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“So we will be seeing you again, JUICE.” Read more

These pictures must send all flat Earthers into convulsions.... :) Read more

Such a terrible idea. Does the studio have 0.13% oxygen? Does it have one third of Earth’s gravity?

This is going to give idiots the idea that they can survive on Mars, furthering the concept that they should sign up for Musk’s ill-gotten idea.  Read more

I’ve been preparing for this moment my entire life.

What if both the US and China try to deflect from opposite sides without discussing it with one another? And then one knocks the asteroid off course and the other knocks it back on course!!!! Read more

“deviate its trajectory by 1 to 2 inches (3 to 5 centimeters)“ is a meaningless statement in this context. What matters is delta-V, that is how much velocity change will be imparted onto the target asteroid. Although “1000 km within three months” kind of tells that. Read more

Well this could range between potentially world-saving proof of concept and raining down debris on some random place. Read more

I can see, but not understand, not cooperating to get to the Moon or Mars, but you’d think that the entire world could get together for defending the entire fucking world from extinction level asteroids, but NAAAAAAAH! Read more

Great another piece of Chinese space junk that’ll come barreling down to Earth. Read more

The Planetary Society tweet with the link for their congressional petition is here:
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This turbojet phallic flying object is not yet a rocket, not without a proper rocket engine. Read more

Seriously, just copy the Spirit and Oppo design, but with an RTG like a dozen times and send a bunch all over; Mars, Titan, Europa, Ganymede, Io, Venus, etc.. Read more

Why send rovers, when you can send Elon Musk...? Read more

SRL isn’t planned to land until late-2020s and return in the early 2030s. That dovetails into a potential manned Mars mission in the late 2030s. Sending a series of lower cost missions (especially new orbiters) instead of a single big rover before a manned mission makes sense, because any manned mission will need a… Read more

6.65 million pounds?

This monstrous double tracked crane was the previous title holder:

Could someone please put this in measurements I can understand like Bananas or Giraffes?   Read more

In case anyone else thought it was the Bagger 293 strip miner like I initially did, I looked it up and while the Bagger is significantly heavier at 31.3 million pounds, and it is able to move, the actual movement is powered by secondary means. So it holds a few records of its own as the largest terrestrial vehicle,… Read more

if starship works it is gonna DRAMATICALLY cut the cost of these types of programs. not only will it make launching the thing way cheaper but the lower cost per pound means that they can use less expensive designs / materials which would otherwise be weight prohibitive. fingers crossed Read more

Off the primary topic, but did anyone else look at the top photo and see an ‘80s pool lounge chair floating in space? Read more