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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Wed 1 Apr 22:09
For us space nerds it’s -0:14:18 mins til Artemis II lifts off for its journey to the moon. It won’t be landing on the moon but orbiting it and will be breaking the distance travelled record.
You can watch it live on BBC News from 11:24pm our time and also on NASA’s you tube channel.
🌙 🚀
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
Post Edited (Wed 01 Apr 23:10)
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Wed 1 Apr 22:27
Why they have a manned space flight and not even land on the moon is bizarre.
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte
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Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par
Date: Wed 1 Apr 22:43
Quote:
Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe like
Date: Wed 1 Apr 22:27
Why they have a manned space flight and not even land on the moon is bizarre.
Apollo 8 orbited without landing.
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Wed 1 Apr 22:50
If you read about, it you’ll understand why. It’s been 50 years since NASA has sent a spacecraft into orbit so it needs to navigate this first before further test flights can be conducted.
From NASA ~ This mission is to lay the ground for a lunar landing by astronauts in the Artemis IV mission, planned for 2028.
Ahead of that, Nasa plans another crewed test mission, Artemis III, in 2027, to rehearse Orion`s rendezvous and docking with one or more lunar landers and to try out the new spacesuits if they are ready in time.
Nasa has picked two rival commercial landers for Artemis: SpaceX`s Starship and a craft designed by Jeff Bezos`s company Blue Origin, and will decide closer to the time which vehicles fly which missions.
When Artemis IV finally flies, the astronauts will be heading to the Moon`s south pole.
After this, the aim is to have another landing later in 2028 with the Artemis V mission, to build up the capability for a sustained human presence on the Moon.”
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Wed 1 Apr 23:43
Some absolutely phenomenal stats after launch......10000 mph after 5 minutes........15000 mph after 7 minutes.
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Wed 1 Apr 23:47
It’s amazing eh? I love learning about it all.
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Wed 1 Apr 23:49
I can understand why some will feel like "why?" but I find utterly fascinating.
Fingers crossed it all goes to plan and they return safely.
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
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Topic Originator: OzPar
Date: Thu 2 Apr 00:00
Iran’s hypersonic missiles can exceed 15,000 mph.
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Thu 2 Apr 00:16
Are there 4 folk sat on top of them?
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
Post Edited (Thu 02 Apr 00:16)
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Topic Originator: sadindiefreak
Date: Thu 2 Apr 00:38
Quote:
OzPar, Thu 2 Apr 00:00
Iran’s hypersonic missiles can exceed 15,000 mph.
Wrong.
They go at up to Mach15 which is 11500 mph.
Or 18500km/h
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Topic Originator: parsmad68
Date: Thu 2 Apr 08:13
I was at the final Shuttle launch and it was incredible. The feel of the rumble of those solid rocket boosters that vaporised the clouds that day was amazing as the ground was shaking. I can only imagine was it was like yesterday.
The feeling of touch and go that day due to the rains that disappeared just before the launch made it even more special.
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Topic Originator: Aaron Labonte
Date: Thu 2 Apr 11:24
Classic Oz.
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Topic Originator: McCaig`s Tower
Date: Thu 2 Apr 12:39
I think NASA used to be terribly cautious, particularly with the Apollo program, presumably after the Apollo 1 tragedy.
So Apollo 7 was "merely" a manned earth orbit.
Apollo 8 went round the moon with Tom Hanks as command module pilot - they were there at Christmas which seemed a big deal. Less than a month later the Pars would play West Brom, for context.
I think Apollo 9 was just another earth orbit to test the manoeuvrability of the Lunar Module, Apollo 10 got close to the moon`s surface, before the eventual moon landing with Apollo 11.
Then it got a bit boring, although Tom Hanks (him again) perked things up with his "Houston, we have a problem" moment. I love that film.
This all takes me back - to the days when the Cape was Cape Kennedy, and Mission Control was at Houston which I imagined was nearby (why, I don`t know). My neighbour came back from Shetland with an American accent because he`d spent so long watching the TV coverage.
I was also confused by a Top Cat cartoon when he talked about "Cape Canaveral" - it seemed so old fashioned. (Also confusing was the cartoon being called "Boss Cat".)
All these 60s memories get quite jumbled.
