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Saturday’s Topic: “Understanding Space Disasters: Part 1: The Importance of Quality Control Why ‘Haste Makes Waste’”

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“The Day Time Stopped” (1981)

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Discussion topic of the evening.

Understanding Space Disasters: Part 1: The Importance of Quality Control Why “Haste Makes Waste”

N-1 Rocket Program

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/KH-8_N1.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/N1%2BSaturn5.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N1_(rocket)#Launch_history

Soyuz Program

Soyuz 1

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Soviet_Union-1964-stamp-Vladimir_Mikhailovich_Komarov.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_1#Background

Soyuz 11

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Soyuz_11_crew.jpg

http://www.astronautix.com/graphics/s/soyokcu.jpg

http://www.astronautix.com/s/soyuz7k-ok.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_11

R-16 Program

Nedelin Disaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTleVHmkqCI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedelin_catastrophe

What can you see in the sky over the next couple of weeks? (Waz Up?)

From EarthSky.org:

http://www.earthsky.org/tonight

Northeast, Evening

http://en.es-static.us/upl/2009/12/10mar03_430.jpg

Recent Astronomical discoveries

Crater Counts on Pluto

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190228141252.htm?fbclid=IwAR0d_pR_6KEOO18XMhWzvhAFSYqN-GgOJynjbrViv20UEr7-bYD3ixihajw

Hiding Black Hole Found

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190228093614.htm?fbclid=IwAR05JL_FGerSUWDRDOKzOXBUdI_PUdu2W5MNnUFiUvab9JdtOQO0GkTKufw

Space Exploration and Space History

DM-1 Launches!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0o1wvkUYAEvpNn.jpg:large

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/SpaceX_Demo-1_Rollout_%28NHQ201902280010%29.jpg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-01/spacex-readies-for-historic-saturday-morning-crew-dragon-launch

Beresheet Fires Engine

https://images.haarets.co.il/image/upload/w_640,q_auto,c_fill,f_auto/fl_any_format.preserve_transparency.progressive:none/v1551181747/1.6975552.817948253.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Spacecraft_03.jpg

https://www.space.com/israel-moon-lander-beresheet-engine-firing.html

Curiosity Back to Work This Week

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/02320/opgs/edr/ncam/NLA_603465653EDR_F0740540NCAM00353M_-br2.jpg

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/mars-rover-curiosity-mission-updates/?mu=sol-2333-back-in-action-at-midland-valley

Space History

1912 March 1: Boris Chertok

https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_medium/11/114183/5734313-photo_03-01-01.jpg

The Week in Space History

1997 February 24: Fire onboard Mir!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Mir_collision_damage_STS086-720-091.JPG

1960 February 25: Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 1 selected.

http://www.spacefacts.de/groups/photo2/vvs-1.jpg

http://www.spacefacts.de/graph/sts/training2/vvs-1_parachute.jpg

1969 February 25: Launch of Mariner 6

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Mariner_6-7.png

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Mars_full_disk_approach_view_from_Mariner_7.jpg

1966 February 26: Launch of AS-201

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/AS-201_launch.jpg

1966 February 28: Gemini 9 training accident

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/The_Original_Gemini_9_Prime_Crew_-_GPN-2000-001352.jpg

1982 March 1: Venera 13 flies by Venus

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/1982_CPA_5278.jpg

Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.

Tiangong 2

https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=41765&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT

March 4

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT&satid=41765&mjd=58546.1966095262&type=V

North Korean Satellite

https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=39026&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT

March 5

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT&satid=39026&mjd=58547.2386179801&type=V

March 9

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT&satid=39026&mjd=58551.2346751538&type=V

Envisat

https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=27386&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT

March 5

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT&satid=27386&mjd=58547.7937842143&type=V

March 7

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT&satid=27386&mjd=58549.8114702468&type=V

March 8

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT&satid=27386&mjd=58550.7860172629&type=V

March 10

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT&satid=27386&mjd=58552.8036986716&type=V