Space and Science BS Thread

If you guys want any Crew-9 merch check it out..

www.promoplace.com/nasapromo

 

I like that mission patch...

 

https://x.com/polarisprogram/status/1813926194510786670?s=46

 

Seeing it in writing really drives it home:
https://x.com/contactlight69/status/1814002466020880795?s=46

 

we still need an eva suit for the lunar surface.

 

Another 9 years to a second 65 years. I think even with advances elsewhere we still needed massive improvement in material sciences & manufacturing in order to make the next major leap forward. It kinda reminds me of the video message Howard Stark left for his son Tony in Iron Man II. He could see the way forward but the science wasn’t ready yet. We’re getting way better alloys to work with and the means with 3D printing to fabricate things undreamed of before. I think textile development will prove to be another key element in suits and inflatable hab manufacturing.

 

I think you're right. 3D printing buildings is nearly a mature process. The science of being able to make "cement" out of moon dust as well as printing in a lower gravity environment aren't there yet.

We know how to make nanotubes, but the technology to mass produce them cheaply isn't there yet.

 

Quickly scrolling through the feed and thought this was a mash up of Copernicus holding a model of Pluto…
https://x.com/esa_history/status/1814249713975079246?s=46

It’s been a week….

 

Happy International Moon Day:
https://x.com/esa_history/status/1814592205362696223?s=46

 

Three years later, NASA was walking on the moon:
https://x.com/contactlight69/status/1814793685084836017?s=46

The learning curve was amazing.

Both would go on to be CMPs - Young would be the first to be the loneliest man in the universe on Apollo 10, Collins the second on 11. Collins get all the credit

 

https://x.com/andysaunders_1/status/1815035004646260755?s=46

Such a cool photo!

 

Couldn’t take it anymore…. Musk is unfollowed. I’m sure others I follow will repost any awsome content

Speaking of awesome content…
https://x.com/nasakennedy/status/1815023928198279177?s=46

 

https://x.com/nasaclimate/status/1815424067547045974?s=46

 

Good luck to ABL…
https://x.com/derekdotspace/status/1815477232821035412?s=46

 

An amazing opportunity!
https://x.com/nasa/status/1815496709310452006?s=46

 

https://x.com/rookisaacman/status/1815084815156498442?s=46

 

Oh yeah, they’re still up there
https://x.com/carbon_flight/status/1816432633930252657?s=46

 

https://x.com/spacex/status/1816599382202155101?s=46
https://x.com/spacex/status/1816599564402737658?s=46
From the ARS Rocket Report:
Falcon 9 rocket is back. Less than two weeks after SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket experienced an upper stage failure, the company is preparing a return to flight this weekend. In a statement posted Thursday evening, SpaceX explained the anomaly: "During the first burn of Falcon 9’s second stage engine, a liquid oxygen leak developed within the insulation around the upper stage engine. The cause of the leak was identified as a crack in a sense line for a pressure sensor attached to the vehicle’s oxygen system. This line cracked due to fatigue caused by high loading from engine vibration and looseness in the clamp that normally constrains the line."

FAA says fly away ... The problem has been addressed following a rapid investigation by the company and Federal Aviation Administration. "For near term Falcon launches, the failed sense line and sensor on the second stage engine will be removed," the company said. "The sensor is not used by the flight safety system and can be covered by alternate sensors already present on the engine. The design change has been tested at SpaceX’s rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas, with enhanced qualification analysis and oversight by the FAA." The earliest possible launch date for the return-to-flight Starlink mission is early Saturday morning. (submitted by EllPeaTea)


I’m surprised X would have an unneeded component in the F9 at this point.

Also:
https://x.com/stephenclark1/status/1816621144134324505?s=46

 

https://x.com/nasa/status/1816532829657866259?s=46

This could be game changing….