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[SystemParanoia]

Maybe we should have a space pictures thread?



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Edited by SystemParanoia on Saturday 11th December 12:36

[SystemParanoia]

Volcanic eruptions on IO taken from new horisons

[nellyleelephant]

Pale Blue Dot

[Nuclearsquash]

Titan - THe view from Huygens as it descends toward the surface:

[Muntu]

[eharding]

Muntu said:

(Splendid Saturn V picture)

Anybody hazard a guess as to why the first stage is obviously very cold at the surface, whereas the second and third stages don't seem to be (using the same cryogenic fuels)?

[anonymous-user]

[Streps]

The Voyager 1 probe has taken some incredible pictures of earth's insignificance over the years


Simply amazing

Edited by Streps on Saturday 11th December 21:01

[DangerousMike]

eharding said:

Muntu said:

(Splendid Saturn V picture)

Anybody hazard a guess as to why the first stage is obviously very cold at the surface, whereas the second and third stages don't seem to be (using the same cryogenic fuels)?

possibly the liquids in the tanks in the first stage are cooling further as they expand into gases to be burnt.

[Urban Sports]

[XG332]

GoPro camera tied to a weather balloon.
Puts things into perspective.

[SamHH]

XG332 said:

GoPro camera tied to a weather balloon.
Puts things into perspective.

What photo?

[Eric Mc]

DangerousMike said:

eharding said:

Muntu said:

(Splendid Saturn V picture)

Anybody hazard a guess as to why the first stage is obviously very cold at the surface, whereas the second and third stages don't seem to be (using the same cryogenic fuels)?

possibly the liquids in the tanks in the first stage are cooling further as they expand into gases to be burnt.

The first stage of the Satuirn V was fuelled with Liquid Oxygen (Lox) and kerosene (V2 technology just made bigger).

The top two stages were properly cryogenic with Lox and Liquid Hydrogen.

[Eric Mc]

Streps said:

The Voyager 1 probe has taken some incredible pictures of earth's insignificance over the years


Simply amazing

Edited by Streps on Saturday 11th December 21:01

I think that might be a Cassini probe picture.

[Eric Mc]

A pretty spectacular image considering it was taken in November 1966.

[SamHH]

Eric Mc said:

A pretty spectacular image considering it was taken in November 1966.

Nice, which mission?

[Eric Mc]

Project Orbiter.

The unmanned Orbiter missions were designed to photograph the moon's surface in unprecented detail in order to ascertain the best places for the Apollo manned landing which were still 2 to 3 years in the future.

The shot is an oblique view acros the crater Copernicus.

Edited by Eric Mc on Sunday 12th December 16:23

[FourWheelDrift]

nellyleelephant said:

Pale Blue Dot

Reminds me of this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKTu6B4Rgek

[XG332]

SamHH said:

XG332 said:

GoPro camera tied to a weather balloon.
Puts things into perspective.

What photo?

Couldnt find the picture i saw, but here is the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7_knvVcIqI
Great camera.

[SystemParanoia]

UK is the only country to have successfully developed then abandoned a working space programme