Space Exploration,astronomy & Cosmology

I think they should go for a really f***ing hard landing

 

Let’s hope the lander gets a good welcome.

 

Going by the latest news reports, it seems they've gone for the far less ambitious 'no landing, floating in space like an expensive piece of junk' option:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67915696

 

Good job no one was on it.

 

That's the fashionable way to do it in space I believe

 

Did Fujitsu program this one?

 

Moon landing by the Odysseus Lander during the next hour.

Live linky.
https://www.youtube.com/live/Dg2ffigGcYM?si=5vm4PELhYHIb6QqL

 

Lander incredibly slow in producing images given that we could follow the Apollo missions with early 1970s tech.

 

I read that it tipped over on landing and is on its side.

 

Should have based it on a weeble and not R2D2.

 

Starship Flight Test 3, potentially due to happen in under an hour, if weather, range violation and other things align ok...I wouldn't be surprised if it scrubbed today, but you never know.

 

Crickey, they got it into orbit at the 3rd attempt. Incredible.

 

Lost on re-entry but a big step today.

 

So, Starliner's first manned spaceflight got scrubbed yet again today. Boeing just ain't having any luck, I wouldn't fancy going up in one of their planes at the moment, let alone a space capsule.

In other news, it looks like the fourth flight of Starship and Super Heavy could be coming this week. Thursday 6th June is the date in the diary currently.

 

If you believed, they put a man in the moon….
They are busy photoshopping a few AI created images to feed the masses and perpetuate this crazy notion.

 

Well, I think they landed both ship and booster successfully this time. Not bad for a 4th attempt!

 

Bill Anders (Apollo 8) RIP

 

Sad, though going by the video it looks like he went out in a way he may have wanted, pulling an aerobatic loop in his single seater plane at the age of 90. Just didn't quite get it right.

 

Honestly, this footage is just mad!

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1799458854067118450

 

Oh do tell more Skyla! What is SHLLV, assuming LLV is Lunar Landing Vehicle?? Does this mean you're def working on this?

 

SHLLV - super heavy-lift launch vehicle (says Professor Google at least)

 

Good luck Skyla

 

Good luck and don't accidentally blow it by telling us numpties before you've sealed the deal!

 

Cut of date.

 

Break a leg @SkylaRose.

 

Nice work and well done and good luck too!

So basically it is new software for Starship-Super Heavy then? (version 2??) Are you allowed to say what the software will focus on (sorry if you did mention this before!)? Interestingly a lot has been spoken about the software from the ITF4. Firstly how the super heavy booster compensated for the loss of an engine on the way up, but secondly and more specifically how the software adapted to a lots of bits falling off Starship during re-entry and still managing to get it stable when coming down and then relighting the engines for a soft landing, only 6KM off the target zone. So all very interesting indeed Skyla! A perfect case of the software compensating for hardware deficiencies.