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totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Doesn't Starship need to survive the launch to practice reentry? (I don't think the TPS tiles are the current problem) -
F-47 Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Mars-Bound Hokie's topic in Science & Spaceflight
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More 'dark energy' weirdness. Expansion rate not constant. Um. Lambda? "... data from the powerful Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) add more evidence that the universe’s expansion accelerated faster in the past than it is doing now. DESI’s picture of “dynamical dark energy” will both delight and confound theorists, who have despaired at the lack of clues to dark energy’s physical cause but were not expecting what DESI is now seeing." https://www.science.org/content/article/mystery-force-behind-universe-s-accelerating-expansion-may-not-be-so-constant-after-all
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totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
I've seen that guy at the klurb -
For Questions That Don't Merit Their Own Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skyler4856's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Ofc - I could be glaringly wrong abt this! -
For Questions That Don't Merit Their Own Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skyler4856's topic in Science & Spaceflight
I think that would be true for a point light source. However, given that the sun is much larger (and despite the distance) we almost have to assume that the penumbra might actually lightly shade inside the actual diameter -
For Questions That Don't Merit Their Own Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skyler4856's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Is the shadow of the moon on earth during an eclipse smaller in diameter than the moon itself? I'm thinking it would have to be, given that the sun isn't a point light source. -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
So cool that people can and will do stuff like that! ... I'm aware that the "move fast and break stuff / best part is no part / only put stuff back on when it no longer works" ideology incorporates events like the last two failures, and that from failure can come success. So I'm hoping we hear from SX or some of the deeper diving watchers about what the likely problem is and how they will overcome the engineering challenges. That's the interesting stuff. The only question in my mind is whether the fast pace of construction has 'baked in' problems. From a public relations standpoint it would be better for SX to figure out this aft-fire-RUD thing before flying again. However from a sunk cost / get info from what you have standpoint - it might actually be better for SX to fly a faulty-but-already-built ship to scrap in the ocean rather than send it to the yard for disassembly. -
Big rocket, maybe? After looking at that ship and thinking about rockets that occasionally tip over... This one looks like it would be cheaper to repair in the case of an impromptu structural overhaul
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The extremes of both sides are idiots. Also - I might remind folks, that while history doesn't always repeat it does quite often rhyme. We've been through this kind of thing before. We will muddle through again. [snip]
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I'm Gen X and I teach Gen Z. The kids are alright. The screaming polarization of Millennials and Boomers (both within the individual groups and between the polar opposites of each group with the other) is annoying. It's like being a guest at dinner when a family fued breaks out. Each participant in the fued wants to cozy up to us while pointing out their opponents are insane.
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totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
This was a wet dress rehearsal -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
I get that - but... ...at least in that video I'm not seeing much in the way of "pretending there's a tower". I do see a neat, controlled landing on the water. -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
I've said this before - but I remain impressed that they are practice landing that close to a prepositioned camera. Indicating that the reentry is pretty much on target. That said - there is not much lateral transition. Basically if you just go off the above video and imagine a tower - they'd pretty much have to scrape by it. Suggests that when they go for the tower catch things could get interesting. -
I thought the same. Also - if the thing is supposed to be sekret - why publish a photo that says 'here I was!'
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OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to IonStorm's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Wow Thanks! So - is there a time frame for 'coming up' when we can look for an update on whether the Bennu-Tea has the six 'missing' amino acids? Great panel discussion, btw! I'm also curious about the similarities to the JAXA samples - was that expected or surprising? Did they get a similar wet environment signal or did Bennu have a different history? -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
No kidding On my maps it's "The Gulf of Joe" -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
That Edited Image - cannot catch both Booster and Ship without dismounting Booster... (Sez they guy who thinks the tower isn't tall enough for that!) Interestingly - starting at 1:52 of that video - where Booster is just about to light the landing burn - you can see they're already venting gas from the place we got all concerned about venting burning gas. It of course ignites. Seems to me to be part of the plan - as it's coming from a vent. -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
I'm expecting that if they're going for a catch - even if they don't do a full orbit - they'd have to effectively be in orbit to make it all the way around, plus account for rotation and then do a burn for descent. So to catch at Boca Chica, the burn has to start somewhere west (and likely north of Texas) and the descent will be over land for a period - it's just I don't have enough KSP time to guestimate what the in-atmosphere descent profile would look like as a line drawn over a map of the United States. Is it fast enough that it's only in the atmosphere over Texas... or might they enter over Oregon? -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
You can light it on fire and heat up canned food. You shouldn't hit it with a hammer. -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
So - lets say they do decide to try for a catch of Ship back at Boca Chica... anyone got an idea what the descent plan looks like? -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
I kind of figured that out as I was typing the question - but you never know. I've only ever seen "installing the FTS system". (Fun fact - we used to juggle, make bunny rabbits of and burn C-4 to freak out younger Marines during training.) -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
JoeSchmuckatelli replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Dumb question - does "Installing the FTS" mean a fully live system? If so, why install the FTS inside a potentially critical piece of infrastructure like that building? I write this as a guy who was fairly comfortable handling and setting up explosives back in the day - but I have questions. Do they leave the mechanical/electronic triggers disconnected until a certain point?