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SpaceX and other space stuff
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Thanks to the Rocketcam from United Launch Alliance, we get to enjoy part of Perseverance's ride to Mars.
-Mike
-Mike
The Perseid's meteor shower is back for another return engagement.
The Perseid meteor shower, which NASA says is the best of the year, peaks on Tuesday. Here's how to catch it in the night sky.
The Perseid meteor shower, which NASA says is the best of the year, peaks on Tuesday. Here's how to catch it in the night sky.
And for you job hunters out there:
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I'd love to work for SpaceX, but I can't say I'm a fan of living in Brownsville. Harlingen, maybe.
-Mike
They are moving SN5 this morning. Look like down the road and back to the hangar.
How many satellites can you make in a month?
SpaceX is manufacturing 120 Starlink internet satellites per month.
-Mike
SpaceX is manufacturing 120 Starlink internet satellites per month.
-Mike
This is why Elon Musk is absolutely despised by astronomers, and astronomy photographers.
It's completely buggering up the night sky.
I've always enjoyed watching satellites, but it really is getting ridiculous now.
That's why they've put the "sun shades" on the last couple of batches of satellites. It's getting to the point, or will soon, that there'll be a need for "traffic cops" in low Earth orbit as well as a "sanitation department" to clean up space junk.
Yeah, the umbrellas are a start, but may just make the bigger problem invisible - so it's probably a P.R. win, until somebody else figures out a solution.
I know there's been chatter about using nukes to clean up the debris, but I can't really see that being feasible.
They are taking SN6 out of the building right now. SN6 is on the left.
The Europeans are all over it:
ESA commissions world’s first space debris removal.
For my next job, I want to be the guy who gets to fire this thing: Debris-Capturing Harpoon Fires in Space for the First Time | Space.
-Mike
Except that rather than being a remotely controlled drone, there's just you, and a 6 month supply of toilet paper, pulling harpoon duty, and floating around space in a washing machine - until your replacement arrives for their 6 month Nantucket sleigh ride.
Except, there are no replacements and you are just cloned to ad infinitum.
