Dismal-Philosopher-4
Dismal-Philosopher-4 t1_jd90m6g wrote
Reply to Virgin Orbit raising $200 million from investor Matthew Brown, closing deal as soon as Thursday by cnbc_official
Wonder how much the controlling stake would be worth in case they still go bankrupt? is their tech and know-how still worth at least ~100m? or is having your own rocket-company just like a status-symbol in the current space-race?
Dismal-Philosopher-4 t1_jafxfte wrote
Reply to comment by Adeldor in Satellite Constellations Are an Existential Threat for Astronomy by ChieftainMcLeland
> blatant click-bait magazine article
This magazine is quite respected and has published articles by more than 150 Nobel Prize-winning scientists. It's as good as it gets.
Dismal-Philosopher-4 t1_jafwaxz wrote
Shut up scientists, there's profits to be made. And all those denying it either don't know how bad it will get or worse.
In the future constellations will be millions of satellites, not just a few thousand like there are now. Every country will want their own for security reasons.
Dismal-Philosopher-4 t1_j9lk4u9 wrote
Reply to NASA confirms 1,000lb meteorite slammed into Texas | As good time as any for European Space Agency to announce a 2030 asteoroid-spotting mission by chrisdh79
This thing was like half a meter big at most and most of it burnt up. We are not launching anything to space to find these, and we'll probably never will. Media trying to sensationalise some tiny meteorites again lately.
Dismal-Philosopher-4 t1_j6bf5q8 wrote
Reply to In the event of a fatal manned mission (example Artemis 2), would exploration stop in this period? by damarisu
No it will not stop, but it has always slowed down a lot any time fatalities happened.
Dismal-Philosopher-4 t1_j244pq8 wrote
I don't think history would've changed much. Nuclear energy and reactions have never stopped being researched. If anything amazing and useful to space travel had come along it would've certainly been implemented.
The fact is also that we can reach pretty much anything in the Solar system with normal propulsion anyway + non-human crafts and probes can be smaller and smaller.
Dismal-Philosopher-4 t1_iwruozw wrote
Reply to comment by Starsimy in [NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb] Webb researchers found 2 early galaxies, one of which may contain the most distant starlight ever seen. These 2 unexpectedly bright galaxies could fundamentally alter what we know about the very first stars by markyty04
We can, but it's also everywhere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_microwave_background
Dismal-Philosopher-4 t1_iryum41 wrote
The US has only recognised communist China since 1978 so I assume they considered this the Chinese flag at the time.
Dismal-Philosopher-4 t1_jdfbg95 wrote
Reply to comment by piemelaartje in 3D-printed rocket fails just after launch by APnews
No they're right since that's the truth. And investors can pull the plug any second, is the reality of it.