Space and Science BS Thread

And can we not fuck it up like we are doing this planet.

 

In all actuality if we eventually develop the tech needed to colonize another planet, especially if that includes terraforming it, we would have the capability to just fix this planet and stay here.

 

We need giant carbon scrubbers like they have in the ISS that takes the CO2 out of the air and breaks it down into gaseous Oxygen and solid carbon. The carbon is then turned into nanotube fibers which is then turned into a steel and wood building material replacement.

Side note: Trucks are then made out of carbon, weighing 2/3rds less but twice as strong and flexible. With electric motors, these Eco-trucks start an off-reading craze that leads to more trails. With the increase of global oxygen levels, animals become bigger and the squirrelosaurus becomes a thing.

Squirrelosaurus season is Dec 15 to Feb 15th.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4_x02DXXdc&feature=em-uploademail
A quick shot of a partially(it looks) rebuilt Wallops Launch facility,,after the Antares crashed back to the pad in 2014. Still some scorch wounds there. Right at :35 in.

 

Hope it makes it also,,pray for a good booster. I have a tough time with the folded towel sun shield. Tension lines and mini reels, and flimsy looking appendages that we hope fold out like they are supposed to. I know,,the best and brightest are working on it and they have done more with less, and I duly give credit,,but,,a golden piece of corn floating in space on a used napkin. I am guessing there wont ever be a servicing mission to it. 1 roll of the dice,,make it count.

 

Well that's really cool on a friday night for me.

 

That's awesome.

 

Not space but pretty cool science story I saw last night on our news

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/water-waste-electricity-austin-wang-1.3639542

 

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Blue Origin is launching (and hopefully landing) their New Sheppard rocket for the fourth time today at 9:45 EDT. They will have a live webcast covering the event.

They aren't in the same league or category as Elon Musk's Space X, but their innovative design and the fact that this is all privately funded is very impressive. Just FYI, Jeff Bezos is the CEO for Amazon so if you have ever purchased anything on Amazon, you have probably help funded this in some small way.

I have seen footage of previous launches and have even been to their West Texas launch site which is about 25 miles north of Van Horn (middle of no where) Texas, and witnessed a test firing of the BE-3 engine they are currently using. Pretty cool stuff. Friendly, and ironically down to earth people too.

https://www.blueorigin.com/

 

Watched it live. My new Bogs shoes I bought thru AZ Prime last week funded probably 1/100,000,000,000th of a sec worth of flight time,,maybe. One things for sure,,it lands alot better than the Space X machinery. Gives me the heebie jeebies when I see the Falcon come screaming back down and then grabbing the E-brake, which flopped again recently. Gotta watch those Amazon Prime deals. Some are screaming cheap and really good,,but some are a giant ripoff and they are starting to outweigh the good deals. Done with the Prime I think. There was a job listing on Blue Origin for a heavy haul driver,,but someone snapped it up before I could apply.

 

Full burn test,,in 24 min I believe. All 5 segments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEKuifxqvbI

 

The drama queens at Nasa put this one together. 3000 miles above the cloudtops. A east to west coast trip basically. 3 days to drive that,,if you pedal down (Have drove upper Penn to PNW in 3 days). Damn close to that rock slinger. I expect LOS on the 4th. any takers?.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgEsf4QcR0Q

 

Awesome.

 

Been working in an clients office all week with a bunch of people that steadfastly hold to climate change being an utter fabrication and science is bullshit....I'm losing my fucking mind here people.

 

what do they do for a living?

 

It's a hot tub store

 

https://youtu.be/tHJUVDL68iw

 

It's unreal how much radiation Jupiter puts out.

 

Juno attains Jupiter orbit.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...t-juno-craft-into-jupiters-orbit-monday-night

 

Today is Juno's turning point,,now it heads back twoards Jupiter in it's capture orbit.