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[Duke Nukem]

The astronauts just docked at the space station l.

As usual there's Religious whackjobs coming out the woodwork on the livechat streams of it.

 

[Duke Nukem]

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I was pretty pessimistic about this moon mission when it was first announced , but it's looking more and more promising as time goes on

 

[LTR]

Something cool I found. Also thematic with how damn hot it is outside.



Need to install one in my backyard. The kids will love it!

 

[Duke Nukem]

Something cool I found. Also thematic with how damn hot it is outside.



Need to install one in my backyard. The kids will love it!

i bet that would feel amazing.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Mark your calendars, it's only a week away. NASA and SpaceX are making more history for the return flight in a week!

NASA to Provide Coverage of Astronauts’ Return from Space Station on SpaceX Commercial Crew Test Flight - NASA

Editor’s Note: Updated on Aug. 1, 2020 to show a new splashdown time of 2:48 p.m. EDT on Aug. 2 and new NASA Administrator

www.nasa.gov

 

[Husky_Khan]

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance launches this week

Perseverance will leave our world behind on Thursday (July 30).

www.space.com

Vroom! Vroom!

 

[Sir 1000]

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance launches this week

Perseverance will leave our world behind on Thursday (July 30).

www.space.com

Vroom! Vroom!

Wonder if it will have as long a lifespan s that one that lasted so long? Opportunity i think it was?

 

[Abhorsen]

My company (that I just started at) is one of the 3 companies that was selected by NASA to develop the human moon landers.

 

[Urabrask Revealed]

My company (that I just started at) is one of the 3 companies that was selected by NASA to develop the human moon landers.

Oh, that sounds cool. Is just mentioning your company works on it okay, or are you under a strict NDA?

 

[Abhorsen]

Oh, that sounds cool. Is just mentioning your company works on it okay, or are you under a strict NDA?

I mean, it's in news stories, so it's a little late for an NDA to help. They are advertising it though. I just went through most of the security training on what I can and can't say.

 

[Urabrask Revealed]

I mean, it's in news stories, so it's a little late for an NDA to help. They are advertising it though. I just went through most of the security training on what I can and can't say.

Cool, cool. I wonder if they already have some novel ideas or if they just want to replicate the thing they used for the first moonlanding with some improvements.

 

[Doomsought]

Cool, cool. I wonder if they already have some novel ideas or if they just want to replicate the thing they used for the first moonlanding with some improvements.

I think they will want more cargo capacity with a moon colony being a goal. Alternatively a dedicated cargo lander.

 

[Flintsteel]

Wonder if it will have as long a lifespan s that one that lasted so long? Opportunity i think it was?

Longer. Perseverance is a mostly-duplicate of Curiosity, and as such is both much larger that Spirit and Opportunity and, critically, RTG-powered rather than solar, which helps a whole lot.

 

[Sir 1000]

Longer. Perseverance is a mostly-duplicate of Curiosity, and as such is both much larger that Spirit and Opportunity and, critically, RTG-powered rather than solar, which helps a whole lot.

Hmmm i wouldn't count the chickens just yet with mars history of eating probes and rovers.

 

[Flintsteel]

Well, we truly have entered a new age: "Thank you for flying SpaceX."

 

[Husky_Khan]

Yeah it is kind of a huge deal. The mission came around full circle and everything. America can do manned space flight again instead of depending on the lameass Russians... for f'ing sake it's about time.

 

[Bacle]

So Starship SN-5 in prep for 150 m hop attempt.

Here's a link to the stream:

 

[Husky_Khan]

Hippity Hoppity, Starship was ready!

 

[Husky_Khan]

NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Joins First Operational Boeing Crew Mission to Space Station - NASA

NASA has assigned astronaut Jeanette Epps to NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1 mission, the first operational crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft

www.nasa.gov

Looks like Boeing is next up to send a (wo)manned mission to Space! A six month vacation to the International Space Mission sometime next year.

 

[Husky_Khan]

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday that was historic for two reasons

Weather was iffy right up until the last few minutes before liftoff.

arstechnica.com

Has it really only been a hundred launches for SpaceX? Seems like more.

Anyways quite the milestone.