NASA G2

[Sinistar]

if you want to see the difference between men and women watch the family feud

 

"100 people surveyed top five answers on the board here is the question:

name something useless around the house"

 

- my husband steve

 

"show me the husband"

 

ka-ching

 

"what does it smell like when a man is in the house"

 

- it smells like poop steve

 

"show me they smell like poop"

 

ka-ching

 

you never see it go the other way

 

when it comes to females men have no dignity at all

men may have figured out how to put someone on the moon or how to bring indoor plumbing to civilization

but when it comes to females they fail to see the grift

like pavlov's dog programmed to salivate at the ringing of a bell men line up to act like morons around women

they might start the companies and the organizations only to give away the keys to the kingdom to the gender which declares war on them for it

 

you will never see females throw their own gender under a bus the way men seem to delight in it because they think it is endearing to women so that it will make the women adore them for this pathetic behavior and take off their clothes

 

women promoting themselves call themselves empowered

 

men behave like clowns to impress women

 

see how that works

it is in all the tropes

 

 

 

 

[sunday]

Found this bit of news that could explain the early demise of the ISS.

https://gab.com/Kekromancer/posts/114119149069469094

According to Snopes, the sabotage is unproved.

Then there is this review of female astronauts being not too optimal.

[Yama]

According to Wikipedia, she is still married to the same guy he was in 2018 when her mission took place. So having an affair with a crew member would be quite scandalous on many levels (though that doesn't prove anything either way ofc). She wrote a paper about deep vein thrombosis in space, and it is believed (not confirmed) that it happened to her. She was actually a backup originally, but swapped to flight crew at last minute to replace Jeannette Epps.

It is perhaps noteworthy that she only had that one flight (but it is understandable if she really had a thrombosis). She is not recorded to have done any spacewalks, so that part at least is fiction.

[RETAC21]

Pertinent:

 

[rmgill]

On 3/6/2025 at 11:36 PM, sunday said:

Found this bit of news that could explain the early demise of the ISS.

https://gab.com/Kekromancer/posts/114119149069469094

According to Snopes, the sabotage is unproved.

Then there is this review of female astronauts being not too optimal.

Let her take Starliner home alone?😬 

Edited March 8 by rmgill

[rmgill]

 

[rmgill]

More Starship data and post RUD introspection...

 

 

[Yama]

Oh, so it looks like it literally lost engines, they were blown off. I wonder how through fixes they even could have done in such short timeframe.

[rmgill]

Harmonics can be an issue. They’re pushing hundreds of gallons of fuel and oxidizer with turbo pumps . You can change harmonics by changing paths for pipes, bracing them or adding weight to them. 

Edited March 11 by rmgill

[Tim the Tank Nut]

looks like they made it home.

Job done.

[Ivanhoe]

[RETAC21]

Germany cannot into space

 

[futon]

They can do it. Everyone has failures along the way.

[rmgill]

Come on, Germany used to have MUCH better range with their rockets. 
 

 

[futon]

The White House is looking to cancel Lunar Gateway.

SLS would remain for only 2 more launches. As milestones with Starship progress, it is still an empty cylindar. A manned version cannot be expected soon. For so such a large and new style system, 5 years away would be optimistic and for including Moon landing operations, it's gotta still be 10 years away. 

So the third and last SLS returns Americans to the Moon, perhaps in 2028, but with no sustainable presense project behind it. The next American visit to the Moon may not be until 2035. 

Edited May 4 by futon

[Yama]

Gateway seems borderline pointless part of the Lunar architecture anyway, at least in its present form.

Disappointing if Artemis program is to end after two more flights. OTOH, at least there would be two more flights. Presumably hardware for these flights is already well advanced, and Trump would want the prestige of returning to Moon during his term.

[Ivanhoe]

Wear a helmet;

 

[Ssnake]

..."intact" --- until the moment when litho- or hydrobraking begins.

[Yama]

Well, it was designed to survive Venus' atmosphere, which has water-like density 

[rmgill]

And is corrosive. 

[Yama]

Starship flight 9 ongoing: looked good until few minutes into second stage flight, when the ship began to have more than usual lateral movement. Commentators were unsure if that was deliberate. Burn nevertheless was finished this time and they seemed to get the ship under control, but payload doors did not open properly, and then there was some kind of leak in fuel tanks, and ship started spinning out of control. Destructive re-entry followed (and impressive lightshow), telemetry seemed to cut off at 59km altitude.

Booster seemed to suffer some kind of destructive event at relight. It was heading on the ocean anyway, not meant to be recovered for this flight.

So, it wasn't as complete failure for upper stage as last flight, but somewhat disappointing result anyway.

[Soren Ras]

Important thing is that they got a little bít further along compared to last time.  As long as they keep failing further out, eventually the fail point moves beyond the target.

[rmgill]

 

[rmgill]

And Scott Manley's hot wash...
 

 

[lucklucky]

G4 Solar storm today 1 June 2025,  arriving 1300-1400 UTC.