LOL. That clip was a nice reference to what's considered the world's first science fiction film, A Trip to the Moon. French, 1902.:
Nicely done, Futurama LOL
Nicely done, Futurama LOL
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SpaceX and other space stuff
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Capstone is on it's way to the moon. It'll take 4 months to get to it's "halo" orbit around the moon.
NASA satellite breaks from orbit around Earth, heads to moon
NASA satellite breaks from orbit around Earth, heads to moon
Just a reminder, if it's already been mentioned, NASA will release the first full-fledged images from the Webb Space Telescope on 12 July. I'm looking forward to this.
How to Watch NASA Release the First James Webb Space Telescope Images
Interesting side note in the article. James Webb telescope wasn't designed to see back to the very beginning of the universe. It was designed to see things shortly after they formed from the chaos and cooling of the beginning universe, shortly (relatively) after the Big Bang.
There are/were 3 other satellites looking toward the Big Bang time.:
Webb and the Big Bang - Webb/NASA
"COBE, WMAP, and Planck all saw further back than JWST, though it's true that JWST will see farther back than Link Removed. JWST was designed not to see the beginnings of the universe, but to see a period of the universe's history that we have not seen yet before. Specifically we want to see the first objects that formed as the universe cooled down after the Big Bang. That time period is perhaps hundreds of millions of years later than the one COBE, WMAP, and Planck were built to see. We think that the tiny ripples of temperature they observed were the seeds that eventually grew into galaxies. We don't know exactly when the universe made the first stars and galaxies - or how for that matter. That is what we are building JWST to help answer."
How to Watch NASA Release the First James Webb Space Telescope Images
Interesting side note in the article. James Webb telescope wasn't designed to see back to the very beginning of the universe. It was designed to see things shortly after they formed from the chaos and cooling of the beginning universe, shortly (relatively) after the Big Bang.
There are/were 3 other satellites looking toward the Big Bang time.:
Webb and the Big Bang - Webb/NASA
"COBE, WMAP, and Planck all saw further back than JWST, though it's true that JWST will see farther back than Link Removed. JWST was designed not to see the beginnings of the universe, but to see a period of the universe's history that we have not seen yet before. Specifically we want to see the first objects that formed as the universe cooled down after the Big Bang. That time period is perhaps hundreds of millions of years later than the one COBE, WMAP, and Planck were built to see. We think that the tiny ripples of temperature they observed were the seeds that eventually grew into galaxies. We don't know exactly when the universe made the first stars and galaxies - or how for that matter. That is what we are building JWST to help answer."
SPeaking of which, I heard a rocket body crashed into the moon, but when I looked it up, none of the usual places I trust for news covered it. Just wondering if it's fake news or maybe just not considered newsworthy by the sources I read on the regular?
Not fake news. It's believed to be a Chinese booster. At first it was thought to be a SpaceX rocket but further investigation disproved that.
Contact re-established. Such clever folk LOL. No details on whys and hows, updates coming.
Successful landing confirmed, their 100th. Sadly, both cameras glitched so didn't get to see.
Space Bubbles anyone?
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