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Thu 2 Apr 13:40
Top Cat/Boss Cat caused a good few arguments!
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Thu 2 Apr 16:34
Quote:
LochgellyAlbert, Thu 2 Apr 13:40
Top Cat/Boss Cat caused a good few arguments!
Yeah didn’t even notice it at the time. Apparently Top Cat was a known food brand in the UK so they couldn’t use it.
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte
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Topic Originator: P
Date: Thu 2 Apr 17:47
Saw a launch from Cape Canaveral on a cruise ship a couple years ago and it was quite impressive, didn’t quite get to film it as my son nearly knocked over my cocktail and I had to prioritise
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Thu 2 Apr 21:27
Massive waste of some great minds, time and money.
Does anyone actually believe that people have been to the moon?
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Thu 2 Apr 22:00
Quote:
red-star-par, Thu 2 Apr 21:27
Massive waste of some great minds, time and money.
Does anyone actually believe that people have been to the moon?
Stop talking out uranus.
🤭
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: Big T Par
Date: Thu 2 Apr 22:03
Quote:
buffy, Thu 2 Apr 22:00
Quote:
red-star-par, Thu 2 Apr 21:27
Massive waste of some great minds, time and money.
Does anyone actually believe that people have been to the moon?
Stop talking out uranus.
🤭
😄😄
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Topic Originator: Big T Par
Date: Thu 2 Apr 22:05
Quote:
red-star-par, Thu 2 Apr 21:27
Massive waste of some great minds, time and money.
Does anyone actually believe that people have been to the moon?
Stop being a Venus. Course they have 😁
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Thu 2 Apr 22:06
Do some people actually believe it? I mean, intelligent people
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Topic Originator: Big T Par
Date: Thu 2 Apr 22:08
Yer being a bit of a Marshole squire
I`ve got 3 highers BTW 😁
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Topic Originator: hurricane_jimmy
Date: Thu 2 Apr 22:15
Quite excited to see how it all goes but a bit difficult to keep track with the time difference.
I would be curious to know a bit more about the manufacture and testing of the vehicles as the missions were more frequent back in the 60s/70s but obviously production capabilities have changed a lot, vehicles are a lot more advanced and testing is a lot more rigorous these days. Likely this is a factor in how frequent missions can be, but I would have thought that the private sector being involved more in the design might have sped that up a bit.
Very curious to see more about how the Lunar base will come together too and I would assume that it would be intended as a preparation for a Martian mission.
Funnily enough, quite a common line I`ve heard from Mainland Chinese here in Hong Kong is that America never went to the Moon and that China proved it. Funny thing is that the opposite is true: the Chang`e missions took high resolution pictures of the sites which showed the landing sites. One of my bosses pulled it out the other day and reałly struggled to not laugh in the guy`s face!
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Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Thu 2 Apr 22:27
Quote:
red-star-par, Thu 2 Apr 21:27
Massive waste of some great minds, time and money.
Does anyone actually believe that people have been to the moon?
They do, all this pomp and ceremony to "go round the moon" when apparently decades ago we were playing buggy races on it.
How did tech regress so much between then and now?
Seriously,what utter nonsense.
I don`t wanna go down like disco.
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Thu 2 Apr 22:36
Maybe checking that the Israeli `s haven`t invaded it!
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Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par
Date: Thu 2 Apr 23:39
Quote:
Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol like
Date: Thu 2 Apr 22:27
They do, all this pomp and ceremony to "go round the moon" when apparently decades ago we were playing buggy races on it.
How did tech regress so much between then and now?
Seriously,what utter nonsense.
Most people who do not believe we landed on the moon don`t know why we "regressed" with rocket technology.
The reason is actually more infuriating and unbelievable than you could possibly imagine.
Go find out yourself, or ask Buffy, she seems to know.
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Fri 3 Apr 00:07
Quote:
red-star-par, Thu 2 Apr 21:27
Massive waste of some great minds, time and money
If they`re spending it on Moon missions it gives them less time and money to win wars bigly
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
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Topic Originator: hurricane_jimmy
Date: Fri 3 Apr 08:34
Only in the minds of the politically indoctrinated can such conspiracies exist.
