Outer space thread

[Vrede too]

Nice!

Perseverance's helicopter Ingenuity is set to fly very soon. "A small piece of the wing covering from the Wright brothers' 1903 Wright Flyer is attached to a cable underneath Ingenuity's solar panel."

Cool.

[GoCubsGo]

Nice!

Perseverance's helicopter Ingenuity is set to fly very soon. "A small piece of the wing covering from the Wright brothers' 1903 Wright Flyer is attached to a cable underneath Ingenuity's solar panel."

Cool.

That's way cool.

(Why do I get that stupid Twilight Zone song every time I open this thread? )

[Ulysses]

I wonder if there are any Vogons on Mars.

[Ulysses]

Ingenuity is scheduled to take flight first week of April.

Last I heard, that is.

[Vrede too]

NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet....

While Ingenuity will attempt the first powered, controlled flight on another planet, the first powered, controlled flight on Earth took place Dec. 17, 1903, on the windswept dunes of Kill Devil Hill, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina....

The Apollo 11 crew flew a different piece of the material, along with a small splinter of wood from the Wright Flyer, to the Moon and back during their iconic mission in July 1969....

A moon and 2 planets hopefully, pretty accomplished swatches.

That's way cool.

(Why do I get that stupid Twilight Zone song every time I open this thread? )

Really?

[GoCubsGo]

NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet....

While Ingenuity will attempt the first powered, controlled flight on another planet, the first powered, controlled flight on Earth took place Dec. 17, 1903, on the windswept dunes of Kill Devil Hill, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina....

The Apollo 11 crew flew a different piece of the material, along with a small splinter of wood from the Wright Flyer, to the Moon and back during their iconic mission in July 1969....

A moon and 2 planets hopefully, pretty accomplished swatches.

That's way cool.

(Why do I get that stupid Twilight Zone song every time I open this thread? )

Really?

Didn't this time but did last time.

It was every time when we were on that page of the thread.

[Vrede too]

... (Why do I get that stupid Twilight Zone song every time I open this thread? )

Really?

Didn't this time but did last time.

It was every time when we were on that page of the thread.

Which page?
banni practical joke on you?
Something in your settings?

[GoCubsGo]

... (Why do I get that stupid Twilight Zone song every time I open this thread? )

Really?

Didn't this time but did last time.

It was every time when we were on that page of the thread.

Which page?
banni practical joke on you?
Something in your settings?

Something YOU did!

viewtopic.php?p=130528#p130528

[Vrede too]

Something YOU did!

viewtopic.php?p=130528#p130528

Weird, it doesn't play for me unless I click the arrow. There's only one thing to say about that:

[GoCubsGo]

Something YOU did!

viewtopic.php?p=130528#p130528

Weird, it doesn't play for me unless I click the arrow. There's only one thing to say about that:

Damn it please delete that!

[GoCubsGo]

[Vrede too]

Entered atmosphere on Saturday night ET over Saudi Arabia, 22.2N 50.0E, probably fell into the Indian Ocean near the Maldives.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/08/app-inte ... index.html
Reports of annoyed dolphins.

[neoplacebo]

Something YOU did!

viewtopic.php?p=130528#p130528

Weird, it doesn't play for me unless I click the arrow. There's only one thing to say about that:

Damn it please delete that!

Yeah, I would also get the twilight zone music.....full blast.

[Vrede too]

More than 41,000 people have signed petitions to stop Jeff Bezos from returning to Earth after his trip to space next month



Petition To Not Allow Jeff Bezos Re-Entry To Earth

Do not allow Jeff Bezos to return to Earth

I signed both.

[neoplacebo]

I wrote Jeff and suggested he get one of those baseball hats with the fake hair on the sides and back. He never got back to me, Fuck him. Hair space.

[Vrede too]

I wrote Jeff and suggested he get one of those baseball hats with the fake hair on the sides and back. He never got back to me, Fuck him. Hair space.

The Center of the Milky Way Might Not Be a (supermassive) Black Hole After All

:confusion-scratchheadblue: Just when you get used to one fantastic, difficult to grasp idea another one comes along.

[neoplacebo]

Hell, I just hope the center of the galaxy isn't a massive asshole, or worse, a 63 Ford.

[billy.pilgrim]

The Elon

Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project ... nical_Tale

"written by von Braun in German in 1949 and entitled Marsprojekt. Henry J. White (1892–1962) translated the book into English and it was published later by Apogee Books (Canada) in 2006 as Project Mars: A Technical Tale, almost thirty years after von Braun's death"

from the 70+ year old book
"the explorers make contact with the Martians. They are humanoid in appearance and live underground. They welcome the earthlings who quickly establish that they are an ancient and benevolent "super-civilization".[12] After establishing verbal communication, the humans learn about the Martians' social structure and their form of government, which is run by ten men under the leadership of "the Elon".

[Vrede too]

Hell, I just hope the center of the galaxy isn't a massive asshole ...

The Elon ...

Is it a coincidence that your post follows neoplacebo's?

[billy.pilgrim]

Hell, I just hope the center of the galaxy isn't a massive asshole ...

The Elon ...

Is it a coincidence that your post follows neoplacebo's?

pure luck