News from SPAAAAACE!
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So...I find this somewhat related...
Got to go to Kennedy last week, which has been a destination-goal of mine for some time now. Absolutely loved it, getting to see the shuttle and a Saturn 5 in person has long been a dream of mine.
The Saturn 5 is absolutely staggering in size...I always knew it was huge, but to see it in person is another thing.
The new'ish Atlantis exhibit was amazing...and extremely well done.
I could literally stand there for hours just staring at the fine details of the thing...especially the engines.
Got to go to Kennedy last week, which has been a destination-goal of mine for some time now. Absolutely loved it, getting to see the shuttle and a Saturn 5 in person has long been a dream of mine.
The Saturn 5 is absolutely staggering in size...I always knew it was huge, but to see it in person is another thing.
The new'ish Atlantis exhibit was amazing...and extremely well done.
I could literally stand there for hours just staring at the fine details of the thing...especially the engines.
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wow, seeing the saturn 5 rocket in person really puts in perspective the enormous amount of energy required to get to space
maybe the most efficient way to establish a sustainable off-planet outpost is to move manufacturing there.
Turn the moon into a giant rock quarry & concrete plant, use fleets of autonomous mining drones to harvest metal ore from asteroids etc.. etc..
maybe the most efficient way to establish a sustainable off-planet outpost is to move manufacturing there.
Turn the moon into a giant rock quarry & concrete plant, use fleets of autonomous mining drones to harvest metal ore from asteroids etc.. etc..
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It is mind blowing the amount of energy they had to produce to get such a tiny manned capsule into orbit. The rocket is staggeringly large, I cannot say it enough.
I've said it once and I'll say it again, Kennedy was just plain awesome...easily the highlight of my entire trip. Like many of you, I was borderline obsessed with space, NASA and space travel when I was younger.
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http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express
high res radar cross sections of the ice caps are up
+ some imaging of dry river beds
high res radar cross sections of the ice caps are up
+ some imaging of dry river beds
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China planning a moon station for about 2030.
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I still think VR is stupid, but I'd love to get some sort of VR thing with star maps etc.
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I've tested several VR headsets(including the Oculus and Vive). Actually own a Lenovo Explorer(currently at Lenovo for repairs - left eye died on it after the 4th use). Found that quality-wise, they are all about the same. Because of the "low" resolution on them, the picture quality on them, everything has this slight "blurry" look. Not to mention that "screen door effect"(basically, looks similar to looking through a screen door). If you have 20/20 vision, it's especially annoying.
What I'm getting at though... of all the current VR apps/games, the only thing that even interested me at all was Google Earth VR. I thought "that would be so cool if we could go through the universe with this!"
So 2 things. We'd need a cool 'Google Universe'(or something similar) + it would also be best to hold off on a headset until they get some 4K or 8K models out(which will also mean you'll need a beefy computer to handle it). Don't bother with any current gen VR headsets(even the new Vive), unless you already own one(doh!)
What I'm getting at though... of all the current VR apps/games, the only thing that even interested me at all was Google Earth VR. I thought "that would be so cool if we could go through the universe with this!"
So 2 things. We'd need a cool 'Google Universe'(or something similar) + it would also be best to hold off on a headset until they get some 4K or 8K models out(which will also mean you'll need a beefy computer to handle it). Don't bother with any current gen VR headsets(even the new Vive), unless you already own one(doh!)
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Water found on Mars? This could be huge.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1532527464
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1532527464
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I was excited until they said it was 1.5km underneath, just like Europa and other similar places the water is too far down through rock or an ice sheet to actually access with a probe. This stuff is a great read though I'll give you that.
Wake me up in the year 3000.
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NASA released tons of photos from the Apollo missions. Awesome stuff.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/albums/page2
https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/albums/page2
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“I’m on the surface; and, as I take man’s last step from the surface, back home for some time to come – but we believe not too long into the future – I’d like to just [say] what I believe history will record. That America’s challenge of today has forged man’s destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17.”
Eugene Cernan
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smokehouse tops it!
is i ever visit USA, kennedy center will be on the list.
yah!
as for mars, not impressed. (given that hydrogen and oxygen is two of the most common elements in the universe, the likelyhood of water being there is way too high anyway. i can think of better things the dosh can be spent on, like a manned solar system mission.)
should be there already, we do have the kit to achieve it.
is i ever visit USA, kennedy center will be on the list.
yah!
as for mars, not impressed. (given that hydrogen and oxygen is two of the most common elements in the universe, the likelyhood of water being there is way too high anyway. i can think of better things the dosh can be spent on, like a manned solar system mission.)
should be there already, we do have the kit to achieve it.
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smokehouse tops it!
is i ever visit USA, kennedy center will be on the list.
yah!
as for mars, not impressed. (given that hydrogen and oxygen is two of the most common elements in the universe, the likelyhood of water being there is way too high anyway. i can think of better things the dosh can be spent on, like a manned solar system mission.)
should be there already, we do have the kit to achieve it.
Yet you're too scared to walk to the shops.
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WTF?!
are you high?
the fuck does that have to do with the price of nuclear fuel?
shops are fine bro, and last i checked, doesn't take two to book a flight and travel alone.
are you high?
the fuck does that have to do with the price of nuclear fuel?
shops are fine bro, and last i checked, doesn't take two to book a flight and travel alone.
