Space General Space News, Image and Discussion Thread
- Thread starter AndrewJTalon
- Start date
Morphic Tide
Well-known member
You can see the moon's shadow in the sky and where the sun still shines...
bintananth
behind a desk
I'm amazed by just how resilient, versatile, and long-lived the Hubble space telescope is. It was launched in 1990 with an improperly shaped mirror and last serviced by Astronauts in May '09. It still has a lot of life left.
It gave us this:
Hubble Ultra-Deep Field - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
The light it recorded was emitted from stars long before the stars which died to create the nebula the Sun came from started shining.
A comet has been speeding toward Earth for 35,000 years and this month will be your one and only chance to see it before it leaves the Solar System forever
Earth is receiving an icy visitor this month and if you're a generous host then you'll go outside to greet it before it disappears forever:
notthebee.com
bintananth
behind a desk
257bar is roughly 3,725psi. That's comparable to the water pressure a Seawolf-class submarine encounters at the published Test Depth. Unlike a submarine, a rocket motor is containing and directing a fire that's trying to melt the motor.
bintananth
behind a desk
Your tax dollars at play. That little stunt cost NASA tens of thousands of dollars just to get the suit up there.
Robovski
Well-known member
Tax money well spent. Beats the crap out of blowing up a wedding or more Biden diapers.
You know what though...it'll get more play amongst the population than pretty much any experiment they do. It may also help motivate kids and others to get involved in space.
So, money well spent!
So, money well spent!
Hey, blowing up a wedding is not that bad.
Dresden was worse
Dude. Seriously?
No I'm not serious.Dude. Seriously?
