NASA, SpaceX, and all the good space stuff

mcgruff10

Awesome thread!  My five year old is addicted to space so I have been to the planetarium four times in the past year.  Heading to the air and space museum in d.c. sometime in the spring and maybe down to Houston in the fall (if the interests holds).  Each clear night the two of us ahead outside and identify planets, stars and constellations.  
Like most of you I am fascinated with Voyageur; does is still send video back to us?

oftenreading

mcgruff10 said:

Awesome thread!  My five year old is addicted to space so I have been to the planetarium four times in the past year.  Heading to the air and space museum in d.c. sometime in the spring and maybe down to Houston in the fall (if the interests holds).  Each clear night the two of us ahead outside and identify planets, stars and constellations.  
Like most of you I am fascinated with Voyageur; does is still send video back to us?

I had no idea so just checked and found this interesting site. Apparently cameras are turned off to save power and focus on other priorities.

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/frequently-asked-questions/

mcgruff10

oftenreading said:

mcgruff10 said:

Awesome thread!  My five year old is addicted to space so I have been to the planetarium four times in the past year.  Heading to the air and space museum in d.c. sometime in the spring and maybe down to Houston in the fall (if the interests holds).  Each clear night the two of us ahead outside and identify planets, stars and constellations.  
Like most of you I am fascinated with Voyageur; does is still send video back to us?

I had no idea so just checked and found this interesting site. Apparently cameras are turned off to save power and focus on other priorities.

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/frequently-asked-questions/

Awesome find, thank you. 

HughFreakingDillon

Vger is still out there???

oftenreading

Way, way out there. 

Click on the link I posted and see just how far and how fast  

HesCalledDyer

Voyager 2 just passed beyond the heliopause into interstellar space about 3 1/2 weeks ago.

Meltdown99

oftenreading said:

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An astronaut mistakenly called 911 while in space!
https://wrif.com/2019/01/04/an-astronaut-mistakenly-called-911-while-in-space/?fbclid=IwAR33BrqG37zNa_1pEACEzT_g6QvHdvpvzMoF8lHLlpjAODhxjiJ_0pFGFV8

"Fire, ambulance, police, or vacuum?"

Honestly, I am still not sure if that is a joke.  They can just pick up a phone and dial 911.  

Not sure if my comment is a joke? Obviously it's a joke. And yes, I read the article in the link, which explains how the mistake happened. 

Don't be so sensitive.  Not every comment is about you, I meant the fuckin article...it was from a rock radio morning show...sheesh

HughFreakingDillon

Meltdown99 said:

oftenreading said:

Meltdown99 said:

oftenreading said:

Meltdown99 said:

An astronaut mistakenly called 911 while in space!
https://wrif.com/2019/01/04/an-astronaut-mistakenly-called-911-while-in-space/?fbclid=IwAR33BrqG37zNa_1pEACEzT_g6QvHdvpvzMoF8lHLlpjAODhxjiJ_0pFGFV8

"Fire, ambulance, police, or vacuum?"

Honestly, I am still not sure if that is a joke.  They can just pick up a phone and dial 911.  

Not sure if my comment is a joke? Obviously it's a joke. And yes, I read the article in the link, which explains how the mistake happened. 

Don't be so sensitive.  Not every comment is about you, I meant the fuckin article...it was from a rock radio morning show...sheesh

your comment wasn't actually clear what you meant. often wasn't being sensitive at all. not sure how often's comment makes it all about them. 

oftenreading

Meltdown99 said:

oftenreading said:

Meltdown99 said:

oftenreading said:

Meltdown99 said:

An astronaut mistakenly called 911 while in space!
https://wrif.com/2019/01/04/an-astronaut-mistakenly-called-911-while-in-space/?fbclid=IwAR33BrqG37zNa_1pEACEzT_g6QvHdvpvzMoF8lHLlpjAODhxjiJ_0pFGFV8

"Fire, ambulance, police, or vacuum?"

Honestly, I am still not sure if that is a joke.  They can just pick up a phone and dial 911.  

Not sure if my comment is a joke? Obviously it's a joke. And yes, I read the article in the link, which explains how the mistake happened. 

Don't be so sensitive.  Not every comment is about you, I meant the fuckin article...it was from a rock radio morning show...sheesh

When you quote someone, your comment is generally about their post. That’s why there was a question mark attached to my comment. 

And I didn’t know what you meant; thus, the question mark. I still don’t, actually. 
 

darwinstheory

HesCalledDyer said:

Voyager 2 just passed beyond the heliopause into interstellar space about 3 1/2 weeks ago.

It's currently chilling behind q book base with Matthew McConaughey???

***spoiler alert***
Sorry, bad movie joke.

oftenreading

The end of Mars One, a crowd-funded venture to get to Mars.

https://slate.com/technology/2019/02/mourning-mars-one-improbable-attempt-colonize-mars.html

Meltdown99

if that was the one that was taking applications, my cousin applied.  He even got a rejection letter that he was not chosen to go.

oftenreading

Safety and risk issues in the SpaceX-Boeing-NASA equipment look to be leading to further delays in testing the rocket and capsule launch systems.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/spacex-boeing-design-risks-threaten-delays-space-projects-190221141108577.html

oftenreading

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon successfully launches an uncrewed test flight, due to dock at the ISS on Sunday with Ripley on board. 

SpaceX and NASA Launch Is First Step to Renewed Human Spaceflight  
https://nyti.ms/2EG1paq

jerparker20

Just finished watching the new Apollo 11 documentary in IMAX. Holy shit!!! What a piece of film. Just stunning.

oftenreading

jerparker20 said:

Just finished watching the new Apollo 11 documentary in IMAX. Holy shit!!! What a piece of film. Just stunning.

I heard a review of it yesterday on the radio and yes, it sounded absolutely amazing. 

oftenreading

The Crew Dragon successfully docks with the station. The first crewed flight may happen as early as July.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/spacex-crew-dragon-rocket-launch-space-station-1.5040880

eeriepadave

Kind of a six degrees of kevin Bacon thing here but One of the female astronauts that went into space, Christina Koch, well her brother is married to my friends cousin who i've known for quite some time. She kinda looks like Mayim Bialik, imo.

HughFreakingDillon

eeriepadave said:

Kind of a six degrees of kevin Bacon thing here but One of the female astronauts that went into space, Christina Koch, wel lher brother is married to my friends cousin who i've known for quite some time. She kinda looks like Mayim Bialik, imo.

that struck me before I even read you say it. For a split second I thought it WAS her. 

HesCalledDyer

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1110706143217766400