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Nzoner's Game Room>Space Exploration megathread
DaFace 09:40 AM 06-01-2014
Since a number of cool things are happening in space exploration these days, we'll widen the scope of this thread a smidge. Conversation about all things space exploration are welcome, whether it be from NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin, or anyone else. Chances are most of the discussion will still be about SpaceX since they love to make things public and fun, but nothing's off limits. I'll eventually get around to modifying the OP to include resources for other companies too, but in the meantime, feel free to post any cool stuff you run across.

Lists of Upcoming Missions

Spoiler!


How to Watch a Live Launch
Spoiler!


Where to Learn More
Spoiler!


Glossary
Spoiler!

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unlurking 08:25 PM 05-18-2020
Sorry. I probably should have been clear why I thought this was significant too.

The F9 booster for Starlink 7 has already flown 4 times. 2 paid and 2 Starlink missions. They could easily choose to make it expendable as it has already been more than paid for. Instead they are accepting a significant delay for a date sensitive series of missions. To meet their agreement with the FCC they need to have ~6000 satellites flying in 4 years. That's 100+ launches in 48 months, or 2 launches per month, not including their launch schedule for other customers. Currently they are planning 3 Starlink launches and a GPS 3 launch for the Air Force in June.

The next few years are going to be INSANE if they can actually meet that launch cadence. SpaceX changed the landscape for launches with it's reusable platform, and we haven't even seen the half of it yet.

Seriously. Over the next 4 years a private company is launching orbital rockets twice a month to blanket the earth with a constellation of 12,000 satellites. That is truly the stuff of science fiction. While I am super excited for DM2 and taking the day off to watch/celebrate, I think that achievement pales in comparison to launching 6000 satellites in 4 years.
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RINGLEADER 08:36 PM 05-18-2020
Originally Posted by DaFace:
For now:

1) Be a member of the military
2) Apply
Is space force essential us space command with a new name?
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unlurking 08:53 PM 05-18-2020
Originally Posted by RINGLEADER:
Is space force essential us space command with a new name?
Starfleet Command actually



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Scooter LaCanforno 04:28 AM 05-19-2020
Originally Posted by DaFace:
For now:

1) Be a member of the military
2) Apply

There are also plenty of contractor jobs with the Space Force.
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BigRedChief 07:30 PM 05-19-2020
I fucking hate politics being injected into science.

NASA's head of human spaceflight, Doug Loverro, has abruptly resigned — just one week before a historic test flight to send astronauts up in a new space capsule developed by SpaceX.https://t.co/axtNyKIBmR

— NPR (@NPR) May 19, 2020

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GloryDayz 08:00 PM 05-19-2020
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
I fucking hate politics being injected into science.

So what did he do?
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DaneMcCloud 08:14 PM 05-19-2020
Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
So what did he do?
He was caught fucking aliens.

Again.
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Naptown Chief 08:25 PM 05-19-2020
Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
So what did he do?
Friend of Epstein's
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Rain Man 12:50 AM 05-20-2020
Originally Posted by KChiefs1:
How do you get into the Space Force?
I'm sure there's a joke about mass and acceleration in here somewhere.
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DaFace 12:01 PM 05-20-2020
I guess we'll see how it plays out, but I suspect we may have to get used to weather-related scrubs on manned launches. This is a lot of stuff that has to be right...

The finalized #SpaceX #CrewDragon launch weather commit criteria for next week. #Demo2 #Falonc9 #NASA pic.twitter.com/oyD0Bqacq4

— Chris G - NSF (@ChrisG_NSF) May 20, 2020

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DaFace 12:14 PM 05-20-2020
This is a nice profile of the two astronauts set to fly next week.

Meet the first NASA astronauts SpaceX will launch to orbit https://t.co/bOjdKC8d6r pic.twitter.com/nyU9ZATbLP

— The Verge (@verge) May 20, 2020

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Donger 12:19 PM 05-20-2020
:-)

T-7 days
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unlurking 06:49 PM 05-20-2020
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
I fucking hate politics being injected into science.

It wasn't politics...


https://arstechnica.com/science/2020...hy-it-matters/
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unlurking 07:01 PM 05-20-2020

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DaFace 09:33 PM 05-20-2020

Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 in the hangar at Launch Complex 39A pic.twitter.com/l758CdYXNQ

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 21, 2020

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