Space and Science BS Thread

No delta-v to get there.

 

but wasnt their payload a module for it?

 

No, just had on-orbit experiments in the payload bay. Columbia actually never went to the ISS, apparently because it was heavier than the other orbiters and thus wasn't suited to achieve higher inclination orbits needed to reach ISS.

 

Speaking of sat stuff, the chinese seem to be gaining sat to sat docking capabilities.

https://spacenews.com/chinas-shijian-21-spacecraft-docked-with-and-towed-a-dead-satellite/

 

@PzTank, I mentioned earlier but "Into the Black" is another good read. Plus Dick Truly cowrote it.

 

Thanks! I have a growing stack of books I need to read and that’s one of them .

 

It was the second to last, non-ISS flight. Old school launch, do some stuff then land.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-107
(Take note of the comments about STS-27)

The last non-ISS flight was the last Hubble Service Mission - STS-125. See the STS-400 link within:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-125

 

I admit I've cheated a bit: I have chunks of work (i.e. weeks) that I may be "babysitting" assays all day that require me to "squeeze" in ~1hr of work into a 9-10hr day. Gets pretty monotonous when that is the work. But I'm working within a biosecurity area so no books allowed in. However, my phone and ear buds are so audiable is a life saver. Probably 65% of my books are physical but there quite a few I have on "tape" to get me through!

 

Seems like I4 was years ago…

https://twitter.com/arceneauxhayley/status/1488653960676270080?s=21

 

The company that never stops..
https://twitter.com/gregscott_photo/status/1488659761365139459?s=21

 

^Can confirm and in typical X fashion that entire facility and what sits west of it is shielded from passerbys view by trees.

The satellite manufacturer Terran is also clearing, grading, leveling for a huge facility going in directly next to the old Shuttle Landing Facility. Lots of action rn at KSC.

 

All this innovation and new builds and space travel, I figure this is how everyone felt in the 60's.

 

So the thinking is, “the third decade is the most productive, let’s deorbit it by the fourth.”

https://www.space.com/nasa-international-space-station-plan-final-years-2030

Who knows what kind of accessibility we might have in 8 years? What capabilities to rehab or replace aging components?

 

https://twitter.com/spacedotcom/status/1488877601070493701?s=21

 

Meanwhile:
https://twitter.com/spcplcyonline/status/1488909740579110917?s=21

 

SLS vs Starship .. which flies first!

 

Starship.

 

The race is ON:
https://twitter.com/spacewatchgl/status/1488912658933891073?s=21