05-19-2020, 09:16 AM
#3461
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Calgary woman may set foot on the Moon:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenni_Sidey-Gibbons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
On 10 January 2020, NASA's 22nd astronaut group , nicknamed the "Turtles", graduated and were assigned to the Artemis program. The group includes two Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronauts. The group earned their nickname from the prior astronaut group, "The 8-Balls ," as is a tradition dating back to "The Mercury Seven " in 1962 which subsequently provided the "Next Nine " with their nickname. They were given this name, for the most part, because of Hurricane Harvey . Some of the astronauts will fly on the Artemis missions to the Moon and maybe part of the first crew to fly to Mars.[99]
Kayla Barron (born 1987): Lt., U.S. Navy
Zena Cardman (born 1987): Biologist
Raja Chari (born 1977): Col., U.S. Air Force
Matthew Dominick (born 1981): Lt. Cmdr., U.S. Navy
Bob Hines (born 1975): NASA research pilot
Warren Hoburg (born 1985): assistant professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
Jonny Kim (born 1984): Lt., U.S. Navy physician, former U.S. Navy SEAL
Robb Kulin (born 1983): Launch Chief Engineer, SpaceX – Resigned in August 2018 before completing his training.[100]
Jasmin Moghbeli (born 1983): Maj., U.S. Marine Corps
Loral O'Hara (born 1983): research engineer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Francisco Rubio (born 1975): Maj., U.S. Army
Jessica Watkins (born 1988): Geologist, postdoctoral fellow, California Institute of Technology
Joshua Kutryk (born 1982): LCol, Canadian Armed Forces , test pilot, fighter pilot, engineer
Jenni Sidey (born 1988): Mechanical engineer, combustion scientist, and lecturer[101]
05-19-2020, 09:26 AM
#3462
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Now that would be cool.
Thee companies were selected and given money to design the lunar lander.
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...-moon-missions
Blue Origin
Dynetics
SpaceX
SpaceX's is just a lunar variant of Starship.
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05-22-2020, 11:53 AM
#3463
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No, NASA didn't find a parallel universe where time runs backward
Some wild story headlines claimed NASA had detected a parallel universe, but the reality of the situation is much less exciting.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/v...9-142b4093efbf
05-22-2020, 02:00 PM
#3464
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Two Canadians in this group of potential astronauts.
05-26-2020, 09:03 PM
#3465
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SpaceX Demo-2 launch tomorrow May 27 at 2:33PM Calgary time, putting people in space finally.
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05-27-2020, 02:04 PM
#3466
Looooooooooooooch
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05-27-2020, 02:17 PM
#3467
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VIDEO
Doh!
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05-27-2020, 02:24 PM
#3468
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Quote:
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SpaceX Demo-2 launch tomorrow May 27 at 2:33PM Calgary time, putting people in space finally.
It isn’t going ahead today due to weather conditions. It will now happen on May 30th.
05-27-2020, 02:30 PM
#3469
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Too bad, but I heard 50% of Shuttle launches had weather delays too so not unusual I guess.
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05-27-2020, 02:39 PM
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Han Solo never had to wait for good weather to blast off.
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05-27-2020, 02:42 PM
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This is why most other super villains focus on their weather machine first.
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05-27-2020, 02:43 PM
#3472
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Two of the astronauts today were named Bob and Doug.
05-27-2020, 02:55 PM
#3473
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And they're just trying to take off, eh?
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07-21-2020, 10:37 AM
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Was really hoping to see it over the weekend as we were camping and the dark skies should have helped. Not sure if it is low in the sky and trees blocked our view, if clouds were obstructing, or if we just cannot see it anymore because we did not have any success.
07-22-2020, 07:25 AM
#3477
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Too cloudy in the NW, but I saw Jupiter and Saturn in the SE, Vega, Arcturus and Capella.
07-28-2020, 02:02 PM
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08-02-2020, 01:45 PM
#3479
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SpaceX Demo-2 Dragon capsule safely reentered and splashed down today. They recover the capsule onto a boat before opening it and getting the guys out.
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08-05-2020, 08:44 AM
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SpaceX flew their grain elevator I mean Starship prototype yesterday.
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