Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab

[Kirwan]

That's nuts, who catches a rocket? So funny.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Kirwan said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

That's nuts, who catches a rocket? So funny.

so a chopper hooks it in flight? i guess thats more "simple" than self landing etc

[NTA]

@Kirwan said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

That's nuts, who catches a rocket? So funny.

It is like an idea that some old farmer came up with in his shed, after all the engineers put it in the "too hard" basket.

[Kiwiwomble]

its mad about 45 mins after taking off its over west africa

[Crucial]

I really enjoyed the SpaceX documentary on Netflix. Started it just flicking around and watched the whole thing.
Some really good insights

[Kiwiwomble]

@Crucial will check it out

[canefan]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/128730606/rocket-lab-about-to-shoot-for-the-moon

We are off to the moon

[Crucial]

@canefan said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/128730606/rocket-lab-about-to-shoot-for-the-moon

We are off to the moon

Livestream kink

Live Stream | Rocket Lab

A live webcast of the launch will begin on this page approximately 20 minutes prior to the target T-0 time.

or

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/129090340/watch-rocket-lab-shoots-for-the-moon

Targeting 9:55pm NZT

[nzzp]

launch in 2 min, no issues so far

[canefan]

So impressive

[Stockcar86]

[Kirwan]

SpaceX now using StarLink on their droneships. Is a special two way maritime version, which they charge more for. Apparently the fuzzy version on the left was their old maritime internet which was costing $160k per month.

https://api.starlink.com/public-files/SpaceXNavyStarlink-case-study.pdf

[antipodean]

Better clip:

[Kirwan]

@antipodean hope they didn’t damage the mount.

[nzzp]

Scott Cranfill  /  Aug 28  /  James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet - NASA Science

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe so far. Webb's First Deep Field is galaxy

Ridiculous imagery in a fraction of the time that Hubble managed.

And this was the ridiculous bit
Webb’s image covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground

[Kiwiwomble]

@nzzp said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

Scott Cranfill  /  Aug 28  /  James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet - NASA Science

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe so far. Webb's First Deep Field is galaxy

Ridiculous imagery in a fraction of the time that Hubble managed.

And this was the ridiculous bit
Webb’s image covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground

what the actual fuck!

[Bovidae]

NASA has also released new images:

NASA  /  Jul 12, 2022  /  NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Reveals Webb Telescope’s First Images of Unseen Universe

Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí.

[Crucial]

Pfff, we've been seeing planets in a galaxy far, far away since 1977. Too much of Tatooine but still better detail than this.

[Donsteppa]

[NTA]

So the SLS - Space Launch System - aka TFBR (The Fuckoff Big Rocket) is going up in about 11 hours.

Unmanned mission to the Moon and back, which quite frankly is overdue.