SPACE

Orava · Post by **Orava** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:31 pm 0

PVB wrote:Shuttle due to land at 6:02pm tonight (UK time).

Watch it here:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:04 pm 0

Orava wrote:
PVB wrote:Shuttle due to land at 6:02pm tonight (UK time).
Watch it here:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

Just have.

And she's down.

Woman driver too.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:34 am 0

Some real nice pix from that last mission:

http://www.texasjim.com/NASApix/NASA%20pix.htm

merman · Post by **merman** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:12 pm 0

Good to see Discovery made it back safe, now it's time for the Brits to launch Skynet... no, not that one, the military communications satellite

F-ZeroOne · Post by **F-ZeroOne** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:07 pm 0

merman wrote:Good to see Discovery made it back safe, now it's time for the Brits to launch Skynet... no, not that one, the military communications satellite

Yeah, thats what they tell you. You do know one of its purposes is to help control "Reaper" UAVs? I'd say humanity just gained a few more hours of meaty-goobag existence, thats all.

merman · Post by **merman** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:37 pm 0

F-ZeroOne wrote:
merman wrote:Good to see Discovery made it back safe, now it's time for the Brits to launch Skynet... no, not that one, the military communications satellite
Yeah, thats what they tell you. You do know one of its purposes is to help control "Reaper" UAVs? I'd say humanity just gained a few more hours of meaty-goobag existence, thats all.

The launch was delayed, so all you naughty little subversives have a few more hours yet

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:16 pm 0

Voyager 2 reaches termination shock!

http://space.newscientist.com/article/d ... ndary.html

merman · Post by **merman** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:48 pm 0

disciple wrote:Voyager 2 reaches termination shock!

http://space.newscientist.com/article/d ... ndary.html

Excellent...

Other news

- Atlantis launch delayed till 2008, fuel sensor problems
- Spirit rover discovers silica deposits on Mars (yes, those two plucky rovers are still going... 90 day mission my arse!)
- ESA to press ahead with their own space telescope

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:25 pm 0

The Voyager probes, more than anything else, continue to fill me with wonder when it comes to space exploration. They're incredible pieces of equipment and it's astounding to think that we're still getting useful science data from something so far away and so old. Part of this, obviously, has to do with Star Trek..I don't think I would have been so aware of the Voyager craft if it wasn't for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. A great deal of it also has to do with Carl Sagan's Cosmos TV show which I adored as a kid and now own on the remastered DVD set. Keep going, guys!

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:36 pm 0

Virgin have just released pictures of SpaceShipTwo and it's hawt!

http://www.virgingalactic.com/

There's loads of massive high-resolution images in the PressFTP area.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:41 pm 0

oh my....

Istar · Post by **Istar** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:53 pm 0

Oh god, commercial spaceflight in my lifetime.

Filled in the reservation form, aiming for a flight somewhere in the 2012-2018 range. Should give me time to find Â£100k for the ticket...

Hey Bog, when you get off the plane you're on, let me know which year you're putting your name down for.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:02 pm 0

Site seems to be taking a hit already.
Lucky I grabbed all the press images quickly...

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:29 pm 0

virgingalactic.com's getting butt-fucked at the moment, some good pix here, tho:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... night.html

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:40 pm 0

I want orbital. We need orbital.

That's only suborbital.

I hope they make a profit they can put into something better.