Astronomy and Space related matters thread

I can just about see the plough, lying against the hedge with the nettles growing up through it

You’re nearly as bad as dat fella that told me the Sun was the nearest shtar.

It is

Any sign of the moon tonight for the eclipse

Where is the :rice_scene:

I’m sitting here looking at this lunar eclipse for the last hour while browsing TFK. It’s a very calming eclipse I must say. It may have awoken something within me cc @Tassotti

Very close to the 50th anniversary of a dark dark day for NASA.

The REM song will soon be offensive rated material

Stipe is gay. He can say what he wants they won’t go after him or they’ll be trials by social media like you’ve never seen before. Can’t fuck around with the LGBT

we need more LGBT involved in Astronomy

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Very good documentary series on BBC 4 now about the space race and moon landing - “chasing the moon”

Hope it shows the studio it was filmed in.

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The misogynists will love it.

We landed on the moon!!!

Variations of the " Good luck Mr. Gorsky " yarn suddenly in vogue again.
A great oul’ yarn when well told.

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That’s been ating at me for the last couple of days- everyone loves that yarn.
More to follow.

America America America

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An incredible achievement, one of man’s finest.
400,000 people worked on the project. Tentative steps for humans towards exploration of our solar system.

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when you think of the greatest days in history, this was one of the greatest

This was THE greatest. Mankind’s first time stepping onto an alien world. Very sad that it was 50 years ago and we’ve yet to top it.