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#ForAllMankind is a really neat, high-production-value show...
...but their understanding of #OrbitalMechanics and even just basic #NewtonianPhysics is embarrassingly bad.
embarrassingly
It's kind of like watching a really shiny Lambroghini driving down the road... and noticing that it has a plastic scrotum hanging out the back, or something.
(Yes, that's really a thing, here. Welcome to #Texas)
StellarSnap has a new look ✨
Every page of stellarsnap.space has been redesigned.
🖼️ Pictures run the full width of the page and zoom all the way to the original resolution.
📅 A new calendar jumps to any day back to 16 June 1995.
🪐 The Orbit Simulator is rebuilt: put a satellite in orbit, send it off into deep space, or crash it into any of the eight planets.
Sombrero Galaxy image: Engelbert Vollmer
RIP 😢
Milt Windler, #NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94. Via @arstechnica #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #History
Milt Windler, NASA flight dire...
Fyi, an advanced alien civilization would never use radio signals because they degrade as they travel.
Radio signals detected 60 light-years away from Earth, astronomers say it's not an alien message. Via @ctv #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ youtu.be/Vk6NrEOyN5Q?...
Radio signals detected 60 ligh...
Explosion from 25 Billion Light Years Away Was Really Bizarre. Via @whatdamath #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ youtu.be/Zper_IsRofk?...
Explosion from 25 Billion Ligh...
Dead star likely birthed a new planet, in astronomical first. Via @popsci #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
Dead star likely birthed a new...