The Space Thread

[Bjornebye]

There is going to be loads of shooting stars tonight apparently. Its clear skies as well. 

[Anubis]

Starlink satellites will also be visible. Next up at 10.34pm.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/starlink-satellites-visible-sky-again-18128114.amp

[Dougie Do'ins]

Venus has been bright as fuck in the west last couple of nights.

[Rico1304]

Starlink was good, too cold now for the meteors. Saw loads of other satellites too.  

[Guest]

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[Brownie]

3 hours ago, Dougie Do'ins said:

Venus has been bright as fuck in the west last couple of nights.

Yeah it looks boss.

[Dougie Do'ins]

BBC 2 right now. Programme about the Hubble telescope.

[Dougie Do'ins]

If you didn't get a chance to see this on Friday, get it watched while it's still on iplayer. Some of the images are just mind blowing.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000hjpw/horizon-2020-hubble-the-wonders-of-space-revealed

[Anubis]

Cheers for the head’s up. Just watched it. Cracking watch. As you say, the images are spectacular.

[Anubis]

On 26/04/2020 at 16:22, Dougie Do'ins said:

If you didn't get a chance to see this on Friday, get it watched while it's still on iplayer. Some of the images are just mind blowing.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000hjpw/horizon-2020-hubble-the-wonders-of-space-revealed

After I’d sent them your link my nieces (10 and 12) watched it today as part of their home schooling science studies, and loved it, but were a bit sad at the end because the telescope won’t be getting any more visits or upgrades,

[Dougie Do'ins]

21 hours ago, Anubis said:

After I’d sent them your link my nieces (10 and 12) watched it today as part of their home schooling science studies, and loved it, but were a bit sad at the end because the telescope won’t be getting any more visits or upgrades,

Got to be honest, I felt a little down on hearing that. Wonder how much longer it's got left ?

 

Doubt space exploration will be high up on the list of things for a while now.

[Anubis]

With Musk planning to send three space tourists to the ISS next year, and Tom Cruise gegging in on the act by making a film on the ISS, I wonder if he might see his way to helping NASA upgrade Hubble?

[Dougie Do'ins]

15 hours ago, Anubis said:

With Musk planning to send three space tourists to the ISS next year, and Tom Cruise gegging in on the act by making a film on the ISS, I wonder if he might see his way to helping NASA upgrade Hubble?

Can Hubble service missions be done from the ISS ? Wouldn't they need to develop a new shuttle type craft to get to the same orbit as Hubble carrying men/women and the required equipment and get them back home again ? 

[cochyn]

44 minutes ago, Dougie Do'ins said:

Can Hubble service missions be done from the ISS ? Wouldn't they need to develop a new shuttle type craft to get to the same orbit as Hubble carrying men/women and the required equipment and get them back home again ? 

Sounds like Mission: Impossible.

 

[Anubis]

46 minutes ago, Dougie Do'ins said:

Can Hubble service missions be done from the ISS ? Wouldn't they need to develop a new shuttle type craft to get to the same orbit as Hubble carrying men/women and the required equipment and get them back home again ? 

Sorry, I was referring to Musk using his resources to send a team to the Hubble, rather than a mission from the ISS. But I wasn’t very clear.

[Stickman]

Margaret Hamilton NASA software engineering stands nest to the code she wrote by hand for the mission that took man to the moon 

 

[Mudface]

Fuckin' Visual Basic.

[easytoslip]

12 hours ago, Stickman said:

Margaret Hamilton NASA software engineering stands nest to the code she wrote by hand for the mission that took man to the moon 

 

That's like that picture of that book understanding women in paperback, I sent it to a  girl and she said you need a bigger book

[Dougie Do'ins]

BBC 4 @ 22:00 tonight - Chasing the Moon

 

First of a six part series about about the Russia Vs USA space race.

[Rico1304]

On 08/05/2020 at 00:22, Anubis said:

Sorry, I was referring to Musk using his resources to send a team to the Hubble, rather than a mission from the ISS. But I wasn’t very clear.

Isn’t it ancient now? Why not build a new one?  Sending people to do anything in space is incredibly expensive. 

[easytoslip]

Would you feel comparatively safe in a privately owned and built space craft as opposed one built by NASA say? 

Bit disappointed I haven't seen any the Meteors that where forecast, but as someone said Venus looks good. 

[Rico1304]

32 minutes ago, easytoslip said:

Would you feel comparatively safe in a privately owned and built space craft as opposed one built by NASA say? 

Bit disappointed I haven't seen any the Meteors that where forecast, but as someone said Venus looks good. 

Ask Bob Ebeling

[easytoslip]

34 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

Ask Bob Ebeling

I don't know him, does he look like Steve Zodiac? 

[Rico1304]

8 hours ago, easytoslip said:

I don't know him, does he look like Steve Zodiac? 

More like Zelda nowadays. But he was the man working for a private company that told NASA that launching Challenger in cold weather was a bad idea.  

[easytoslip]

2 hours ago, Rico1304 said:

More like Zelda nowadays. But he was the man working for a private company that told NASA that launching Challenger in cold weather was a bad idea.  

Right, NASA get private companies to build various parts anyway? As with the one who made panels or something that failed, maybe that was Colombia?