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zx7 t1_jdbbdhe wrote
Reply to comment by Riptide360 in Industry sees missed opportunity in deorbiting ISS by ye_olde_astronaut
>The tug boat NASA is building for $80 million could just as easily push up as it does down.
"Just as easily." It's much easier to deorbit something. Just decelerate it enough so that it's orbit intersects with the atmosphere. You can't just "push up" and expect the ISS to maintain a nice, circular orbit around the Earth.
throwplasticruntime t1_jdbaz2f wrote
Reply to The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
Perfect !! cloudy weather with chance of rain.
Secure-Evening8197 t1_jdbaq18 wrote
Cool launch. The hosts were quite annoying to listen to.
ShelZuuz t1_jdb9q48 wrote
Reply to comment by I_Heart_Astronomy in The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
Just wait until you order new Astro equipment. The week while it ships you'll have perfectly clear skies.
The day it arrives - record cloudy days for 30 straight days - just enough to extend beyond your new equipment's return window.
cjameshuff t1_jdb9jnj wrote
Reply to comment by Chairboy in The world's first 3d printed rocket is launching tonight!! by astrofilmsyt
Marketing is really all it is. Notice how, as much as they talk up the rocket being 85% 3D printed, they aren't using 3D printing for much else. The rocket's much flashier than, say, the strongback.
ferocious-ferret t1_jdb9is3 wrote
Reply to comment by frogsntoads00 in The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
I feel you. Rain forecasted Thursday thru Sunday.
Dom-tasticdude85 OP t1_jdb97mf wrote
Reply to comment by KTNH8807 in What animals are often associated with space and astrology? by Dom-tasticdude85
Oops I meant astronomy :p
Spicy_Lobster_Roll t1_jdb8sgy wrote
Pretty neat launch, especially the blue color of the flame. I was also pleasantly surprised to be able to hear it so far down the coast.
SmokyDragonDish t1_jdb8p5k wrote
Reply to comment by frogsntoads00 in The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
I drove from New Jersey to South Carolina to see the eclipse.
About 5 minutes before totality, this big-ass cumulus cloud covered the sun. At totality, the sun was completely covered. I could see the horizon all around, and it looked like sunset, but I couldn't see the sun.
Five minutes after totality, the cloud left.
I was soooo close...
seanflyon t1_jdb8nnh wrote
Second stage anomaly which I assume means a loss of the vehicle. First launches are hard and getting that far into the mission is significant.
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chewie8291 t1_jdb7f5v wrote
I've seen tests of the rockets on the ground. I have no idea what I'm seeing but it's cool
sand_eater t1_jdb7dm4 wrote
Reply to comment by The_One_With_A_Hat in The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
You're a bit too North and I think you'd want to wait for a G3 storm or higher. Everything else applies the same as for the northern hemisphere except the time zones. Clear night, low light pollution, etc.
sand_eater t1_jdb6t8z wrote
Reply to comment by christmas__rose in The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
Yeah, and it's just an estimation based on past solar wind velocities, it can be faster or slower by 50%ish for ejections like this
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mad_savant t1_jdb6cbn wrote
Reply to The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
So... Read: big solar flare incoming
Got it i hope this wouldnt be a big disruption to our grid and networks.
pompanoJ t1_jdb5qtv wrote
Reply to comment by JPhonical in Virgin Orbit raising $200 million from investor Matthew Brown, closing deal as soon as Thursday by cnbc_official
From CNBC
amounting to an injection of $200 million.
This means they are raising $200 million, not that the valuation is $200 million.
KTNH8807 t1_jdb5lvu wrote
Mentioning the word Astrology in a space subreddit is a bad idea. So to answer your question, Bigfoot because Astrology and Bigfoot aren’t real.
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Bigjoemonger t1_jdb5ev8 wrote
Reply to comment by Riptide360 in Industry sees missed opportunity in deorbiting ISS by ye_olde_astronaut
Why would any be saved? They can't be reused for anything. Any thoughts of saving anything is a child's fantasy. It has no grounding in reality.
Where is this millions of dollars of cost to deorbit coming from that you keep talking about?
Detach the module. Fire thrusters to slow the module down. It falls to earth. That's how deorbiting works.
qleptt t1_jdb53y0 wrote
Reply to The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
Every single time WVERY TIME something like this happens it’s always in shit weather like it’s supposed to be on Friday where you cant see the sky at all at night
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