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[Urabrask Revealed]

Or maybe 'approval of fellow rocket engineering and space tech' people is what we should think of it as.

Trying to make this about old politics, instead of modern cooperation and recognition of a achievement for all humanity in what Musk is doing, shows how fucking petty you are.

It was a joke, dude.

 

[Husky_Khan]

How about that all civilian space mission being undertaken by SpaceX?

Inspiration 4.

Inspiration4: The first all-civilian spaceflight on SpaceX Dragon

Jared Isaacman's privately funded trip to Earth's orbit raised lots of money for a children's research hospital.

www.space.com

 

[bintananth]

How about that all civilian space mission being undertaken by SpaceX?

Inspiration 4.

Inspiration4: The first all-civilian spaceflight on SpaceX Dragon

Jared Isaacman's privately funded trip to Earth's orbit raised lots of money for a children's research hospital.

www.space.com

Impressive.

The youngest of the four is someone NASA would never even consider sending into space unless it was a situation like in the movie Armageddon.

 

[Bacle]

 

[Bacle]

 

[Husky_Khan]

The future of internet access for Space Netizens will be provided by LASERS fired from Starlink Satellites!
(Preumably for the near future for some astronauts)

Starlink Will Use Lasers To Provide Astronauts With Internet Coverage

Starlink will enable astronauts and space travelers to access the Internet with laser satellites and older spacecraft outlines Musk.

wccftech.com

 

[Husky_Khan]

Nine hundred year old space mystery finally solved.

Back in 1181 both Chinese and Japanese astronomers spotted a light in the sky that burned as bright as Saturn. It was only visible for six months for that year and known as the 'Chinese Guest Star' which was widely believed to be one of the only nine galactic supernovas recorded in our history.

Scientists now believe they determined the cause and source of said supernova.

Nearly 900 years ago, astronomers spotted a strange, bright light in the sky. We finally know what caused it.

The origins of the ancient supernova of A.D. 1181 remained a mystery for 840 years.

www.livescience.com

 

[Laskar]

The nova is expanding at 682 miles per second.
The shock wave, the physical matter at the edge of the nova, covers the distance between New York and Atlanta in just over a second.
Wow.

 

[Bacle]

Now we'll see if the make an offer to Sir Stewart as well; to bad Nimoy isn't with us any longer.

 

[Zachowon]

Now we'll see if the make an offer to Sir Stewart as well; to bad Nimoy isn't with us any longer.

I may hate Bezos, but at least he is making stars who portrayed those in space, get a chance to actually go.
I hope he does extend it too Stewart, and perhaps the other members of the crew

 

[Bacle]

 

[Husky_Khan]

Apparently an alarm went off on the SpaceX Inspiration4x flight... In their SPACE TOILET!

Elon Musk's SpaceX Alarm Rang During Inspiration4 Trip Due to ‘Challenges’ With the Toilet; What Really Happened?

Elon Musk has admitted that there were "challenges" with the toilet during SpaceX's first totally private voyage to orbit.

www.sciencetimes.com

The toilet area apparently has a beautiful all glass dome allowing space tourists an unparalled 360 degree view of the cosmos. But due to the lack of gravity in space, the fan based mechanical waste management system for said toilet apparently blared off alarms which caused a bit of fuss during the spaceflight.

Other issues with the space flight included cold pizza and Elon Musk vowing some manner of food warmer will be provided on future flights as well as Starlink enabled wifi access.

 

[Husky_Khan]

When you gotta pull out of that perfect parking spot... IN SPAAAACE!

 

[Bacle]

 

[Bacle]

Apparently Tom Cruise is going to be going to the ISS at some point in the near future.

 

[Husky_Khan]

And they launched the 90 year old William Shatner into space just now on Amazon's Blue Origin Peniscraft.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Israel begins its month long simulation of a Mars Colony in the Desert.

Month-long Mars colony simulation starts today in an isolated crater in Israel

This leg of the experiment is part of a larger research program that started in 2018 and will run until 2028, with the goal of developing hardware...

www.techspot.com

Hopefully the local Martians won't be hostile.

 

[ATP]

Israel begins its month long simulation of a Mars Colony in the Desert.

Month-long Mars colony simulation starts today in an isolated crater in Israel

This leg of the experiment is part of a larger research program that started in 2018 and will run until 2028, with the goal of developing hardware...

www.techspot.com

Hopefully the local Martians won't be hostile.

If they want Red Planet,they should just go to Washington.There is a lot marxians now.

 

[Husky_Khan]

First planet discovered orbiting a 'dead' star, in this case a White Dwarf. The surviving planet is a gas giant 40% larger then Jupiter and for over a decade after its discovery, scientists were actually at a loss in explaining what they had found until recently. Apparently the planet survived its red giant phase, hinting at the potential far future of our Solar System.

First discovery of planet orbiting dead star provides glimpse into our solar system's future

The first-ever planet discovered orbiting a white dwarf was spotted thanks to gravitational microlensing.

www.space.com

 

[JagerIV]

What are some people's favorite blogs/reading places for space stuff? I used to really enjoy Rocketpunk Manifesto, but that's unfortunately a dead blog as it where.

Atomic Rocket is still great, but, well, slowing down.

One of the newer ones thats somewhat active I follow these days is Casey Handmer's blog, who mostly writes posts trying to clear up misconceptions about space and extrapolating SpaceX stuff.

What do other people follow?