Using a simple scale model, Tyson shows that if Earth were the size of a classroom globe, the International Space Station would orbit only 3/8 of an inch above the surface, and the famous “edge of space” jump would be just 1/16 of an inch.
We are just weeks away from sending humans around the moon in decades. Yet there’s no hype or much talk about it.
This shows how Fucked up of a world we are living in.
People who lived through Apollo 8, how was the hype back then??
@xdNiBoR@Yrouel86 Do u really think that bunch of clowns who are only in the game to make money would agree on getting to Mars when there’s no ROI initially?
We’ve received approval to develop Space Launch Complex-37 for Starship operations at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Construction has started.
With three launch pads in Florida, Starship will be ready to support America’s national security and Artemis goals as the world’s premiere spaceport continues to evolve to enable airport-like operations. We’d like to thank the Department of the Air Force (@usairforce), 45th Space Force (@SLDelta45), and U.S. Fish and Wildlife (@USFWS) for their effort on the environmental review
Reliving the Falcon Heavy test flight
“Launch director on countdown 1 - SpaceX Falcon Heavy Go for launch ”
“Falcon Heavy heading to space on her test flight, building on a history of Saturn V Apollo Returning pad 39A to interplanetary missions”