cichlidfan Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I won't bother to link anything, just google it. Too damn cool for words. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kontiuka Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Snowman in space? What's cooler than that? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Snowman in space? What's cooler than that? :) The fact that we have pics of it! :D EDIT: Oh, and the fact that Brian May created a song about the mission. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kontiuka Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Another cool fact. New Horizons was travelling 14 km/sec when it took the pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Another cool fact. New Horizons was travelling 14 km/sec when it took the pics! 50,400 kph ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 OK, so there are only two people that think this is cool as hell. Rather sad. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71st_Mastiff Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 :thumbup: " any failure you meet, is never a defeat; merely a set up for a greater come back, " W Forbes "Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts," Winston Churchill " He who never changes his mind, never changes anything," MSI z690MPG DDR4 || i914900k|| ddr4-64gb PC3200 || MSI RTX 4070Ti|Game1300w|Win10x64| |turtle beach elite pro 5.1|| ViRpiL,T50cm2|| MFG Crosswinds|| VT50CM-plus rotor Throttle || G10 RGB EVGA Keyboard/MouseLogitech || PiMax Crystal VR || 32 Samsung|| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 :thumbup: Hell yeah!! ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71st_Mastiff Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 why is the title not cool? " any failure you meet, is never a defeat; merely a set up for a greater come back, " W Forbes "Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts," Winston Churchill " He who never changes his mind, never changes anything," MSI z690MPG DDR4 || i914900k|| ddr4-64gb PC3200 || MSI RTX 4070Ti|Game1300w|Win10x64| |turtle beach elite pro 5.1|| ViRpiL,T50cm2|| MFG Crosswinds|| VT50CM-plus rotor Throttle || G10 RGB EVGA Keyboard/MouseLogitech || PiMax Crystal VR || 32 Samsung|| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Meant the opposite. Too me, this is one of the coolest things that has ever happened. Apollo and such were awesome but reaching the outer limits of the solar system are far cooler. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yurgon Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 So many amazing things happening in astronomy and space travel these days. And yeah, this one is particularly cool! :thumbup: Nonetheless, hats off to the Chinese for landing on the far side of the moon, yet another brilliant accomplishment! :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiJack Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Everything at NASA is cool :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 When you stop and consider that they had to work out the geometry for this intercept THREE YEARS IN ADVANCE, the cool factor goes up just a lil bit... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.476vfightergroup.com/content.php High Quality Aviation Photography For Personal Enjoyment And Editorial Use. www.crosswindimages.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 :smartass::thumbup: Outer Space is the most thrilling thing there is, universally :D Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Nonetheless, hats off to the Chinese for landing on the far side of the moon, yet another brilliant accomplishment! :thumbup: Agreed. Now I have try that in KSP. :) ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterH Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Loving the recent influx of astronomy threads :D Wishlist: F-4E Block 53 +, MiG-27K, Su-17M3 or M4, AH-1F or W circa 80s or early 90s, J35 Draken, Kfir C7, Mirage III/V DCS-Dismounts Script Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch75 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Yeah, it really puts into perspective how fortunate we are on our little blue planet and how immense the known universe is. The mathematics involved to plot an intercept on a celestial scale over such a long distance just boggles my mind. Well done NASA and all involved. Cheers! W10 Home 64Bit, Intel Skylake I5 6600K 3.50GHz, ASUS ROG Stryx Z270F MoBo, 32GB G.Skill RipJaws V DDR4 3200 RAM, Samsung 960 Pro 512GB M.2 SSD (OS), Samsung 850 Pro 512GB SSD, 2TB Seagate SDHD, 2TB WD Green HDD, GALAX GTX GeForce 1070 EXOC Sniper White 8GB VRAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 The mathematics involved to plot an intercept on a celestial scale over such a long distance just boggles my mind. Well done NASA and all involved. Cheers! There are some great articles explaining what they did to calculate the information needed to allow NH to find Ultima Thule and capture those images. Truly amazing. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yurgon Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Now I have try that in KSP. :) Yeah, KSP really helps put things into perspective, and give an appreciation of just how incredibly difficult this rocket science and space travel stuff actually is. It's still mind blowing to imagine how vast the distances are, and how small the objects. I guess in this video, Ultima Thule would been represented by, what, a grain of sand? Nah, waaay too big. And how far out from the center? 10 miles? Yeah, visiting that microscopic dot out in the middle of nowhere, that is an accomplishment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Yeah, KSP really helps put things into perspective, and give an appreciation of just how incredibly difficult this rocket science and space travel stuff actually is. It also lets you appreciate how completely screwed you are if you make a mistake. :cry: ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDrummer Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Meant the opposite. Too me, this is one of the coolest things that has ever happened. Apollo and such were awesome but reaching the outer limits of the solar system are far cooler. +1 Win 10 pro 64 bit. Intel i7 4790 4 Ghz running at 4.6. Asus z97 pro wifi main board, 32 gig 2400 ddr3 gold ram, 50 inch 4K UHD and HDR TV for monitor. H80 cpu cooler. 8 other cooling fans in full tower server case. Soundblaster ZX sound card. EVGA 1080 TI FTW3. TM Hotas Wartog. TM T.16000M MFG Crosswinds Pedals. Trackir 5. "Everyone should fly a Spitfire at least once" John S. Blyth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akatsuki Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Yes, quite an achievement! Yutu-2 is not bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worrazen Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I watched all the press confs and read a bunch. Good thing is they didn't lose much fuel on this flyby so there's pretty good chance another one is certain if the surveys are done good, but a third one maybe depending how second one goes. Modules: A-10C I/II, F/A-18C, Mig-21Bis, M-2000C, AJS-37, Spitfire LF Mk. IX, P-47, FC3, SC, CA, WW2AP, CE2. Terrains: NTTR, Normandy, Persian Gulf, Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
маска Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20190208 http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/multimedia-db/Flipping-UT-modelReivsed2.mp4 Edited February 8, 2019 by маска Каждым утром мы холодной водой сны вытираем из глаз. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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