I've seen a lot of Gilligan jokes, but this is what I keep coming back to:
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SpaceX and other space stuff
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A cautionary tale . . .
www.nbcnews.com
SpaceX repeatedly polluted waters in Texas this year, regulators found
Elon Musk’s aerospace company violated environmental regulations by releasing pollutants into or near bodies of water in Texas, a state environmental agency said in a notice.
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Liquid Water Found On Mars!!
B... I'm happy for you... I respect you... and I'mma let you finish, but... I don't think we're quite to the point of filling up our swimming pools just yet. 
It's a bit more like:
From the CNN Article (emphasis added):
The idea that liquid water may exist deep beneath the Martian surface has been around for decades, but this is the first time real data from a Mars mission can confirm such speculation, said Alberto Fairén, a visiting interdisciplinary planetary scientist and astrobiologist within the department of astronomy at Cornell University. Fairén was not involved in the study.
He said the water is likely “a kind of deep underground mud.”
“These new results demonstrate that liquid water does exist in the Martian subsurface today, not in the form of discrete and isolated lakes, but as liquid water-saturated sediments, or aquifers,” Fairén said.
A slightly less sensational take on it from the Associated Press, with appropriately circumspect language from the study's lead scientist:
Just because water still may be sloshing around inside Mars does not mean it holds life, Wright said. “Instead, our findings mean that there are environments that could possibly be habitable,” he said in an email.
His team combined computer models with InSight readings including the quakes’ velocity in determining underground water was the most likely explanation. The results appeared Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
It would take drills and other equipment to confirm the presence of water and seek out any potential signs of microbial life.
apnews.com
Still interesting, of course.
Just don't go packing your swim trunks and surf board into your rocket ship just yet.
It's a bit more like:
From the CNN Article (emphasis added):
The idea that liquid water may exist deep beneath the Martian surface has been around for decades, but this is the first time real data from a Mars mission can confirm such speculation, said Alberto Fairén, a visiting interdisciplinary planetary scientist and astrobiologist within the department of astronomy at Cornell University. Fairén was not involved in the study.
He said the water is likely “a kind of deep underground mud.”
“These new results demonstrate that liquid water does exist in the Martian subsurface today, not in the form of discrete and isolated lakes, but as liquid water-saturated sediments, or aquifers,” Fairén said.
A slightly less sensational take on it from the Associated Press, with appropriately circumspect language from the study's lead scientist:
Just because water still may be sloshing around inside Mars does not mean it holds life, Wright said. “Instead, our findings mean that there are environments that could possibly be habitable,” he said in an email.
His team combined computer models with InSight readings including the quakes’ velocity in determining underground water was the most likely explanation. The results appeared Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
It would take drills and other equipment to confirm the presence of water and seek out any potential signs of microbial life.
New Mars study suggests an ocean's worth of water may be hiding beneath the red dusty surface
A new study suggests Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean.
apnews.com
Still interesting, of course.
Just don't go packing your swim trunks and surf board into your rocket ship just yet.
Of course....B... I'm happy for you... I respect you... and I'mma let you finish, but... I don't think we're quite to the point of filling up our swimming pools just yet.
It's a bit more like:
From the CNN Article (emphasis added):
The idea that liquid water may exist deep beneath the Martian surface has been around for decades, but this is the first time real data from a Mars mission can confirm such speculation, said Alberto Fairén, a visiting interdisciplinary planetary scientist and astrobiologist within the department of astronomy at Cornell University. Fairén was not involved in the study.
He said the water is likely “a kind of deep underground mud.”
“These new results demonstrate that liquid water does exist in the Martian subsurface today, not in the form of discrete and isolated lakes, but as liquid water-saturated sediments, or aquifers,” Fairén said.
A slightly less sensational take on it from the Associated Press, with appropriately circumspect language from the study's lead scientist:
Just because water still may be sloshing around inside Mars does not mean it holds life, Wright said. “Instead, our findings mean that there are environments that could possibly be habitable,” he said in an email.
His team combined computer models with InSight readings including the quakes’ velocity in determining underground water was the most likely explanation. The results appeared Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
It would take drills and other equipment to confirm the presence of water and seek out any potential signs of microbial life.
New Mars study suggests an ocean's worth of water may be hiding beneath the red dusty surface
A new study suggests Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean.
Still interesting, of course.
Just don't go packing your swim trunks and surf board into your rocket ship just yet.
still, kewl stuff!
Any of y’all been getting up in the got dang middle of the night to watch for meteors? I saw a handful. Was a little hazy here Sunday night. I did get walked up on by a buck in the street, that was cool.
I think I’ll try one more time.
I think I’ll try one more time.
Elton said it was pretty cold there.B... I'm happy for you... I respect you... and I'mma let you finish, but... I don't think we're quite to the point of filling up our swimming pools just yet.
It's a bit more like:
From the CNN Article (emphasis added):
The idea that liquid water may exist deep beneath the Martian surface has been around for decades, but this is the first time real data from a Mars mission can confirm such speculation, said Alberto Fairén, a visiting interdisciplinary planetary scientist and astrobiologist within the department of astronomy at Cornell University. Fairén was not involved in the study.
He said the water is likely “a kind of deep underground mud.”
“These new results demonstrate that liquid water does exist in the Martian subsurface today, not in the form of discrete and isolated lakes, but as liquid water-saturated sediments, or aquifers,” Fairén said.
A slightly less sensational take on it from the Associated Press, with appropriately circumspect language from the study's lead scientist:
Just because water still may be sloshing around inside Mars does not mean it holds life, Wright said. “Instead, our findings mean that there are environments that could possibly be habitable,” he said in an email.
His team combined computer models with InSight readings including the quakes’ velocity in determining underground water was the most likely explanation. The results appeared Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
It would take drills and other equipment to confirm the presence of water and seek out any potential signs of microbial life.
New Mars study suggests an ocean's worth of water may be hiding beneath the red dusty surface
A new study suggests Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean.
Still interesting, of course.
Just don't go packing your swim trunks and surf board into your rocket ship just yet.
SpaceX privately funded spacewalk mission scheduled for August 26th.
Buh-bye, Boeing:
CNN: SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule to return Boeing Starliner crew to Earth
I read earlier that Boeing also pooched the whole SLS deal - not sure how true that is.
Either way, glad I don't own any Boeing stock! So sad...
CNN: SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule to return Boeing Starliner crew to Earth
I read earlier that Boeing also pooched the whole SLS deal - not sure how true that is.
Either way, glad I don't own any Boeing stock! So sad...
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I just looked, I didn't see anything particularly new on Boeing and SLS, but there was this last week: Boeing needs to improve quality-control work on SLS moon rocket, NASA Inspector General finds
Really sounds like Boeing has completely lost any culture of quality.
Really sounds like Boeing has completely lost any culture of quality.
It’s official: NASA calls on Crew Dragon to rescue the Starliner astronauts
I would say the White Sands testing did give us a surprise."
arstechnica.com
Nuff said.
Oops, my feed didn't see the new items from yesterday. Ninja'd through the aid of technology!
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Starliner returns empty on Sept. 6th. Undocking at 6pm EST and (hopefully/supposedly) landing at White Sands around midnight,
I hope it turns out to have just been "due to an abundance of caution", but TBH, I wouldn't be at all surprised if things go sideways hard...
Wish it had occurred to me a while back to do what some folks did with Skylab, and sell hardhats and T-shirts with bullseyes on them.
