Space and Science BS Thread

https://twitter.com/gregscott_photo/status/1478029967137165315?s=21

 

https://twitter.com/spacedotcom/status/1478414450596196353?s=21

 

Killer pic of the morning:

https://twitter.com/engineers_feed/status/1478703613501485058?s=21

 

Prolly not as exciting as a Starship prototype launching but historic nonetheless…

https://twitter.com/nasawebb/status/1478532880632590336?s=21

 

Put this in the ‘Science’ bag of the thread…

https://twitter.com/physorg_com/status/1478738061312028673?s=21

https://twitter.com/newsfromscience/status/1478765862794547204?s=21

 

The situation has deteriorated in Kazakhstan:
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/01/05/asia/kazakhstan-fuel-protests-emergency-wednesday-intl/index.html

Impact on Baikonur operations unknown.

 

https://arstechnica.com/science/202...-titanic-sls-rocket-slips-toward-summer-2022/

 

They're either going to have to have super-human turn around times to get OT1 and 2 done in '22-'23, or Artemis is going to have to hitch a ride on Starship.

 

Good idea for a poll:

Which will be human rated first?

• SLS and Orion or
• Starship HLS

 

Vote 1 for Starship

 

Maybe we should level the playing field a little... Starliner or SLS and Orion.

 

+1 for Starship

 

Oooo, that's a good one.

 

If we're saying the first time people actually fly in it, Starship HLS (and only HLS, Elon has said they want *hundreds* of launches before they put people on it for rides to/from Earth). If I had to guess, people will get back to the moon by riding Crew Dragon to orbit, transferring to a Starship for the ride to the moon, then taking an HLS-specific starship to/from the surface.
If we're saying first successful test flight after which they *say* it's ready for people, SLS. It's going to be at least a year after the first successful test flight before they actually fly people on it, but they'll say it's human rated, just because they need some sort of progress.

Oof that's a toughie. Umm ... Starliner, because they have a financial incentive to move faster, rather than SLS's incentive to go as slow as possible so as to distribute the greatest amount of pork possible.

 

SpaceX is launching in about 20 minutes

 

Gonna have to catch a replay. Hope it all goes nominally.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_ePBpwMhns

What a beautiful evening for a launch! Loved the unique trajectory. Spectacular landing on ASOG with the Sun glaring in the background (even with the pixilation)

 

The model doesn’t come with engines either

From today’s Rocket Report:


Buy your very own New Glenn rocket. Speaking of New Glenn, Blue Origin has begun selling a 108th-scale model of the rocket on its website for $445. When completed, the model stands more than 34 inches tall and has landing legs deployed.

BE-4 engines not included ... The first and second stages separate, and there is some nice detail about the upper stage with its two BE-3U engines. Intentional or not, the model does not come with BE-4 engines. I find that uncommonly amusing. (submitted by RP)

 

So you're saying it is an accurate model eh?

 

Good one .

I was thinking- what would I do with it? Tow it around my neighborhood