFace 05:30 PM 02-02-2022
Originally Posted by Donger:
Incredible precision. I forgot how close those buildings are to the landing pad...
I'd almost forgotten they even have a pad on the west coast...
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unlurking 05:52 PM 02-02-2022
Just a fan render, but super cool interior design concept for Starship. Significant upgrade to the Apollo missions.

https://starship.mobile.my3ideas.com/
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Donger 10:18 AM 02-03-2022
SpaceX, not to be out-droned...

Drone shot of today's Falcon 9 launch and landing pic.twitter.com/UWW2iFt6i5

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 3, 2022

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DaFace 10:22 AM 02-03-2022
Damn - another launch this afternoon? Three launches in four days is kind of nutty.
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Donger 10:25 AM 02-03-2022
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Damn - another launch this afternoon? Three launches in four days is kind of nutty.
Guess the three scrubs of the COSMOS mission compressed things a bit, but even without that, lots of birds flying!
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Donger 12:04 PM 02-03-2022
T-10:00


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eDave 09:28 PM 02-08-2022
40 Starlink satellites wiped out by a geomagnetic storm

The satellites deployed on Thursday were significantly impacted by a geomagnetic storm on Friday. These storms cause the atmosphere to warm and atmospheric density at our low deployment altitudes to increase. In fact, onboard GPS suggests the escalation speed and severity of the storm caused atmospheric drag to increase up to 50 percent higher than during previous launches.

The deorbiting satellites pose zero collision risk with other satellites and by design demise upon atmospheric reentry.

https://www.spacex.com/updates/
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Donger 11:04 AM 02-25-2022
T-8:30


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unlurking 02:12 PM 02-28-2022
Just in case anyone is interested in Rocket Lab launches...


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htismaqe 02:15 PM 02-28-2022
I watched the 2nd season of Space Force over the weekend and they had named all of their satellites after 70's rock bands. :-)
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Donger 02:46 PM 03-17-2022
SLS rollout


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manchambo 03:53 PM 03-17-2022
SLS is good, in a general sense, I suppose. It's good to have a rocket with moon capability. But is this really the future? Disposable boosters?

SpaceX just seems to be way ahead of everyone else at this point.
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DaFace 04:18 PM 03-17-2022
Originally Posted by manchambo:
SLS is good, in a general sense, I suppose. It's good to have a rocket with moon capability. But is this really the future? Disposable boosters?

SpaceX just seems to be way ahead of everyone else at this point.
If Starship works, SLS will almost certainly be cancelled. But until we're sure it won't be a flop, I don't blame NASA for having at least SOMETHING working in parallel.
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