The Space Thread

[sadchild]

Because in space, no one can hear Chad scream.

POST OF THE MONTH AWARD!

Wow, if Nickelback performed in space. All the stars would come out to see them

A solid follow-up tho.

At a Nickelback concert you only wish you could be sucked into space.

Their music sucks ................ you out into space

 

[Wolf]

Their music sucks ................ you out into space

Really, I thought their music does something in your mouth?

 

[sadchild]

Since I have no desire to listen to that song, I'll just assume it was written about this:

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I can see now why Wolfie likes them.

 

[Wolf]

Sounds like you guys might be jealous?

 

[scotchandcigar]

NASA's DART mission will slam into an asteroid's moon today

A NASA spacecraft will deliberately crash into a tiny asteroid on Monday. The collision between the DART spacecraft and the asteroid Dimorphos is expected at 7:14 p.m. ET.

www.cnn.com

 

[Wolf]

Be interesting what happens. I still think they should send Bruce Willis drilling crew.

 

[sadchild]

TIL asteroids have moons

 

[scotchandcigar]

If you go to Google and enter "NASA Dart Mission", when the search results come up, a space probe comes across your screen and explodes, tilting the display.

 

[HecticArt]

Ha!
That works!
I like that kind of nerd humor.

 

[scotchandcigar]

This interview celebrates the 10th anniversary of this event, so it didn't just happen. But the video and commentary are just nuts!

Felix Baumgartner: 10 years on, the man who fell to Earth is still awed by experience | CNN

After six years of preparation, struggle and sacrifice, Felix Baumgartner found himself quite literally on the edge of the world.

www.cnn.com

 

[HecticArt]

Wow. 10 years ago already? It was crazy then, and still crazy now.
Most days I need motivation to get off of the couch, I can't imagine thinking that I want to be that far away from it or the floor that it sits on.

 

[scotchandcigar]

James Webb Space Telescope captures new details of iconic 'Pillars of Creation' | CNN

A new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope gives a new glimpse at the iconic Pillars of Creation, an area 6,500 light-years away that was made famous by a Hubble telescope image in the 1990s.

www.cnn.com

 

[sadchild]

6,500 light years away? But I wanna see what it looks like now, not back when mankind was inventing the wheel!

 

[scotchandcigar]

Piece of Challenger space shuttle discovered at bottom of Atlantic near Florida's coast

The discovery is one of the biggest pieces of the spacecraft ever found, a NASA official said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[HecticArt]

That s pretty crazy.

 

[JHDK]

Those dumb morons at the JPL didn't think to add a windshield wiper to the rover's solar panels.

Dummies.

NASA declares Insight DEAD after two failed communication attempts NASA declares Insight DEAD after two failed communication attempts via https://dailym.ai/android

 

[HecticArt]

I'm assuming there were technical reasons they couldn't do windshield wipers. It makes too much sense to add them for that environment.

I know a guy that used to work at JPL , probably at the same time that Insight was being developed.
I never asked him if he worked on any of those projects, but I'll try to remember.

 

[sadchild]

It was known that its solar panels would eventually get covered in Martian dust, making it hard to generate power. NASA said fitting it with some mechanism that removed the dust 'would have added cost, mass and complexity' that could have hindered its success.

Next step, send up a leaf blower style drone?

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Maybe send up a dustbuter or 2 to get rid of that Martian dust.