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Mind blowing, isn't it? What's even more incredible is that they managed to get it right on the first attempt. SpaceX is really in the league of their own...
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They nailed pretty much everything bar the landing burn. Perfect launch, perfect flight, the bellyhop was amazing... So stable, and the upright rotation for landing looked incredibly accurate. Haven't seen anything like that before! Proper scifi stuff... Seemed like an engine malfunction upon landing (one raptor shut down and the other burned its combustion chamber?), so they didn't have enough thrust for the soft landing as a result. A huge damn explosion that was A spectacular test flight with a spectacular ending. Bring on SN9 next...
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Holy fucking shit!
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T-15 minutes. Third time's a charm?...
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Next attempt in 1 hour 15 minutes
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Haha, there was apparently a range violation, so the launch should still happen
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I swear, every time I post a link to the livestream on here, they encounter some problem and have to abort the launch
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Next attempt in less than 8 minutes.
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Been hooked on Surviving Mars recently. Got most of the expansion packs a while ago, and it's such a nice addition to the base game.
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Starship SN8 high altitude suborbital flight test launch is expected in less than an hour. First Starship prototype that will use 3 Raptor engines, a nosecone and body flaps. Will also attempt a landing flip maneuver (bellyflop); if successful, it will be a first ever for a vehicle of such size. Target altitude 12.5km. Stream will go live before launch.
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This is just the peer review of the previously announced interim results. However, Oxford/Astrazeneca are now starting a new global clinical trial due to that dosage error in the original one.
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The best prank of 2020.
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Goalkeeper got the last touch.
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He's been great, I think 7 goals and 2 assists so far? Very happy for him. There's no option to recall him, as much as I'm aware. His loan finishes in summer...
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Close enough... Fun fact of the day: Hayabusa means falcon, which is a very fitting name for both a sportsbike and a spacecraft!
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Magnussen will be racing in IMSA with Chip Ganassi Racing next season!
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Chinese Chang'e-5 has collected lunar rocks and soil samples and completed a successful liftoff!
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After Audi, BMW now also announced that they will leave Formula E at the end of the season.
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Yes, horrible luck, both for him and the club... Probably best we sell him in the summer, as you said, no chance we're going to get a respectable amount for an injured player.
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Thought this was worth sharing... AI has made a significant breakthrough in the protein folding problem that has kept scientists busy for almost 50 years. The implications of this for life and medical science, especially drug discovery and development, are huge. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03348-4 And a video to go along with it:
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Either technical issues with the broadcast, technical issues with the spacecraft (unlikely, given that it landed successfully and on schedule), or they just had a last minute change of mind about livestreaming it
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They cut all livestreams shortly before the landing sequence was supposed to start. Wankers Good to see the landing was successful, though, and hopefully the sample collection part as well as return to Earth will go well too. Meanwhile, Hayabusa2 is now 5 days away from returning the Ryugu asteroid samples to Earth. Expected timing (in Japan Standard Time, so need to subtract 9 hours for GMT): December 5, 14:00 - 15:00: capsule separation Dec. 5, 15:00 - 17:00: orbit change for spacecraft departure Dec. 6, 02:00 - 03:00: capsule landing In other news, Starship SN8 15km test flight has been aimed for Thursday!
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China is streaming Chang'e 5 Moon landing live, the landing expected in about one hour! Mirrored stream on youtube:
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