Space. The Final Frontier.

[GburgNatsFan]

Got sent home from school for some reason. I remember my mother crying, which was not a common event.

I remember that.

[skippy1999]

I was to young to remember that but I just realized that's one day off from the Challenger tragedy, I had assumed the thread was bumped for that  

[tomterp]

50 years ago today:

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Wish Webb were our President.

[tomterp]

solar-eclipse[/color]-live]http://www.nasa.gov/content/watch-march-8-solar-eclipse-live

Get ready for "the big one" this August 21.


https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/

[Galah]

Managed to be at KSC for this weekends Delta IV heavy launch....awesome sight.

[imref]

Managed to be at KSC for this weekends Delta IV heavy launch....awesome sight.

I read that as KFC.

[Nats Diamond]

I read that as KFC.

There aren't anymore KFCs in my neighborhood.   

There was only one and it closed down.  Now there's only Popeyes.   Granted they make superior biscuits but KFC makes better chicken.

[Natsinpwc]

There aren't anymore KFCs in my neighborhood.   

There was only one and it closed down.  Now there's only Popeyes.   Granted they make superior biscuits but KFC makes better chicken.

I like Bojangles. Mostly for the biscuits.

[Slateman]

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-adds-nasa-budget-approves-crewed-mission-mars-n736476

Now we gonna make Mars great

[mitlen]

Wish Webb were our President.

Isn't that a different Jim Webb?    I'd vote for VA's old Senator.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

A local Popeye's is opening around the corner after a neighbourhood hiatus of a few years...people treated the news like VJ Day

Now there's only Popeyes.   

[tomterp]

A local Popeye's is opening around the corner after a neighbourhood hiatus of a few years...people treated the news like VJ Day

Their biscuits and red beans and rice rank among the best fast food sides.

I remember being quite surprised in reading an article some years ago about a guy who had modified a diesel car to use used vegetable oil, and he would drive around to fast food restaurants and get free fuel.  He said that Popeye's had the cleanest oil, a sign they changed it more frequently than other fast food restaurants.

[imref]

Atlas 5 launch from Cape Canaveral at 11:11 EDT today.  Watch here:

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/04/16/av070_journal/

First ever 360 degree VR webcast of a launch.

[skippy1999]

Atlas 5 launch from Cape Canaveral at 11:11 EDT today.  Watch here:

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/04/16/av070_journal/

First ever 360 degree VR webcast of a launch.

I watched, always a thrill

[mitlen]

I watched, always a thrill

I tried to watch and got a notification:   Get Adobe Flash Player       Damn Russians !

[skippy1999]

I tried to watch and got a notification:   Get Adobe Flash Player       Damn Russians !

I got that too when I tried to open it in Chrome, which I always thought was the best browser, but it worked when I opened it in Internet Explorer which I thought was the sucky one

[imref]

i watched in Chrome without any issues. it was also streaming via NASA"s YouTube channel.   Launch was perfect.

[dracnal]

I got that too when I tried to open it in Chrome, which I always thought was the best browser, but it worked when I opened it in Internet Explorer which I thought was the sucky one

Chrome has tightened security making it hardware to infect you via the browser. Firefox has done the same. It means there's a lot of crap that won't work right in them. IE has not tightened security so you can do pretty much anything, but you're way more vulnerable to being infected regardless of anti-virus on your system.

I use Firefox with AdBlock Plus and NoScript as my default go to browser. You need to add sites to the trusted list one by one with NoScript, so it will likely be too annoying for a lot of users, but it's definitely safer. If there's something that I'm sure is safe and I can't do with FF, then I'll use IE.

[tomterp]

Citizen scientists finding nearby brown dwarfs.

Professional astronomers have been turning to the public for help with their research. So far, these "citizen scientists" have helped characterize distant galaxies and discovered gravitation lenses.

Now you can add finding brown dwarfs to the list. An article just published in Astrophysical Journal Letters describes a brown dwarf discovered with the help of four volunteers through an online crowdsourced search.

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/01/530766624/citizen-scientists-comb-images-to-find-an-overexcited-planet

[nats2playoffs]

Citizen scientists finding nearby brown dwarfs.

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/01/530766624/citizen-scientists-comb-images-to-find-an-overexcited-planet

Big woop. I saw one in a movie:


Bad Santa (2003)

[tomterp]

Big woop. I saw one in a movie:

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[imref]

[mitlen]

http://wtop.com/the-space-place/2017/06/sunday-rocket-launch-may-be-visible-in-area/

[imref]

Wallops launch on hold at the 3 minute mark now.   Live stream at https://www.facebook.com/NASAWFF/

https://sites.wff.nasa.gov/webcast/

window is until 9:19 PM, they can launch every night until 6/18

update: Scrubbed due to cloud cover.   Will try again tomorrow.

[mitlen]

Wallops launch on hold at the 3 minute mark now.   Live stream at https://www.facebook.com/NASAWFF/

https://sites.wff.nasa.gov/webcast/

window is until 9:19 PM, they can launch every night until 6/18

update: Scrubbed due to cloud cover.   Will try again tomorrow.

Went to the hill in the neighborhood   ....   I'll be there tomorrow too.