Hey, I'm an engineer, and I can dad-dance with the best of 'em!!!Even engineers wanna cut loose and boogie now and then...
Nah, who am I kidding.
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SpaceX and other space stuff
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Propellant transfer demo complete! Someone just said that demo successful was worth $53 million to Spacex.
Had video way into re-entry, just lost signal, we'll see, fingers crossed...
That plasma envelope was amazing to watch. 
I have to wonder about those big swings in the attitude telemetry, but as you say, Bill... we'll see.
I have to wonder about those big swings in the attitude telemetry, but as you say, Bill... we'll see.
"Might not make it all the way to splashdown today..." 
Nah, sport, I'd bet something splashed down. Maybe a whole bunch of smaller splashes, rather than just one big one, but still...
Good test, in any case!
Nah, sport, I'd bet something splashed down. Maybe a whole bunch of smaller splashes, rather than just one big one, but still...
Good test, in any case!
That plasma envelope was amazing to watch.
I have to wonder about those big swings in the attitude telemetry, but as you say, Bill... we'll see.
Yeah, nose pointed nearly straight down, with heat shield not facing the direction of travel, isn't going to end well:
Definitely concerning that they never seemed to have attitude control at any point of re-entry.
Also not good that they never managed to light more than 3/13 booster engines for landing burn, but that seems like an easier problem to resolve.
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Scott Manley has a very interesting breakdown of today's flight. Well worth a listen.
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Another Voyager update:
"Engineers are optimistic they can find a way for the FDS to operate normally."
NASA knows what knocked Voyager 1 offline, but it will take a while to fix
"Engineers are optimistic they can find a way for the FDS to operate normally."
NASA knows what knocked Voyager 1 offline, but it will take a while to fix
Right now there’s a major budget fight and there’s a sad but real possibility the result will be turn down of either Hubble or Chandra program. Hopefully that doesn’t happen.
Also today I learned from an astrophysicist that the sun is more active than it’s been during any of the recent full eclipse events globally. That’s why that astrophysicist and his global colleagues are here. If the sky is kinda clear we’ll have a great view of the Solar atmosphere in motion!
This is fascinating, and worth the full read:
"Our moon literally turned itself inside out," said co-author and LPL associate professor Jeff Andrews-Hanna.
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"Our moon literally turned itself inside out," said co-author and LPL associate professor Jeff Andrews-Hanna.
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This should be a good flick...
5 Years After the First Black Hole Image, Physicists Unveil A New Experiment To Map Space-Time
5 Years After the First Black Hole Image, Physicists Unveil A New Experiment To Map Space-Time
