πŸŒŸπŸš€βœ¨ Space Exploration 🌍⭐🌜

40 years ago, classified Shuttle mission foreshadowed Challenger’s fatal flaw

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ETA: Related question: Do freshmen do laundry at college?

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The dirty clothing is then stored in a cargo container and left to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere.

Talk about fast fasion!

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(In 2009, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata wore the same pair of bacteria-resistant underwear for a month and didn’t seem to mind.) No mention if the other crew members minded.

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We emailed Musk’s company with our queries: β€œSpaceX is already scheduled to return the astronauts as part of Crew 9. Is Elon Musk referring to an earlier, unscheduled mission? Were there options to return the crew earlier that were not taken up as a result of interference from the Biden administration?”

It has yet to respond.

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So not an extinction event. Not sure whether I’m happy or sad to hear that.

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urhecepcomic

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I like this headline about the asteroid:

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If ever people get to Mars, they should have a supply of MARS bars and MOUNDS bars.

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The ultimate schadenfreude depending on where it hits.

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Per Mary Roach in Packing for Mars, it would still stink in the ISSA., with the smell described as that of a high school’s boy’s locker room, if memory serves.

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