The Space Stuff thread

z3r010 said:

I watched them live tweet it (there was no live video) and all the way through they were claiming "space" when in reality they were nowhere near the Karman line.

It's a pointless little craft anyway.

Not exactly rollin', but I did chuckle.

Sorry to hear that so, the infamous English weather lore still rings true. You could say our area is trying to emulate, we've just finished only our second span of 10days without rain this year, the first was back in August.

This posting has me looking at 36° with drizzle and freezing fog, with an 1.51" of rain later this evening to Sunday evening.

Anyway, this is what the comet should look like: Chasing Comet 46P/Wirtanen as the Moon Looms

Ahh, 1972. Tomorrow I was 21years and 4months, it was different walking into an establishment and not having to worry about being underage.
Pong was one of the video games you could play, the bingo card pinball was always there, along with the pinball flipper games. Gas was .36¢ a gallon, oil about .30¢, a loaf of bread .25¢, a new home $24,000, a new car $3,400 but don't forget prices are relative to the times and wages were at $9,400 a year, but I digress.

It must also be different today for Harrison Schmitt as he is the sole survivor of those Three Musketeer's. Some of the memories he must have today.
Eugene Cernan
Ronald Evans

I wasn't able to watch all the live coverage but did see the launch on December 7, 1972 at 12:33am. In more ways than one; A day that will live in infamy. I also caught some of the telecast of the three going then returning and Cernan and Evans while on the Moon.

There are reasons why we stopped going and I've regretted it ever since. We've only hurt ourselves by not endeavoring to get off this wretched rock.


The Last Mission to the Moon
A real-time journey through the Apollo 17 mission.

Update for Dec. 18, 9:40 a.m. EST: There will be just one launch today after a weather issue has forced Arianespace to stand down today's Soyuz launch, a ground infrastructure issue has forced Blue Origin to stand down today's New Shepard launch, and SpaceX ran out of time in its window for a Falcon 9 launch. All three companies are hoping to reschedule for tomorrow.

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Ya still might be able to catch one, it'll almost be 2am your time: (0157 GMT on Dec. 19):

Another spysat launch will wrap things up tonight. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the classified NROL-71 spacecraft for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 8:57 p.m. EST (5:57 p.m. local California time; 0157 GMT on Dec. 19). You can watch that one live on Space.com as well, or directly via ULA (though it appears the weather may not cooperate for an on-time liftoff).
All three at Space.com | United Launch Alliance (ULA)

ULA video:


There was a fourth but it's been scrubbed, also due to weather:

Then, at 11:37 a.m. EST (1637 GMT), an Arianespace Soyuz rocket will loft a spy satellite for the French military called CSO-1. You can watch that liftoff, which will take place from Kourou, French Guiana, at Arianespace's website.

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