In my experience, it`s only Maga nutters and Communist sympathisers that believe the moon conspiracies. In the case of the latter, it`s quite hilarious because the Communist societies have generally been terrible at innovation and rely on IP theft, which was the case with the Soviet Union and is the case with China.
How you are supposed to create a Social Utopia without having an economy to support it and necessary technological innovation is something that has always puzzled me. Particularly when the most successful countries are Social Democracies.
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Fri 3 Apr 08:44
These loons always feel like the biggest liar`s paradox..... everybody is lying to you but trust me as I`m clearly seeing the truth that everybody else is missing. And I`ll talk to you like you are stupid while I`m doing it.
Perhaps everybody with an Astrophysics PhD signs an agreement that they`ll keep this a big secret from the stupid sheep amongst us.
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Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Fri 3 Apr 09:03
Quote:
Bletchley_Par, Thu 2 Apr 23:39
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Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol like
Date: Thu 2 Apr 22:27
They do, all this pomp and ceremony to "go round the moon" when apparently decades ago we were playing buggy races on it.
How did tech regress so much between then and now?
Seriously,what utter nonsense.
Most people who do not believe we landed on the moon don`t know why we "regressed" with rocket technology.
The reason is actually more infuriating and unbelievable than you could possibly imagine.
Go find out yourself, or ask Buffy, she seems to know.
Why don`t you answer it?
I mean, tell me the infuriating answer.
I'm literally saying "help, i don't understand "😂
I don`t wanna go down like disco.
Post Edited (Fri 03 Apr 09:38)
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Fri 3 Apr 09:44
I doubt his message would get through your tinfoil hat.
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Topic Originator: Tad Allagash
Date: Fri 3 Apr 09:54
This takes me back to the 90’s song Sleeping Satellite by Tasmin Archer.
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Fri 3 Apr 11:34
I think it`s mostly the sheep that believe everything and questions nothing that believe we`ve been to the moon. Probably believe America is bringing freedom to all these countries it`s destroying too
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Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par
Date: Fri 3 Apr 11:37
Quote:
Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Fri 3 Apr 09:03
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Why don`t you answer it?
I mean, tell me the infuriating answer.
I`m literally saying "help, i don`t understand "😂
It`s her thread, I thought I`d just tee it up.
The moon conspiracy is so daft I`m done spending time on it.
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Topic Originator: McCaig`s Tower
Date: Fri 3 Apr 12:36
Were all the Apollo missions faked or just the moon landings? Is this one legit? Have the Van Allen belts been switched off?
I don’t think it was ever a question of technology, more motivation. I’ve had the technology to go to Ibrox for 40 odd years, but I’ve been before and I’m in no rush to go back.
With space travel, the public got a bit bored and coupled with the huge expense (perhaps the oil shock of the early 70s was a factor) attention shifted to Space Stations, Space Shuttles and not doing very much at all. The Challenger and Columbia disasters didn’t help.
I don’t think the physics has changed. If you apply a constant force to a body, it accelerates. If it goes fast enough it can escape the earth’s atmosphere. Then it’s just a matter of making sure you are pointing in the right direction. It takes a lot of fuel though - they use most of it on launch – the rockets are heavy because they carry so much fuel. I think the Soviets used to go with less fuel and lighter rockets. RyanAir may adopt a similar principle.
It’s not rocket science...
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Fri 3 Apr 14:54
Quote:
red-star-par, Fri 3 Apr 11:34
I think it`s mostly the sheep that believe everything and questions nothing that believe we`ve been to the moon. Probably believe America is bringing freedom to all these countries it`s destroying too
What if you believe we have been to the moon and also that America isn’t bringing freedom to all?
I don’t see NASA as some big government department, hell bent on cover ups and conspiracies to mislead the public.
Although saying that, Im not as enthusiastic about it as I thought Id be, as I did love Apollo 13…
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Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Fri 3 Apr 15:22
Quote:
ipswichpar, Fri 3 Apr 09:44
I doubt his message would get through your tinfoil hat.
Salty, you ok?
I don`t wanna go down like disco.
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Sat 4 Apr 05:01
Quote:
red-star-par, Thu 2 Apr 21:27
Massive waste of some great minds, time and money.
Does anyone actually believe that people have been to the moon?
They have, but I agree its a massive waste of money.
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