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NASA set to test Orion spacecraft (deep space exploration) Thursday
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AstroNut325
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I really wish more people cared about this! Regardless... this is all amazing! GO NASA!
Edit:SPLASHDOWN!
Edit:SPLASHDOWN!
NYCmetsfan
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USA is back in the space game!
NYCmetsfan
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What's wrong with that. They've now got the path (spaceship) to go back to the moon, astroids and mars
CraigerGamer
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You care. Instill that passion onto your children one day. Its how we will eventually get to Mars and beyond.
Come on, is tradition! (sometimes they get some winners phrases and everything).
It was a "golden spike." I don't have a problem with that kind of language when something as monumental as this happens. Thousands and thousands of people worked long hours for years to get to this point.
They can be as USA USA USA as they want, as long as it gets us to Mars.
AstroNut325
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Already do that. My son and I watch Cosmos, shuttle launches and other space related stuff every few days! But my son is only two years old!
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Also visit the CA Science Center where the Endeavor shuttle resides. Also has space toys and books!
Yes... I'm a space fanboy!
Sometimes... However, I don't even know what it means. WTF does it mean?
Already do that. My son and I watch Cosmos, shuttle launches and other space related stuff every few days! But my son is only two years old!
So 18 in 2030. That's the Mars decade.
My interpretation is basically it's the foundation on which the bridge (flight to Mars) can be built.
New phone lock screen?
New phone lock screen.
But but... That's my current iphone lock screen... Oh man I'm conflicted lol
RyanardoDaVinci
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A golden spike was driven to join the two ends of the US transcontinental railroad, which made continental travel much easier.
AstroNut325
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I was thinking the same thing!
Maybe yeah. But then that means they are crossing it before the bridge has been properly finished. They must be crazy.
Just wait until he has already driven the 'Golden Spike' in and the bridge has been properly tested first.
No no lol, I have a cropped version of that image (I couldn'T find the proper sized version on google image).
Edit: Took a screenshot
CraigerGamer
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Same here. There is nothing like experiencing your very first night launch. The imagery of night turning into day for that brief minute will stay with you for a lifetime.
I loved surfing off of Cocoa Beach when one of those Titan rockets would lift off. Sometime they made it, other times they would just go completely haywire and Flight Control would have to blow them up. Such a crap shoot back then.
On a clear day you would see a rocket go off, there I was, floating on my board in the lineup waiting for my next wave. You would actually see the sound/shock wave come screaming towards you, across the water, flattening any wave in its path. Amazing.
Such a great place to grow up. I miss it.
He said "America has driven a golden spike as it crosses the bridge into the future". This is a reference the ceremonial final spike made of gold used join the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on May 10, 1869.
Basically, it means the success of Orion has now connected the bridge from Earth to deep space.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
This is pretty fantastic
Oh, so that must be the significance.
Was a train crossing a bridge while they were doing it?
As much as I'm happy with this launch, you don't take down the king for this stuff.
That's the problem with picking Apollo 11, you're stuck with it until the manned launch to mars.
I think you're nitpicking the phrase a bit much.
RyanardoDaVinci
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No. The "bridge" comes from the phrase "bridging the gap," which basically means connecting two previously separated objects/places.
As much as I'm happy with this launch, you don't take down the king for this stuff.
That's the problem with picking Apollo 11, you're stuck with it until the manned launch to mars.
Haha yeah
I'll be looking for a couple of new full sized wallpapers for my PCs with the stuff we got today though.
I imagine that the onboard cameras too high res pictures too that they will publish soon.
Nah. I'm not really being serious about it.
Oh okay.
So what's the next step for Orion? 2018? Is there a discussion thread on GAF for space topics? Now I'm wondering when the next launch is between Space X or NASA. Looks like Space X has a resupply mission to ISS on 12/16. Falcon Heavy first launch is next year sometime?
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