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It is really a sustained stream of meteorites over many days, just the peak is around the 12th.Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainNemo
It was supposed to be last night, but whose gunna stay up on a Thursday?!Quote:
Originally Posted by CSFFan
Seems not to help me. We have an extended period with cloud cover at the moment that shows no sign of ending.
China launches world first quantum satellite in 'hack-proof' communications bid
quantum satellite in an effort to establish communications that cannot be hacked.
The Quantum Experiments at Space Scale, or QUESS, satellite, was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the remote north-western province of Gansu, the official Xinhua news agency said.
"In its two-year mission, QUESS is designed to establish 'hack-proof' quantum communications by transmitting uncrackable keys from space to the ground," it said.
"Quantum communication boasts ultra-high security as a quantum photon can neither be separated nor duplicated.
"It is hence impossible to wiretap, intercept or crack the information transmitted through it."
Quantum communications technology is nearly impossible to hack because any interference to transmission of information destroys it.
With that in mind, China launched the satellite on a two-year experiment to see whether encrypted information can be sent over long distances using quantum physics.
Scientists have shown the method can be used to transmit messages over relatively short distances; the current record is around 300 kilometres, according to an article in the journal Nature
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China launches world first quantum satellite in 'hack-proof' communications bid - Science News - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
This coming friday, Aug. 19, two astronauts will make a spacewalk to install the IDA, an interface needed for the coming US crew launch vehicles to attach to. A very detailed video on YouTube. It shows an animation of the task as well as some training of the astronauts in the neutral buoyancy lab, fancy name for a water basin where they have placed a copy of the relevant parts of ISS where they train for the task they will do in space. Floating in a basin is the closest we can get on earth to the weightless condition on the ISS.
They will have trained it a hundred times on earth and when they do it in space ground operators will breathe down their neck watching them and telling them again every grip and move they make and give them a go ahead for every move before they can do it.. This oversight alone takes a person which is very well balanced and under perfect self control to not get berserk. :rolleyes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSVpRPLu3EA
Latest news on the ISS crew is that the Russians are contemplating reducing their crew from 3 to 2 when the US starts flying their own crew. The revenue from flying US astronauts was a major part of the russian spending on the ISS. With their spaceflight budget cut in half over the last few years, they can barely afford keeping their participation in the ISS up.
They say scientific work will be little affected. Which is probably true, they do very litte real scientific work for lack of funding.
We can expect that they will start flying paying space tourists again.
Its fascinating but the continual use of the word "translate" to mean "move" or possibly "transfer" is annoying.
What I find amazing is the long term planning. They talk about positioning a foot restraint so that it will be ready for something they'll do in a years time. Bloody impressive.
I bet they know where their hammers are at any given time. I just spent an hour trying to find mine after she "cleaned" my shed.
Thanks.
Mars mission beckons three Thai students
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THE COUNTDOWN began yesterday for three Thai students to have the opportunity to be astronauts on the first manned Mars exploration mission in around 15 years.
The US embassy announced details of the Discover Thailand Astronaut Scholarship Programme at its official launch by the US Space and Rocket Centre (USSRC) in Bangkok's CentralWorld.
US Deputy Chief of Mission to Thailand Peter Haymond said they were looking for motivated students between the ages of 14 and 18 with "a passion for space exploration" and a fair knowledge of STEM education (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
"They will study the short, intensive course at USSRC about the space programme, so they will have a chance to fulfil their dream of being a real astronaut," he explained.
"In this programme, Thai students will have a chance to study and meet with the similar young and motivated students from all over Asia."
USSRC sales and outreach director Tom White said these students are part of the Mars generation because they will be on the fully prepared for the first human exploration mission to the Red Planet, which is projected to happen around 15 years from now.
"The teenagers aged between 14 and 18 will be around 30 years old when mankind's first journey to Mars begins around 2030 to 2040, and the children from Thailand today may be among the astronauts who will on that first mission to Mars," White said.
Thai students interested in the scholarship can apply from now until October 14. The three eventually selected will have a chance to study for 10 days under the Advanced Space Academy Programme at USSRC headquarter at Huntsville, Alabama.
