Space and Science BS Thread

Huh, no further investigation..

https://spectrum.ieee.org/space-station-accident-needs-independant-investigation

 

Olympics in space
https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/8/22615422/astronauts-esa-jaxa-space-olympics-iss-tokyo-paris

 

SMRT

https://twitter.com/ercxspace/status/1424473919508131840?s=21


(Starship Missionary Refueling Technique)

 

They better wrap it or there's a risk a Dragon capsule a few months later.

 

If they don't play marvin gaye over the live stream when they attempt this for the first time, i'll be very disappointed.

 

Scott Manley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lsbi-bVfk0

 

SpaceX civilian mission training
https://time.com/6083975/inside-spacex-crew-dragon-spacecraft/

 

He says, “Aluminum” funny. He he, he he

 

Technically, we’re the ones that got lazy about pronunciation since “i “ is really there. You don’t say Helum, Selenum, Lithum, Sodum, etc.

 

I say “num” as the fourth syllable when I say “Aluminum”.

There’s no ‘i’ before the second ‘u’.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aluminum


Edit:
I guess this is open for debate:
https://eagle-aluminum.com/what-is-the-difference-between-aluminum-and-aluminium/

 

I like the sound of aluminium more but aluminum is so ingrained I can't stop myself from saying it.

 

https://youtu.be/3DCLhjLJQQI

 

Noah Webster was an American so of course he went with local usage and that’s what ended up in schools here. Translations and definitions are often at the whim of the translator/publisher. The rest of the world uses “ium”. Different periodic tables use one or the other. Being American I use aluminum but had I stayed in British schools any longer it could have been otherwise. A few more years and I might have been grounded in the metric system, that would’ve been worth getting teased over the odd emphasis and an extra “i “ when we moved back. The one that is truly lame is the use of nucular instead of nuclear. When supposedly well educated people use it, I begin to doubt their prowess.

 

This has been a concern of mine for a while- glad to see some coverage on it.

 

Rare naked eye nova:

https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=176928

 

Coolest tweet of the day:

https://twitter.com/haygenwarren/status/1424845387714736131?s=21


Second coolest:

https://twitter.com/astro_megan/status/1424830050034196486?s=21

 

With the insane cost NASA has been paying for KG to orbit, I'm surprised they wasted some of that on a book instead of an ipad or nook. That's a $3,000-$10,000 book now.

 

Nah, SpaceX brought that one up. It’s only $200!

 

There's also mass balancing. I remember reading an article where things like notebooks, pencils, and small personal effects would make it onto ISS supply missions as balance mass within whatever was carrying it up. Not a big deal in a space shuttle, but in some of the small autonomous ones a couple of books might be exactly what they need to balance the capsule weight once loaded. The more even the weight, the less math involved in gimbaling the launch and SAS system for a successful flight.

 

SpaceX hasn't brought it down that low yet. Their cost is still $2,700 per kg/2.2lbs to orbit.