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Dadhawk · 04-07-2026, 02:36 PM

More at https://images.nasa.gov

Spuds · 04-08-2026, 10:14 PM

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More at https://images.nasa.gov

Looks flat to me!

Edit: The craziest thing about this picture to me is that they didn't fly "to" the moon. They flew (fell?) to a point in space at just the right timing for this incredibly massive boulder to pass underneath them as they fall back to Earth. I'm an engineer, I know the math works, but it's still kind of insane to think that rock on the left is going to be where you are now in a few minutes.

Stephen W. · 04-09-2026, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Spuds

Looks flat to me!

Edit: The craziest thing about this picture to me is that they didn't fly "to" the moon. They flew (fell?) to a point in space at just the right timing for this incredibly massive boulder to pass underneath them as they fall back to Earth. I'm an engineer, I know the math works, but it's still kind of insane to think that rock on the left is going to be where you are now in a few minutes.

I wouldn’t say “insane” but rather, “bloody marvelous!”
Same goes for a sniper who can hit a moving target from a mile and a half away. I know it’s been done in the past, I know it will be done again in the future but it still blows my mind.

alex87f · 04-09-2026, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Spuds

Looks flat to me!

Edit: The craziest thing about this picture to me is that they didn't fly "to" the moon. They flew (fell?) to a point in space at just the right timing for this incredibly massive boulder to pass underneath them as they fall back to Earth. I'm an engineer, I know the math works, but it's still kind of insane to think that rock on the left is going to be where you are now in a few minutes.

The math is impressive. Trusting it with the life of several people is... something else.

I'm a sucker for space opera type fiction, for me these missions hit a particular spot

Dadhawk · 04-09-2026, 08:23 PM

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I know the math works, but it's still kind of insane to think that rock on the left is going to be where you are now in a few minutes.

Yea, I get that. I'm a private pilot and I understand how an airplane flies (Newton's 3rd law and all), but I don't understand why.

Lantanafrs2 · 04-10-2026, 05:19 AM

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Yea, I get that. I'm a private pilot and I understand how an airplane flies (Newton's 3rd law and all), but I don't understand why.

Better to enjoy than understand

blsfrs · 04-13-2026, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen W.

I wouldn’t say “insane” but rather, “bloody marvelous!”
Same goes for a sniper who can hit a moving target from a mile and a half away. I know it’s been done in the past, I know it will be done again in the future but it still blows my mind.

I like your sniper analogy. Except, the sniper is firing from a moving platform while aiming at that moving target. At least "he" doesn't have to worry about wind direction.

Unplugem · 04-27-2026, 06:28 PM

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Yea, I get that. I'm a private pilot and I understand how an airplane flies (Newton's 3rd law and all), but I don't understand why.

Unplugem · 04-27-2026, 06:36 PM

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I like your sniper analogy. Except, the sniper is firing from a moving platform while aiming at that moving target. At least "he" doesn't have to worry about wind direction.

Unplugem · 05-18-2026, 11:02 PM

Dadhawk · 05-24-2026, 09:55 AM

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Billion Dollar Loop video...

Catchy in a Weird Al sorta way.

Unplugem · 05-28-2026, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Catchy in a Weird Al sorta way.

Dadhawk · 05-29-2026, 10:27 AM

Holy Rocket Failure Batman!

I have a good friend who went to Texas for the StarShip launch last week. We both agreed that given the choice we would rather have been there for Blue Origin's fireball than the launch.

Thankfully no one was hurt but can't say so much for the launch pad which had a couple of towers destroyed. Estimates are this was a 1 Kiloton explosion. To compare the Hiroshima bomb was 15 Kilotons.

Oh, and the rocket was not fully fueled.

Dadhawk · 05-29-2026, 10:30 AM

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..Round and Nerdy video..

Sorry, totally fake and obviously a conspiracy. I mean, I'm not the only one that saw the strings on the aliens, right? So many video anomalies, complete AI generated.

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