Posted May 26, 20205 yr I am supporting the SpaceX launch tomorrow. My hopes of being an astronaut ended at age 14 when I hit 6' but I am happy to say that for the past 6 years I get to work with NASA a couple of days a week. Quote SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, May 27 for Falcon 9’s launch of Crew Dragon’s second demonstration (Demo-2) mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This test flight with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on board the Dragon spacecraft will return human spaceflight to the United States. The instantaneous launch window opens at 4:33 p.m. EDT, or 20:33 UTC, with backup instantaneous launch opportunities available on Saturday, May 30 at 3:22 p.m. EDT, or 19:22 UTC, and on Sunday, May 31 at 3:00 p.m. EDT, or 19:00 UTC. Tune in here to watch the launch webcast. Coverage will begin about 4 hours before liftoff.
May 26, 20205 yr Oh great another nashole spreading lies about a globe earth. It’s flat globetard and there’s no such thing as outer space.
May 28, 20205 yr Author Read the book, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" by Richard Feynman. It explains the reason the Challenger blew up. It is a great story Spoiler Long story short: Feynman, a physicist, is on the team investigating the accident. After trying through channels to prove a point, he actually cut a piece of o-ring off a Smithsonian museum display and dropped it into his ice water during a meeting to prove the o-ring has no spring at that temperature. It was hard as a rock and provided no seal. It was too cold for launch, but a POLITICAL decision was made either by the administration, or NASA, to launch when it was outside the temperature window of a safe launch.
May 28, 20205 yr I’ve seen documentaries on the Challenger, where the O-Ring in the ice water was covered. I forget the guy’s name, but one of the engineers at Morton-Thiokal was adamant about not launching and he thought they averted disaster when they launched successfully. Sadly his fears were realized about a minute later.
May 29, 20205 yr 8 hours ago, Toastrel said: Read the book, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" by Richard Feynman. It explains the reason the Challenger blew up. It is a great story Reveal hidden contents Long story short: Feynman, a physicist, is on the team investigating the accident. After trying through channels to prove a point, he actually cut a piece of o-ring off a Smithsonian museum display and dropped it into his ice water during a meeting to prove the o-ring has no spring at that temperature. It was hard as a rock and provided no seal. It was too cold for launch, but a POLITICAL decision was made either by the administration, or NASA, to launch when it was outside the temperature window of a safe launch. Anyone who greenlighted the launch that day not only should have been fired, but also charged with manslaughter. Probably neither happened. At most maybe a couple forced early retirements with nice golden parachutes.
June 2, 20205 yr Author Pete Conrad, the 3rd man to walk on the moon would have been 90 today. Happy Birthday Pete! When he stepped out onto the moon, the commander of the second moon landing, his first word was "Whoopee!!" He died in a motorcycle accident in 1999. I get to consult at a company he founded and work with NASA, which makes two days out of my week perfect.
June 3, 20205 yr I always wonder if at some point, we will figure out a propulsion system that will allow for true exploration of space.
June 3, 20205 yr 45 minutes ago, NYEagle said: I always wonder if at some point, we will figure out a propulsion system that will allow for true exploration of space. How far out are you thinking? I’ve seen where the Voyager 1 space probe moves At 17 miles per second, but won’t break out of the reaches of the Oort Cloud for 30,000 years. I’m not sure humans will ever see anything that will allow for human travel past maybe a planet or two.
June 3, 20205 yr Author 3 hours ago, NYEagle said: I always wonder if at some point, we will figure out a propulsion system that will allow for true exploration of space. I think it will happen. Some genius will think of a way around Einstein and the limitations of the Universe as we know it.
June 13, 20205 yr The Mercury program was over. Four years later, astronaut Gus Grissom was killed, along with astronauts White and Chaffee, when fire swept through their Apollo capsule. But on that glorious day in May 1963, Gordo Cooper went higher, farther, and faster than any other American. Twenty-two complete orbits around the world, he was the last American ever to go into space alone. And for a brief moment, Gordo Cooper became the greatest pilot anyone had ever seen.
June 17, 20205 yr On 6/14/2020 at 10:56 PM, Passepartout said: Just hope that one day space travel will be a reality. Maybe not in my time. Depends on what you mean by space travel. We are currently traveling in space with the Space Station and been to the moon. If you mean other planets or planets of other starts then it will have to be in the future because the Technology to get there doesn't exist yet. The funny thing is, Scientists are spending millions of dollars on Satellites to find habitable planets to move to, yet we currently lack the technology to actually get there. We don't have rocket engines powerful enough, or craft that provides it's own Gravity, to travel to a planet that goes around another star.
June 20, 20205 yr Space travel like that to Mars or even living there. There are some people who want to live on Mars. Really there is!
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