Recent content by AlbusRockets

I believe you're thinking of Mauna Loa or Kilauea. Haleakala volcano hasn't erupted in some 500 years; so no, it does not "literally spit lava" at least not in the manner to which you're implying. Furthermore, demeaning an entire group of people because they find portions of their land to be...

Truly a sad day.

Nor do the corporations "own the skies". For millennia astronomy has been a ubiquitous endeavor; practiced by the poor and rich alike. Used to determine harvest times and the coming of seasons or to ponder life's great mysteries. To restrict this humbling pursuit in order to line the pockets...

I didn't mean to belittle your argument, so if that is what I did, I sincerely apologize. I don't think it is likely that we have been "visited" by ET (though absence of proof does not mean proof of absence). Furthermore, even IF there were space-faring ET's out there, why would they have to...

True, I suppose, most amateur and professional astronomers do their observing from continent-based telescopes (Spanish Canary Islands and Hawaii-based operations being the outliers that come to mind). However, it also must be noted that the vast number of "UFO sightings" come from...

@rod I feel like the middle part of your post is incongruent with the first and last paragraph (though, perhaps I'm just misunderstanding). I think the fact that these claims are not coming from people who take nightly pleasure (or for that matter, an entire career) in viewing the skies...

This is disturbing.

Maybe? I assume there would be some overlap with the arguments made here [ View: https://youtu.be/mhIfeS3OumY ] regarding the Saturn V. I would assume that the people who made the suits 50 years ago are retired. The information, materials, and production lines are at best scattered and...

SpaceX is incredible, there's no doubt about it. The things they are doing with Starship and especially the speed at which they are being done are nearly unfathomable. The routine-ness of the F9 landings and reuse are unquestionably awesome and groundbreaking. However, they are not immortals...

Haha. Oh boy, that's some gentle comedy. :) _____ I believe that there are only 4 currently available/flight ready space suits, and those were made in 1974 and are now approaching 50 years old. Also, $1 billion for development and production is not too dissimilar from the current iteration...

Without question, I find the International aspect of the ISS to be the most inspiring part of an incredible endeavor. We're talking about the collaboration of two superpowers that for about a half century held the entire world on the brink of nuclear annihilation. Add to that, the 16 other...

I feel like "scheduling conflict" is code for "terrified and having second thoughts"

Couldn't you just use UV light with a bandpass filter to block out other wavelengths?

Isn't this in direct defiance of the Space Treaty of 1967?

Hmm, this is an incredibly rude and dismissive response. Its logic also quite flawed. We cannot, for example, see a football field from 250 miles away while on Earth, however, the International Space Station can shine at times with a magnitude -3.9. Perhaps try being a little less...