The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond

Glaucus · 30 Jul 2012 at 15:29

Oops guess their high tech string approach couldn't cope.

PermaBanned · 30 Jul 2012 at 15:47

He said that separation and second stage ignition worked fine. What broke off there was the nose cone. Which they had to remove and replace on the day. Not sure how it was attached but in the blog post you can see someone with a screwdriver. Stronger bolts needed i think

Impressive acceleration stats on that thing though, 20G?

Mik3 · 30 Jul 2012 at 16:35

There's a documentary on tonight about the new Mars rover, BBC2 pm should be good.

Cosimo · 30 Jul 2012 at 17:29

Mik3 said:
There's a documentary on tonight about the new Mars rover, BBC2 pm should be good.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01llnb2

SlyReaper · 30 Jul 2012 at 18:29

What amuses me are the comments I've seen floating around about how $2.5bil is a waste of money for a Mars rover. This is in the same week we're running a sporting event that cost about 6 times that much.

*despair*

Spook187 · 30 Jul 2012 at 18:37

SlyReaper said:
What amuses me are the comments I've seen floating around about how $2.5bil is a waste of money for a Mars rover. This is in the same week we're running a sporting event that cost about 6 times that much.

*despair*

I know,would be good to hear their excuses why they think in a negative way about science projects.
We would still be living in caves if they had it there way is not to far from the truth.

Cosimo · 31 Jul 2012 at 07:24

Choose your narrator:

Cosimo · 31 Jul 2012 at 07:27

eggyoke · 31 Jul 2012 at 09:49

Merlin5 said:
Unbelievably amazing footage from the International Space Station at Night.

http://vimeo.com/45878034

Remarkable footage. Thanks for sharing the link, its now bookmarked

VoG · 31 Jul 2012 at 13:38

Mik3 said:
There's a documentary on tonight about the new Mars rover, BBC2 pm should be good.

Saw it, & not only did i see it, i noticed they used some music from Mass Effect in it as well

Demoniser · 31 Jul 2012 at 18:28

VoG said:
Saw it, & not only did i see it, i noticed they used some music from Mass Effect in it as well

I thought i could hear the Galaxy Map background music. Watching it on the iPlayer atm.

PermaBanned · 31 Jul 2012 at 22:03

Some of this is just hilarious:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/07/space-capsule-parachute-trouble-and-here-we-go-again/

GarethSouthgate · 31 Jul 2012 at 23:38

I can't believe that I have only just stumbled across this:

http://mars-one.com/en/

I would love to go!

Glaucus · 31 Jul 2012 at 23:45

sigma said:
I can't believe that I have only just stumbled across this:

http://mars-one.com/en/

I would love to go!

Oh wow, same I would spend the rest of my life there.

Not convinced they will pull the funding off. Technically possible. NASA has been working on it for decades and it's certainly doable. Still I suppose not long to wait for the first satelite launch. Let's see if they even hit that target.

GarethSouthgate · 31 Jul 2012 at 23:50

If they document everything then imagine the coverage that would be possible. For the first few journeys at least, the media attention would be huge!

Really hope they can pull it off!

StriderX · 31 Jul 2012 at 23:52

There really needs to be more research into the conditions of Mars before a manned mission is a go, particularly the rather missing EM field and how that will be for anyone there.

Perhaps they will go crazy because of it?

Glaucus · 31 Jul 2012 at 23:53

StriderX said:
There really needs to be more research into the conditions of Mars before a manned mission is a go, particularly the rather missing EM field and how that will be for anyone there.

Perhaps they will go crazy because of it?

Or they do what's in the photos and simply burry the living modules in mars rock. Which will shield them from radation. Like has been discussed and accosted for years.

PermaBanned · 31 Jul 2012 at 23:55

StriderX said:
There really needs to be more research into the conditions of Mars before a manned mission is a go, particularly the rather missing EM field and how that will be for anyone there.

Perhaps they will go crazy because of it?

If you can survive the trip there then the actual surface would be fine

StriderX · 31 Jul 2012 at 23:56

Glaucus said:
Or they do what's in the photos and simply burry the living modules in mars rock. Which will shield them from radation. Like has been discussed and accosted for years.

The missing field is what i am wondering about, not the obvious radiation problem.

We know for a fact that EM fields have a profound effect on the mind/brain, it does change someone's attitude, how will a planet with basically none of this or at least very little of it effect any settlers?

The ISS is also not a good example of what i mean, it still remains inside the envelope of Earth's field.

I am probably wrong, but even the slightest chance of this is too much.

Glaucus · 1 Aug 2012 at 00:02

StriderX said:
The missing field is what i am wondering about, not the obvious radiation problem.

We know for a fact that EM fields have a profound effect on the mind/brain, it does change someone's attitude, how will a planet with basically none of this or at least very little of it effect any settlers?

The ISS is also not a good example of what i mean, it still remains inside the envelope of Earth's field.

How about the moon, NASA and others have been looking at mars for years, they see no issues, well plenty of issues, but nothing unworkable. So I don't see it as a problem. Isn't it also massive em fields that affect humans, rather than low to zero.

Slightest chance is to much? The rocket could explode on takeoff. Pioneers, are not put off by such risks.

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