I guess that has to be it, just could’ve sworn it was Jupiter

There are several posts about it somewhere in this thread, I just don’t have the patience to dig back... someone a year or so ago basically told me “calm down, be patient” when I asked irritatedly why the findings hadn’t been released yet

There was speculation from NASA that they’d find clouds of liquid metal and all kinds of other far out discoveries

Yeah, I don't know of any other atmospheric entry probes to Jupiter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Jupiter

Apparently Venus has liquid metal rain though! :)

https://www.popularmechanics.com/spa...enus-17349212/

I'm actually looking forward to the upcoming Didymos impact and Bennu landing. Hoping for some really cool footage.

https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense/dart
https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex

Ah, thank you very much... yes it was the Venus probe

Webcast groovy music is live. Launch in 20.

Thanks for the bump.

As we wait for payload deploy, it still amazes how routine these have become for us viewers.

I'm really looking forward to this one. Should be a great show.

Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to watch. It sounds like they're not "detonating" the booster, but according to this article, "the Falcon 9 booster is expected to break up due to extreme aerodynamic loads during the abort sequence," so that should be crazy to see.

Yeah, I hope they take some super slow mo video of it. I read somewhere (don't remember where, r/spacex probably) that S2 won't actually be loaded with propellant or a working engine. That will probably lessen the fun a bit. lol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon went vertical and the crew access arm was extended last night ahead of tomorrow’s in-flight demonstration of the spacecraft’s launch escape system. The four-hour launch window opens at 8:00 a.m. EST, 13:00 UTC → <a href="https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z">https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z</a> <a href="https://t.co/dS6R3hCgZi">pic.twitter.com/dS6R3hCgZi</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1218153687429705730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Just a prelaunch bump.

I'll be up bright and early for this one! It might be the only launch where we're legitimately excited to see the booster blow up!

Is it me, or does the mating there look a little... kluged?

I think the strongback behind the rocket is making some of the edges look a little wonky.

Full res image, think it's just a combination of shadows and the strongback clamps...


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EOfAS2-UUAUvFjH.jpg:orig