Space In General
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Ah.
I can’t even microwave mine, because they explode. Tried more than once of course, until my Mom yelled at me for destroying whatever this whole set is called that she gave me from… I can’t remember, but they’re so old, you can’t microwave them.
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I can’t even microwave mine, because they explode. Tried more than once of course, until my Mom yelled at me for destroying whatever this whole set is called that she gave me from… I can’t remember, but they’re so old, you can’t microwave them.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 is grounded pending investigation of the 2nd-stage failure last Thursday, in which the second stage engine blew up instead of re-igniting to circularize the orbit. The Starlink satellites will be lost to re-entry, as they do not have enough thrust to raise themselves into their intended orbit from where they are, and "where they are" is experiencing atmospheric drag, enough to drop them by 3 miles with each orbit. Elon Musk said they are uploading a control program to make an effort at raising them, but also said it's probably not going to work; they simply don't have enough thrust. The satellites will eventually burn up as their orbits decay further.
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Anyone feel spaced out on this thread?
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Boeing (actually NASA, I suppose) has abandoned efforts to bring the 2 astronauts back on the Starliner, due to safety concerns after numerous issues, including helium leaks and malfunctioning thrusters. The astronauts that it carried up in June, originally slated for 8 days on the ISS, are now trapped until Februrary, when Space-X's Crew 9 returns. 8 days being 8 months for those two...
Crew 9 will launch no earlier than late September, carrying 2 crew instead of four, to make room for the stranded Starliner astronauts on the return trip. It's also carrying empty Space-X space suits, as the Boeing suits are not compatible with the Dragon capsule.
The Starliner with return to Earth autonomously and empty sometime in September.
Crew 9 will launch no earlier than late September, carrying 2 crew instead of four, to make room for the stranded Starliner astronauts on the return trip. It's also carrying empty Space-X space suits, as the Boeing suits are not compatible with the Dragon capsule.
The Starliner with return to Earth autonomously and empty sometime in September.
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Well, Space-X lost a booster in the wee hours of yesterday morning! Landing leg collapsed as it touched down on the barge. First landing failure after 268 consecutive successful landings.
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Falcon 9 booster lost in rare unsuccessful landing
A Falcon 9 booster tipped over in a fiery landing after an Aug. 28 launch, the first unsuccessful booster landing in three and a half years by SpaceX.
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Starliner return date set for next week
An ignominious, uncrewed end to Boeing's misfire
"If it's Boeing, I'm not going." -Astronauts, probably
There's going to be a lot of analysis going on about this failure in the coming months. Spacecraft failing to do what they're designed to do is one thing when we're talking a satellite or a probe, but leaving actual people stranded is another, much more severe matter entirely.
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Even if they were to somehow miraculously fix everything they've found, for future missions they have a lot of work to do to prove it actually works. Unmanned flights, maybe unmanned supply runs to the ISS, even another unmanned moon and back. Is the cost going to be remotely worth it to Boeing? Can they even begin to cover the losses, or is it just... done?
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