Space Talk

[Druiddroid]

Or that we should be preparing ourselves. I know individuals such as Musk and Kurzweil are. Musk had a wonderful analogy he used not directly about this subject but I think it pertains.

the buckets are for self important people. if humans end up culling themselves on Earth because of greed, lack of foresight, etc... so be it, then we earned it. Survival of the fittest on this planet.

 

[Tom Ganks]

 

[Tom Ganks]

http://spacenews.com/spacex-announces-plans-for-dragon-mission-to-mars/

 

[Tom Ganks]

 

[Kimberlee]

I'm a huge space junkie. I love astronomy.

 

[Apnea]

I'm a huge space junkie. I love astronomy.

Same here, I get lost in myself for hours just thinking about how much shit is out there, how massive space is, and how much of it our species will never see.

 

[Tom Ganks]

Please sign this and save a landmark
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https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...ly-impaired-take-action-keep-it-well-funded-0

 

[Zuro]

Can't wait for mars > earth to be the new eu > us. I've been following spacex for a while now. Hope the falcon heavy will be a succes.

 

[Sketchbag]

The final frontier!

 

[Tom Ganks]

Can't wait for mars > earth to be the new eu > us. I've been following spacex for a while now. Hope the falcon heavy will be a succes.

The good thing is the shear amount money they're saving from the past 3 F9 landings, which also leads to a lot more contracts. But yeah, I'm waiting for them to release some dates on the FH

 

[Tom Ganks]

What an awesome feat. I can't wait to see what this thing uncovers. It's freaking huge.

http://spacenews.com/china-completes-worlds-largest-radio-telescope/

 

[Allybeboba]

Jupiter insertion (Juno) was just this last weekend! Guys at JPL were real excited about that.

 

[telle]

What an awesome feat. I can't wait to see what this thing uncovers. It's freaking huge.

http://spacenews.com/china-completes-worlds-largest-radio-telescope/

Let's hope its not like their watermelon, bricks or any number of weird counterfeit items produced in China...

On-topic, this is pretty cool:

Particularly since this was discovered recently: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/hot-jupiter-1.3419412

 

[Tom Ganks]

Classic.

 

[Dorigon]

Let's hope its not like their watermelon, bricks or any number of weird counterfeit items produced in China...

On-topic, this is pretty cool:

Particularly since this was discovered recently: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/hot-jupiter-1.3419412

Say what you want, the watermelons here tend to be topnotch.

 

[telle]

Say what you want, the watermelons here tend to be topnotch.

No doubt. But with such a large consumer base, there's a lot of room for crafty folk to produce deceptive items for an easy dollar. Err, easy renminbi?

OT:
http://disinfo.com/2016/04/how-coul...oak-to-hide-earth-from-an-alien-civilization/

Beware of aliens.

 

[Tom Ganks]

 

[telle]

 

[Tom Ganks]

It's a shame it happened. But physics is physics, and we need incidents like these to happen to prevent it from happening again (especially a manned mission). I'm sure this was a big blow to SpaceX, but it's gained a lot of publicity for it. I'm sure they'll pick back up. My only worry is how long Elon Musk can manage the current obstacles Tesla, SpaceX, and Solar City are going through. He's doing an extraordinary job for how many businesses he currently has operating, but he's no superhuman. He needs help with oversight, but he may be too insecure for that to ever happen.

 

[telle]

It's a shame it happened. But physics is physics, and we need incidents like these to happen to prevent it from happening again (especially a manned mission). I'm sure this was a big blow to SpaceX, but it's gained a lot of publicity for it. I'm sure they'll pick back up. My only worry is how long Elon Musk can manage the current obstacles Tesla, SpaceX, and Solar City are going through. He's doing an extraordinary job for how many businesses he currently has operating, but he's no superhuman. He needs help with oversight, but he may be too insecure for that to ever happen.

Agreed. Glad it was an unmanned mission. It can be a very dangerous venture...

The real shame about space exploration is it's lack of government sponsored support. It's great that entrepreneurial endeavors are increasing but it's a drop in the bucket. It's all about priorities and unfortunately, in the case of the US, the emphasis has been to funnel tax payers' dollars into rockets that are created to intentionally blow up other people instead of incidentally and occasionally harming individuals.