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SpaceX and other space stuff
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Here is another photo of stage separation that my brother in law took from his house. (Low res 960 x 720)
Somebody needs to tell Elon, there's no kid sizes! I have a feeling he'd set that right pretty quickly.
I'm actually looking for an adult, who is very small. He would love the Starman shirt. If you know Elon Musk, would please ask about this?
Haha! I'm certain he has no idea I exist.
I bet someone could tweet that to them, though. That's a really good point about needing smaller sizes!
I found some Bob and Doug news, but it is a couple days old.
I do feel like Doug is taunting me with Tremor:
-Mike
I do feel like Doug is taunting me with Tremor:
-Mike
I'm working in the wrong profession.
This looks totally rad and it's part of the job:
SpaceX Starship SN7 tank bursts during pressure test
-Mike
This looks totally rad and it's part of the job:
SpaceX Starship SN7 tank bursts during pressure test
-Mike
Many of you probably know some or all of this history.
The Apollo Program: How NASA sent astronauts to the moon | Space
But, scroll to the bottom of the article, and look at the timeline. Specifically between Apollo 1 and Apollo 11. That is a miraculously short time span for all that new hardware. We have been struggling with plan changes and lack of real accomplishments with the return to the moon. We question, with 2020 technology, being able to get back to the moon by 2024. Yet - with slide rules, dip switches, and duct tape, they put that all together Half A Century Ago in a very short period of time. When high tech looked like this:
Make no mistake. Our blocks today come from poor leadership, massively poor project management, government bureaucracy, poor funding, and changing goal posts. Not from the actual lack of technical ability to go back.
Thank God for SpaceX.
The Apollo Program: How NASA sent astronauts to the moon | Space
But, scroll to the bottom of the article, and look at the timeline. Specifically between Apollo 1 and Apollo 11. That is a miraculously short time span for all that new hardware. We have been struggling with plan changes and lack of real accomplishments with the return to the moon. We question, with 2020 technology, being able to get back to the moon by 2024. Yet - with slide rules, dip switches, and duct tape, they put that all together Half A Century Ago in a very short period of time. When high tech looked like this:
Make no mistake. Our blocks today come from poor leadership, massively poor project management, government bureaucracy, poor funding, and changing goal posts. Not from the actual lack of technical ability to go back.
Thank God for SpaceX.
Starlink launch coming up today at 1:18 PM PDT. I like how you can set a reminder from the SpaceX website so you don't forget about the launch.
A SpaceX rocket will launch Starlink and BlackSky satellites today. Here's how to watch. | Space.
-Mike
A SpaceX rocket will launch Starlink and BlackSky satellites today. Here's how to watch. | Space.
-Mike
It was only 66 years between mankind's first powered flight, and setting foot on the moon.
Unfortunately that momentum was lost the moment the American flag was planted in the Sea of Tranquility.
The U.S.A. had won the space race. The U.S.S.R. had lost.
If that spirit of competition had remained, and that trajectory of advancement had continued ; imagine where the world, let alone the space program would be in 2035.
I truly hope that modern, silent, electric cars are forced to play the sound of the Jetsons vehicles, over external speakers, to stop pedestrians & cyclists getting flattened.
The space walk was a success. The new batteries are in place. Time for clean up and inventory, then head back inside the ISS.
It's so rad watching and listening to the interaction between Bob and Chris with ground control.
Ground control: turn the wrench 16-17 times.
Bob: confirmed, turned 16 and quarter times.
Can you imagine if the instructions for an IKEA bookshelf were so precise?
Then the snafu with the retracting line.
Ground control: your retracting line isn't retracting as it should be.
Chris: yeah, it's wrapping around me.
-Mike
It's so rad watching and listening to the interaction between Bob and Chris with ground control.
Ground control: turn the wrench 16-17 times.
Bob: confirmed, turned 16 and quarter times.
Can you imagine if the instructions for an IKEA bookshelf were so precise?
Then the snafu with the retracting line.
Ground control: your retracting line isn't retracting as it should be.
Chris: yeah, it's wrapping around me.
-Mike
Wow, that was all kinds of rad watching the space walk then as Chris and Bob came back into the ISS.
The wife and I were cracking up when Ivan was trying to get Chris out of the upper half of his space suit. It looked like Ivan was stomping on him as Chris was trying to wiggle out.
No pizza and beer for Chris tonight.
Then when pulling off the bottom of Bob's suit, even Chris was laughing.
As Doug was waiting for Chris and Bob in front of the air lock chamber door with his back to us, I wonder if he realized the camera was on as he adjusted his drawers and hair. That had us laughing too.
Anatoli comes along in his muscle shirt, just chilling in the door frame with his legs propped up to hold him still.
-Mike
The wife and I were cracking up when Ivan was trying to get Chris out of the upper half of his space suit. It looked like Ivan was stomping on him as Chris was trying to wiggle out.
No pizza and beer for Chris tonight.
Then when pulling off the bottom of Bob's suit, even Chris was laughing.
As Doug was waiting for Chris and Bob in front of the air lock chamber door with his back to us, I wonder if he realized the camera was on as he adjusted his drawers and hair. That had us laughing too.
Anatoli comes along in his muscle shirt, just chilling in the door frame with his legs propped up to hold him still.
-Mike
I swear if I had to go outside and walk around on the spaceship the first words out of my mouth would be ''Weeeee!".
Or not.
The flight was scrubbed three hours before liftoff, but I'm not sure why.
-Mike
Update for 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT): SpaceX has called off today's Starlink/BlackSky launch due to "additional time for pre-launch checkouts." A new launch date will be determined later.
They probably saw a potential glitch.
I wish Americans and humanity succesfully returning to space with Space-X was the dominating story in the news!
Unfortunately it is overshadowed by a troubled world full of a contagious virus and social issues.
How can mankind be so brilliant and stupid at the same time? SMH
It is a paradox.
Unfortunately it is overshadowed by a troubled world full of a contagious virus and social issues.
How can mankind be so brilliant and stupid at the same time? SMH
It is a paradox.
