The Astronomy Thread

[Tron]

Lazy, uneducated, hunch based skepticism is an obsession for about 25% of America.

 

[Boner_18]

Hope it's clear tomorrow eve. Gonna see me some Jupiter and his 4 galilean moons as well as a little Saturn (no rings without a telescope).

 

[Boner_18]

Thursday- Perseverance (hopefully) landing on Mars. Whose watching?

 

[Tron]

Thursday- Perseverance (hopefully) landing on Mars. Whose watching?

She launched on July 30th, 2020

 

[Boner_18]

 

[Boner_18]

20m off the surface being dropped by jetpack with sky crane maneuver. FUCK YES.

 

[Matty]

Can't wait for the video, going to look sick.

 

[Boner_18]

This shit is mind blowing.

 

[Matty]

It amazes me how late they fired up the landing engines/rockets... if there's any sort of malfunction or even a slight delay, your expensive robot goes splat.

 

[reno cool]

call me when they find the alien that abducted my neighbor

 

[Blitty]

Fake news including the moon landing etc

 

[Boner_18]

Meanwhile Hayabusa2 data is starting to flow - seems like asteroids/sample return missions already confirm organic life in deep space but just not as sexy as Mars.

 

[Matty]

SN11 is already being rolled out to the launch pad. Launch should happen this month.

When will SN11 Launch? | Live Updates

LIVE UPDATES for the testing and launch of Starship SN11. SpaceX will be attempting to launch its next prototype on a test flight from pad B.

everydayastronaut.com

 

[Boner_18]

A crewed mission to Mars by 2024 is lol. But they're going to advance space travel 20 years in the 5 thats for sure.

 

[Matty]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Matty]

"wE DiDn'T gO To tEh M0oN "

 

[Matty]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1373520044404129792

 

[Boner_18]

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Extracts First Oxygen From Red Planet – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program

The milestone, which the MOXIE instrument achieved by converting carbon dioxide into oxygen, points the way to future human exploration of the Red Planet.

mars.nasa.gov

Huggghhh step. Smacks of Zurbins Mars Direct.