/sci/ - Science & Math

She drove 210Km when she was going 70km/h

She drove 340 when she was going 85km/h

Elon musk is a libertarian and the only hope for cheep space travel is in the private industry

Thats right

Libertarianism is the best thing to ever happen to space

>>2616100
The moon already has the american flag on it

Also the private industry is american they will probably put flags everywhere as well

We have the private industry taking over Space travel

We will have all of those by 2040 as least.

I would say we will be back on the moon by at least 2025 if not sooner

>>2615758
Not these people
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-hd-tv

>>2614808
Yeah even if NASA cuts them off they still have other customers and Elon musk said it would only make them slow down a couple years

>>2614725
Yes ooohhhh the evil republicans

disregard then more republicans voted for the NASA authorization act then democrats.\

The Privatization of space is more of a conservative idea then Liberal

Appropriate music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CTYymbbEL4

>>2614715
What we need is a fully reusable orbital vehicle and surprise!

>Although the first stage has parachutes and was intended to be recovered to demonstrate (possible future) reuse, to date SpaceX has failed to recover the stages from their initial test launches. The stages are expendable for the initial launches. By flight six, the first stage is intended to be recovered. Although reusability of the second stage is more difficult, SpaceX has intended both stages of the Falcon 9 to be reusable. Musk stated:

>"By flight six we think it’s highly likely we’ll recover the first stage, and when we get it back we’ll see what survived through re-entry, and what got fried, and carry on with the process. ... That's just to make the first stage reusable, it'll be even harder with the second stage – which has got to have a full heatshield, it'll have to have deorbit propulsion and communication."

>Both stages are covered with a layer of ablative cork, have parachutes to land them gently in the sea and have been marinised by using salt water resistant materials, anodizing and paying attention to the issue of galvanic corrosion.
While many commentators are skeptical of the viability of reusability, Musk has stated that reusability is one of the most important goals, and that if the vehicle does not become reusable, "I will consider us to have failed.”

>>2614667
Yes it is the best and yes It needs a lot of help.

But the time of commercial space has dawned we will see far more rapid progress in space once they start launching humans into orbit

The earth live from the ISS
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-hd-tv

Courtesy of the USA

So......

tits?

>>2609522
I think its the docking port

>>2609508
Thats not an assured event

Remember japan in the 80's?

also if it does happen the american private sector will be far more advanced at that point

>>2609500
No they are not

the Chinese space agency get 1/3 of NASA's funding

they put humans in orbit 3 times woohoo well the USA has put people in space over 130 times!

The american private sector has a better chance of getting to mars first then the Chinese

>>2609487
No idea

>>2609455
>>2609440
>>2609340
God damn it people

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-hd-tv

Discovery is going to dock with the ISS in around an hour but the stream is showing the shuttle above the earth now

Comercial space company thats purpose it to build space only earth-moon spacecraft for humans

>>2606230
I am better then Frat boys and rappers

I will never admit otherwise

>>2606170
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

how naive ye are


If we where at that level we would not need an AI so that we did not have corruption

>>2606150
Even if communism was run without corruption it would still less technologically advanced then a capitalist one.

Competition advances technology bro

>>2605605
The official date is mid 2030's

>>2605518
You don't care because you know theres nothing of worth there.

The thing is you have no right to criticize other countries space programs, when your's does not even have one.

>>2605496
yeah we can work together

But Australia can't join due to it not doing ANY important science