As part of the course, students will be taught topics relating to current space programmes, the Space Launch System (SLS), and the mission to colonise Mars. They will also be trained on equipment adapted from Nasa's astronaut training programme and learn about the missions to the International Space Station as well as mission control.
USSRC ambassador Krit Kunplin said that scholarship awardees would also be eligible to study at any faculty of King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL). If they excel there, they can also apply to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology near Boston.
"This scholarship is not only opening the opportunity for students to be astronauts, but if they have other talents they also have a chance to pursue their dream as well," Krit said.
All scholarship applicants will have to pass a Space Camp Attitude Test, which will comprise 100 multiple-choice questions about STEM in English. The 20 highest-scoring applicants will advance to the final round at the STEM Camp in KMITL for three days. The top three finalists will be awarded the scholarship.
Mars mission beckons three Thai students - The Nation
Nobody tell Elon Musk. :)Quote:
when mankind's first journey to Mars begins around 2030 to 2040
In preparation of todays EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) to install the IDA adapter, the device was taken out of the Dragon trunk by the ISS robotic arm. The video is 48 seconds. The procedure due to some initial problems lasted for hours. Robot arm movements are still somewhat awkward and in no way resemble the movements of a human arm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kg6Zw3Hufo
Spacewalk for installing IDA is imminent, the airlock hatch is already open. You can watch it on NASA TV. However these things are very long drawn out and quite boring. I have it open on a second monitor so I can have a glance occasionally.
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Is not 20/20 vision, three of them are wearing specs, required?Quote:
Originally Posted by misskit
^ Don't know if perfect vision is a requirement, but surely potential astronauts would be able to get a procedure done to correct their vision to 20/20 if it is.
I don't think you'd qualify for the Astronaut corps. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by OhOh
SpaceX have erected the first stage of an orbital rocket, the first one that ever came back to a successful soft landing as a monument in front of their factory complex at Hawthorne, California. Hawthorne is part of the wider Los Angeles urban area.
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SpaceX puts historic flown rocket on permanent display ? Spaceflight Now
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The engines are a mix of original engines, dummys and test engines. Some of the original engines have been taken off for extensive tests after the flight.
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This photo gives a nice impression of the real size through the people in front, looking at it, while it was waiting to be raised.
Lots more photos and a long description in the linked article.
Variable safety standards...Looks like fall protection gear is worn...At least one guy is "tied off"...Not everyone wearing gloves...At least one guy in short pants...Short sleeves seem okay and safety glasses optional...Hard hats worn, however...
Hmm...
The left one's engine look pretty good.
My glasses are broken.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luigi
Very difficult to find an image of a real material satellite on orbit.
99.9% looks like being drawings and not real stuff.
I am open to believe most of it is a Hoax, coz for sure we are in a strange World.
Can you provide movies or pics where we can really make out the stuff is up there and real ? Google not generous on this !
360 degree Mars Panorama in 4K, controlled by you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUweNrpFTwA
Didn't know you could control youtube vids like that....
Looks like you've got to open it in youtube to be able to control it. It's going to be a pretty boring video if you don't. :)
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Originally Posted by forreachingme
You can see the ISS and many low orbit satellites move about just by looking at the night sky on a clear night with your own eyes. There are websites that tell you when which satellite will be visible.
Google Iridium flares. They are supposed to look gorgeous but I never looked for them.
If you point a satellite dish to the position given you can receive TV, if only slightly off no more reception.
I know of radio amateurs who have the equipment to look for frequency shifts in the transmissions of satellites as far as the moon and they can determine speed and direction of their movements from these data.
Generally they are all too far away for actual pictures, except a big LEO like the ISS, so what you see are indeed all CGI. But there are literally many thousands of people tracking them, professionally or as a hobby . No place for a hoax there.
At 7:39 this evening, for example.Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeovers
https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sigh...k#.V7uWKVV95D9
There is as well many info from Rover not release, many complaints on web...
Excuse is to many info to process the picture
Here taken from the Luigios Mars view
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This is not the thread for baseless conspiracy theories.
Two photos of the Falcon 9 first stage on display in Hawthorne, California. Taken by Garrett Reisman, the SpaceX propusion guru while flying home from work. There is an airport right next to the SpaceX headquarters.
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^ Unless they're dark blue and rectangular, they ain't showing.