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Did Musk say the first flight would be in two weeks? Seems optimistic but fingers crossed :)
 
Celia Payne -

Cecilia Payne’s mother refused to spend money on her college education, so she won a scholarship to Cambridge.
Cecilia Payne completed her studies, but Cambridge wouldn’t give her a degree because she was a woman, so she said to heck with that and moved to the United States to work at Harvard.
Cecilia Payne was the first person ever to earn a Ph.D. in astronomy from Radcliffe College, with what Otto Strauve called “the most brilliant Ph.D. thesis ever written in astronomy.”
Not only did Cecilia Payne discover what the universe is made of, she also discovered what the sun is made of (Henry Norris Russell, a fellow astronomer, is usually given credit for discovering that the sun’s composition is different from the Earth’s, but he came to his conclusions four years later than Payne—after telling her not to publish).
Cecilia Payne is the reason we know basically anything about variable stars (stars whose brightness as seen from earth fluctuates). Literally every other study on variable stars is based on her work.
Cecilia Payne was the first woman to be promoted to full professor from within Harvard, and is often credited with breaking the glass ceiling for women in the Harvard science department and in astronomy, as well as inspiring entire generations of women to take up science.
Cecilia Payne is awesome and everyone should know her.

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Celia Payne -

Cecilia Payne’s mother refused to spend money on her college education, so she won a scholarship to Cambridge.
Cecilia Payne completed her studies, but Cambridge wouldn’t give her a degree because she was a woman, so she said to heck with that and moved to the United States to work at Harvard.
Cecilia Payne was the first person ever to earn a Ph.D. in astronomy from Radcliffe College, with what Otto Strauve called “the most brilliant Ph.D. thesis ever written in astronomy.”
Not only did Cecilia Payne discover what the universe is made of, she also discovered what the sun is made of (Henry Norris Russell, a fellow astronomer, is usually given credit for discovering that the sun’s composition is different from the Earth’s, but he came to his conclusions four years later than Payne—after telling her not to publish).
Cecilia Payne is the reason we know basically anything about variable stars (stars whose brightness as seen from earth fluctuates). Literally every other study on variable stars is based on her work.
Cecilia Payne was the first woman to be promoted to full professor from within Harvard, and is often credited with breaking the glass ceiling for women in the Harvard science department and in astronomy, as well as inspiring entire generations of women to take up science.
Cecilia Payne is awesome and everyone should know her.

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Though perhaps not on the same scale as her, the NASA space programme would not have been as progressive & successful without the cadre of female mathematicians (including African Americans) who were key to 'making it happen'.

But have only in the past 5 years have they been officially recognised and spoken about.
 
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I see William Shatner is going to do a sub orbital hop on Jeff Bezos’ rocket machine next week.
 
All ahead warp factor 1, he's got to say it!
 
Jupiter mission Lucy

I don't think this has been mentioned on here. I heard an astrophysicist talking about it on Radio 4 a couple of days ago. It was successfully launched yesterday. I never fail to be impressed with the sheer enthusiasm scientists like her talk about these missions and for me tops is Maggie Aderin-Pocock (MBE). She lives it and crucially, her enthusiasm is contagious. I think this project/missionis fantastic and unless it's a manned mission to the moon or next..Mars, most times it goes unnoticed by the general population.

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NASA's Lucy mission has launched to explore never-before-seen asteroids | CNN

The first NASA mission to study Jupiter's asteroid swarms launched at 5:34 a.m. ET on October 16. Lucy is the first spacecraft designed to visit the Trojan asteroids and observe these remnants from the early days of our solar system.
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Lucy: The First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids

Lucy will be the first space mission to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. The Trojans may be remnants of the primordial material that formed the outer planets, and serve as time capsules from the birth of our solar system more than 4 billion years ago.
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First image from the JW Telescopeenppk11y8y781.jpg
 
Apologies to Kendo1 who posted it first in the joke thread. :)
 
There was a thread on the JWST but I don't see it since I last posted in it...(a reply to AF) Shouldn't it have been in here ?

Here's a link to a NASA website that shows the progress,in real time, of the mission. Maybe this post will be moved to the other thread for continuity.

www.jwst.nasa.gov

Where Is Webb? NASA/Webb

During Webb's launch, deployment and commissioning, 'WhereIsWebb' tracked Webb's 'flight' to L2 orbit, its state and progress during its deployment and commissioning process, and finally the release of its first images. This process is now complete. During this process, the page constantly...
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It is nearly that time of year again.

The Council for the Protection of Rural England(CPRE) are asking people to count stars.

It is to do with the effect of light pollution on how we see the night sky.

Although the name of the organisation suggests England only, they would like info from anywhere in the UK.

Link to signing up -

takeaction.cpre.org.uk

Star Count 2022 - CPRE

Learn about the 2022 instalment of our annual citizen science activity, Star Count, where stargazers help measure light pollution.
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Dave
 
Orion's belt - a waist of space? ;)
 
The launch and progress went so well that NASA have said that the fuel burn was minimal and it will allow it to operate for twice the 10 years anticipated . It's been a resounding success.
 
SN20 stacked and the man who fell to earth makes an announcement later today .... ;)
 
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I’m massively excited about the launch of Artemis 1 later this month. This first flight of the SLS will show us the rocket that will take mankind back to the moon.
I really wish it was painted like the Saturn V as it was in the early renders.
It’s going to be spectacular.
 
I am watching NASA TV the Firestick.

Caught it part way through the commentary about the "tanking" and now no audio ..... afteral unlike 'normal' TV where the commentators appear to be paid by the word, there is obviously not a lot to say!

A few minutes ago they showed a view from a public viewing area and in the shot was one of those big matrix screens showing a (countdown) clock set at 40minutes.

Edit ~ unplanned hold at T minus 40 minutes with an issue with the hydrogen line on one engine!
 
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Jupiter will be closer to Earth than it has been for over 50 years. It won't be this close again for another 100 years!
So tonight is your chance of a lifetime to take its picture.

OK, there will be clouds but for many, there will be big gaps in the clouds and clear skies between them with lots of chances to capture Jupiter and its moons.
 
Fortunately, due to the Earth - Jupiter distance, it moves slowly in the night sky and will be still easily visible for a few months.

Dave
 
Well, it would be if it wasn't hidden behind the trees in our back garden!!!

Nod's law also dictated that the X-H1 battery was flat so when I went out to get a shot, it died... :(
 
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