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    Watch: Moment NASA probe smashes into asteroid

    Life imitates art. Should have used Aerosmith for the theme music

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    @canefan The images of the target were cool, a lot of detail of the surface

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

    @canefan The images of the target were cool, a lot of detail of the surface

    There should be at that range! ☄️

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

    @canefan The images of the target were cool, a lot of detail of the surface

    Missed an opportunity for final frame to look like this
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    SpaceX are going to try and static fire the booster for Starship today. 33 Engines. biggest rocket ever fired (if it goes).

    Oxygen going on board right now, stream below.

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    @nzzp the nerds on comms are so excited.

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

    @nzzp the nerds on comms are so excited.

    so am I!!!

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    Missed it but just rewound to see.

    TBH they could have sounded an alarm to scare the birds away first 😉 Genuinely shit themselves when that big boy lit up.

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    31 of the 33 fired, enough to get to orbit.

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

    31 of the 33 fired, enough to get to orbit.

    Was it mentioned what the threshold is for that? Minimum thrust required etc.

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

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

    31 of the 33 fired, enough to get to orbit.

    Was it mentioned what the threshold is for that? Minimum thrust required etc.

    No, just that - I've not had a chance to dig into the coverage yet. Looks like this and the wet dress rehearsal have gone well enough for the orbital test next month. Now THAT is going to be exciting!

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

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

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

    31 of the 33 fired, enough to get to orbit.

    Was it mentioned what the threshold is for that? Minimum thrust required etc.

    No, just that - I've not had a chance to dig into the coverage yet. Looks like this and the wet dress rehearsal have gone well enough for the orbital test next month. Now THAT is going to be exciting!

    Shit yeah. I loved the first few rounds of explosions when they tested Starship.

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

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

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

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

    31 of the 33 fired, enough to get to orbit.

    Was it mentioned what the threshold is for that? Minimum thrust required etc.

    No, just that - I've not had a chance to dig into the coverage yet. Looks like this and the wet dress rehearsal have gone well enough for the orbital test next month. Now THAT is going to be exciting!

    Shit yeah. I loved the first few rounds of explosions when they tested Starship.

    Elon is always quick to say it's not guaranteed they will make orbit the first time, but its guaranteed to be exciting.

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    Go time!

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

    Go time!

    When exactly?

    Sounds like the window is midnight-2:30am nzt? But targeting 1am? Is that right?

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

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

    Go time!

    When exactly?

    Sounds like the window is midnight-2:30am nzt? But targeting 1am? Is that right?

    sounds pretty right. Terrible timing for NZ, but it's super exciting. Can't wait to find out the result (or may even get up and have a look)

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

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

    Go time!

    When exactly?

    Sounds like the window is midnight-2:30am nzt? But targeting 1am? Is that right?

    Coverage starts 45mins before launch, which looks to be 12:15am at the moment, so 1am.

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    @nzzp Yeah, I'll watch live I think. Could explode on the pad, could work perfectly. First time all engines will be fired, so should be exciting either way!

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