jpinard
4773
Russia is going to deny space to everyone now that their space program is worthless.
They admit they did it and lie about the results being no threat. Anyone with a functional brain can see this is not true, so why bother?
Menzo
4774
Gaslighting is an important part of Putin’s popularity at home. The people who support him love that he can say whatever he wants, just like those who support Trump. They both work from the same guidebook.
There’s a few parts of this video where he visualizes the orbits the debris will take. It makes more sense when you see it in motion.
jpinard
4776
Most speculate there’s over 100,000 fragments too small to track from this satellite, and it will cover the area from 350,000 to 500,000 meters. It’s insane how bad this is. A reminder of what a tiny 1/2 ounce fragment of space debris can do to a solid block of aluminum:
There’s no doubt whatsoever the Russian defense ministry considers Russian Cosmonauts “expendable”.
Elon gives a short talk and takes an hour worth of questions from the scientist of the space studies board (SSB) and BPA (board on physics and Astronomy)
Anyone who doubts that Elons really the head engineer should listen to his answer on why is the Starship stainless steel.
Which would be around what minute? I, unfortunately, do not have the time to watch the entire video…
He certainly knows his device.
Enidigm
4782
I tried, i really did try, to stay up long enough to watch the partial eclipse of the moon. I used my pocket superzoom to snag a couple photos… just managed to grab one as it began to turn. But it peaked at around 3:30am, kind of the worst possible time without staying up all night.
I had been frantically cleaning for days trying to organize my little house for Thanksgiving and have some guests, and have to get up at 5am anyway on work days,… about 1:45am was all i could do before nodding off. It was too bad, the moon was bright and very photogenic.
The idea of tracking space debris seems good, but is putting a bunch more stuff up there really the right way? I suppose if they have a really good way of making sure they don’t become more debris…
Matt_W
4784
I looked out my window at 10:30 when it was supposed to start and discovered we were completely socked in. Fog so thick I couldn’t see the houses across the street, much less the sky :( Still that way now long after it’s over.
I had a thought to wake up early for it, but a look at the sky before bedtime showed complete 100% cloud cover for me.
CraigM
4786
Rain here in Portland meant that nothing. We had clear skies Tuesday and Wednesday, but those are the only two days in weeks I recall that being the case.
Enidigm
4787
Here’s that photo. Missed by maybe an hour.
Astra’s last launch was the hall of fame material, (remember it went sideways)
But this one has to be more gratifying to the Astra team, ORBIT.
The launch is about 1:44
Launching tomorrow. It’ll take 10 months to get to the asteroid, though.
Very cool. The launch complex has an almost amature rocket club vibe about it, with the chain link fence around the pad, a corrugated shipping container and cables splayed out over the ground.
