Spot the Space Station

[DuncB]

Very tiny aliens if they were hitchiking in that ball.

 

[NGD]

Very tiny aliens if they were hitchiking in that ball.

Well damn, thought for sure it was that soccer ball I kicked really hard one time as a kid and we lost track of it in the air. Thought for sure it hit outer space

 

[DuncB]

Couldn't have been if I kick a ball high it comes back with ice on it!

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

Did anyone ever identify this object that few by after separation?
https://m.dailymercury.com.au/news/space-x-crafts-near-miss-with-ufo/4246565/

Damn space monkeys and their joy riding.

 

[day_trippr]

Did anyone ever identify this object that few by after separation?
https://m.dailymercury.com.au/news/space-x-crafts-near-miss-with-ufo/4246565/

The last speculative take I read was it was an ice chunk shed by the very same spacecraft. Which makes sense - the odds of something extraneous passing through that gap at that instant would be extraordinarily low...

Cheers!

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

The last speculative take I read was it was an ice chunk shed by the very same spacecraft. Which makes sense - the odds of something extraneous passing through that gap at that instant would be extraordinarily low...

Cheers!

Anyone remember the footage of what looked like a small rodent scurrying across the engine during one of the launches?

 

[day_trippr]

Darned space rats!

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

Darned space rats!

You know it. lol

 

[NGD]

Couldn't have been if I kick a ball high it comes back with ice on it!

Trajectory was to low or not enough thrust.

The last speculative take I read was it was an ice chunk shed by the very same spacecraft. Which makes sense - the odds of something extraneous passing through that gap at that instant would be extraordinarily low...

Cheers!

I figured it was something along those lines for the same reason. It's pretty amazing to have that camera angle available so the public can witness the entire event.

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

Trajectory was to low or not enough thrust.


I figured it was something along those lines for the same reason. It's pretty amazing to have that camera angle available so the public can witness the entire event.

Anytime something strange pops up on a NASA live stream, they have a tendency of shutting the video stream down, which only adds fuel to all crazy conspiracy theories on the internet.

 

[NGD]

Anytime something strange pops up on a NASA live stream, they have a tendency of shutting the video stream down, which only adds fuel to all crazy conspiracy theories on the internet.

Hah, I know. I used to immediately dismiss them without a second thought as space junk. The navy releasing the video of the UFO and that damn Joe Rogan doing Cmdr. Fravor and Bob Lazar interviews have me making some nifty tin foil hats.

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

Hah, I know. I used to immediately dismiss them without a second thought as space junk. The navy releasing the video of the UFO and that damn Joe Rogan doing Cmdr. Fravor and Bob Lazar interviews have me making some nifty tin foil hats.

If half of what either Fravor or Lazar ever said in interviews was even remotely true, the powers that be would have had them silenced years ago.

 

[day_trippr]

It appears NASA has had second thoughts about the fifth Ingenuity flight being potentially a push-the-envelope-til-it-fails thing and instead will use it for science - until it eventually breaks! Big paradigm shift, but I suspect the original plan was just super conservative. Now that the little flyer has shown off its chops why not use it as a pathfinder?

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/30/world/mars-helicopter-future-flights-rover-scn-trnd/index.html

 

[day_trippr]

It has become so routine as to escape most folks' attention. Still think it's the balls here though

 

[day_trippr]

Took a few tries but SpaceX finally landed a Starship (15) and it still hasn't blown up (though at this moment it's still smoking).
Launch is at 6:30 in this video...



Did not see the flip. Too bad, that'd be cool...

Cheers!

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

Took a few tries but SpaceX finally landed a Starship (15) and it still hasn't blown up (though at this moment it's still smoking).
Launch is at 6:30 in this video...



Did not see the flip. Too bad, that'd be cool...

Cheers!

Didn't see any space rats hitching a ride on this one.

 

[Sailingeric]

Spotted the starlink satellites. Saw a small string about 9:15 and the about 5 minutes going in another direction about 40. Not my video but was similar.

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

Spotted the starlink satellites. Saw a small string about 9:15 and the about 5 minutes going in another direction about 40. Not my video but was similar.

Nah, those are obviously the advance invasion forces of the Space Monkey Armada....

 

[day_trippr]

That is so cool. We've yet to see that - weather seems agin' it here.
Also, not apparent SpaceX's "starry sky" mitigation efforts are working.
Knew it wasn't yours because I don't think Oregon has gone full-on tropical jungle quite yet, climate change or not

 

[Sailingeric]

Nah, those are obviously the advance invasion forces of the Space Monkey Armada....

I was trying to tell the neighbor's kids it was a space invasion. They did not believe me.

 

[passedpawn]

Odd 3D video of the Perseverence flying across the marscape. Glad I had a set of these nifty glasses. It did look cool (need to get at least 5 ft from your monitor). Off to see it on the big screen now.

 

[day_trippr]

I saw that - it's actually the "Ingenuity" rotorcraft - and I keep some cardboard anaglyph "glasses" handy in my desk. Very cool!

Meanwhile....get ready for "Martian Battlebots!"
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/14/world/china-mars-rover-landing-scn/index.html

 

[day_trippr]

As mundane as Starlink deployment missions have become, occasionally the video downlink during landings works really well and lends to the spectacle.
Check this out at 20 minutes in. You can actually make out the drone ship name "Of Course I Still Love You"...


Cheers!

 

[Pkrd]

Tonights eclipse. Most of the night was spent looking fruitlessly for that dohicky that connects my SLR to to tripod. Borrowed a tripod off the neighbour during totality. iPhone shot for comparison.

 

[day_trippr]

Skip to 27:30 and you will observe what I am pretty sure is the best video'd landing of a single Falcon 9 booster ever.
Crazy cool! It just makes me giggle it was so perfect



Cheers!

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

Skip to 27:30 and you will observe what I am pretty sure is the best video'd landing of a single Falcon 9 booster ever.
Crazy cool! It just makes me giggle it was so perfect



Cheers!

They didn't have any space rats hitching a ride on the booster this time around did they?

 

[passedpawn]

Skip to 27:30 and you will observe what I am pretty sure is the best video'd landing of a single Falcon 9 booster ever.
Crazy cool! It just makes me giggle it was so perfect



Cheers!

Indeed.

 

[passedpawn]

Just watched a bit of the SS zipping across my sky (was going to be a long transit, but mostly obscured by clouds (ooh I wanna go Pink Floyd now).

If any of you cats like to read sci fi, check out Project: Hail Mary. Man that's just the ****. Author is guy who wrote The Martian. Can't say he stuck the landing on this one, but I was not disappointed.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GB58KD5/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_2NMBQRPVGM60SFEWZJHY

End of transmit.

 

[marc1]

Spotted the starlink satellites. Saw a small string about 9:15 and the about 5 minutes going in another direction about 40. Not my video but was similar.

I got to see them one night in May. The neighbor was helping me put up a large outdoor tent and he looked up and freaked out a bit. I think he thought nuclear war had come and we were all toast. I got really excited and told him I had been hoping to catch the starlink satellites some night and he was very relieved, and also thought it was cool. He had never heard of them.

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

I got to see them one night in May. The neighbor was helping me put up a large outdoor tent and he looked up and freaked out a bit. I think he thought nuclear war had come and we were all toast. I got really excited and told him I had been hoping to catch the starlink satellites some night and he was very relieved, and also thought it was cool. He had never heard of them.

Haven't spotted a Starlink train in my neck of the woods, but have seen the ISS quite a few times, weather permitting.