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JPhonical t1_jdbl39e wrote
Reply to comment by pompanoJ in Virgin Orbit raising $200 million from investor Matthew Brown, closing deal as soon as Thursday by cnbc_official
That's interesting... the market cap is only $200 million so that would involve close to a total buyout that would have them delisted (unless the investor is paying a massive premium over the market - not impossible, but unlikely IMHO).
Surely that would require shareholder approval, but this deal is meant to be done very fast to prevent the company falling apart as all the staff get jobs elsewhere.
I guess we don't yet have enough of the puzzle pieces to figure out what's going on yet - we'll have to wait for a formal announcement.
FrozenToonies t1_jdbkf36 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
Cloudy sky in the pacific north west every f’ing time this happens. I’m glad I’ve seen my share of northern light shows when I was young but it’s been 20 years since I’ve seen them.
zzulus t1_jdbk6qq 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
I told you a couple days ago that this would happen
totoro27 t1_jdbj8wo wrote
Reply to comment by Captain_Dunsel 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
Surely they should give you the telescope for another night in that case. Seems really unfair when you were clearly unable to use it.
kompootor t1_jdbj020 wrote
Reply to comment by Bewaretheicespiders in NASA's space nuclear power program is a hot mess by bit_map
There's a reason you use zinc-air batteries to power a hearing aid and not an internal combustion engine. "Better" doesn't mean "more power".
pac-men t1_jdbis8x wrote
Reply to comment by LeektheGeek 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
…..and by all the people who watch movies and TV.
Annexerad t1_jdbiokq wrote
Reply to comment by JustAPerspective 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
11-year solar cycle. google it
weathercat4 t1_jdbin9o wrote
Reply to comment by EarthSolar in What animals are often associated with space and astrology? by Dom-tasticdude85
Bigfoot do astrology too. From my thorough research of animal planet programming I can also tell you they definetly like fireworks and graveyards as well.
me2 t1_jdbibii wrote
Reply to comment by ShelZuuz 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 felt the pain in your words.
Kevin_IRL t1_jdbi22t wrote
Reply to comment by Igotz80HDnImWinning 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 don't think I've ever seen a more detailed suggestion following "bruh"
serenidade t1_jdbhx1m wrote
Reply to comment by ferocious-ferret 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
There will be two total solar eclipses visible from swaths of the US soon: a "ring of fire" eclipse in Oct 2023, and one in April 2024 that will have a much longer totality than the eclipse in 2017.
I hope you & others in this thread who have been denied can make it to one of these, or get a different opportunity to see one someday. May your skies be randomly clear at the most opportune times.
brendanvista t1_jdbhq0m wrote
Reply to comment by Andromeda321 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
Exactly, it's supposed to be dumping rain where I am.
dagobertonius t1_jdbhhoc wrote
Reply to comment by Stargazer_199 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
At least you do acknowledge that non-Americans use the Internet and even Reddit! Thank you for that!
CrispyRussians t1_jdbhal3 wrote
Reply to comment by Secure-Evening8197 in The world's first 3d printed rocket is launching tonight!! by astrofilmsyt
You don't like canned enthusiasm as a substitute for actual information? This was a marketing presentation; felt the same way about the narration
bazookajt t1_jdbh5vx wrote
Reply to comment by arkonator92 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've been planning for this eclipse ever since I drove from Pittsburgh to SC for the last one. I'm driving about as far, although more west this time. Sure, Erie or Cleveland are a few hours away, but it'll definitely be cloudy.
Some_Canadian_Man t1_jdbglzp wrote
Reply to comment by b_a_t_m_4_n in Couldn’t we land on an asteroid that is passing through our solar system and use that as a vessel for interstellar travel? by [deleted]
When I die, me and God are gonna be having some serious conversations about this seemingly restrictive design choice.
Lint_baby_uvulla t1_jdbg5cx wrote
Reply to comment by bubdadigger 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
Will the ISS get good footage?
wait a sec will this impact the ISS astronauts?
EarthSolar t1_jdbfbl6 wrote
Reply to comment by KTNH8807 in What animals are often associated with space and astrology? by Dom-tasticdude85
I’d go with humans because humans are the only animals that do astrology
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Blue05D t1_jdbebau wrote
Reply to comment by Andromeda321 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
Same. I live in Anchorage, Alaska, and every major event just happens to be on a cloudy day.
zx7 t1_jdbcqp6 wrote
Reply to comment by PhoenixReborn in Industry sees missed opportunity in deorbiting ISS by ye_olde_astronaut
Is the ISS even designed to do that? How much would it cost just to get it into a different orbit and will the ISS even last long enough for there to be any benefit?
nic_haflinger t1_jdbcnth wrote
Reply to comment by kittyrocket in Virgin Orbit raising $200 million from investor Matthew Brown, closing deal as soon as Thursday by cnbc_official
Virgin Orbit’s manufacturing tech is pretty sophisticated. They could certainly build a bigger rocket and ground launch it. Their propulsion tech is pretty solid as well. Newton3 75k lbf thrust puts it in a different class than anything RocketLab or Relativity have flown.
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Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
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RollaCoastinPoopah t1_jdbl572 wrote
Reply to comment by Alt-Account-No553 in Fallen Astronaut statue and a name plaque left on the surface of the Moon by the crew of Apollo 15 by AlbaneseGummies327
Clean up your trash again?
Nah, the Aussies won’t do it, America needs to learn to clean up after itself not just take things and leave a mess… like the Iraqi invasion for sweet sweet oil.