/sci/ - Science & Math

>>5979484
Mars 3 and Mars 6 made it

Would you want to go to on a space trip to Mars?
>There is no return (you wont be living there either of course)
>Even after the test and all the shit you have to go through you may not even be the first person within the mission to step on the planet and you would be probably forgotten. ?

LOL OTHER COUNTRIES, ARE YOU EVEN TRYING?

btw, on that pic: Phobos-Grunt / Yinghuo- failed, MSL successful.

USA won Mars

No Phobos Grunt thread?

The Russians have not been able to make contact with the probe.

The latest is that scientists think the reason it is not responding is because the Russian engineers for some stupid fucking reason built the probe in such a way that has the propulsion unit obstructing the low gain antennas.

So signals can't get through.

And apparently Russias space agency has no way of tracking its own probes, so they are having to ask regular people in South America and NASA+ESA to track it for them which makes things difficult.

For those of you that don't know what I am talking about, Russia is trying to send a probe to Mars' moon, Phobos, to collect samples and bring them back.

The probe failed to escape earths orbit after a couple of misfires, so now we have 13 metric tonnes of toxic fuel hovering above our heads, which will fall to earth in a couple of weeks if the Russians can't get it to work within the next 2 days, which is how long the battery charge on the electronics can last right now.

>>3934671

I went on Mission Space in Epcot. Shit was so cash

OK /sci/,

I like space, but I also like having a job, what would be a good major to meet both those requirements? I was thinking aerospace engineering
>inb4 engineering is for faggots

>>2614667


the australian space program is worse though. so why are you judging?

>>2245199
Glad to help, citizen of /sci/. Keep up the good work.

>>2221016

>The cost will be huge.

If you're from a country the size of Vermont maybe.

NASA is turning into a ninja when it comes to landing things on Mars. And this is something that can only be achieved through experience.

By 2030 landing there will not be as expensive as it was projected back in the 70s.

I wouldn't be surprised if NASA could do it with its current budget.

>>2151498

>The private space industry can probably make money launching small payloads into orbit, or humans into suborbital flight. Beyond this, it probably will never to be able to scale up and still make a profit. Only a government can spend that kind of money.

SpaceX will take money from anyone. private interests or governments. If they say they can build a rocket that can take cargo to Mars, then its because they will be happy to receive that sweet sweet government money. And it is in their interests to do it reliably and cost efficiently.

Unlike NASA Boeing, which is so entrenched in the government that they could sit on their asses all day long and not worry about getting fired.

OP cannot into facts

any other advice please?

sounds good to me

How ya doing /sci/

I used to really be into Astronomy as a kid, and I kind of want to re-learn the stuff i learned about the planets, stars, galaxies etc etc etc.

Can anyone give me a good place to learn this shit?

what a novel idea!