OFFICIAL NASA Thread

[jlprk]

I think we just saw a hijacking by the jlprk way. But not if you stick to the NASA info.

The picture looks like an Indian campfire on the prairie. The only good Injun is a dead Injun, so you know what to do.

 

[Hobbesarable]

Supernova Cleans Up Its Surroundings

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/multimedia/supernova-cleanup.html#.U0g1w1VdXW8

 

[jlprk]

Saturn has a giant nut-type object with no screw inserted.

http://www.tgdaily.com/space-features/92436-saturns-hexagon-an-amazing-phenomenon

 

[Cryptkeeper]

Completely random comment, but Curiosity sang happy birthday to itself after being on Mars for a year.

 

[Hobbesarable]

NASA Mars Orbiter Spies Rover Near Martian Butte

http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/msl/mro-20140416/#.U07iKFVdXW8

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Navigation Camera (Navcam) to record this scene of a butte called "Mount Remarkable" and surrounding outcrops at a waypoint called "the Kimberley" inside Gale Crater.

 

[Hobbesarable]

Completely random comment, but Curiosity sang happy birthday to itself after being on Mars for a year.

Yeah, it reminded me of an 80's movie Short Circuit.

 

[jlprk]

Curiosity stopped traveling 2 weeks ago and will stay at Kimberley for weeks more. Last time they said that, it was months, not weeks.

http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/msl/140415kimberley/#.U08V-ZUU_IU

 

[SlyPokerDog]

NASA Has Discovered The First Potentially Habitable Earth-sized Planet

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkna...wittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

 

[Hobbesarable]

NASA Has Discovered The First Potentially Habitable Earth-sized Planet

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkna...wittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Thank you for bringing that to my attention, Sly. It is definitely an exciting discovery.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Thank you for bringing that to my attention, Sly. It is definitely an exciting discovery.

Paul Allen should send a scout there for any 10ft tall 500lb centers.

 

[Hobbesarable]

Paul Allen should send a scout there for any 10ft tall 500lb centers.

Exoplanets Soon to Gleam in the Eye of NESSI

http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/news/nessi-exoplanets-20140417/#.U1CSilVdXW8

The New Mexico Exoplanet Spectroscopic Survey Instrument (NESSI) will soon get its first "taste" of exoplanets, helping astronomers decipher their chemical composition.

NESSI will focus on about 100 exoplanets, ranging from massive versions of Earth, called super-Earths, to scorching gas giants known as "hot Jupiters." All of the instrument's targets orbit closely to their stars. Future space telescopes will use similar technology to probe planets more akin to Earth, searching for signs of habitable environments and even life itself.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Exoplanets Soon to Gleam in the Eye of NESSI

http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/news/nessi-exoplanets-20140417/#.U1CSilVdXW8

We need an alien Lebron.

 

[Hobbesarable]

We need an alien Lebron.

How about a sharp shooting alien Durant?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

How about a sharp shooting alien Durant?

LOL! Why not both? Paul Allen is funding SETI for a reason.

 

[Hobbesarable]

LOL! Why not both? Paul Allen is funding SETI for a reason.

That would be better than the alternative.

The alien Felton.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

That would be better than the alternative.

The alien Felton.

Hahahahahah!

Rep'd!

 

[jlprk]

Launch Pad 39A, of Apollo and Shuttle fame

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=28...333_Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39___

http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=28.60838...604333,Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39

https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.610641,-80.607376&spn=0.00198,0.004128&t=h&z=19
(slide a little right and down; some shadows)

Wikipedia article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_Pad_39-A

 

[jlprk]

On Monday, NASA leased Launch Pad 39A to the Space-X company for the next 20 years.

On Tuesday, John Houbolt died. In 1961, President Kennedy set a goal to land on the Moon, only 20 days after the first American Mercury manned flight. Everyone thought, it won't happen.

Everyone, including NASA scientists, thought that one spacecraft was most efficient. John Houbolt proved with numbers that many, many tons could be saved by breaking it into 2 craft--a Command/Service Module and a separate Lunar Module. This was counterintuitive. Why would it save weight to have 2 sets of rockets, fuel tanks, air tanks, dashboard controls, hatches, electric power sources, and everything else?

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-041714a-john-houbolt-obituary-lor.html

 

[Denny Crane]

What was counter intuitive was doing a rendezvous at the moon (to return).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Kondratyuk

Yuriy Vasilievich Kondratyuk (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Кондратюк), real name Aleksandr Ignatyevich Shargei (Russian: Александр Игнатьевич Шаргей) (June 21, 1897 - February 1942), was a Soviet engineer and mathematician. He is a pioneer of astronautics and spaceflight, a theoretician and a visionary who, in the early 20th century, developed the first known Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR), a key concept for landing and return spaceflight from Earth to the Moon.[1][2] The LOR was later used for the plotting of the first actual human spaceflight to the Moon. Many other aspects of spaceflight and space exploration are covered in his works.

 

[jlprk]

Funny you should post that now. 10 minutes ago I was reading this book about it. I'm on page 34.

http://www.ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19960014824_1996007704.pdf

 

[jlprk]

Spacewalk in 24 hours. NASA-TV coverage begins 5:30 am Pacific Time. The EVA begins around 6:20. They often start 20 minutes early or late, and last about 6 hours. In Eastern Time,

NASA TV coverage of the April 23 spacewalk will begin at 8:30 a.m. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 9:20 a.m.

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/apri...fing-tv-schedule-for-space-station-spacewalk/

 

[Denny Crane]

How'd they get there? A ride on one of Putin's rockets.

 

[jlprk]

How did who get where?

[video=youtube;qwaeD0SHbXs]

 

[Denny Crane]

How did who get where?

Americans. Into space. To space walk. To get to the space station.

 

[jlprk]

How unpatriotic of you. The rocket engines were made in the Ukraine. In the current war emergency which the Republican President will declare in 2017, how can you abandon your country 3 years in advance? How unchivalrous to bail out before the fun starts.

 

[jlprk]

I said spacewalks run 6 hours, but this one has only one task and will last 2.5 hours.

 

[jlprk]

But my premonition is that it will have major problems, last longer, and be full of drama. Maybe an astronaut will almost drown like a couple of spacewalks ago.

 

[jlprk]

2 astronauts have already died. Are you guys all up early for this?

http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.o...e&id=3616:nasa-tv-hd&catid=1:latest&Itemid=91

Great stepback move in the bulky spacesuit!

Damn, Joey Crawford is the ref!

 

[jlprk]

Jail in space...the ISS crew

 

[jlprk]

China's moon rover can't move its wheels, arm, or solar panels to shield itself at night. But it has lasted several 2-week-long cold nights. It still receives uploaded software patches and still reports which systems degrade faster, so they can build it better next time.

http://www.spaceflight101.com/change-3-mission-updates.html