Space yays

[Cuddly Khan]

Star Citizen, *Drool* I've been following that since it's kickstarter, even though I wouldn't be able to play it.

[Tom]

I'm saving up to build myself a tank of a PC so hopefully I will be able to

[Cuddly Khan]

I wouldn't even if I did have an awesome PC because of my crappy Internet.

[Tom]

Has Australia got crappy internet as a whole or is Tasmania just the worst area to live in? For internet that is.

[Cuddly Khan]

I live on a farm, so I have satellite. Other than that, our Internet is just as good as it is anywhere else... if you live in the cities. Plus, with the NBN we're getting fiber optics to every house in major populated areas. 'Tis good.

[Tom]

Sounds good mate Is living on a farm alright?
Oh and SPACE, YAY.

[Cuddly Khan]

Lets take this to a more appropriate thread eh?

[Jubal]

Back to actual space yays, a mars rover mission is set to try and make oxygen:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28582903

Nasa's next Martian rover will attempt to make oxygen on the surface of the red planet when it lands there in 2021.

The rover will carry seven scientific projects, aimed at paving the way for future manned missions, seeking evidence of life and storing samples to be brought back in the future.

Among them is a device for turning the CO2 that dominates the thin Martian air into oxygen.

This could support human life or make rocket fuel for return missions.

[Jubal]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28268186

India becomes the first country to get a satellite to Mars on its first attempt! 

[Othko97]

Looks like the Indian Space Agency in that Doctor Who episode (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship?) is becoming a reality

[comrade_general]

I saw some of the Lunar eclipse this morning.

[comrade_general]

I could go to my brothers' place in North Carolina if it would help.

[Glaurung]

I could go to my brothers' place in North Carolina if it would help.

That's a very kind offer, but please don't make any plans yet: having missed most of totality of the 1999 eclipse due to an inconveniently placed cloud, I'm keen to find somewhere with skies as clear as possible. Also, there's likely to be an extensive US tour constructed around this, so I'd expect to be in Ohio at some point anyway.

Meanwhile, this side of the Atlantic, there will be a partial solar eclipse rather sooner, on Friday 20 March 2015. It's actually total on a path running from the north Atlantic up into the Arctic; the UK will see varying fractions of the sun obscured, from about 85% in south-east England up to at least 95% in northern Scotland. The maximum looks to be around 09:30 UK time. There are more details on the main NASA solar eclipse page - scroll down the list to the right date, and follow the individual links.

[comrade_general]

This is a space sad

Makes me thing of the Vanguard, except this one made it a bit further. Rocket science must be hard if it hasn't changed much in 60 years.

[Tom]

There's going to be a lot of bad press surrounding this which sucks.