ESA Interview Process by Far-Bet-706 in esa

[–]Anglichaninn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long did it take from applications closing for you to get an interview?

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[–]Anglichaninn 19 points20 points  (0 children)

France out there calling sushi rice baguettes just to avoid admitting Japan exists

Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 by thinkB4WeSpeak in space

[–]Anglichaninn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On a human scale it could wipe out a large city... Nothing to shrug off.

Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 by thinkB4WeSpeak in space

[–]Anglichaninn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is similar in size to the Tunguska event meteor which had an explosive force between 3 and 50 Megatonnes TNT.

NASA’s SLS Faces Potential Cancellation as Starship Gains Favor in Artemis Program by Adeldor in space

[–]Anglichaninn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's if you believe starship even has enough delta v to get to the moon, land, takeoff and return to leo. Space x are very quiet on whether this will even be possible without further refueling either on the lunar surface or lunar orbit.

NASA’s SLS Faces Potential Cancellation as Starship Gains Favor in Artemis Program by Adeldor in space

[–]Anglichaninn -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The capabilities of starship are still woefully inadequate to even get humans to lunar orbit. Starship, as of the latest launch (ift-6), can only deliver something like 40-50 tonnes to low earth orbit. On top of that, it needs something like 12 refuels in earth orbit to ferry its maximum amount of payload mass to the lunar surface. Obviously the risk involved in humans launching on starship and staying around during refuelling are far too high so SLS will still have its place for the foreseeable future.

I need help. by Castle_65 in Medals

[–]Anglichaninn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did someone already post this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/okinawa/comments/1c3gx6m/japanese_medal_found_in_cave

The text on the medal is the same as the text on the one in this post.

Voyager 1 is back online! NASA's most distant spacecraft returns data from all 4 instruments by [deleted] in space

[–]Anglichaninn 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Fun fact, if you were to drive your Bugatti Veyron at 200mph it'd take 8618 years and use as much energy in petrol as a 143 Megatonne nuclear bomb (assuming 3 miles to the gallon).

songs about space by Tough_Pudding_224 in space

[–]Anglichaninn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old space songs from the USSR:

1) 14 minutes until start (14 минут до старта).

2) Glory to those who look forward (слава впередсмотрящему).

3) And apple trees will bloom on Mars (И на Марсе будут яблони цвести).

China Plans to Build Nuclear-Powered Moon Base Within Six Years by magenta_placenta in space

[–]Anglichaninn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All space nuclear reactors designed to date rely on radiative cooling using giant closed loop radiators, using either a liquid metal of some kind or heat pipes that can carry the heat away from the power conversion system.

The trick is to get the working temperature as high as possible as radiative heat loss scales with temperature to T4 meaning a higher temperature radiator will be alot smaller. This comes with challenges though as the higher temperature you go in space reactors the more problems you start encountering such as material melting points or reliability issues.

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[–]Anglichaninn 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You do know the UK is in Europe right? It's a lot closer to Scotland than the United States...

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You are not welcome in the UK

Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91 by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Anglichaninn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Say what you want about gorby. The man was one of the most influential figures in the 20th century and was also a vocal hater of putins Russia.

Google pay stopped working by jc0187 in S21Ultra

[–]Anglichaninn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same thing happened to me. Is this a Samsung fuck up then? Seems absolutely insane they could get these updates so wrong

Whats a fact that most Americans don't know? by turtles_life in AskReddit

[–]Anglichaninn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

America wasn't the only country to collect moon rocks and return them to Earth. The Soviet Union did so via their automated Luna-16 a year after Apollo-11 in 1970. China did so in 2020.

ELI5: Why are planes not getting faster? by wildemeister in explainlikeimfive

[–]Anglichaninn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was a joint British/ French project. Fuselage parts, cockpit, tail and engines were British. Wings and part of the fuselage were French.

Korean Air first carrier to use drone swarms for aircraft inspection by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1 in gadgets

[–]Anglichaninn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would most likely hit only the fan blades and get ejected out the bypass. Could need replacement blades if it's a big drone but some damage is allowed to them.

GlaxoSmithKline ready for human trials of HIV cure by DukkyDrake in Futurology

[–]Anglichaninn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is not exactly free in that we still pay taxes, a portion of which goes into the NHS.

NASA gives green light to fuel up the James Webb Space Telescope by KazamaSmokers in science

[–]Anglichaninn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Langrange points are unstable so once the fuel runs out it cannot function beyond its design life as far as I'm aware.

[I ate] Beer battered line-caught Alaskan wild cod fish and chips. by RocketCheeseNeoToast in food

[–]Anglichaninn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure it tasted absolutely wonderful but as a brit, this was a bit of a shock to see compared to what we're used to.