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Old 28-06-2015, 19:08
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Isn't that 2 failed supply launches in a row for the ISS?
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Old 30-06-2015, 00:21
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Genus and Jupiter looked very nice together tonight. Here's hoping for clear skies the next couple to.

It isn't often Jupiter is completely outshone.
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Old 30-06-2015, 00:41
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Venus and Jupiter looked very nice together tonight. Here's hoping for clear skies the next couple to.

It isn't often Jupiter is completely outshone.
Ah, I wondered what they were. I knew one was Venus but assumed the other was just a bright star! Wish I'd got my telescope out now.
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Old 30-06-2015, 02:45
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I was only saying to someone yesterday when I saw this on the news as I was with them that it's quite amazing how over 40 years ago we sent enormous Saturn V rockets with human beings on top of them into space, then all the way to the moon and back in the module a whole 6 times, not to forget a successful aborted one, with all that risk and ancient tech involved plus distance, yet here we are with a handful of quite modest and straightforward looking rockets designed to simply reach an orbit of a couple of hundred miles and not even getting close to it before disintegrating.

It almost defies common sense in many ways....unless these rockets are being done on a tight budget, dare I say on the cheap due to cutting the costs and increasing the risk in doing so.
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Old 30-06-2015, 07:56
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The SpaceX failure was the first following eighteen previously successful launches, and the Progress failure was also a rare event - statistical blips.

But Saturn V is also a statistical blip - NASA were lucky to get away with zero losses in 13 launches, but then, silly money was spent on the programme. I was trying to find out how many F1 engines were destroyed during development and testing, and it seems to have been at least in double figures.
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Old 30-06-2015, 13:48
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Genus and Jupiter looked very nice together tonight. Here's hoping for clear skies the next couple to.

It isn't often Jupiter is completely outshone.
By the time it gets dark enough they've disappeared from view pah!

Get to look at Saturn as a consolation though.
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Old 30-06-2015, 14:25
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No clouds anywhere to be seen, so very hopeful of a good view.
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Old 30-06-2015, 22:31
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No clouds anywhere to be seen, so very hopeful of a good view.
perfect view tonight just been out and it's really clear! hoorah
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Old 01-07-2015, 01:39
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Conjunction was just seen from Blackheath before the clouds took over, Saturn too, very faintly through the haze.

I'll upload a couple of shots when I can work out how.
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Old 02-07-2015, 08:57
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Rosetta finds sinkholes on comet
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...oles-comet-67p
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Old 02-07-2015, 15:23
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Getting closer to Pluto
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33369045
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Old 02-07-2015, 16:13
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Unusually, two Full Moons this month. Today and 31st.
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Old 02-07-2015, 16:24
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Unusually, two Full Moons this month. Today and 31st.
Next time there is a blue moon after this month will be in January 2018, followed by another almost immediately in March 2018.
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Old 03-07-2015, 01:22
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Those four dark and evenly spaced spots are incredibly mysterious.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/FGfD7pbMyEs/maxresdefault.jpg

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Old 03-07-2015, 01:40
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Those four dark and evenly spaced spots are incredibly mysterious.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/FGfD7pbMyEs/maxresdefault.jpg

conclusive proof the ancient egyptians were aliens i'd say
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Old 03-07-2015, 01:42
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conclusive proof the ancient egyptians were aliens i'd say
Damn right!
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Old 03-07-2015, 08:54
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conclusive proof the ancient egyptians were aliens i'd say
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https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...c7bba710cc.jpg
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Old 03-07-2015, 15:43
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Next time there is a blue moon after this month will be in January 2018, followed by another almost immediately in March 2018.
Oh yes, and the second date in January will also be a total lunar eclipse.

Though I don't yet know where it will be visible, I suspect it will not be in Europe as it is happening in the early afternoon our time, so will probably be visible somewhere in the Pacific area. Anyway, there should be a few more before that.
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Old 05-07-2015, 10:19
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Guardian article about New Horizons
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...s-pluto-charon
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Old 05-07-2015, 20:15
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...and there's an equivalent Nature science video here: Why Pluto?

Spoiler
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Old 08-07-2015, 20:35
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New Photo of Pluto

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-n...s-flyby-begins
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Old 08-07-2015, 20:41
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...y-photo-space/
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Old 08-07-2015, 21:29
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The anticipation is killer.
https://giphy.com/gifs/oscar-inglour...-1tOJoYRAI4PII
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Old 09-07-2015, 10:36
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Another image from Pluto http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33459476
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Old 09-07-2015, 20:47
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