There's a Dragon just west of California - splashdown confirmed! - Polidicks

[quote]Splashdown is confirmed!![/quote] [URL]http://new.livestream.com/spacex/events/2833937/statuses/51367809[/URL] [quote]Recovery boats report three main parachutes have deployed![/quote] [URL]http://new.livestream.com/spacex/events/2833937/statuses/51367373[/URL] [quote]Dragon's drogue parachutes have deployed![/quote] [URL]http://new.livestream.com/spacex/events/2833937/statuses/51367078[/URL] [IMG]http://img.new.livestream.com/events/00000000002b3e11/be909b28-c187-4e96-8f0f-2e087b38fdbd.png[/IMG] If I'm not mistaken, it should be about here: [IMG]https://nssphoenix.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/dragon-reentry-map.jpg[/IMG] [editline]pls[/editline] [img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bn8iQmrCcAA0Cqk.jpg:large[/img]

Wow, can't wait for the footage.

It's carrying veggies from the ISS, among other things.

[QUOTE=OvB;44843400]It's carrying veggies from the ISS, among other things.[/QUOTE] +50 research points, next thing we know we're going to unlock nuclear rockets

Speaking of vegetables from the ISS, do the folks up there just send it all down for planetside testing or are they able to eat the space carrots as part of their meals?

This was the first time a headline has fooled me on this section.

I vote we send more frogs to the space station. Hell, make a whole new wing for frogs.

I wanna eat space grown veggies

[QUOTE=ironman17;44843743]Speaking of vegetables from the ISS, do the folks up there just send it all down for planetside testing or are they able to eat the space carrots as part of their meals?[/QUOTE] That's what they're going to find out. If the crops from this new method are safe to eat or not. If earth scientists determine them safe to eat, then the ISS will start to grow their own salad.

I wonder how a space grown veggie would turn out. You would think that the Zero G environment would cause all sorts of weird growth patterns. I also wonder how the plant would deal with whatever type of light was used to grow it. If it was sunlight then I wonder how it would react to the erratic movement of the sun. If it was artificial then that brings up more questions. I wonder how they got the soil to stay down as well. I suppose they could use a sort of hydroponics system if they kept the water enclosed and just enough of a hole to let the stem out... But that would bring up the problems of how would the nutrient solution disperse in the water while in Zero G.

[QUOTE=Kyle902;44844033]I wonder how a space grown veggie would turn out. You would think that the Zero G environment would cause all sorts of weird growth patterns. I also wonder how the plant would deal with whatever type of light was used to grow it. If it was sunlight then I wonder how it would react to the erratic movement of the sun. If it was artificial then that brings up more questions. I wonder how they got the soil to stay down as well. I suppose they could use a sort of hydroponics system if they kept the water enclosed and just enough of a hole to let the stem out... But that would bring up the problems of how would the nutrient solution disperse in the water while in Zero G.[/QUOTE] IIRC it's hydro/Aeroponics, and the lack of G makes the plants take odd growth patterns, but otherwise they should be edible.

On phone or I would link it. Look up VEGGIE ISS experiment.

[QUOTE=zombini;44844048]IIRC it's hydro/Aeroponics, and the lack of G makes the plants take odd growth patterns, but otherwise they should be edible.[/QUOTE] Thats really interesting. I wonder how they get the nutrients to mix evenly in the water or how they keep the water from globbing up due to surface tension. I'd also assume that say a tree grown in space would likely collapse if it where to be replanted on Earth because it grew in a Zero G environment. Science is amazing.

[QUOTE=dije;44843365] [IMG]http://img.new.livestream.com/events/00000000002b3e11/be909b28-c187-4e96-8f0f-2e087b38fdbd.png[/IMG] [img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bn8iQmrCcAA0Cqk.jpg:large[/img][/QUOTE] man the new KSP update looks great

[QUOTE=Kyle902;44844085]Thats really interesting. I wonder how they get the nutrients to mix evenly in the water or how they keep the water from globbing up due to surface tension. I'd also assume that say a tree grown in space would likely collapse if it where to be replanted on Earth because it grew in a Zero G environment. Science is amazing.[/QUOTE] Space farming does fascinate me immensely.

I thought this was actually going to be some awesome advertisement for the new Godzilla movie there

[QUOTE=OvB;44844108]Space farming does fascinate me immensely.[/QUOTE] Theoretically you could get the plant to grow however you wanted it to because of the lack of gravity (thus making it unneccessary for the plant to grow in a structurally sound way). Potentially you could make a tree that grows into a chair or something to that effect by properly stimulating its growth patterns (trimming it one way, applying a constant pressure to a certain area, etc)

[QUOTE=Kyle902;44844239]Theoretically you could get the plant to grow however you wanted it to because of the lack of gravity (thus making it unneccessary for the plant to grow in a structurally sound way). Potentially you could make a tree that grows into a chair or something to that effect by properly stimulating its growth patterns (trimming it one way, applying a constant pressure to a certain area, etc)[/QUOTE] So something like this? [img]http://pooktre.com/images/garden_chair/graden_chair_03.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=helpiminabox;44844319]So something like this? [img]http://pooktre.com/images/garden_chair/graden_chair_03.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Just don't have a fat person sit in it or there goes decades of work!

[quote]Though Dragon currently splashes down into the Ocean, eventually Dragon will land propulsively on land.[/quote] Kinda sounds like something that would be in a kickstarter or early access or something. "Back out multi million dollar project"

The 'Splashdown confirmed!' somehow amuses me. As if there's some scenario of bringing something down where splashdown can't be confirmed. "Houston, we got a problem. It's just kinda.. Hovering, like three feet off the surface. No splashdown yet."

[QUOTE=Kyle902;44844085]Thats really interesting. I wonder how they get the nutrients to mix evenly in the water or how they keep the water from globbing up due to surface tension. I'd also assume that say a tree grown in space would likely collapse if it where to be replanted on Earth because it grew in a Zero G environment. Science is amazing.[/QUOTE] They mix it well, and use a very, very fine mist so that it doesn't form droplets of water on the roots (You don't want that happening on Earth either)

[QUOTE=Riller;44847791]The 'Splashdown confirmed!' somehow amuses me. As if there's some scenario of bringing something down where splashdown can't be confirmed. "Houston, we got a problem. It's just kinda.. Hovering, like three feet off the surface. No splashdown yet."[/QUOTE] I'd imagine that it would not be confirmed if it would disintegrate in the atmosphere

[QUOTE=Riller;44847791]The 'Splashdown confirmed!' somehow amuses me. As if there's some scenario of bringing something down where splashdown can't be confirmed. "Houston, we got a problem. It's just kinda.. Hovering, like three feet off the surface. No splashdown yet."[/QUOTE] or perhaps hit the water and was destroyed, or hit a ship or some dry land, or just exploded because fuck you that's why

[QUOTE=Riller;44847791]The 'Splashdown confirmed!' somehow amuses me. As if there's some scenario of bringing something down where splashdown can't be confirmed. "Houston, we got a problem. It's just kinda.. Hovering, like three feet off the surface. No splashdown yet."[/QUOTE]The whole splashdown confirmed is just saying that the spacecraft is safely back on Earth. Even if it after that point could be troublesome to recover, it still floats around on the ocean if it splashes down, not impacts down.