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Whoelselikeants t1_jc8akdb wrote
Reply to comment by not_that_planet in NASA wants new 'deorbit tug' to bring space station down in 2030 by DevilsRefugee
How come? Shouldn’t it just be like a cargo dragon that has its Draco’s pointing retrograde and then do a burn?
Whoelselikeants t1_jaxry2g wrote
Reply to comment by Shrike99 in After flying four astronauts into orbit, SpaceX makes its 101st straight landing — ‘I just feel so lucky that I get to fly on this amazing machine.’ by marketrent
Well I expect Delta heavy to fly more also since the interest in mars science is ramping up along with Falcon heavy. Still, not having a failure in 14 launches of one of under a dozen special case rockets is pretty good.
Whoelselikeants t1_jant4qu wrote
Reply to comment by AdminsFuckedMeAgain in After flying four astronauts into orbit, SpaceX makes its 101st straight landing — ‘I just feel so lucky that I get to fly on this amazing machine.’ by marketrent
Delta IV heavy is 100% reliable
Whoelselikeants t1_jalxigb wrote
Reply to comment by Loki-Don in NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper
Dimorphos was “rubble pile” asteroid so the chance of it getting through the atmosphere wasn’t much probably.
Whoelselikeants t1_jalwvhu wrote
Reply to comment by happydaddydoody in NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper
I would say it’s more like a proof of concept. It works and can be used but is it reasonable? Sort of like how Ingenuity is used on mars, yes you can fly a helicopter on mars but is it cost effective/reasonable?
Whoelselikeants t1_ja14etw wrote
Reply to comment by Obiwan_Salami in Massive 'forbidden planet' orbits a strangely tiny star only 4 times its size. by Rifletree
Because a star is only 4 times the size of a planet
Whoelselikeants t1_ja14bd2 wrote
Reply to comment by Mr_Lumbergh in Massive 'forbidden planet' orbits a strangely tiny star only 4 times its size. by Rifletree
The barycenter is def not in the sun
Whoelselikeants t1_jd67nqc wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Japanese lander enters lunar orbit by Afrin_Drip
It’s still wild how there’s only one “superpower”. Japan should be considered one because it has massive cultural influence, a pretty strong military, insane technological standings, it’s allied with basically all of nato, and more. Still waiting on Zambia to catch up in space.