Space and Science BS Thread

Dextre getting props!
https://twitter.com/csa_asc/status/1634547220052598784?s=46&t=5A3cPgAlEafE4uvJyi2ymQ

 

Link to crew 5 splashdown coverage
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KWXbOtjPXNQ&ved=2ahUKEwiKl4KrjNT9AhXth-4BHcINDOkQwqsBegQIDBAE&usg=AOvVaw1UlTRIuOQSm4VZIpI8phMh

 

Love this pic…
https://twitter.com/nasahistory/status/1634577424569466883?s=46&t=APfsYmJJavwF38VcQT2S5g

 

Anyone on the Gulf Coast?
https://twitter.com/nasa/status/1634636242972205057?s=46&t=Ea6On-dEkOn9JUaouHqbCQ

 

https://twitter.com/thebrucehuff/status/1634737586588590080?s=46&t=Wnti7_sC690BU2do-gq4yQ
https://twitter.com/nasa/status/1634737207763148801?s=46&t=Wnti7_sC690BU2do-gq4yQ

 

They should outfit Arecibo with a net to catch dragon capsules.

 

I don’t see Nelson offering to eat a hat if Artemis III doesn’t land in 2025

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1635283787813892100?s=46&t=cZSBohDbD6-Kn_jxhTx2Zw

 

https://twitter.com/nasa/status/1633844606600384514?s=46&t=i8LVpf15qWuMjbJJppRaAg

 

Wow… looking for corroborating stories…
https://twitter.com/revishvilig/status/1635343338344972288?s=46&t=i8LVpf15qWuMjbJJppRaAg

I think the link here is behind a paywall but he’s pretty knowledgeable:
https://twitter.com/russianspaceweb/status/1635386687894462465?s=46&t=i8LVpf15qWuMjbJJppRaAg

 

With the catwalk enclosed I expect they’ll now cover the plumbing below it inside and out leaving holes for the deluge/detonation nozzles already on the OLM.

 

I guess they won’t admit 2024 A2 is out until they have to even though they don’t expect to have the flight systems recertified in time. If A2 is pushed to 2025 that probably bumps A3 to 2026 at best. Since A4 is block 1B it needs the upgraded mobile launcher which isn’t built yet. With that and Gateway as necessary components 2028 seems reasonable since by then they’ll be rotating flight systems on alternate missions instead of sequentially as with A1&A2. I’ll be surprised if they can keep to any schedule they post though, it’s not an endeavor where you can make up for lost time and there are always things that push you back. Personally I’d really like to see a Sierra Space inflatable module incorporated into Gateway. It seems an ideal test case.

 

Surprised it made it through without any graffiti
https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1635439571243614208?s=46&t=i8LVpf15qWuMjbJJppRaAg

 

Or Snoop Dog making the engines smoke.

 

Next mission to the Jupiter system launches with the month
https://twitter.com/dlr_en/status/1635636770900439040?s=46&t=mv7ZtvzKvTVI2XGpw0P5HQ

 

I think the Falcon 9 has achieved operational status:
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1635800924286492674?s=46&t=4MVjCQB1U-60GRGyIwZ5ag
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1635802875623522304?s=46&t=4MVjCQB1U-60GRGyIwZ5ag
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1635803956533399553?s=46&t=4MVjCQB1U-60GRGyIwZ5ag

 

Stunning pic of the evening:
https://twitter.com/nasa/status/1635702717992632323?s=46&t=4MVjCQB1U-60GRGyIwZ5ag
https://twitter.com/nasawebb/status/1635702853732802560?s=46&t=4MVjCQB1U-60GRGyIwZ5ag
https://twitter.com/nasawebb/status/1635702855267938308?s=46&t=4MVjCQB1U-60GRGyIwZ5ag

 

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1635795158934634496?s=46&t=4MVjCQB1U-60GRGyIwZ5ag

 

Ax-3 will probably happen before the first operational Starliner mission
https://twitter.com/spcplcyonline/status/1635797093347479553?s=46&t=C19JcogGA8UCAQynNYm88w

 

Welcome home bois!

 

I remember when they were "neck and neck" with SpaceX for the first crewed mission. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if Dear Moon happened before Starliner.