Elon mentioned that they now have two Starlink terminals on the droneships to maintain comms during the landings.
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SpaceX and other space stuff
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Rocket Lab's launch and 1st stage recovery by helicopter is scheduled for 3:35 PM Pacific time on Sunday.
The value of asteroid minerals will not be in returning them to earth but in building structures in space or on the moon.
Not "Space Stuff" per se, but directly attributable to space technology...
Video has sound.
Video has sound.
Perspective. You'll get some here in relation to the universe. Quite amazing.
-Mike
-Mike
Total lunar eclipse on the night of May 15th.
It will be best seen in the Americas but will be partly visible in Europe and Africa.
Optimum viewing is in the American Central Time Zone. Approximate times are as follows:
9:30 pm - eclipse begins
10:30 pm - totality begins
11:15 pm - mid eclipse
Midnight - totality ends
1:00 am - eclipse ends
Times vary farther east or west.
Typical lunar eclipse:
May's lunar eclipse and a wild-card meteor shower may offer double spectacle
It will be best seen in the Americas but will be partly visible in Europe and Africa.
Optimum viewing is in the American Central Time Zone. Approximate times are as follows:
9:30 pm - eclipse begins
10:30 pm - totality begins
11:15 pm - mid eclipse
Midnight - totality ends
1:00 am - eclipse ends
Times vary farther east or west.
Typical lunar eclipse:
May's lunar eclipse and a wild-card meteor shower may offer double spectacle
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I tuned in to Rocket Labs latest effort to catch a falling booster for re-use - they snagged it but then dropped it again oops. I tuned out once the grab was successful and missed the drop. Anyway, an impressive "Almost".
I totally spaced out finding it to watch. According to an article I read, after catching the booster, the crew starting experiencing different load characteristics than those from the practice catches. Pilot elected to drop the load, which in itself, is good to know you can release a load for flight crew safety.
Just another boring perfect Starlink launch this morning, just before dawn:
Launch just pre-dawn, landing on drone ship right at dawn. Cool enuf for Friday!
Launch just pre-dawn, landing on drone ship right at dawn. Cool enuf for Friday!
Camera must be looking South - I love how the dawn is lighting up the left half of the pic, but the right half is just still hanging on to the shreds of night.
Perfect timing.
Watching it land crossing the day/night dawn line was cool.
Perfect timing.
Watching it land crossing the day/night dawn line was cool.
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That was the 111th first stage recovery and the 12th for that booster. AMAZING!!!
For Sale: Falcon 9 booster B1058. Excellent condition, only used for a few trips. About 3,000 mi on the dial. Gets about 0.007 MPG. Ran when parked.
Could use a good detailing.
Could use a good detailing.
