I just saw the moon
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florduh
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You can't really see stars in LA. Too much light pollution. So I took advantage of all the power outages when I was in Floriduh, got really high, and started star watching.
I used an app on my phone to tell me what each star was and how far away they were. 30 light years? God damn, I'm seeing light from when I was a kid! Then I found this fucker:
Deneb. In the constellation Cygnus. When observing Deneb, the photons hitting my eyes started travelling 2,620 years ago. These were moldy, Roman Empire ass photons! This freaked me out and I stared at it until my neck hurt.
Deneb is so bright because it's a dying supergiant, having burnt through all of its hydrogen. It's due to go nova in a few million years.
This whole night was very entertaining. With enough weed and clear skies, you don't really need TV
I used an app on my phone to tell me what each star was and how far away they were. 30 light years? God damn, I'm seeing light from when I was a kid! Then I found this fucker:
Deneb. In the constellation Cygnus. When observing Deneb, the photons hitting my eyes started travelling 2,620 years ago. These were moldy, Roman Empire ass photons! This freaked me out and I stared at it until my neck hurt.
Deneb is so bright because it's a dying supergiant, having burnt through all of its hydrogen. It's due to go nova in a few million years.
This whole night was very entertaining. With enough weed and clear skies, you don't really need TV
cybrguy
Putin is a War Criminal
vapviking
Old & In the Way
Looks like at least one nod to some og Superheros.Prada and US based startup Axiom Space have unveiled the space suit astronauts will be wearing when they return to the Moon after half a century.
Briefs on the outside!
cybrguy
Putin is a War Criminal
It's funny that a luxury clothing designer is a principle player in spacesuit technology. I mean, if they were creating Olympic uniforms, that would make perfect sense, but this is science, not fashion or beauty. I was in the fashion industry for many years and I dealt with manufacturers quite a lot, but I can't really fathom how their general expertise would lend itself to this task other than the ability to take a design and make it work for different sizes and body types. We're not talking a huge number of suits here, so these are much more likely to be made by hand than to be "manufactured".Prada and US based startup Axiom Space have unveiled the space suit astronauts will be wearing when they return to the Moon after half a century.
I guess they intend them to be modular. So, not fully customized, I guess, but still...
Who's gonna make the helmet, Hasbro?
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florduh
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Maybe I should have said it's a partnership between Axiom Space and Prada instead.
www.axiomspace.com
I'm sure the most important parts of the design was done by the space company. Here's what Prada has to say for their contribution:
Sounds like the Italians are just really good at sewing
Never heard of Axoim before but their big project is making a Space Station:
Axiom is an American company but they sure like working with Italians. I'm surprised their fuckin space suit didn't look like this:
Axiom Space, Prada Unveil Spacesuit Design for Moon Return — Axiom Space
At the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, Italy, Axiom Space and Prada revealed the flight design of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit that will return astronauts to the lunar surface for NASA’s Artemis III mission.
www.axiomspace.com
I'm sure the most important parts of the design was done by the space company. Here's what Prada has to say for their contribution:
Sounds like the Italians are just really good at sewing
Never heard of Axoim before but their big project is making a Space Station:
Axiom is an American company but they sure like working with Italians. I'm surprised their fuckin space suit didn't look like this:
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