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Fake news from china ?
News from SPAAAAACE!
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Yeah it's been big news here. In the past three weeks my video feed has been full of videos saying America faked the moon landing.
NASA Chief Bill Nelson has made some astute comments regarding China, in that the new space race against them is important simply because of how they behave on Earth with regard to territory. Indeed he is right because "The moon belongs to China" is a phrase I keep seeing pop up with zero sarcasm.
Go Team America. Let's get our boys back on the moon in 2026.
NASA Chief Bill Nelson has made some astute comments regarding China, in that the new space race against them is important simply because of how they behave on Earth with regard to territory. Indeed he is right because "The moon belongs to China" is a phrase I keep seeing pop up with zero sarcasm.
Go Team America. Let's get our boys back on the moon in 2026.
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SpaceX did a Starship test flight today that involved a controlled descent of both the main booster stage and the main Starship vehicle back into the water (no planned recovery of either component on this flight).
They had live video through reentry which I think is unique but maybe I'm wrong. In any case, the main booster stage (which doesn't go through reentry) seemed to go pretty well, one of 23 engines didn't light during ascent, but descent was under control. The part to watch though is the vehicle descent, there was a cool light show, lots of bits started to burn up on their descent control flap in camera view, camera signal went in and out and then the lens/cover cracked. But it seemed to make it down to the water and initiated its flip and landing burn so that was pretty good drama.
I know SpaceX broadcasts aren't everyone's thing, lots of fanboyish cheering, but just mute it and watch.
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They had live video through reentry which I think is unique but maybe I'm wrong. In any case, the main booster stage (which doesn't go through reentry) seemed to go pretty well, one of 23 engines didn't light during ascent, but descent was under control. The part to watch though is the vehicle descent, there was a cool light show, lots of bits started to burn up on their descent control flap in camera view, camera signal went in and out and then the lens/cover cracked. But it seemed to make it down to the water and initiated its flip and landing burn so that was pretty good drama.
I know SpaceX broadcasts aren't everyone's thing, lots of fanboyish cheering, but just mute it and watch.
Replay! SpaceX Starship launches on 4th test flight
SpaceX's Starship Flight 4 mission is the fourth test flight of the company's Starship and Super Heavy launch vehicle. When fully assembled, they stand nearl...
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Bill Anders, crew member of Apollo 8 and photographer of the Earthrise photo died yesterday at age 90.
Probably not the cause of death you were expecting for a 90 year old. Instead, it's reminiscent of the Nick Swardson joke about grandpa flipping his Vette.
He crashed his plane.
He crashed his plane doing a loop.
And there's video. Wild stuff.
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Probably not the cause of death you were expecting for a 90 year old. Instead, it's reminiscent of the Nick Swardson joke about grandpa flipping his Vette.
He crashed his plane.
He crashed his plane doing a loop.
And there's video. Wild stuff.
William Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut who took famous 'Earthrise' photo, dies in plane crash at 90
Anders, 90, was on the mission that circled the moon in 1968 ahead of the lunar landing in 1969. He was on a small plane that crashed Friday between two islands north of Seattle.
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Bill Anders, crew member of Apollo 8 and photographer of the Earthrise photo died yesterday at age 90.
Probably not the cause of death you were expecting for a 90 year old. Instead, it's reminiscent of the Nick Swardson joke about grandpa flipping his Vette.
He crashed his plane.
He crashed his plane doing a loop.
And there's video. Wild stuff.
William Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut who took famous 'Earthrise' photo, dies in plane crash at 90
Anders, 90, was on the mission that circled the moon in 1968 ahead of the lunar landing in 1969. He was on a small plane that crashed Friday between two islands north of Seattle.
Let a 90 year old loose in an aircraft doing loop de loops. What could possibly go wrong?
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That's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard. Dying in a plane crash isn't any better at 90 than 50.
"Well he got killed by a Tiger."
Well how old was he?
"94."
Goddamn, great way to go out.
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Beef, I need to go back to the 90s. Like 1992. This is super important.
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You're in luck. Xavier travels back in time regularly to try and get people to vote for Ralph Nader.
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How did I miss Xavier back in the day? Don't remember him at all. He's my new Berg. Huge fan.
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Because we need all sorts to be fun.
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Probably because he wasn't so mental back then. The paranoid delusions are relatively new.
No shit, the guy thought I was trying to sabotage his career (he's unemployed) because I was screenshotting stupid things he'd say in chat.
No shit, the guy thought I was trying to sabotage his career (he's unemployed) because I was screenshotting stupid things he'd say in chat.
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Love the guy haha. Very odd.Probably because he wasn't so mental back then. The paranoid delusions are relatively new.
No shit, the guy thought I was trying to sabotage his career (he's unemployed) because I was screenshotting stupid things he'd say in chat.
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Duplass is a self-important embarrassing faggot, super pretentious, but I do enjoy the movie. Pretty good.
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Me putting an arbitrary amount of A's in Space has always made searching for this thread a challenge.
Boeing seems like they might finally launch the way-behind-schedule overall and thrice scrubbed-in-the-last-couple-weeks Starliner capsule today.
Countdown is currently just going under 30 minutes, I'm not aware of any planned holds at this point.
NASA’s Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Launch – June 5, 2024 (Official NASA Broadcast)
Watch live as two NASA astronauts launch from Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as one of the final steps on the road to certification. Launch of the ULA (United...
Was supposed to be like an 8 day mission. They recently announced they won't return for another 6 months.
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Diary; Day 2: Sergey has briefed me on procedure. Everything is locked down. They are also growing small plants and vegetables, it is excellent here.
Diary; Day 120: I have taken his last vegetable into my chambers. This broccoli will not survive us.
Diary; Day 120: I have taken his last vegetable into my chambers. This broccoli will not survive us.
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They'll be returning the Starliner capsule tonight minus the crew around 6pm with some modified procedures to move it away from the ISS as quickly as possible just in case things go really wrong.
I guess the crew can sit there watching and depending on how things go will either think they dodged a bullet or bummed they have to sit in their space camper van for another 6 months when they could have been at home by now.
I guess the crew can sit there watching and depending on how things go will either think they dodged a bullet or bummed they have to sit in their space camper van for another 6 months when they could have been at home by now.
