Recent comments in /f/space
[deleted] t1_j62emkn wrote
laz21 t1_j62ecgp wrote
Reply to Earth's inner core may be slowing down, but “Nothing cataclysmic is happening,” says Hrvoje Tkalcic, a geophysicist at Australian National University. “The inner core is now more in sync with the rest of the planet than a decade ago when it was spinning a bit faster.” by clayt6
Dont worry nothing to see here..is this the precursor to the poles shifting?
13ventrm t1_j62dqpp wrote
I'd hazard that for some reason they want to try and reduce the perception of how avoidable the accident was. Cut out the guy warning everyone, then there's a lot less culpability landing in the laps of those who disregarded the warnings.
[deleted] t1_j62d2fb wrote
[deleted] t1_j62cw30 wrote
[deleted] t1_j62c7rc wrote
yblame t1_j62a8rd wrote
Reply to comment by graboidian in NASA's Annual Day of Remembrance today, Jan. 26, honors the astronauts who died during the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. by clayt6
It's lovely. I'll always remember that day. It was 1986 and before the time of cell phones and 24/7 news. I was young, but we all had to scramble around at work to crowd around the lab supervisor's little portable TV that she had in her office.
PutWonderful7278 t1_j62a4q6 wrote
Reply to comment by OneWorldMouse in NASA's Annual Day of Remembrance today, Jan. 26, honors the astronauts who died during the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. by clayt6
They did an amazing job with the Atlantis exhibit and the memorials to the shuttle astronauts. My husband and I both cried.
[deleted] t1_j6298xa wrote
Reply to comment by QueenCassie5 in In Memory of "Seven" - A poem for the seven astronauts who perished on January 28, 1986 by graboidian
[removed]
Sharlinator t1_j628isz wrote
Reply to comment by grishno in Earth's inner core may be slowing down, but “Nothing cataclysmic is happening,” says Hrvoje Tkalcic, a geophysicist at Australian National University. “The inner core is now more in sync with the rest of the planet than a decade ago when it was spinning a bit faster.” by clayt6
What’s there to be skeptical about? The core used to be slightly superrotating, ie. rotating a bit faster than the rest of the planet, now it has slowed down a bit and rotating at about the same rate as everything else, and it seems to be natural variation.
QueenCassie5 t1_j628eyq wrote
Reply to In Memory of "Seven" - A poem for the seven astronauts who perished on January 28, 1986 by graboidian
Ok dang that is good stuff for a "back of napkin" coffee shop poem. Heck, even after several drafts, how many people can write like that? It is good.
Sharlinator t1_j6287vm wrote
Reply to comment by JustAPerspective in Earth's inner core may be slowing down, but “Nothing cataclysmic is happening,” says Hrvoje Tkalcic, a geophysicist at Australian National University. “The inner core is now more in sync with the rest of the planet than a decade ago when it was spinning a bit faster.” by clayt6
“Reverse” as in start rotating slightly slower than the rest of the Earth, which I guess is “reversing” in a frame corotating with the planet. The same goes for “stopping”, those are really misleading terms to use because the core is very much rotating indeed at about one turn in 24 hours as expected! There’s absolutely nothing that could make it actually stop. Unfortunately, popular media is as clueless as always.
recoveringcanuck t1_j6287fb wrote
Reply to comment by AmateurAviator in Earth's inner core may be slowing down, but “Nothing cataclysmic is happening,” says Hrvoje Tkalcic, a geophysicist at Australian National University. “The inner core is now more in sync with the rest of the planet than a decade ago when it was spinning a bit faster.” by clayt6
This guy got unlimited hotpockets and Xena tapes in exchange for the cover up.
Project_Contact_ t1_j628004 wrote
Reply to What time is it on the Moon? - Satellite navigation systems for lunar settlements will require local atomic clocks. Scientists are working out what time they will keep. by speckz
Just use the same mathematical equations used to determine "time" on Earth, and apply it to the moon
doom32x t1_j627tez wrote
Reply to comment by autistic_bard444 in NASA's Annual Day of Remembrance today, Jan. 26, honors the astronauts who died during the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. by clayt6
And boomers watched their teachers lose their shit as they learned about JFK, they later watched the Whitman tragedy pretty much live, had readiness drills for nukes, 4 students were mowed down by the fucking National Guard, oh yeah, a war with over 55k dead men and boys, a large contingent of which was drafted. Millennials watched 9/11 live as we got ready for school or while we were in school depending on time zones. Our generation bore the brunt of the longest wars in American History and the great recession of 07-09 happened right as Millennials were establishing themselves as adults. Gen Z has had the ever looming climate change crisis starting to assert itself, readiness drills for mass shootings, and a pandemic that took literally a year and half of their lives at a very young age.
Every generation has their shit. Sorry for the rant.
graboidian OP t1_j627ioj wrote
Reply to comment by BehindACorpFireWall in In Memory of "Seven" - A poem for the seven astronauts who perished on January 28, 1986 by graboidian
> I hope you are enjoying your pension!
Yea,....I wish,...I didn't feel like I wanted to be a career Airman, so I got out after one term.
It was still the best decision I ever made, as I was in no way ready to go out on my own, but the military helped me grow in those few years. Not to mention I actually had a lot of fun.
OneWorldMouse t1_j626k5l wrote
Reply to NASA's Annual Day of Remembrance today, Jan. 26, honors the astronauts who died during the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. by clayt6
The Atlantis exhibit in Florida has a memorial. I grew up with the shuttle. I had no idea what I'd see in there. It is haunting.
Decronym t1_j626cic wrote
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |SLS|Space Launch System heavy-lift| |SRB|Solid Rocket Booster| |SSME|Space Shuttle Main Engine|
^(3 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 26 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8486 for this sub, first seen 27th Jan 2023, 04:21])
^[FAQ] ^([Full list]) ^[Contact] ^([Source code])
BehindACorpFireWall t1_j626agu wrote
Reply to In Memory of "Seven" - A poem for the seven astronauts who perished on January 28, 1986 by graboidian
I was born a few days before this happened. Always felt a connection to it. I think that's cool you did this. I almost joined the AF, but that was mostly due to me being smitten with StarGate. I hope you are enjoying your pension!
[deleted] t1_j625a1f wrote
Reply to comment by homebuyer99 in Earth's inner core may be slowing down, but “Nothing cataclysmic is happening,” says Hrvoje Tkalcic, a geophysicist at Australian National University. “The inner core is now more in sync with the rest of the planet than a decade ago when it was spinning a bit faster.” by clayt6
[removed]
[deleted] t1_j6256dv wrote
Reply to comment by Crankin_And_Spankin in Asteroid-Mining Startup Plans First Private Mission to Deep Space by psychothumbs
[deleted]
[deleted] t1_j62epjb wrote
Reply to NASA's Annual Day of Remembrance today, Jan. 26, honors the astronauts who died during the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. by clayt6
[removed]