By luck and because SpaceX is launching so many rockets, I had the opportunity to catch a night launch of a Falcon 9 from SLC 40. I drove out to the causeway with s direct line of site to the launch pad.…
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The inaugural launch of SLS is scheduled for just 3 days from now. Local buzz says there will be 100,000 people in attendance to view the launch of the largest rocket system from US soil. Local NBC affiliate predicts 70% chance of good weather for the launch.…
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I managed to snag tickets to the Artemis I launch at the end of the month. I was a bit disappointed that I was not able to get tickets for the Saturn V viewing area. I’m still looking forward to the launch.…
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Every once in a while there comes a book that while I am reading I realize — this is going to cost me a fortune to read all these books. So is the case with
Columbus Day. I stumbled on the Craig Alanson novel in a post on Reddit in the Bobiverse sub.…
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NASA has tentatively scheduled Artemis launch for August 29 with backup options on September 2nd and 5th. Those dates assume all goes well for the next month.
The current “no-earlier-than” planning date is Aug. 29, at 8:33 a.m. EDT, with backup dates available on Sept.…
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This morning when I reached for my watch on my nightstand, I was met with an unpleasant tactile experience. My watch face had come loose. I’d also noticed the LCD was “leaking” a bit at the top of the screen. I decided it was time to take it to the Apple Store for service.…
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Can we talk about cheese? When I travel, I like to visit interesting museums or similar tourist attractions. I know that they are usually tourist traps but they can also be a good condensed version of the legend that a place wants to put on display.…
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According to several sources following troubles with the wes, Artemis I has a new launch window no earlier than (NET) August.
The first launch window for Artemis 1 is June 6-16; additional windows are open June 29-July 12 and July 26-August 9.https://earthsky.org/space/sls-rehearsal-scrubbed-artemis-likely-delayed/…
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I found myself this morning in a public location with my laptop and needing to do a bit of work. Typically I use my hotspot but the signal was not good. I checked for available wifi and found the guest network that matched my current waiting room.…
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In reviewing my analytics last week I spotted this little spike in traffic on one of my sites. I’ve actually been seeing this kind of spike on several of my sites for the last couple of months. There may be some correlation to current world events.…
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Cooled lava field in Grindavíkurbær, Reykjanes, Iceland
Now that SLS has crawled out to the launch pad we can calculate when she’ll launch, right. No exactly. The next step is a “wet test” where they fill the tanks with fuel to make sure nothing leaks or explode. Once that test happens next month the crawler will be called into service again to drag the stack back to the VAB.…
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Immense beauty of this free floating iceberg that has traveled down from the glacier and incorporated the volcanic layers along the way, in Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, East Iceland
