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Unfortunately it didn't help CRS-7. Maybe the patch designers won't be including it from now on.

This thread is making me more nervous.

A bit late, but here's the rollout:

Looks like I missed nothing Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday.

After reading some of this thread, I have a bit to add. Gravitational wave detectors can be used with other telescopes, it's like finding a new part of the spectrum to observe events in different light. Obviously composites can't be made by overlaying gravitational wave data onto Hubble images...

Why are gravitational wave detectors best at listening to very specific frequencies? I can see how finding the deformation caused by gravitational waves would be harder at low frequencies, where it would be challenging to distinguish a long period gravitational wave from noise, but what's...

On our only data point, Earth, life has existed for billions of years. So the window to spot life on any habitable planet could be pretty large. But, like most variables in the Drake equation, we really don't know how long life, especially intelligent life, tends to endure, as you said. I would...

That's jumping the gun. There is more to the search for extraterrestrial life than SETI. One day, the technology will be available to characterize the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets in their star's habitable zone via spectroscopy. Maybe some exoplanets have oxygen-rich atmospheres as a result...

I'm surprised nobody mentioned the discovery of extraterrestrial life. Life would probably be discovered first by space telescopes or interplanetary probes. I hope it happens sooner than later. The not-too-distant generation of telescopes and probes should be capable enough.

China has plans to construct a Mir-sized space station. Unfortunately, the US doesn't currently allow cooperation in space with China. Meanwhile, the Bigelow module is scheduled to launch in March. Maybe inflatable modules will turn out to be the next step.

How do you have time to argue about where this thread should be when we have to confirm the planet's existence and launch a probe to it immediately? My life's running out, someone boost NASA's budget now and call for proposals for an interstellar planetary flyby.

It is currently 2016-07-05 03:18:00?before|after;%d% days, %hh% hours, %mm% minutes, and %ss% seconds %c% Jupiter orbit insertion. JPL: "NASA's Juno Spacecraft Breaks Solar Power Distance Record"

Future Planetary Exploration: "A European Spacecraft to Accompany NASA’s Europa Spacecraft?" | | Future Planetary Exploration: "A Lander for NASA’s Europa Mission" "In the mid-2000s, NASA studied a small Europa lander that would have had similar mass and capabilities to those reportedly be...

After the ISS, all these wonderful commercial vehicles don't have any foreseeable customers. It's a shame. SNC has contacted ESA, but would Europe fund a foreign, private company?

As I said, budget issues from InSight being in the Discovery Program may lead to its cancellation. Here is a more thorough explanation: Should NASA launch another Mars mission in 2018 or an extra mission to a place less studied? (I am aware of my bias.) The budget increase Planetary Science...

LROC: "Looking Over The Limb"

InSight was likely chosen because it was a safe alternative compared to its competition. Its seismometer initially had a TRL of 6. Now InSight might never fly due to budget constraints. Curiosity is a flagship mission, not Discovery. Dawn is in the Discovery Program and was canceled due to...

Blue Origin is really behind SpaceX in that case.

SpaceNews: :facepalm: or: "Mars InSight Lander Won’t Launch until 2018 — If it Launches at All" [insert frustration here]

I think engines are already used (tested) before a launch so they're not exactly pristine. The shuttle's engines were also, of course, reused. As far as manned spaceflight goes, I think only the lunar module's hypergolic ascent engine could not be tested before its critical moment due to...