What's happening in space (that's interesting)

Ginger_Yellow · 2019-03-08T14:02:04.391Z

Won’t know for certain until they get inside and run checks, but yeah, everything seemed to go according to plan.

Jason_Becker · 2019-03-08T14:30:39.592Z

Cool shot of the Crew Dragon streaking through the atmosphere being tracked by a NASA plane.

Dragon%20crew

Strollen · 2019-03-18T22:21:26.557Z

Despite NASA administrators, Jim Bridenstine, politics, I think he is truly passionate about the subject and not bad at PR.

Rod_Humble · 2019-03-18T22:44:11.764Z

He willingly chose work for Trump. That tells me all I need to know about him, he can fuck right off.

RichVR · 2019-03-18T23:27:59.859Z

Exactly. Trump supporters need to DIAF.

Fishbreath · 2019-03-19T02:03:32.906Z

If there’s one thing I like in my space thread, it’s joyless political scolds.

RichVR · 2019-03-19T03:40:58.978Z

Au contraire, it was quite joyful.

Timex · 2019-03-19T03:54:47.618Z

Space.com

Halo Drive: Lasers and Black Holes Could Launch Spaceships to Near Light Speed

New work imagines how to find aliens using such a drive.

schurem · 2019-03-19T07:00:34.292Z

RichVR:

Exactly. Trump supporters need to DIAF.

In my crusade against stupid internet hyperbole infecting political discourse I would propose you change your post to “Exactly. Trump supporters are among the things I reject.” Or something like that.
Die In A Fire. That’s not civilized man! You are directly implying you wish to wage war on them. Do you really?

<./thread nanny>

fire · 2019-03-19T16:19:20.194Z

Things on Mars have been exciting, if you like yet-unexplained hard drive issues. We’ve taken a few resets – first our B-side computer (which has been prime since the 200th day of surface mission, Sol 200) somehow messed up its data-products partition, so we switched to side A. Then the A-side took a couple unplanned resets. Whenever unplanned things happen to your computer on another planet, you go into high alert, so it’s been all hands on deck and we’ve been borrowing talent from other teams. We’re back on B with a freshly formatted partition and everyone’s breathing a bit easier now. The B-side is bigger (data volume wise) so it’s cushy science once again!

YakAttack · 2019-03-19T20:28:32.871Z

Let’s send him to Mars to ride the next rover, then. Is that better?

MikeJ · 2019-03-20T13:29:34.203Z

You are on the Curiosity team? That’s very cool!

schurem · 2019-03-20T13:41:19.788Z

Yes. I think it is ;)

Also, @fire has about the coolest job on this forum.

Wallapuctus · 2019-03-20T14:14:17.169Z

You officially have the best job on the forum.

When is NASA going to reveal the aliens??? :D

fire · 2019-03-22T16:50:07.810Z

AI in space! http://www.futureofbusinessandtech.com/news/how-artificial-intelligence-helps-nasa

CraigM · 2019-03-22T17:57:17.970Z

You know what I’m thinking now…

orald · 2019-03-24T00:39:40.486Z

It has been many years since I’ve seen the Aurora but the forecast for tonight looks good and we have clear skies in Southern Maine so it will be a late night

orald · 2019-03-25T16:29:56.490Z

Turned out the AB was a dud, at least in Southern Maine. Anyone else see it Saturday?

Jason_Levine · 2019-03-25T17:30:18.509Z

It showed nicely in Wisconsin.

Menzo · 2019-03-26T20:19:06.115Z

Menzo:

First we let them be superheroes and now we’re letting them out into space without a man present! What’s next?!

Well, I see The Patriarchy put a stop to the plan for an all-female spacewalk.

Gizmodo

NASA: All-Women Space Walk Is 'Inevitable,' but Sorry, Not the Right...

Astronauts on the International Space Station have completed 214 spacewalks in the past 21 years, but none have been all-women endeavors. So it was very exciting earlier this month when NASA publicized what was supposed to be the first all-female...