[Higgs & Englert win Nobel prize for physics for their work on the Higgs boson]

Yeah didn't see that one coming

Congrats anyway they deserved it.

[Could we land a human on a asteroid?]

No neither of them used an anchor.

[Apollo 11 Question]

From NASA's website about the Apollo 11 mission:

"The LM lifted off from the Moon at 17:54:01 UT on 21 July after 21 hours, 36 minutes on the lunar surface. After docking with the CSM, piloted by Michael Collins, at 21:34:00 UT, the LM was jettisoned into lunar orbit at 00:01:01 UT on 22 July. The fate of the LM is not known, but it is assumed that it crashed into the lunar surface sometime within the following 1 to 4 months."

[What is the game that you are the exited the most?]

Star Citizen for sure. Waiting on that one since Chris Roberts last game.

Also GTAV for the PC.

[Would we colonize a planet already inhabited?]

Depends on what kind of life really. If it's inhabited by a sentient species that is not as developed as us I think we should leave them alone. If it's only animal lifeforms we could colonize but try not to destroy the native wildlife and fauna. If it's just microbial life... why the heck not?

[Brits on the Moon, 1939 edition - looks like a challenge to me!]

I seem to remember that Scot is originally from Scotland but now lives in the US because he works at a company in Silicon Valley.

[JAXA - Planet spectroscopic observation satellite launch (SPRINT-A) 12:25am EST]

I missed it completly but Epsilon has been launched two days ago without problems.

http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/rockets/epsilon/index_e.html

[SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 CASSIOPE Launch Thread]

Are they going to launch R2-D2? (DANTE)

[LADEE-NASA Moon Mission, Sep. 6/7]

Hehe I just posted that same picture in the LADEE thread on the General Forum.

[New Satellite launch from nasa]

Haha this is funny..

Turns out while looking back at photo's of the launch NASA accidentally also launched a frog when they launched LADEE:

http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/4561/Wetenschap/article/detail/3508388/2013/09/12/Foto-NASA-lanceert-per-ongeluk-kikker.dhtml

Sorry the article is in Dutch but it says the frog was most likely swimming in the water they use to suppress the sound from the launch.

(edit: for those who do not see it look at the top left of that picture)

[LADEE-NASA Moon Mission, Sep. 6/7]

They want to study if it is lunar dust that caused the glow Appolo astronauts saw on the horizon when they where on the moon. That's why the orbit is low.

Edit: Also it is the first in space test of laser communication. Pretty cool.

[Mars voyage hibernation]

Coincidentally i was reading an article this morning on research being done on the human's closest hibernating relative the Fat-tailed Lemur: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130904204125.htm

Interesting read.

[Will man return to the moon??]

I gues we will see China do it in the near future.

[Describe KSP in three words]

Kerbal Space Program?

[JAXA - Planet spectroscopic observation satellite launch (SPRINT-A) 12:25am EST]

It does not seem like a very big issue:

"There were no problems with the rocket itself. The fault was in the transmission of positioning-control data between the rocket and the ground control center, said Yasuhiro Morita, who leads the Epsilon project at JAXA, at a press conference."

I think they will try again soon.

[IAU Now Taking Name Suggestions for Exoplanets!]

That would be great! a real life Kerbin

To bad they dont accept offence names or I would suggest Urbunghole.

[So, there's about 12 years of life left for Voyager 1]

According to a recent study Voyager allready crossed into interstellar space in 2012.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130821150652.htm

Because not much is know about the Heliosphere it's difficult to tell really when it has/will happen.

[Space Habitats]

If you want to see some more realistic spacehabs take a look at Bigelow Aerospace

We might see these kind of stations fly around 2017...

[Copenhagen Suborbitals Discussion]

There are as far as I recall 3 pages in all. I will ask Cameron for the whole list if you want to read it.

Yeah if it's not too much trouble I'd like to read the whole thing

But uh, testing the aerodynamics?!? Are you planning to jump out the capsule at apogee?

[Space Shuttle Launch video, from onboard the Booster!]

Very cool. It makes some eerie sounds after separation.

Also I did not know they jettison the nozzle just before splashdown.

[Copenhagen Suborbitals Discussion]

Wow thats a long checklist for just putting on a suit!

[ASAS can go and take a Scenic Hike]

Holy Necro Batman! \

Also this is fixed in 0.21

[Was There a Change in "Undo"?]

You sir smoke crack.. it's been like that since I started playing (0.17)

[NASA - Reaction wheel blues]

Stupid thing is that they actually knew about the problem before the launch. They did send the 4 units back to the manufacturer Ithaco Space Systems and they did some "repairs" and then they still failed...

Better not to sub contract stuff to that company any longer I think..

[why is duna considered the easiest place to go to after kerbin and its moon?]

Hehe yeh, you should have seen my first Duna probe. It had about 11 parachutes on it because I kept smashing into the ground at high speeds. This was before I discovered aerobraking... Now i can do it with 1 small chute and a small engine to slow down the last few meters.