Latest Space Missions (& Other Science Stuff)

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We had a supersonic airliner, Concorde, from 1969 to 2003. It was eventually abandoned as uneconomic, because you can’t fly supersonic over populated areas. It only made any money at all because it could fly the Atlantic run to the U.S.

Why is anyone developing a civil supersonic jet?

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Reading the stuff the CEO is saying in that article, it all sounds very naive and unrealistic, like some reddit post by somebody that is way overenthusiastic but doesn’t have much understanding of the technical and economic limitations.
But apparently they managed to fund and develop a prototype that can go supersonic, so I have to assume they are not stupid… :person_shrugging:

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Can you spot all 10 celestial bodies in this photo?


Unfortunately, no. But they are there.

Summary

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As an undercover alien posing on your planet, I can actually see all the planets in this photo, but you guys don’t even have names for, or know of them yet so I won’t spoil it. James Webb should be getting good images on them soon enough.

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When you decide to leave, please take me with you…unless you plan to put my head in a jar.

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Starship flight 8 (SpaceX)

After a delay from February 28th and scrub March 3rd, another launch opportunity is set for March 6th at 23:30pm UTC (in a couple of hours).

Update:

Debris coming down:

https://x.com/SeeClickFlash/status/1897796382221910338

https://x.com/GeneDoctorB/status/1897798175081005540

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Strike 2! :sparkler:

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I think this athiest can safely say, Elon has pissed off all of the pantheons. All of which have been proven real by his behaviour. Websites are already taking bets on which one he’s pissed off the most. My money’s on the greek pantheon.

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He wouldn’t be around anymore if that were the case. They might not be the most powerful pantheon, but they act rashly and impulsively. If you piss them off, you know within short order.

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Thats why you don’t really hear any new stories of the Pantheon after those times, centuries of inbreeding and gods born into entitlement… They’re a shadow of their former selves, the only tradition that still held strong was the patricide.

Zonk, the lesser god of passive surliness, great great great grand son of zeus and his own cousin six times, well even he had to take note of Elon and Trump and do something. Just don’t expect them to achieve any results. In most cases if they do come down they’ll probably get drunk and aid them.

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NASA SpaceX Crew-10 launch to the ISS

Launch is scheduled for for 23:48 p.m. UTC on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 (less than 2 hours from now).
The crew consists of astronauts Anne McClain (NASA/commander), Nichole Ayers (NASA/pilot), Takuya Onishi (JAXA/mission specialist), and Kirill Peskov (Roscosmos/mission specialist).

Update:

After wednesday’s scrub, there is another attempt scheduled for coming Friday, March 14th, 2025, at 23:03 pm UTC.

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