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Surprisingly, this is actually real. It's known as the Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) is about 5,000 light-years distance from Earth, 130 light-years wide, & has a mass ~10,000 × the Sun |
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Sometimes I think Russia's space program is run by a bunch of half-trained chimpanzees.
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It is, but my understanding is that this was the Russian military and not Roscosmos. Would not surprise me if Roscosmos learned of it the same time NASA did.
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Astra made it to orbit!
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I read about this the other day and thought it was interesting.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/spin...ve-rocket.html It essentially puts a payload in an enormous vertical centrifuge, spins it to hypersonic speeds, and then throws it up into space. I'm curious how something like a satellite could hold up to those forces, and I'd think that's a hard sell. But if you want to move a bunch of steel or uranium into orbit, this seems like a good way to do it. You really want to be sure this baby releases on the vertical part of the spin cycle, though, or you're going to rip a big swath through Albuquerque.
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Elon Musk tells SpaceX employees that Starship engine crisis is creating a ‘risk of bankruptcy’
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/30/elon...ankruptcy.html Musk being Musk?
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It's hard to believe, but there's actually a good chance that JWST gets off the ground in a few weeks. Definitely one of the highest-impact (and highest-risk) missions we've seen in a while.
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