Space and Science BS Thread

The fix is EZ. All Elon has to do is hop on twatter say they're the cause and drop the phone number and email of the FAA. When they get a few thousand phone calls a day for a few weeks they'll bump his case up in priority and accelerate all the processes.

 

(Me watching that play out.)

 

Failure isn’t just an option, it’s fundamental to acquiring knowledge. When something works you don’t learn nearly as much as when it doesn’t. The trick is getting the right lesson learned and not being afraid to try again.

 

He's already publicly criticized the FAA several times. All he has to do is take it up another notch, and I'm sure them trying to delay him for 6 months could be just that tipping point.

 

His job is to push. It’s somebody else’s job to say wait a minute.

 

The beginning of US-Soviet/Russian ops in space:

https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1416556074686160900?s=21

 

The accomplishments of the Gemini Program are often forgotten.

https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1416759727573381125?s=21

 

Funny what the mind remembers- thought you might be interested in this @Gunshot-6A

https://twitter.com/natreconofc/status/1416856556252147720?s=21

 

Thanks for sharing. Ill see if I can squeeze that in my calendar

 

Doug Hurley retired from NASA:
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/trailblazing-astronaut-doug-hurley-retires-from-nasa

 

I saw that earlier today. Wonder if the line to fly again was the writing on the wall or if he was just ready to retire.

 

Wouldn’t surprise me if Axiom or other commercial enterprise scoops him up. If not to fly, at least in a consulting position.

 

Yup! Thought crossed my mind. Good money for him, good PR for ____ company & not always in a T38 hopping meeting to meeting/more nights in his bed.

 

Catching up

Private astronauts is old news. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Tito Pretty sure everyone agrees he was an astronaut in some sense of the word. Wasn't crew, but definitely went into space.

Hubble - um, no, the ISS is useless in that regards. To go from ISS orbit to hubble orbit, you need to match altitude and flight direction - which costs just about as much dV as just launching from the ground to the right instantaneous orbit in the first place.
Dragon has had no EVAs to date. 'Best' plan is to send up an airlock+workshop+spacesuit module to the right place, (say, modded cygnus) then send up a dragon to dock and crew it. It's pretty old tech, though, and there really isn't a good replacement for it in the works.

Unfortunately not. NEPA is pretty defined law and the FAA is required to abide by it's processes.

 

https://twitter.com/esa_history/status/1417050830780391426?s=21

 

If you’re on Twitter, there’s a account called Relive Apollo 11. Tweets synched up to when events happened during the mission.

All sorts of info:
Rest periods, vehicle speed, mid course corrections, news reports to the astronauts, other stuff such as

https://twitter.com/reliveapollo11/status/1417122808841310212?s=21

 

Anyone watching the booster static fire?

 

Thanks- tuning in now

 

https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1417275445083480073?s=21


https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1417274819461095432?s=21


That thing is going to be spectacular when it goes…

 

It was awesome to watch. I saw it as it happened...didn't even blink for 30 seconds!