Magius said ...

@Corr if nothing else you have to admire the man's vision and ambition.

Yea he is pushing boundaries at the very least.



Related but not very newsy... prepare for the cringe

@Corr The ppl who asked those questions, are the ones that should be sent to Mars

The big question about Elon Musk is he a real life Tony Stark or is he a Lex Luthor?

Still makes me laugh and pushes my thoughts to the latter.

Elon Musk personally cancels blogger's Tesla order after 'rude' post

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/03/elon-musk-blogger-tesla-motors-model-x

@Scottie
I gotta say that I side with Musk on that one.This customer didn't need to write an open letter venting about the event. He could have sent an email directly to Telsa stating his fustration, pre order status and interest in an opturnutity to test drive the car. Things may have ended differently then. This guy is entitled and had it coming to him IMO and I am happy that Musk axed his order.

Right of admission reserved (or somethign like that) vs Freedom of speech

President Obama about sending humans to Mars by the 2030s

The ESA Mars probe, Schiaparelli , has very likely crashed on landing. This probe was designed to demonstrate landing tech and then take some reading for a few days on the surface... so not good at all for them

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37715202

http://astronomynow.com/2016/10/20/curious-tilt-of-the-sun-traced-to-undiscovered-planet-nine/

Biggest Supermoon since 1948 tomorrow/Monday. It will be its biggest and brightest over USA on 14th in their evening and over AUS in their morning.Seems tomorrow night will be the best viewing for us, even if it won't be at the same extremes the USA get

Pluto may have as much water beneath it's frozen heart plain as all of Earth's seas.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-pluto-idUSKBN13B2F7

@DG wow that seems unexpected!

@Corrosive
It's always amazing to see how often things aren't even close to what we expect them to be.

Found this interesting vid.

Water Ice Found On Dwarf Planet Ceres, Hidden in Permanent Shadow

"Exoplanet discovery: seven Earth-sized planets spotted orbiting nearby star"
Link

Space X launched a reused rocket a few days ago. First time in history a rocket was reused




As its April we may also be hearing news on the Event Horizon Telescope in the next few weeks. You may remember this is a project to take the first images of a black hole. They are hopeful we get images of the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A this month

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-cassini-mission-grand-saturn.html

The end for Cassini.

The team currently is making final checks on the list of commands the robotic probe will follow to carry out its science observations, called a sequence, as it begins the finale. That sequence is scheduled to be uploaded to the spacecraft on Tuesday, April 11.

Cassini will transition to its grand finale orbits, with a last close flyby of Saturn's giant moon Titan, on Saturday, April 22.

Nasa announces Jupiter & Saturn's moons have been identified as "Ocean Worlds"

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-missions-provide-new-insights-into-ocean-worlds-in-our-solar-system

NASA: Nearby ocean worlds could be best bet for life beyond Earth

There is currently a live stream from NASA about the news

The Cassini spacecraft’s dive in between Saturn’s rings, explained

The Cassini spacecraft is going where no ship has gone before: On Wednesday, it begins a series of dives into the space between Saturn and its magnificent rings. The maneuver — a series of 22 orbits that will bring Cassini increasingly closer to Saturn’s surface before crashing into it — is called the spacecraft’s “grand finale.”

Don't forget that the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century (so far) is happening on Friday night

https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-07-23-south-africans-to-get-a-rare-glimpse-of-lunar-eclipse-on-friday/