Science: Space - the final frontier (Misc.)

[crimsonaudio]

LOL @ Boeing.

SMH

Boeing and NASA call off Starliner crew launch minutes before liftoff

 

[Bazza]

^^^ saw that......smh, too........

Meanwhile was able to watch another SpaceX Falcon 9 night launch last night standing at the end of my driveway..........

SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 23 second-generation satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service.

The mission, designated Starlink 6-64, will be the 40th launch of Starlink satellites this year and the 57th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket in 2024

 

[Bazza]

Boeing quality assurance guy!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1795465542226120755

 

[crimsonaudio]

China lands Chang'e 6 sample-return probe on moon’s far side

China's uncrewed spacecraft Chang’e-6 lands on moon's far side. The payloads on the Chang'e-6 lander will perform scientific exploration missions as planned.

interestingengineering.com

 

[Bazza]

About 27 minutes to liftoff....

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 20 satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service, including 13 with direct to cellphone capabilities. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is now scheduled for 10:16 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 4 (0216 UTC). The first-stage booster making its 20th flight will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad.

The mission, designated Starlink 8-5, will be the 41st launch of Starlink satellites this year and the 58th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket in 2024. The rocket will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from the space coast.

 

[Bamaro]

Atlas Starliner set for another try today in about 3 hours.

Edit - its up and on the way to the ISS!

 

[Bazza]

Atlas Starliner set for another try today in about 3 hours.

Edit - its up and on the way to the ISS!

Good to see it finally launch.....had a decent view from my driveway...........

 

[Bazza]

 

[Bazza]

This morning......

 

[crimsonaudio]

Oof.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1798505819446620398

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1798515115886539070

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1798521618664194077

 

[crimsonaudio]

Three reasons why we know so little about Mercury

Mercury is the least explored of the four rocky planets of the inner Solar System. It took until 2011 for the first spacecraft, NASA’s probe MESSENGER, to enter into orbit around the planet. In comparison Jupiter, roughly five times more distant from Earth, welcomed its first orbiter already...

www.esa.int

 

[CrimsonNagus]

SpaceX has already proven it can safely fly people to ISS and bring them back safely. Why even bother with Boeing anymore, the company is pathetic these days.

They knew about 1 leak before launch and decided to go ahead, even though helium is needed for returning to Earth. Seems like a misguided decision. Now there are 2 more leaks. Seems like a stupid decision to launch now.

I will LOL if they have to abandon the spacecraft and return in something else.

 

[crimsonaudio]

NASA wants competition as it drives innovation and efficieincy.

I have my doubts that an old-head company like Boeing can compete with SpaceX, but we need more than one vendor.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Starship flight test4 successfully launched and returned this AM:

 

[crimsonaudio]

Incredible hi-res photo of Starship's hot-separation earlier today:

 

[Bamaro]

SpaceX has already proven it can safely fly people to ISS and bring them back safely. Why even bother with Boeing anymore, the company is pathetic these days.

They knew about 1 leak before launch and decided to go ahead, even though helium is needed for returning to Earth. Seems like a misguided decision. Now there are 2 more leaks. Smees like a stupid decision to launch now.

I will LOL if they have to abandon the spacecraft and return in something else.

Redundancy

 

[CrimsonNagus]

NASA wants competition as it drives innovation and efficieincy.

I have my doubts that an old-head company like Boeing can compete with SpaceX, but we need more than one vendor.

They have already proven they cannot compete with SpaceX's innovation and efficiency by being a year behind schedule and 1.5 billion over budget. The competition is slower and more expensive. Seems like an easy choice to me but, if the government wants to keep wasting our money with Boeing, so be it, I guess.

Redundancy

Not very redundant if your redundancy plan ends up being a Boeing piece of junk death trap like their planes.

I can't stand Boeing and their total lack of caring about human lives. All their top executives should be in jail for murder and all government contracts canceled. Stop giving my tax dollars to companies that have no problem killing us!