SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Interstellar Visitors Are Real!” & “Life on Europa?” (Part 2)
Net Control: Tom KE5ICX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “A Dream Come True” (1963)”
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Discussion Topic of the Evening
“Interstellar Visitors Are Real: The Newly Discovered Evidence ‘We Are Not Alone…”
Comet 21/Borisow
https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2019_42/3054576/191016-comet-21-borisov-illustration-inline-se-1154a_8a7a48af5de21437fb025d1b0262f874.fit-760w.jpg
Project Lyra Insignia
https://www.onweer-online.nl/images/userimages/forum/user_12788/187413.png
Artist’s Conceptual Drawing – Oumuaumua
https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/eso1737a.jpg
Artist Concept Comet Borisov
http://cdn.sci-news.com/images/2019/09/image_7641-Kruger-60.jpg
ESA Comet Interceptor
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/24/21/4B8268B200000578-5652723-image-a-59_1524603222431.jpg
Comet Borisov/Solar System
https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DwFo5q_WsAE96iw.jpg
Oberth Maneuver
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-i8oOcKQnEc/hqdefault.jpg
Laser Sail Spacecraft Arrive at Oumuamua
https://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2019_41/3043716/191008-oumuamua-laser-sail-se-457pjpg_138769186c6b609a1b12875b0f11ac5d.fit-760w.jpg
BZ509 Calculated Orbit
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/2015_BZ509-orbit.png/1280px-2015_BZ509-orbit.png
Space Exploration and Space History
Tony NT5TM/Kelley K5KTX (Alternates Each Week)
Insight Mars Mission: HP3 “Drilling Issue” Resolved
InSight: https://mars.nasa.gov/system/resources/detail_files/24662_PIA23379-web.gif
https://mars.nasa.gov/system/resources/detail_files/24651_PIA23373-web.gif
HP3 diagram: https://mars.nasa.gov/system/resources/detail_files/22298_PIA23045_web.jpg
First All Woman Spacewalk
ISS: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/wp-content/uploads/sites/240/2019/10/blog_iss061e006678.jpg
In space history this week…
October 14th, 1947: First Intentional, Documented Supersonic Flight
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/First_Supersonic_Flight_1997_Issue-32c.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_X-1
October 14th, 1989: Launch of Galileo
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Artwork_Galileo-Io-Jupiter.JPG
October 17th: Two Astronaut Birthdays
Bill Anders (1933)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/William_Anders.jpg/800px-William_Anders.jpg
Mae Jemison (1956)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Mae_Carol_Jemison.jpg/800px-Mae_Carol_Jemison.jpg
October 19th, 1910: Birth of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar.gif
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar
Waz Up?
Chaz KF5JHA
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week
“Life on Europa?” (Part 2)
Space Launches For This Week
No scheduled launches this week, however 2 potential launches without October launch dates are listed.
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
TBD October PLSV – Cartosat 3
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), designated PSLV-C47, will launch the first Cartosat 3-series Earth-imaging and mapping satellite for the Indian Space Research Organization. Delayed from mid-2019. [July 29]
TBD October Falcon 9 -Starlink 1
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the second batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 1. Delayed from Oct. 17. [Oct. 7]
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Gas ‘Waterfalls’ Reveal Infant Planets Around Young Star
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191016131212.htm?fbclid=IwAR3zlrAy9q5T4OSi3iGo8VIbP3UUmFgWPOVMB1xMAqraIuqKeDPDWT9JEhA
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
North Korean Satellite
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=39026&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST