US Spaceflight for the future [update]
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4something billion to boeing
2something billion to spacex
should be other way around
2something billion to spacex
should be other way around
they are both getting the amount that they said they would need
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Oic
uh oh
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Crashes During Flight Test - NBC News
early reports say that one of the test pilots was killed in an explosion when the vehicle started up its rocket
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Crashes During Flight Test - NBC News
early reports say that one of the test pilots was killed in an explosion when the vehicle started up its rocket
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FUCK
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saw on twitter someone taking photographs of the takeoff saw the crash debris on their drive back - body still in seat 
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If this happens to the spacex launch in December - I'm calling conspiracy
so the launch manifest for SLS looks to be a 25km slingshot past the moon, then some NEO stuff to an asteroid maybe, then a hopeful launch to Europa, then a mars sample return, then some other mars thing, before 2025.
now if some of the projects remain/get funded is another thing entirely.
now if some of the projects remain/get funded is another thing entirely.
im glad the comet lander had it's own thread, but now that thread is gone and disappeared and no one seems to give a shit about what actually happened
the lander hit the comet and bounced a KM into space, landed again, bounced again, and finally landed in the shadow of a cliff, one leg in the air, with barely any sunlight hitting it.
they werent sure if it could even drill, but figured out it could.
they somehow repositioned the thing to get a bit more sun to keep operations going thru Friday evening
it drilled, and completed it's first science sequence phase totally, then sent the data to earth, then shut down due to lack of power
it hit it's mark straight on but the lack of harpoons fucked it up
even so they got a lot of good science out of the probe after ten years in space. and it may turn back on if the sun ever hits it better
Philae wins battle to send key data ahead battery depletion | NASASpaceFlight.com
im sad cuz it was supposed to be there for months, sending back data on the state of the comet as the sun burns it up
oh well
the lander hit the comet and bounced a KM into space, landed again, bounced again, and finally landed in the shadow of a cliff, one leg in the air, with barely any sunlight hitting it.
they werent sure if it could even drill, but figured out it could.
they somehow repositioned the thing to get a bit more sun to keep operations going thru Friday evening
it drilled, and completed it's first science sequence phase totally, then sent the data to earth, then shut down due to lack of power
it hit it's mark straight on but the lack of harpoons fucked it up
even so they got a lot of good science out of the probe after ten years in space. and it may turn back on if the sun ever hits it better
Philae wins battle to send key data ahead battery depletion | NASASpaceFlight.com
im sad cuz it was supposed to be there for months, sending back data on the state of the comet as the sun burns it up
oh well
thank god
hopefully the first flight of the SLS and orion is a cool mission that actually accomplishes something
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/06/in-the-trenches-sls-pad-modifications/
talking about pad work for NASA
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