Space and Science BS Thread

Starlink geofenced? Maybe not so much..

https://arstechnica.com/information...starlink-broadband-for-cars-boats-and-planes/

 

One step closer to actually building Lars and Beru Skywalker's water farm.

https://youtu.be/5m7cpxxtPTk

 

Doesn't look like they have applied any womp rat protection though.

 

I'm pretty sure the geofencing is temporary. They don't need people in the southern hemisphere giving bad reviews before they deploy satellites down there.

 

There have been numerous attempts at this. The science is sound, the results are no where near the advertising though. 11 gallons tends to be in high humidity areas, with the desert areas producing ounces per day.

 

Oh boy, here we go...

https://arstechnica.com/science/202...-will-work-together-to-build-a-lunar-station/

The ISS won’t look like it does now in 5 years...

 

They say that now. No telling what the political or spacelift landscape will look like in 5 years, especially with all the recent private developments.

 

Exactly.

My point being if Russia and the US drift apart, they won’t be interested in keeping the ISS as is. There are plans in the works to separate modules and other structures.

 

WATCH LIVE: STARLINK MISSION

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, March 9 for launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous window is at 9:58 p.m. EST, or 2:58 UTC on March 10.

The Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster supporting this mission previously supported launch of NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, and a Starlink mission. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, which will be located in the Atlantic Ocean. One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously flew on the ANASIS-II and SXM-7 missions, and the other half previously supported launch of Sentinel-6A.

You can watch the launch webcast live starting about 15 minutes before liftoff.

This week, the Starlink team is excited to launch service in Germany and New Zealand for the first time, and expand its existing service in the UK. Learn more about our international coverage on our webcast, or visit starlink.com to see if Starlink is available in your area.

 

Not bad. Just priced it for my address, ~$500 for HW, $99 per mo for 50 MBS service (When service becomes available).

 

FIFY

 

I should have deleted the last 2 sentences in my post.

I only intended to post about the launch, not advertise for their service.

 

$130,000 for an hour of time? I wonder how much the astronauts get...

https://spacenews.com/nasa-hikes-prices-for-commercial-iss-users/

Seems a bit out of touch to me. Maybe NASA’s trying to recover what they can while they can

 

iirc they plan to retire the ISS soon anyways.

If Starship (and theoretically others) prove they can do what we hope, the reality is that space will be opened up at a price that private investors/corporations would be willing to spend. Private space stations and private moon bases with laboratory spaces that could be rented/leased to government agencies, and rooms that could be rented to tourists. A lot of people envision huge domes, but I think it will be more like sports arenas. Huge multi-floor buildings with tons of spaces for rent for businesses, low-g manufacturing, and tourism, and maybe the top floor with retractable roof for agriculture/nature.

 

60 Minutes women in NASA story turns into Falcon Heavy vs SLS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IijMSgCZV_4

 

Garver hits the nail on the head more times than I can count in this video... There's so much I could say, but I don't need a 30 day vacation. I will say this though. Out of the many shops that I've worked at, only one has made parts for ULA. Several have made parts for Spacex. Talking to fellow employees about their experience, it's pretty much identical. It's almost as if those jobs those representatives are fighting for in their districts, only go to their friends/supporters/moneylaunderers. Sure it COULD be that they use a lot less parts, because they launch a lot less rockets/satellites/rovers. But that doesn't explain 23 Billion over original budget for a single project.

 

The single use of the SMEs is as obscene as the $$ overruns.

How can any engineer or scientist ethically sign off on that?

Criminals, the whole lot of them.

 

Lost track of the date....

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1369926878497181696?s=20


Another successful launch, landing and deployment

 

If you want to be outraged look into the F-35 program. Plenty of creative accounting in that program.