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[voodoo]

@snowy said in NASA:

If anybody didn't understand "areoid", and I didn't, this is it:

Noun
areoid (plural areoids)
(astronomy, geology, planetology) The analogue of the geoid for the planet Mars; the Martian geoid. The gravitational and rotational equipotential surface for Mars. The surface that provides the datum line (the equivalent for sea level) for Mars.

I am delighted that should I ever get to fly on Mars I will at least understand the altitude that I won't run into Olympus Mons.

Sheesh, as if we didn't know that already 🙄

[Snowy]

@voodoo said in NASA:

Sheesh, as if we didn't know that already

Sorry about that, didn't mean to treat you all as morans because I wasn't sure what the Martian geoid was. Apologies again, I will attempt not to repeat the error, have given myself several upper cuts and will feel guilty for several...
well actually I'm O.K. now.

[dogmeat]

@snowy said in NASA:

didn't mean to treat you all as morans

apposite

[Snowy]

@dogmeat said in NASA:

@snowy said in NASA:

didn't mean to treat you all as morans

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Yes, deliberate and in common use here - like sauce. Not sure of the origin.

[dogmeat]

@snowy That one I had never picked up on.

[Snowy]

@dogmeat said in NASA:

@snowy That one I had never picked up on.

Something to do with the Warriors, or on an NRL thread. Maybe.

[pakman]

@dogmeat said in NASA:

@snowy said in NASA:

didn't mean to treat you all as morans

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It’s all Irish to me.

[Snowy]

@pakman said in NASA:

It’s all Irish to me.

Thank you.

It found it's way here some time ago too.

[nzzp]

stuck the landing!

[Kirwan]

@nzzp Thanks for the reminder;

[NTA]

Cool. I've got a meeting at 10:30 so this will either have worked or exploded by then

[Crucial]

@nta said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

Cool. I've got a meeting at 10:30 so this will either have worked or exploded by then

T-6 minutes (at present)

[NTA]

@crucial hadn't realised that was a complete clip - though ti twas live :

[Crucial]

@nta said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

@crucial hadn't realised that was a complete clip - though ti twas live :

Fooled me too.

[nzzp]

@nta said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

@crucial hadn't realised that was a complete clip - though ti twas live :

he got ya there ... my Elon tweet about sticking the landing should have been a bit of a hint, though...

[Kirwan]

@nzzp said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

@nta said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

@crucial hadn't realised that was a complete clip - though ti twas live :

he got ya there ... my Elon tweet about sticking the landing should have been a bit of a hint, though...

They turned up after as Duluth merged the threads.

[Crucial]

@kirwan said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

@nzzp said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

@nta said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

@crucial hadn't realised that was a complete clip - though ti twas live :

he got ya there ... my Elon tweet about sticking the landing should have been a bit of a hint, though...

They turned up after as Duluth merged the threads.

The 6 minutes of nothing happening sure made it appear live

[Kiwiwomble]

another launch today

https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/?fbclid=IwAR0v7qV7p3fomYf3FuRT62-xjbVW4B3gQQL5WSRvRDzvBMocbv6x0dhAtq8

[nzzp]

SpaceX have quietly been building the biggest rocket in history.

Nicholas D'Alessandro  /  Aug 4, 2021  /  News

[Update: Booster 4 rolls out, Starship 20 stacked] SpaceX works at stunning speed installing 29 Raptor engines overnight on Super Heavy Booster 4 ahead of Starship SN20 orbital flight

Update: Booster 4 has rolled to the launch site and is now awaiting integration with Starship 20, which has been...

Possibly prepping to be fully stacked in two days. It's insane. They installed 29 engines overnight. Say what you like about Elon, but that dude has got a company focussed on scaling rocketry. Chapeau.

[Kirwan]

@nzzp said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:

SpaceX have quietly been building the biggest rocket in history.

Nicholas D'Alessandro  /  Aug 4, 2021  /  News

[Update: Booster 4 rolls out, Starship 20 stacked] SpaceX works at stunning speed installing 29 Raptor engines overnight on Super Heavy Booster 4 ahead of Starship SN20 orbital flight

Update: Booster 4 has rolled to the launch site and is now awaiting integration with Starship 20, which has been...

Possibly prepping to be fully stacked in two days. It's insane. They installed 29 engines overnight. Say what you like about Elon, but that dude has got a company focussed on scaling rocketry. Chapeau.

That photo of 29 engines is freaking amazing. Can't wait to see that launch.

They are well through building the launch pad that is going to "catch" the Starship and refuel it.