The Space Thread

[Bjornebye]

Unreal. 

[johnsusername]

That was great. I'm relieved it didn't explode. Shame the camera cut out for the seconds the rocket was landing - I wonder if that was intentional in case it went wrong? 

[Bjornebye]

5 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

That was great. I'm relieved it didn't explode. Shame the camera cut out for the seconds the rocket was landing - I wonder if that was intentional in case it went wrong? 

Id imagine so. Definite delay by about 10 seconds. Rightly so too. 

[Anubis]

6 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

That was great. I'm relieved it didn't explode. Shame the camera cut out for the seconds the rocket was landing - I wonder if that was intentional in case it went wrong? 

Suspect it might have been the disruption of the actual landing. Brilliant to be able to watch everything in real time. Also being able to see the comparison of the more simplified controls in Dragon compared to something like the Space Shuttle as well.

[Anubis]

Harsh. But fair.

 

 

 

[Bobby Hundreds]

Fish eye lense.

[johnsusername]

It's a shame something like that isn't on terrestrial TV (unless it was and I missed it, I was on YouTube). Even just a half hour show with the launch and a couple of talking heads. The BBC have those springwatch live shows which have black and white grainy footage of gerbils and otters so why can't they show humans flying into space? 

[johnsusername]

You southern Nancies might see it fly past (if you can put your G&T down long enough). Up in the north sadly the sky is clouded over by soot and industrial pollution. 

[SasaS]

Why is this so important? Don't get it. Don't they go to Space all the time now? 

[dockers_strike]

36 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Fish eye lense.

Yes, that's what they say but there's no distortion away from the centre of the picture, as can be seen the Dragon capsule is symetrical.

[dockers_strike]

2 minutes ago, SasaS said:

Why is this so important? Don't get it. Don't they go to Space all the time now? 

First US launched manned flight for about 11 years. Have had to depend on the Ruskies to get to the ISS as they had no certified crewed capable launch system.

[johnsusername]

It's also a new rocket which - instead of crash landing into an ocean - is landed back down to earth in one piece, to be used again. 

[Rico1304]

1 minute ago, johnsusername said:

It's also a new rocket which - instead of crash landing into an ocean - is landed back down to earth in one piece, to be used again. 

That’s the bit that amazes me the most. 

[SasaS]

1 minute ago, johnsusername said:

It's also a new rocket which - instead of crash landing into an ocean - is landed back down to earth in one piece, to be used again. 

You mean, like Space Shuttle?

[A Red]

1 minute ago, SasaS said:

You mean, like Space Shuttle?

I get your point but it is still amazing.

 

One day they will invent a plane to fly from London to New York in 3 hours

[Anubis]

2 minutes ago, SasaS said:

You mean, like Space Shuttle?

No, not like the space shuttle. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

What exactly are they up to in that space station. Aside from fannying about.

[Bjornebye]

27 minutes ago, SasaS said:

Why is this so important? Don't get it. Don't they go to Space all the time now? 

Yep, you just don't 'get it' 

[Bjornebye]

9 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

What exactly are they up to in that space station. Aside from fannying about.

Floating around. I also noticed that the two astronauts weren't socially distanced so I'm hoping they've got visors and masks up in the floating thing. 

[dockers_strike]

Fuck me, just seen the ISS go overhead. Quite low down an travelling west to east, looked like a fairly bright star!

[A Red]

13 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

What exactly are they up to in that space station. Aside from fannying about.

Made me titter that

[Jenson]

Decent view of the ISS here in the North West and the very briefest of glimpses of the Space X module.

[SasaS]

Ah, I see, so it's a small step for Space exploration, but a giant leap for the private sector.

Good luck Mr. Gorsky.

[dockers_strike]

5 minutes ago, Jenson said:

Decent view of the ISS here in the North West and the very briefest of glimpses of the Space X module.

Never saw the Dragon. Was surprised how good a view of the ISS was seeing as the paper said it would be low in the sky. It was but it cleared the rooftops!

[Jenson]

Just now, dockers_strike said:

Never saw the Dragon. Was surprised how good a view of the ISS was seeing as the paper said it would be low in the sky. It was but it cleared the rooftops!

The ISS was a lot higher and brighter in the sky earlier in the week but it's always cool to see it go past.