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Old 06-01-2014, 09:40 AM  
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Space Exploration megathread

Since a number of cool things are happening in space exploration these days, we'll widen the scope of this thread a smidge. Conversation about all things space exploration are welcome, whether it be from NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin, or anyone else. Chances are most of the discussion will still be about SpaceX since they love to make things public and fun, but nothing's off limits. I'll eventually get around to modifying the OP to include resources for other companies too, but in the meantime, feel free to post any cool stuff you run across.

Lists of Upcoming Missions



How to Watch a Live Launch


Where to Learn More
Spoiler!


Glossary
Spoiler!

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Old 02-02-2022, 02:37 PM   #4816
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Always such a cool watch.
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Old 02-02-2022, 02:37 PM   #4817
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Incredible precision. I forgot how close those buildings are to the landing pad...
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Old 02-02-2022, 05:30 PM   #4818
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Incredible precision. I forgot how close those buildings are to the landing pad...
I'd almost forgotten they even have a pad on the west coast...
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Old 02-02-2022, 05:52 PM   #4819
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Just a fan render, but super cool interior design concept for Starship. Significant upgrade to the Apollo missions.

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Old 02-03-2022, 10:18 AM   #4820
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SpaceX, not to be out-droned...

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Old 02-03-2022, 10:22 AM   #4821
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Damn - another launch this afternoon? Three launches in four days is kind of nutty.
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Old 02-03-2022, 10:25 AM   #4822
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Damn - another launch this afternoon? Three launches in four days is kind of nutty.
Guess the three scrubs of the COSMOS mission compressed things a bit, but even without that, lots of birds flying!
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Old 02-03-2022, 12:04 PM   #4823
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Old 02-08-2022, 09:28 PM   #4824
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40 Starlink satellites wiped out by a geomagnetic storm

The satellites deployed on Thursday were significantly impacted by a geomagnetic storm on Friday. These storms cause the atmosphere to warm and atmospheric density at our low deployment altitudes to increase. In fact, onboard GPS suggests the escalation speed and severity of the storm caused atmospheric drag to increase up to 50 percent higher than during previous launches.

The deorbiting satellites pose zero collision risk with other satellites and by design demise upon atmospheric reentry.

https://www.spacex.com/updates/
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Old 02-25-2022, 11:04 AM   #4825
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Old 02-28-2022, 02:12 PM   #4826
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Just in case anyone is interested in Rocket Lab launches...

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Old 02-28-2022, 02:15 PM   #4827
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I watched the 2nd season of Space Force over the weekend and they had named all of their satellites after 70's rock bands.
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Old 03-17-2022, 02:46 PM   #4828
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SLS rollout

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Old 03-17-2022, 03:53 PM   #4829
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SLS is good, in a general sense, I suppose. It's good to have a rocket with moon capability. But is this really the future? Disposable boosters?

SpaceX just seems to be way ahead of everyone else at this point.
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Old 03-17-2022, 04:18 PM   #4830
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SLS is good, in a general sense, I suppose. It's good to have a rocket with moon capability. But is this really the future? Disposable boosters?

SpaceX just seems to be way ahead of everyone else at this point.
If Starship works, SLS will almost certainly be cancelled. But until we're sure it won't be a flop, I don't blame NASA for having at least SOMETHING working in parallel.
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