Space. The Final Frontier.

[Natsinpwc]

Be a Wise Man (or woman) and look for this tonight.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/12/21/world/christmas-star-jupiter-saturn-solstice-scn-trnd/index.html

[Mathguy]

So how is the weather up there in DC ?  There is a planetary alignment this afternoon/evening in the southwest sky:

https://awarenessact.com/we-are-about-to-witness-a-rare-planetary-alignment-not-seen-in-800-years/

[Natsinpwc]

So how is the weather up there in DC ?  There is a planetary alignment this afternoon/evening in the southwest sky:

https://awarenessact.com/we-are-about-to-witness-a-rare-planetary-alignment-not-seen-in-800-years/

I guess you have me on Ignore MG.

I am able to see it in Orlando although we could not locate the binoculars which would help. In the Southwest sky.

[imref]

Couldn’t see it just now. It’s at about 15 degrees

[Mathguy]

No - look at the times.  You were posting while I was typing to post.  It was random.

I guess you have me on Ignore MG.

[skippy1999]

I saw it was way cooler through binoculars but here is the Christmas star over Escambia Bay (it’s the little tiny dot in the sky )

[welch]

It was overcast in NYC

[imref]

SpaceX sent a starship up to about 33,000' and then spectacularly belly-flopped it into the launch pad.

[Natsinpwc]

SpaceX sent a starship up to about 33,000' and then spectacularly belly-flopped it into the launch pad.

An elegant failure.

[GburgNatsFan]

SpaceX sent a starship up to about 33,000' and then spectacularly belly-flopped it into the launch pad.

Practice makes perfect. Also, note that they managed to get it right back to the pad, next to another upright starship which awaits its launch. A feat that SpaceX repeats with regularity. Some of their smaller boosters are on flight six (maybe more).

[imref]

Yeah, they aren't too worried about the landings yet, right now the launch and the maneuvering back to the pad are the primary goals.

[Natsinpwc]

Mars Rover landing today.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/18/world/how-to-watch-mars-rover-landing-scn-trnd/index.html

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Mars Rover landing today.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/18/world/how-to-watch-mars-rover-landing-scn-trnd/index.html

[1995hoo]

For All Mankind season two debuted last night. Looks like this season is going to be pretty interesting.

[imref]

just incredible footage of Perseverance's descent and landing:

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-mars-perseverance-rover-provides-front-row-seat-to-landing-first-audio

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

 

[imref]

someone mixed the video of Perseverance landing with the music from Interstellar

https://www.reddit.com/r/interstellar/comments/lq2bm6/perseverance_rover_landing_but_with_no_time_for/

[imref]

SpaceX took a starship prototype to 40k feet and landed it back on the launch pad....where it blew up about six minutes later.  Still, a remarkable feat.

[imref]

Here's the coolest story i've heard in a long time: The helicopter that the Mars perseverance rover brought with it contains a small piece of cloth from the Wright Brothers original flier.

https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-wright-brothers-plane

[imref]

SpaceX did another starship test launch today, all seemed to be going well until they lit the rockets for controlled landing at about the 1KM mark, and then it appears to have failed.