On the same day that Bezos shot himself to space in his tiny rocket, Elon Musk test fired one of the biggest. I'm guessing that's not a coincidence.
"Have fun sending up a tourist or three on a quick trip up and down, while we orbit the Earth and fly to Mars."
Someone knows where the real money is.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/watch-spa...122745362.html
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Well this is cool. Can you imagine how the discoverer must have felt?
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/amat...185054319.htmlWith constant news of parts of our solar system currently being mapped, tracked, and even visited, it’d be understandable to think it’s impossible to discover something like a whole new moon. Luckily, our stellar neighborhood is massive beyond imagination. So, it is indeed possible! Amateur astronomer, Kai Ly, proved that’s the case with their recent discovery of a new moon orbiting Jupiter.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
It's truly an uncanny phenomenon.
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Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Will be crossing fingers for clear skies.In celestial news you needed, Saturn has entered the chat! The most beautiful planet in the sky will light up the night on Aug. 2, and it'll be a sight to behold. On this day, the ringed planet will be in alignment with Earth and the sun in a celestial event known as the moment Saturn is in "opposition." The second-largest planet will be at its closest distance to Earth with its face fully illuminated by the sun, meaning it'll be brighter than it has been all year and visible throughout the night.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/look...230617768.html
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Some insight into Mars from the InSight rover using Marsquakes.
If you have a geology background, you might find this of great interest.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/marsqua...le_email_share
Larry
DevilHorse
Today, the BepiColumbo satellite made its second pass by Venus on its way to a final 2025 rendesvous with Mercury. It is a combo satellite that uses many gravity assist stops of Earth and the inner planets to eventually slow down and meet with Mercury. This mission was brought to you by the European and Japanese space agencies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BepiColombo
A lot of good information at the above link.
The probe is named after Giuseppe "Bepi" Colombo who first proposed 'gravity assist' for sending probes/satellites into outer space. It was first used by the 1974 Mariner mission. Bepi died in 1984.
Let's all agree to be around in 2025 to check out the results that come in. I'm game.
Larry
DevilHorse
Apparently there is a great deal of inflation in trips to space:
https://twitter.com/tobyliiiiiiiiii/...771972/photo/1
Larry
DevilHorse