SpaceChampion Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 Word is Bridenstine will resign as NASA Administrator. He was well liked, getting commercial crew companies like SpaceX to the finish line of resuming spaceflight from American soil back flying since the end of the Shuttle era (continuing what the Obama admin started). First official non-demo flight should be in a few weeks. He also pushed for commercial involvement in the Artemis program. Drastic change for NASA under Dem administration is according to some journalists not likely. The major thing is the Biden admin will of course restore funding for NASA and NOAA to study and monitor climate change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotting sea cow Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 On 11/9/2020 at 4:13 AM, SpaceChampion said: Word is Bridenstine will resign as NASA Administrator. He was well liked, getting commercial crew companies like SpaceX to the finish line of resuming spaceflight from American soil back flying since the end of the Shuttle era (continuing what the Obama admin started). First official non-demo flight should be in a few weeks. He also pushed for commercial involvement in the Artemis program. Drastic change for NASA under Dem administration is according to some journalists not likely. The major thing is the Biden admin will of course restore funding for NASA and NOAA to study and monitor climate change. Yeah. These are bad news. Practically everybody says he has done an excellent job. It might well be a gesture so he can get confirmed by the new administration. I've seen around several petitions to keep him in post. I don't live in US so I don't know which of them is the proper one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotting sea cow Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Meanwhile, his Russian counterpart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 Bridenstine has said he wouldn't accept if asked to stay. If I could pick it'd be Lori Garver for NASA admin. She served as deputy during the Obama years, and a supporter of commercialization of space outside of the science goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Northman Reborn Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 2:07 AM, SpaceChampion said: Bridenstine has said he wouldn't accept if asked to stay. If I could pick it'd be Lori Garver for NASA admin. She served as deputy during the Obama years, and a supporter of commercialization of space outside of the science goals. Bad choice. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/forget-new-manned-missions-in-space-nasa-should-focus-on-saving-earth/2019/07/18/79e55eb8-a995-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html%3FoutputType%3Damp https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/07/20/lori-garver-forget-new/ She would gut manned spaceflight programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 12 hours ago, SpaceChampion said: Amidst all that has been happening in the US, I had no idea about this. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 Just about three hours to launch. Crew is just about to board the rocket now. Livestream: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Watched it live! It was cool! Being down there to watch a night launch would be neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Watching the livestream of the docking, and I just noticed the Baby Yoda puppet on the Dragon. haha, funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted November 17, 2020 Author Share Posted November 17, 2020 14 hours ago, Corvinus85 said: Watching the livestream of the docking, and I just noticed the Baby Yoda puppet on the Dragon. haha, funny. I was wondering what they'd use as their microgravity detector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 This Saturday if without scrubbing will sets some new records for SpaceX. Two launches of a Falcon 9 on the same day, one each at Cape Canaveral from pad 40 and Vandenberg from pad 4E. Also, the record for total missions in a calendar year would be beat. 21 so far. And one of those boosters will be making it's 7th flight, getting SpaceX closer to seeing how its 10-flight expected lifetime will live up to reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Northman Reborn Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 The SpaceX steamroller is just picking up speed. Once Starship is operational they will utterly dominate the space industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ithanos Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Follow up to the incident a few months back, a shame. On the other hand, if we could clear the site before the invading Aliens who received the original SETI message come looking for the source origin, we can claim ignorance and plead for a few centuries of autonomy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SpaceChampion Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share Posted November 28, 2020 15km hop attempt for Starship (SN8) prototype has a launch window on Monday, from 7am to 6pm. Subsequent days are backups. I'll probably post the video after it flies rather than the all-day livestream. Update: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Corvinus85 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 The Arecibo Observatory is no more. The telescope has collapsed onto the dish after more cables snapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 10 hours ago, Corvinus85 said: The Arecibo Observatory is no more. The telescope has collapsed onto the dish after more cables snapped. Ignore the above. Pushed the wrong one and can't remove it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 China lands Chang'e 5 on the moon, and launches again with rock samples Quote The small probe, which sat on top of the Chang'e 5 lander, lifted off from Oceanus Procellarum at 10:10 EST Thursday (15:10 GMT/23:10 Beijing time) carrying with it the first fresh lunar samples since 1976. Six minutes later, the ascent spacecraft achieved lunar orbit, marking a huge milestone in the Chang'e 5 mission to return lunar samples to Earth. The ascent vehicle's job now is to meet up with the Chang'e 5 orbiter while still circling the moon, and then transfer its precious cargo to a return capsule for the journey home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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