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SpaceX and other space stuff
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A meteoroid crashed into Mars, and NASA recorded the odd sound it made. Have a listen
Here's the soundclip from Soundcloud. It sounds kinda 50's sci fy. Hmmm, maybe they knew something back then.
Here's the soundclip from Soundcloud. It sounds kinda 50's sci fy. Hmmm, maybe they knew something back then.
JWST gets some cool pics of Neptune:
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And here's a little musical interlude to enjoy while you gazing at the pics:
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And here's a little musical interlude to enjoy while you gazing at the pics:
Cool, thanks for posting that article. I really like that wide-field shot showing some other galaxies.
Liked the musical interlude, too. Never thought there'd be another song about Neptune, 'cause I have one also called Neptune - The Mystic. Part of a full orchestral suite by Gustav Holtz called The Planets. Might have to turn up the volume with the quiet beginning, but doesn't get overly loud. Picture in vid from Voyager 2, 1989.
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Wife and I watched the Spacex Starlink launch the other night. Finally clear of clouds here. 140 miles (225 km) away, it was a notable red exhaust flame. Flame shortened as the craft angled over more horizontally. Lost sight at 1st stage burnout and separation.
As a kid, lived 20 miles (32 km) south of there. Watched the Gemini and Apollo manned missions, and plenty of unmanned launches. Sometimes, we'd drive to Jetty Park, about 7 miles south of the launch pads. All of that started my trip down geek lane LOL.
Monday night, 26 Sept, Jupiter will make it's closest approach to earth since 59 years ago.
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Jupiter’s opposition occurs every 13 months, making the planet appear larger and brighter than any other time of the year. But that’s not all. Jupiter will also make its closest approach to Earth in the last 59 years.
Also Monday, a fightin' chance to save the entire planet. So there's that. With onboard camera, too. LOL.
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A spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph (22,500 kph). The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space rock - demonstrating that if a killer asteroid ever heads our way, we'd stand a fighting chance of diverting it.
Cameras and telescopes will watch the crash, but it will take months to find out if it actually changed the orbit.
As a kid, lived 20 miles (32 km) south of there. Watched the Gemini and Apollo manned missions, and plenty of unmanned launches. Sometimes, we'd drive to Jetty Park, about 7 miles south of the launch pads. All of that started my trip down geek lane LOL.
Monday night, 26 Sept, Jupiter will make it's closest approach to earth since 59 years ago.
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Jupiter’s opposition occurs every 13 months, making the planet appear larger and brighter than any other time of the year. But that’s not all. Jupiter will also make its closest approach to Earth in the last 59 years.
Also Monday, a fightin' chance to save the entire planet. So there's that. With onboard camera, too. LOL.
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A spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph (22,500 kph). The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space rock - demonstrating that if a killer asteroid ever heads our way, we'd stand a fighting chance of diverting it.
Cameras and telescopes will watch the crash, but it will take months to find out if it actually changed the orbit.
The Artemis I launch on Tuesday has been delayed due to the storm headed to Florida. They may roll it back to the VAB for safety.
BUT... the DART mission is on Monday about 7:30 PM ET. Big bada boom! Well, sort of.
BUT... the DART mission is on Monday about 7:30 PM ET. Big bada boom! Well, sort of.
As well as a Starlink mission, today was the last launch of a ULA Delta IV Heavy from Vandenberg. The payload was an NRO satellite. There are two more Delta Heavys left and they'll be launched from Canaveral. The Delta is being retired and the Vulcan Centaur will take it's place.
Just reminded me of some military time when a hurricane was heading in.
When I was stationed in Mayport, Fl, hurricane evacs could be a pain. For the most part it wasn't. When you got the word to go, the ships and aircraft squadrons headed off to another military installation.
I was in the aviation side of the Navy, aircraft electrician. Majority of aircraft were ready to go at anytime. But that didn't account for...the Hangar Queen.
Sometimes parts were in short supply (priority was always for aircraft at sea), so in order to keep all of our shore planes flyable, we'd pull a good plane into the hangar and strip it for parts. The Hangar Queen. That means the plane was pretty much stripped down. Panels, cowlings, sound proofing, etc, laying around on the deck. Safe-for-flight items missing, other sundry items gone, maybe on jack stands due to removed landing gears. It'd stay that way for up to 3 or 4 months (regulation limit).
When a storm was heading our way, we got the priority. Parts became available and we had to put the aircraft back together, do vibration tests, do a functional test fly before it would be deemed safe to fly away. All hands effort, alot of work, and a paperwork drill from hell LOL.
Enough of this jog down memory lane. Back to our regularly scheduled thread, still in progress...
My DART time above is wrong. DART is set to crash into Dimorphos at 14,000 mph at 7:14 p.m. Eastern time Monday. NASA Television will broadcast coverage of the end of this mission beginning at 6 p.m
“They” don’t know for sure if Dart will make a difference.
My vote is…probably not.
My vote is…probably not.
Well, technically they know it will make a difference. They just aren't sure whether they will be able to measure it.
But I knew what you meant
I have no reference for this but I thought I saw someone on a news story saying they weren’t sure if it would work. But I get what you’ve saying too!Well, technically they know it will make a difference. They just aren't sure whether they will be able to measure it.
But I knew what you meant
Saturday evening's Falcon 9 launch was visible up here in New England (not my photo):
And then last evening at about 7:45pm EDT – about an hour after sunset – I was treated to a long line of Starlink satellites soaring across the sky (not my photo):
Pretty cool stuff.
Someone posted this on Twitter, to which I responded:
"Zed, we've got a Bug"
hehe
Sorry I missed it though... must've been a near polar trajectory to be visible up here?
