Official Space Thread

News24 headline vs. Space.com headline:

https://www.space.com/asteroid-apophis-2021-flyby-webcasts

Meh, no preview for some reason…

News24: ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid plummeting towards Earth
Space.com: “Huge asteroid Apophis will safely fly past Earth tonight. Here’s where to watch live online.”

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I love Destin’s videos…

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Some nicer footage from SpaceX of SN10(spoiler alert, no splosions).

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And SN11 is on the launch pad already. Had an aborted static fire engine test yesterday. Something wrong with one of the main engines. More tests today. Still scheduled for launch by Friday. :rocket:

Will SN11 be the one to stick the landing and keep it stuck?

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Yeah saw the first static fire and waiting on the next one. But they know what went wrong in SN10 so will hope that SN11 does it all right. But so far each iteration has done things little bit better every time.
The only thing is, if SN11 fails, there will be a bit of a break because next up is SN15, and they still need to start stacking on that one.

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This still blows my mind!

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Right?

It kinda feels like 60’s sci-fi meets modern CGI

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SN11 had a successful static fire test earlier today:

NSF suggesting that launch could now happen as early as tomorrow…

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Very interesting interview with Musk. If the channel hadn’t added all the extra graphics and clips though, I’d be mostly lost.

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I got confused at what he was trying to explain until the one graphic picture popped up that explained what he was trying to say

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=123012419833294&set=a.120879993379870


One of my favorite regions of space, namely due to the amazing colors found:

The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex

I captured this image in the Cederberg this past weekend, another form of photography I really enjoy.

Screenshot 2021-03-23 151331

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Ha, I recognise the name coz it’s a friend of a friend.
Am I cool now?

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Heck yea, I admire the guy so much!

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Live now

Edit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
​@Disclosure Tv We haven’t attempted flight yet. We’ve decided where we’ll be deploying it from the rover. Once the Mars Helicopter is safely on the ground in the coming days, we’ll attempt 1st flight.

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77 minutes

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76

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75

No, I’m not having a baby, but I want to count down too!

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Wtf it’s happening today XD Im not at home

Scrubbed.

Better luck Monday

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Been watching on and off all day. 15 minutes ago saw them dropping one of the lifts, thought “it’s happening!” Went to get a coffee, came back to the red “Scrub” banner :frowning_face:

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Might be launching very soon.

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All I see is mist/cloud/dust?

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