SpaceChampion Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Cygnus cargo launch to ISS: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mance Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just got my "Starlink available to order in your area" email. I'm in Taos, NM, about 50 miles south of the Colorado border. I paid the $99 deposit but they don't seem to expect to actually have service here until mid to late 2021. Hrmph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toth Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Livestream where they are showing the video of the landing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Goosebumps. That was incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toth Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Absolutely! And then the first sounds from Mars... Damn... Given how thin the atmosphere is I wondered whether the microphone would be able to pick anything up at all, but... the wind blows were beautifully earth-like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Toth Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I feel half compelled to install Elite Dangerous and land on some rock. What? Did you think I'm clever enough for Kerbal Space Program?^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 That video of the rover landing was just amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 Perseverance's onboard AI selected the landing spot itself, and landed with 5 meters of it. Remarkable achievement! Going forward, lots of areas on Mars deemed too difficult to land in safely could be reached with success, unless NASA remains conservative on that issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken one Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8836/nasa-insights-mole-ends-its-journey-on-mars/?site=insight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 4 hours ago, broken one said: https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8836/nasa-insights-mole-ends-its-journey-on-mars/?site=insight That's a shame. There are so many frequent issues with drilling on Earth that doing it on Mars without humans present to troubleshoot is an unlikely endeavour. Need much bigger rigs to get down further anyway. The best thing might be a 3D printer so you can print an unlimited supply of drill bits with a variety of heads, from locally produced iron-magnesium alloy. Allite "Super magnesium" is an alloy that is lighter and stronger than titanium, so might be just the thing to focus on producing there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken one Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 I am double sad, because Polish private company and the Space Research Centre contributed a bit to creation of the device. Same with DLR's MUPUS penetrator for Philae lander, which also failed. It is said it happens because we really have vague idea of soil properties of the bodies, but nonetheless this kind of lessons are disappointing. Phobos Grunt burned above Pacific together with "Chomik" penetrator made by SRC. Penetrator curse! Anyway, the 2 years mole's struggle was very dramatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 While in university and involved with various conferences hosted by the Canadian Space Agency I was proposing penetrator missions as something relatively inexpensive that Canada could do for Mars geological science that would get us beyond just making Canadarm after Canadarm for the next forty years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 The Inspiration4 private mission has selected 29-year old cancer survivor Haley Arceneaux for one of its four seats. This is NOT the winner of the contest, so that remains in play. Quote A 29-year-old cancer survivor, now a physician’s assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, will blast off aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule later this year for a flight dedicated to raising money for the Memphis medical center. It will be the first orbital spaceflight with no professional astronauts on board. Hayley Arceneaux, 29, who will be the youngest American to fly in space, will join three other passengers aboard a commercial flight chartered by billionaire Jared Isaacman, who arranged to purchase the launch from SpaceX. The mission is known as Inspiration4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SpaceChampion Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 Another Starlink launch attempt in a half hour. Scrubbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotting sea cow Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Rocket Lab is also proposing a Falcon 9 lookalike, called Neutron It would have a capability of 8tons to LEO, compared to the ~20 of the Falcon 9 Someone in the interwebs is proposing then a new rocket called Atom, formed by Electron rocket boosters a Neutron first stage and a Proton upper stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkess Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Looks like Starship SN10 is going up today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 That Atom is ionized though Looks like about as capable as the initial versions of F9 v1.0, which were about 8-9 tons to LEO and 54 meters tall. Meanwhile, SpaceX looking to launch SN10 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 Launch! And then successful Landing! Didn't watch it live, but heard there was a boom some minutes after landing. Wait, how it land if not on its legs?? On the engine bells and skirt? And then: Coolest view: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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