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Post by Whizzo on Jan 9, 2023 22:23:43 GMT
He's fucked off now at least.
Was pretty unusual that a Tory was thanking our European neighbours for getting it all cleared, the ERG won't like that.
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Post by KD on Jan 9, 2023 22:56:29 GMT
I'm gonna go take a walk and grab a burger, hopefully will get a good sight here on South Wales coast.
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Post by Whizzo on Jan 9, 2023 23:01:23 GMT
What are the chances of the first time satellites are launched from our airspace would also have a big meteor earlier the same night?
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Post by razz on Jan 9, 2023 23:12:43 GMT
lol they missed the best part, idiots  |
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Post by Whizzo on Jan 9, 2023 23:19:34 GMT
Yeah that was not the greatest, let's see the rocket launch from the plane... Oh. Here's something that looks like a firework a minute after it dropped from the plane and ignited.
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Post by razz on Jan 9, 2023 23:23:30 GMT
Looks like this coasting phase is going to take 30 minutes, going to bed.
edit: Twitter thread has better updates
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Post by Whizzo on Jan 9, 2023 23:47:24 GMT
There's been an anomaly... it's fucked.
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Post by razz on Jan 9, 2023 23:48:37 GMT
The telemetry wasn't lying when it suddenly started dropping out of the sky lol
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Post by PatrickEwing on Jan 10, 2023 0:04:10 GMT
Shame, but where is grant shapps now
(Grant shapps in my autocorrect is Gravy Shapes)
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Post by X201 on Jan 10, 2023 5:37:26 GMT
The rocket deliberately failed as it became sentient and didn’t want to be associated with the slimy bugger.
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Post by mcmonkeyplc on Jan 25, 2023 9:24:49 GMT
Jesus Christ! Awesome  |
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Post by minimatt on Jan 25, 2023 11:07:41 GMT
yeah, something like double the isp of other upper stage systems. the worry is how you protect the launch - you can't be running with a ~1% launch failure rate if every hundredth rocket sprays a reactor's worth of uranium over florida. I read something ages back on all the extra steps required for the new horizons probe (with its plutonium RTG) and how launch failure would have given everyone within a hundred miles their yearly average dose of rads
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Post by wunty on Jan 26, 2023 10:23:00 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64411469Crikey, that's close. And it was only spotted last week by an amateur! I know it's only a wee one but still. Something bigger could easily just go "hey guyssss" and smack us in the tits without much prior warning.
Comforting.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2023 10:26:34 GMT
Pretty tiny to be fair though. Would really do much if it did hit.
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Post by wunty on Jan 26, 2023 10:28:44 GMT
It would mess your garden up though. Is that not cause to panic?
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Post by wunty on Jan 26, 2023 10:31:03 GMT
Always makes me start to think too much. Here I am going doo be doo in front of a computer and somewhere out there a gazillion miles away there's a big fuck off malevolent chunk of space sputum on it's way to us.
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Jan 26, 2023 10:31:56 GMT
I've been doing my own research and calculations, solid Adamantium. :C
I don't want to panic anyone but this asteroid is what I'd refer to as a planet killer.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2023 10:32:03 GMT
It would burn up in our atmosphere and whatever's left would be no bigger than a Chihuahua's head.
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Post by Fake_Blood on Jan 26, 2023 10:39:02 GMT
yeah, something like double the isp of other upper stage systems. the worry is how you protect the launch - you can't be running with a ~1% launch failure rate if every hundredth rocket sprays a reactor's worth of uranium over florida. I read something ages back on all the extra steps required for the new horizons probe (with its plutonium RTG) and how launch failure would have given everyone within a hundred miles their yearly average dose of rads Meh, Florida is full of old folk and especially shit drivers according to reddit. |
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Post by Whizzo on Jan 26, 2023 12:23:54 GMT
Marco Inaros and the Free Navy throwing rocks at Earth again, bloody belters.
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Post by mcmonkeyplc on Jan 26, 2023 12:47:21 GMT
Beltalowda!Beltalowda!Beltalowda!Beltalowda!Beltalowda!
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Post by razz on Feb 9, 2023 17:43:29 GMT
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Post by razz on Feb 9, 2023 20:09:03 GMT
Loading propellant now, should attempt by 9pm
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Post by razz on Feb 9, 2023 21:04:23 GMT
Attempting soon
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Post by Blue_Mike on Feb 9, 2023 21:59:08 GMT
Now there's a headline:
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2023 9:35:14 GMT
Armageddon. Finally.
/cancels Viz sub
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Post by Fake_Blood on Feb 10, 2023 9:50:22 GMT
Armageddon. Finally. /cancels Viz sub Sunshine surely. Everyone seems to have forgotten that movie. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2023 9:53:25 GMT
Armageddon. Finally. /cancels Viz sub Sunshine surely. Everyone seems to have forgotten that movie. Oh yeah We need to remember to just send one bomb expert, then give him all the most dangerous jobs. |
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Post by damagedinc on Feb 10, 2023 10:35:43 GMT
We're fucked Joking aside its quite terrifying how finely balanced our existence is. |
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Post by Fake_Blood on Feb 10, 2023 10:59:23 GMT
We're fucked Joking aside its quite terrifying how finely balanced our existence is. But also, we’re flying through space on a ball of magma. The centre is about as hot as the surface of the sun. |
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