Moderators Zico Posted May 5, 2021 Moderators Share Posted May 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Cheese said: It's going within the next 45 minutes. Unless it doesn't. At what point in the video does it happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted May 6, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Zico said: At what point in the video does it happen? They're still streaming live, so I can't tell you until tomorrow. You could just watch this far superior footage instead, and skip to about 6 mins. Edited May 6, 2021 by Cheese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted May 6, 2021 Moderators Share Posted May 6, 2021 7 hours ago, Cheese said: They're still streaming live, so I can't tell you until tomorrow. You could just watch this far superior footage instead, and skip to about 6 mins. Right, ok, so the significance of being able to do this, is it something to do with being able to take more people at once to places like the moon, because they can use a bigger rocket that doesn't need to break up after launched? So basically the next step towards space ships that people use to get about as we know them from science fiction and all that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) It's Alan Musk's way of dodging MADMAX... Claim he's spent $Xbn playing Thunderbirds and look! Oh dear it's blown up again. What he claims for loss of is a billion dollar spacecraft. What is actually lost is $288.79 worth of aloominum foil, balsa wood and Tesla scrap cobbled together with sticky back plastic and filled to the brim with 3-2-1 bangers. Edited May 6, 2021 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted May 6, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted May 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Zico said: Right, ok, so the significance of being able to do this, is it something to do with being able to take more people at once to places like the moon, because they can use a bigger rocket that doesn't need to break up after launched? So basically the next step towards space ships that people use to get about as we know them from science fiction and all that? The main significance at the moment is being able to re-use the same rocket over and over again (potentially multiple times per day!) to ferry astronauts and cargo into orbit. They're aiming to build over 100 of the fuckers, all constantly launching and landing. But yeah, Starship will eventually take people to Mars too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty2094 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Just nipped out to the bin and saw a line of 12 or so lights flying over Bolton in a perfect straight line formation. Done a bit of Googling and turns out it’s Musk’s Starlink project. Eerily stunning to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 10 hours ago, matty2094 said: Just nipped out to the bin and saw a line of 12 or so lights flying over Bolton in a perfect straight line formation. Done a bit of Googling and turns out it’s Musk’s Starlink project. Eerily stunning to watch. Are you sure? Karen off Facebook says it was 5G Covid tracker drones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty2094 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Traf said: Are you sure? Karen off Facebook says it was 5G Covid tracker drones. Did question my sanity to start with but Twitter seemed to debunk any conspiracy theory I had going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted May 23, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted May 23, 2021 https://findstarlink.com/#1530;3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Pretty cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted May 27, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted May 27, 2021 Amazing picture. Was it taken before we had towns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted May 27, 2021 Moderators Share Posted May 27, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: Pretty cool Ffs Edited May 27, 2021 by Zico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted May 27, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted May 27, 2021 Been looking carefully at that pic- I know angles and earth curvature are important, as is definition, but the top part of the lake district looks to have disappeared under water. As if the solway firth has expanded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanGreavsie Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Cracking image today of the space station as it travels direct in front of the sun https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E42ZkkfVgAMwiuv?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted June 27, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2021 That’s not even as good as a shit photoshop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted July 7, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted July 7, 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-57653901 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeep Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 16 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-57653901 Those are fantastic! Thanks for posting 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Looks like Branson is officially a Space Dude now Sir Richard Branson lands safely after completing space flight (msn.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted September 15, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted September 15, 2021 (edited) Bit late with this one, but Inspiration 4 is lifting off in about 10 minutes, taking 4 civilians into space, where they'll stay in orbit for 3 days. Edited September 15, 2021 by Cheese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite1958 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 14 hours ago, Cheese said: Bit late with this one, but Inspiration 4 is lifting off in about 10 minutes, taking 4 civilians into space, where they'll stay in orbit for 3 days. You have pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted September 28, 2021 Members Share Posted September 28, 2021 New telescope 100x more powerful than the Hubble telescope cost 10billion ready to go in December Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) The Worldwide cost of reconstruction after The Boxing Day Tsunami which claimed approximately a 1/4 million lives was $12bn... Didn't anyone listen to 'Sign O' the Times' and heed the wise words spoke? No-one it seems... I hope when history's greatest monster - Geoff Bezos gets his turn his craft blows into a million...no, aptly, a trillion pieces, preventing his remains being interred and denying his acolytes some form of shrine to attend and worship at. Edited September 29, 2021 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) This is the latest footage 'filmed' by 'Hubble'... This convinced bigwigs to...w̶a̶s̶t̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶/̶o̶r̶ ̶d̶e̶c̶r̶e̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶f̶i̶c̶i̶t̶s̶, invest in this new fancy-dan ten billion project, I can't wait until this new 'space-scope', which no-one is allowed to see on Earth before launch, is in orbit, and we can pretend we understand Doc Cox prattling on about strings and things on telly... Edited September 29, 2021 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted September 29, 2021 Members Share Posted September 29, 2021 You’re a fuckin space cadet 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 T-minus 4 days until we try to launch the JWT. I'll be as nervous for this as I would be for a play off final. I read the other day that there are around 350 mission critical operations to go - even once the telescope is in position. Any single one of which will mean complete mission failure if it doesn't go totally according to plan. Going to be some twitchy arseholes amongst the engineers over the next couple of weeks. But just imagine what we might learn if everything goes to plan! 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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