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08-10-2018, 03:18 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Utrecht
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Or dive straight into the photosphere for a balmy 5.000 degrees. Still confuses me: the inside it millions of degrees, then 5.000 degrees at the surface (photosphere), and then back up to a few million ..
like the eye of a storm
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08-10-2018, 03:39 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: GTA
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I was reading about the solar probe on Popular Mechanics and this image caught my eye.... puts things into perspective.... better keep these on..
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08-10-2018, 04:21 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: West of the Mississippi
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Thank goodness for distance and a magnetic field.
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09-30-2018, 08:39 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Japan’s asteroid hopping vehicles are providing some interesting photos
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason...test-pics.html
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The worst decisions are usually made in times of anger and impatience.
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09-30-2018, 08:44 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Location: Conroe, Texas
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10-01-2018, 06:19 AM
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Thanks for the links. Hats off to JAXA, this is quite an achievement. Odd how it really isn't playing that big here in the US.
It makes sense that the future of unmanned space exploration will be smaller vehicles. Think of all the things you cell phone can do, and how inexpensive (comparatively) it would be to send dozens of them to a planet or asteroid, instead of one big lander.
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10-01-2018, 06:32 AM
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Moderator
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10-01-2018, 08:48 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptTom
Thanks for the links. Hats off to JAXA, this is quite an achievement. Odd how it really isn't playing that big here in the US.
It makes sense that the future of unmanned space exploration will be smaller vehicles. Think of all the things you cell phone can do, and how inexpensive (comparatively) it would be to send dozens of them to a planet or asteroid, instead of one big lander.
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Not really... lots of political things that are sucking up all the oxygen....
But I did see a story when it first landed...
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10-04-2018, 05:46 AM
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The space age began 61 years ago today with the launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite. Only 58 cm (23 in) in diameter, it changed our world dramatically when it started broadcasting a signal with a one watt transmitter.
The first US satellite, Explorer 1, was launched almost four months later. It was smaller, lighter, more highly instrumented, and much more useful scientifically, but the Soviets had taken the lead and maintained it for a long time.
Both nations had announced their intention of launching a satellite during the International Geophysical Year, so Sputnik wasn’t exactly a surprise, except for the timing.
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10-05-2018, 12:19 PM
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My old stompin grounds are landing a SpaceX rocket on the west coast.
https://www.vandenberg.af.mil/
Miss them rockets! Whoa!
SLC-4W, The public can view this launch from the Hawk's Nest on Azalea Lane off of Hwy 1 just a half mile south of Vandenberg Air Force Base's main gate.
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10-05-2018, 01:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Texas Proud
Not really... lots of political things that are sucking up all the oxygen....
But I did see a story when it first landed...
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I don't find a lot of the exploits of the Chinese space program or their taikonauts gets a lot of coverage in the West either, except from specialty sources.
In the meantime, does this Amazon Blue Origin announcement mean that my next delivery will get even more lost than my last one.....
LET’S GO TO THE MOON
https://www.blueorigin.com/news/news...us-at-iac-2018
"We’re in the conceptual design phase of a large lunar lander that will provide that access called Blue Moon."
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10-08-2018, 10:30 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kgtest
My old stompin grounds are landing a SpaceX rocket on the west coast.
https://www.vandenberg.af.mil/
Miss them rockets! Whoa!
SLC-4W, The public can view this launch from the Hawk's Nest on Azalea Lane off of Hwy 1 just a half mile south of Vandenberg Air Force Base's main gate.
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We share ‘old stompin grounds’...I worked on SLC-3E, which is still used for Atlas launches.
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10-08-2018, 10:42 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Vandenberg AFB, CA
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Me too, former SpaceX payload lead. So REALLY my stompin grounds for this one....
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10-08-2018, 10:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptTom
Thanks for the links. Hats off to JAXA, this is quite an achievement. Odd how it really isn't playing that big here in the US.
It makes sense that the future of unmanned space exploration will be smaller vehicles. Think of all the things you cell phone can do, and how inexpensive (comparatively) it would be to send dozens of them to a planet or asteroid, instead of one big lander.
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Totally agree. Especially deep space. Much easier (and practical) to get a 10 Kg mass going >.1 speed of light than a 1000 Kg object. And we need that kind of speed to get to the nearest star within the life time of the engineers who developed it.
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10-08-2018, 10:58 AM
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No need to be located in the immediate vicinity, the viewing zone is wide.
DW and I were sitting out in our northern California driveway enjoying the early evening sky when the first stage booster made the loop through our airspace.
We were unaware of the Space X launch so needless to say, a pretty cool surprise.
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10-08-2018, 01:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Huston55
Quote:
Originally Posted by kgtest
My old stompin grounds are landing a SpaceX rocket on the west coast.
https://www.vandenberg.af.mil/
Miss them rockets! Whoa!
SLC-4W, The public can view this launch from the Hawk's Nest on Azalea Lane off of Hwy 1 just a half mile south of Vandenberg Air Force Base's main gate.
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We share ‘old stompin grounds’...I worked on SLC-3E, which is still used for Atlas launches.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rocketjockey
Me too, former SpaceX payload lead. So REALLY my stompin grounds for this one....
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I also worked on construction of LC-40 @ Cape Canaveral; formerly for Titan vehicles & now also a SpaceX launch site. Small world.
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10-08-2018, 02:07 PM
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Do these bring back memories. I took them from a private rail car hooked to the Coast Starlight.
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10-08-2018, 02:18 PM
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#758
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10-08-2018, 02:18 PM
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INDEED!
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10-11-2018, 06:09 PM
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60 years ago today was the first manned Apollo flight (Apollo 7) and the first American manned flight in almost 2 years due to the Apollo 1 fire. The frequency of flights to follow in the coming year and the strides taken would be truly amazing. Heady days.
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