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i just started watching some miniseries on netflix about the challenger flight and i’m getting very hype on learning about the challenger and other spaceship information. please help me learn more about space and spaceships here’s a fact. before the challenger took off (and before a few other space missions), the contract company working on the rocket boosters had an issue with O rings (rubber-like rings which helped connect two pieces of the booster together) being eroded upon lift off, which meant it was very possible that air would get into the rocket boosters and the dam thing would explode! and the engineers knew this the entire time!!!
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my dad worked for the company that made the o-rings at the time hehe the apollo rockets guidance computer was on par with an apple ii as far as computing power
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Oct 11, 2020 16:36
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Boy I sure hope somebody was fired for that blunder!
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Oct 11, 2020 16:37
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Who What Now posted:Boy I sure hope somebody was fired for that blunder! That's why it was past tense, their dad worked...
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Oct 11, 2020 16:39
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 this is margaret hamilton part of a programming team for the software used in the apollo missions those books are the software she is actually 7 feet tall
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Oct 11, 2020 16:39
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Statutory Ape posted:my dad worked for the company that made the o-rings at the time hehe holy poo poo that’s crazy has he ever talked about with you?? here’s another fact: the columbia had a piece of insulation broken during lift off but still made it to space successfully. so the astronauts were basically hosed the entire time they were in space with no idea the spaceshuttle was doomed upon re-entry
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Oct 11, 2020 16:40
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Grump posted:holy poo poo that’s crazy has he ever talked about with you?? yes but he worked in a different division that either fabbed or designed or both PCBs my general recollection is that it was Not Great lol
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Oct 11, 2020 16:41
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Statutory Ape posted:
very nice. pretty and smarter than i’ll ever be.
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Oct 11, 2020 16:41
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In space no one can hear you post
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Oct 11, 2020 16:47
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Space is the biggest "thing" in the world
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Oct 11, 2020 16:48
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Many space ships over the years have been piloted by friendly but professional animals.
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Oct 11, 2020 16:50
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Statutory Ape posted:yes but he worked in a different division that either fabbed or designed or both PCBs gosh i wonder how many people feel guilty about that, regardless of what department they worked in
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Oct 11, 2020 16:51
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Its generally agreed that heaven is somewhere in space.
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Oct 11, 2020 16:51
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ronald mcnair was a black astronaut who grew up during segregation and didn’t have access to swimming pools, meaning he didn’t know how to swim well before training to be on the challenger. but he passed training and that means you too could be an astronaut one day with enough determination!! although i don’t recommend it. it seems dangerous
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Oct 11, 2020 16:52
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Jove Tone posted:Many space ships over the years have been piloted by friendly but professional animals. i like the name of the russian doggie, laika. if i had a huskie type dog, i’d consider that name
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Oct 11, 2020 16:53
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You can fart in space and nobody else will smell it.
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Oct 11, 2020 16:54
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promising carl posted:You can fart in space and nobody else will smell it. Haha, maybe like 50 years ago this was true. We have had cross suit fart smell sharing and distribution for a while now gramps
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Oct 11, 2020 16:56
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The diameter of the booster rockets used on the space shuttles was effected by the local train tunnels they had to transport them by. The train tunnels themselves were based on standard railroad gauge that in turn was based on standards used for wagon/chariot building established in Roman times. So part of the space shuttle design was affected by the ancient Romans.
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Oct 11, 2020 16:57
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the last time all humans were on planet earth together was 20 years ago
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Oct 11, 2020 17:08
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Internetjack posted:The diameter of the booster rockets used on the space shuttles was effected by the local train tunnels they had to transport them by. The train tunnels themselves were based on standard railroad gauge that in turn was based on standards used for wagon/chariot building established in Roman times. So part of the space shuttle design was affected by the ancient Romans. this is a good metaphor for life. you gotta work with the cards you got!!
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Oct 11, 2020 17:08
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just lmao if you think space is real. wouldn't the so-called "astronauts" have taken any samples with all the BILLIONS of tax-payer dollars they're given?
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Oct 11, 2020 17:09
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approx. 1.5 lines of code power the ISS. what happens if nobody catches a bug in peer review??Call Your Grandma posted:just lmao if you think space is real. wouldn't the so-called "astronauts" have taken any samples with all the BILLIONS of tax-payer dollars they're given? you are entitled to this thought!!! and i won’t try to change your mind but space is very cool imo!
