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SpaceX rocket launches Euclid space telescope to map the 'dark universe'

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Re: SpaceX rocket launches Euclid space telescope to map the 'dark universe'

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Post by dylan604 »

qumpis wrote: post #54
xeromal wrote: post #43

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It feels like you have a bit of superiority complex against people who use GPS. What a weird thing to feel smart about.

Maybe OP doesn't travel a lot. Or is a taxi driver :)

Actually, I grew up in a time where we learned how to read and use maps (think Boy Scouts without being in the scouts). It’s a skill like anything else that takes practice. Using GPS nav is not practice. I’ll use the map app to look at the route, pick out familiar references, then uses those as waypoints. “Three blocks past majorStreetName, turn right” type of things.

Re: SpaceX rocket launches Euclid space telescope to map the 'dark universe'

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Post by explaininjs »

krisoft wrote: post #46
explaininjs wrote: post #42

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The worldview changing result of Hubble was HUDF and the revelation that it doesn’t matter how deep you look it’s all the same damn spirals and shit. I wouldn’t know what JWST’s result would be, if I knew it a priori it wouldn’t be much of a result would it? But I don’t expect much. Happy to be pleasantly surprised.

> The worldview changing result of Hubble was HUDF and the revelation that it doesn’t matter how deep you look it’s all the same damn spirals and shit. Interesting. What was your world view before this and how did it changed? Did you for example believed earlier that only the galaxies we have mapped so far do exist? > if I knew it a priori it wouldn’t be much of a result would it? Yet you are already certain it “did…

I had hoped that looking closer might revel something different than what we already saw. It didn’t.

Certainly nothing has materialized yet, which is all I claimed. Do you feel anything of significance has come from the project?

Re: SpaceX rocket launches Euclid space telescope to map the 'dark universe'

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Post by judge2020 »

defrost wrote: post #59
sam_goody wrote: post #36

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I use https://time.is (Choose any location.) Does other conversions and stuff, but much more elegant and simpler than your link. Also good for setting your clock

time.is is clearly simpler in display on the splash page. timeanddate.com has a lot of depth to it, it's been about for many years and has a back catalog of odd edge cases and pages of good technical explaination. Its appearence can be customised. What did catch my eye was I believe time.is may have read my timeanddate.com config cookies and displayed times for my custom locations ... Which is interesting (and I'll h…

The default alternatives are LA, New York, London, Paris, Kyiv, Beijing, and Tokyo.

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Post by colordrops »

SonicScrub wrote: post #34
darknavi wrote: post #6

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Very true, although I assume that most or all of those listed have their own form of ITAR. Space (mostly defense) is inherently siloed to country borders.

I can't speak for the other nations, but Space technology in Canada is controlled under the Controlled Goods Program (CGP). A CGP clearance is obtainable as a Permanent Resident. No citizenship required. Various Canadian companies are suppliers/partners for space projects in the US. For example the Artemis project is using the Canadian company MDA as a key supplier (to manufacture space robotic systems, including a n…

The US is the same. You don't need to be a citizen to work an ITAR controlled job. A green card will suffice.

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Post by defrost »

judge2020 wrote: post #63
defrost wrote: post #59

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time.is is clearly simpler in display on the splash page. timeanddate.com has a lot of depth to it, it's been about for many years and has a back catalog of odd edge cases and pages of good technical explaination. Its appearence can be customised. What did catch my eye was I believe time.is may have read my timeanddate.com config cookies and displayed times for my custom locations ... Which is interesting (and I'll h…

The default alternatives are LA, New York, London, Paris, Kyiv, Beijing, and Tokyo.

Cheers for that, your comment reminded me to check.

They're regional defaults - I'm getting Adelaide and Sydney thrown in as I'm in Australia .. and a few Asian cities also, along with London etc.

It's close but not quite my Timeanddate customs - I specifically use Toronto for the TSX time.

I guess they're not looking for competitors cookies after all :).

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Post by Robotbeat »

TheBigSalad wrote: post #39
emadehsan wrote: post #2

Wish there were opportunities for non-European & non-American people to work in these inspiring and endeavoring organizations

Your odds probably wouldn't be much better if you were an American.

Not really true. The industry has grown dramatically in the last 10 years and is hiring aggressively. There are budgetary ups and downs (both for privately funded stuff and NASA), but overall, if you are an American and are passionate about getting involved in the space industry, there are countless opportunities to do so.

Re: SpaceX rocket launches Euclid space telescope to map the 'dark universe'

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Post by Robotbeat »

TX81Z wrote: post #3

Do we need an article about the trucking company that brought the telescope to the launch pad as well? Surely all freight carriers are due recognition? This headline makes it sounds like SpaceX is more that a freight carrier here, undoubtedly for clicks. Being a freight carrier to space is indeed very cool, and exciting, but they didn’t make the telescope.

It actually is remarkable that SpaceX is doing it, because this would almost certainly be done by a European launch vehicle, except that Ariane 5 is sold out, Vega-C has had a launch failure and is in stand-down due to investigation of the failure, and Soyuz has been problematic ever since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. (Russia has pulled personnel, plus there are sanctions.)

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Post by nytesky »

Robotbeat wrote: post #67
TheBigSalad wrote: post #39

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Your odds probably wouldn't be much better if you were an American.

Not really true. The industry has grown dramatically in the last 10 years and is hiring aggressively. There are budgetary ups and downs (both for privately funded stuff and NASA), but overall, if you are an American and are passionate about getting involved in the space industry, there are countless opportunities to do so.

Very true. Many space startups and NASA contractors always hiring. But aerospace famously pays peanuts (I think too many fanboys who just hear “space” and sign on dotted line)

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Post by nytesky »

judge2020 wrote: post #63
defrost wrote: post #59

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time.is is clearly simpler in display on the splash page. timeanddate.com has a lot of depth to it, it's been about for many years and has a back catalog of odd edge cases and pages of good technical explaination. Its appearence can be customised. What did catch my eye was I believe time.is may have read my timeanddate.com config cookies and displayed times for my custom locations ... Which is interesting (and I'll h…

The default alternatives are LA, New York, London, Paris, Kyiv, Beijing, and Tokyo.

Why no UTC? I guess London may be the same, though I’m unsure about DST?

The launch wasn’t listed in UTC but in its local timezone? That is odd.

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