New Glenn
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@taiwan_girl said in New Glenn:
Makes it all the more amazing what the Apollo's did and the moon landing.
Indeed. It was more than half a century ago.
But...the motivations were different. We were in a "space race." The goal of putting a human on the moon was the primary goal. It had to be done right - the first time. If you look at clips from "The Right Stuff," there's a whole sequence of US rockets in the early 60s blowing up. It would have been a national embarrassment if the Apollo missions had failed (look at Apollo 1!).
SpaceX's philosophy is different: "Let's blow 'em up and learn from the errors. It's less expensive to fail and learn than to spend millions perfecting things."
Consider the successes of Boeing in human space flight vs that of SpaceX.
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If you look at clips from "The Right Stuff," there's a whole sequence of US rockets in the early 60s blowing up. It would have been a national embarrassment if the Apollo missions had failed (look at Apollo 1!).Good call about that movie. Similarly, and I've mentioned it a few times recently I know, the movie First Man is really "authentic" and you see some of the closer calls they had to deal with such as the first successful docking (Gemini
but resulting near-disaster when it went into an uncontrolled roll. Very intense. And of course during the actual Apollo 11 moon landing let's not talk about how they were down to the last few seconds of fuel before touching ground. -
I ordered this a few days ago: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0760366578?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
It shipped yesterday. I'm hoping to see more detail on the hardware, built with natural intelligence.
I ordered this a few days ago: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0760366578?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
It shipped yesterday. I'm hoping to see more detail on the hardware, built with natural intelligence.
Cool. I bought/downloaded an Apollo 11 simulator for the VR goggles. Should put me in the seat from launch to landing, I think, including needing to fly the lander?
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I ordered this a few days ago: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0760366578?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
It shipped yesterday. I'm hoping to see more detail on the hardware, built with natural intelligence.
Cool. I bought/downloaded an Apollo 11 simulator for the VR goggles. Should put me in the seat from launch to landing, I think, including needing to fly the lander?
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for the VR goggles
Deets?
Got the MetaQuest 3S goggles for Christmas. Very impressive technology, better than I expected, although it can make you dizzy. There are two modes, hybrid where you see the room around you AND virtual screens in front of you, and fully immersive where you are 100% "in" a world (flying through canyons, exploring the ISS, playing mini golf, etc...) and you set a boundary in your room so it won't let you walk into a wall.
Aside from the fun, if I was immobile or alone, it is an AMAZING way to "get out". You can virtually watch a (real!) movie sitting next to someone wearing VR goggles even if they are 10,000 miles away, or you can hike real trails (like the grand canyon) as people have "filmed" 360-degree 4K footage while hiking, that you can explore from that POV.
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@taiwan_girl said in New Glenn:
@Copper Sounds cool. Let's know how you like it!
@89th That sounds cool also. I think a market for the goggles will also be live concerts and sporting events where you can purchase a ticket to "be there" but not really there.
Totally. There is an app where you can be courtside for NBA games but I don’t care about basketball at all but the execution is amazing. It’s nearly the same thing as the $20k seat cost in person.
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You may have seen the New Glenn 2 landed its first stage on a barge (heavy rocket, bigger than the falcon 9 that we normally see land on a barge).
I really like the Everyday Astronaut YouTube channel. Great launch coverage and other content that total Astro-n00b dudes like myself enjoy.
Here’s a clip of a New Glenn factory tour (dare I say Jeff Bezos is actually…nerdy yet personable???) from a year ago, and then coverage of the launch/landing.
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