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Oct 11, 2020 17:16
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Internetjack posted:The diameter of the booster rockets used on the space shuttles was effected by the local train tunnels they had to transport them by. The train tunnels themselves were based on standard railroad gauge that in turn was based on standards used for wagon/chariot building established in Roman times. So part of the space shuttle design was affected by the ancient Romans. Im pretttttty sure that last time I saw someone repeat this, that it was debunked as not true. Anyway, I think it was the Columbia, in that it came out a few years back, that the astronauts on board, did NOT die in the explosion. They survived until the Space Shuttle impacted the ocean, at terminal velocity. quote:The crew compartment and many other vehicle fragments were eventually recovered from the ocean floor after a lengthy search and recovery operation. The exact timing of the death of the crew is unknown; several crew members are known to have survived the initial breakup of the spacecraft. The shuttle had no escape system,[a][1] and the impact of the crew compartment at terminal velocity with the ocean surface was too violent to be survivable
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Oct 11, 2020 17:24
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The phlogiston is extremely flammable and even the gods can't enter into it outside of their crystal spheres.
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Oct 11, 2020 17:44
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You hear that Chris Hadfield divorced his wife? He said he needed more space.
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Oct 11, 2020 17:46
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Space is the one place uncorrupted by capitalism.
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Oct 11, 2020 17:58
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Johnny Aztec posted:Space is the one place uncorrupted by capitalism. Elon says hi
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Oct 11, 2020 18:03
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We let a woman fly a space shuttle, and look what happened. 
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Oct 11, 2020 18:07
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there are 2 imposters on the space ship
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Oct 11, 2020 18:08
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Universe Master posted:Elon says hi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Sq1Nr58hM
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Oct 11, 2020 18:11
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Pluto got canceled because it was really bad at being a planet
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Oct 11, 2020 18:59
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space is big y'all
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Oct 11, 2020 19:01
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I pronounce Uranus like the Greek counterpart, Ouranos, because I can't talk about the seventh planet without snickering like a kindergartener.
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Oct 11, 2020 19:06
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If you're looking for a fascinating read on what happened with Columbia and how NASA could've done something: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2003/11/columbias-last-flight/304204/
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Oct 11, 2020 19:06
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Johnny Aztec posted:Im pretttttty sure that last time I saw someone repeat this, that it was debunked as not true. It's pretty well established that shipping by rail car from the Thiokal plant in Utah was the only logistic capable of getting the boosters out of the state. Limits on the size of the railway tunnels out of the state were pretty much an upper limit sizing factor. Weight was also a big issue that dictated the use of railroads. The extrapolation of railroad gauge and tunnel size going back to horse carts and chariots is just a fun extension of the exercise, but not unmerited.
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Oct 11, 2020 19:50
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Falcon 9 diameter is determined by the max maximum diameter for road transport too. It's why it's so thin and long. They just ship them across the US on public roads.
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Oct 11, 2020 19:56
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Internetjack posted:It's pretty well established that shipping by rail car from the Thiokal plant in Utah was the only logistic capable of getting the boosters out of the state. Limits on the size of the railway tunnels out of the state were pretty much an upper limit sizing factor. Weight was also a big issue that dictated the use of railroads. The extrapolation of railroad gauge and tunnel size going back to horse carts and chariots is just a fun extension of the exercise, but not unmerited. Ehhh, the thing I saw had like, sources and stuff? But Honestly, I'm really not invested enough to actually go find it Anyhow, Space is really cool! Too bad due to the reality of reality, we will never have any of the Science-Fiction space futures. For the vast majority of humanity, we're a prisoner of this one planet.
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Oct 11, 2020 20:16
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queserasera posted:I pronounce Uranus like the Greek counterpart, Ouranos, because I can't talk about the seventh planet without snickering like a kindergartener. Uranus is really big and gassy
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Oct 11, 2020 20:37
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queserasera posted:I pronounce Uranus like the Greek counterpart, Ouranos, because I can't talk about the seventh planet without snickering like a kindergartener. I pronounce it "yer-anus" cause then it sounds like I'm talking about someone's butt
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i think it's cute and worth exploring
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