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SpaceX and other space stuff
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Last Friday (the 13th) an asteroid narrowly missed Earth.
It was at the same altitude as the ISS.
Nobody noticed until Saturday (the 14th).
That's reassuring, particularly if you're aboard the ISS.
Oh well, it will get another opportunity in 10 months time...
This asteroid just skimmed Earth’s atmosphere | EarthSky.org
Last Friday (the 13th) an asteroid narrowly missed Earth.
It was at the same altitude as the ISS.
Nobody noticed until Saturday (the 14th).
That's reassuring, particularly if you're aboard the ISS.
Oh well, it will get another opportunity in 10 months time...
This asteroid just skimmed Earth’s atmosphere | EarthSky.org
I imagine anything bigger than a small coin going through the ISS would tear it to bits just as effectively?
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Looks like our Spacex launch spokesperson, Jessie Anderson, is finally going to get to to actually see a launch and landing in person! 
It could certainly punch a heck of a hole in it, and depending on what it hit, could cause a variety of chain reactions.
I don't honestly know how quickly (or the level of automation involved) an explosive decompression can be dealt with.
I remember British astronaut Michael Foale was on the Russian Mir space station, when an incident occurred that played out like a cross between Apollo 13, and the movie "Gravity".
An out of control re-supply module smashed into the space station, causing decompression, total loss of power, and for Mir to spin out of control, venting Oxygene in to space.
Foale came up with a way to mentally calculate the the rate of spin, using his thumb as a fixed reference point, against the spinning star field out the window.
Shouting instructions down the corridors of Mir, they managed to use the thrusters on their Soyuz capsule, to stabilise the space station, and reset it's orbit.
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Another batch of 60 Starlinks. Also interesting - first time a booster has flown a 7th time. Definitely getting their money's worth out of that one!
Another batch of 60 Starlinks. Also interesting - first time a booster has flown a 7th time. Definitely getting their money's worth out of that one!
I'll be marking my calendar for this one, thank you.
Two of the coolest things I've ever seen were Jupiter and Saturn through the fancy boy telescope I used to own. Totally amazing getting to see that 'in person'.
-Mike
If it's low on the southwest horizon at dusk from the US where does that put it when viewed from Downunder? It's going to be around about the longest day here at the time.
Modeling the solar system with a breakfast cup and the TV power light for the Sun and an imaginary spot for Jupiter/ Saturn below to the left it looks like we get it in the South West at dusk also?
Would it kill Yahoo to put the Siuthern Hemisphere on the memo?
Modeling the solar system with a breakfast cup and the TV power light for the Sun and an imaginary spot for Jupiter/ Saturn below to the left it looks like we get it in the South West at dusk also?
Would it kill Yahoo to put the Siuthern Hemisphere on the memo?
I agree. The "world wide" web should, in fact be that. If there's a planetarium in NZ you could check with them. Or with a college or university that has astronomy courses.
Not sure if this belongs here, but interesting.
Helicopter pilot finds 'strange' monolith in remote part of Utah
Helicopter pilot finds 'strange' monolith in remote part of Utah
