2020 hasn't been all bad. SpaceX just successfully launched four astronauts on their way to the International Space Station. The U.S. is officially back in the astronaut launch business.

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2020 hasn't been all bad. SpaceX just successfully launched four astronauts on their way to the International Space Station. The U.S. is officially back in the astronaut launch business.

Dang it. I was going to watch that. Got interrupted by gunfire from down the road. Friggin' third drive by in 3 weeks. I thought I left this crap when I left Duval and moved to small town NC.

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2020 hasn't been all bad. SpaceX just successfully launched four astronauts on their way to the International Space Station. The U.S. is officially back in the astronaut launch business.

Dang it. I was going to watch that. Got interrupted by gunfire from down the road. Friggin' third drive by in 3 weeks. I thought I left this crap when I left Duval and moved to small town NC.

Drive-bys in small town NC? Must be meth. 

Reminds me of an old corny joke:
What goes clippety-clop, clippety-clop, clippety-clop, BANG, BANG, BANG, clippety-clop, clippety-clop, clippety-clop?

An Amish drive-by shooting. 


It's okay, you can roll your eyes.

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Dang it. I was going to watch that. Got interrupted by gunfire from down the road. Friggin' third drive by in 3 weeks. I thought I left this crap when I left Duval and moved to small town NC.

Drive-bys in small town NC? Must be meth. 

Reminds me of an old corny joke:
What goes clippety-clop, clippety-clop, clippety-clop, BANG, BANG, BANG, clippety-clop, clippety-clop, clippety-clop?

An Amish drive-by shooting. 


It's okay, you can roll your eyes.

Police are searching for a dun colored mustang in connection with the case.

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When you get into the endzone, act like you've been there before.

Drive-bys in small town NC? Must be meth. 

Reminds me of an old corny joke:
What goes clippety-clop, clippety-clop, clippety-clop, BANG, BANG, BANG, clippety-clop, clippety-clop, clippety-clop?

An Amish drive-by shooting. 


It's okay, you can roll your eyes.

Police are searching for a dun colored mustang in connection with the case.

Ha!

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A breakfast beer. Finally!

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A breakfast beer. Finally!

I'll Pass

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You know trouble is right around the corner when your best friend tells you to hold his beer!!

Dang it. I was going to watch that. Got interrupted by gunfire from down the road. Friggin' third drive by in 3 weeks. I thought I left this crap when I left Duval and moved to small town NC.

Drive-bys in small town NC? Must be meth. 

Reminds me of an old corny joke:
What goes clippety-clop, clippety-clop, clippety-clop, BANG, BANG, BANG, clippety-clop, clippety-clop, clippety-clop?

An Amish drive-by shooting. 


It's okay, you can roll your eyes.

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Dang it. I was going to watch that. Got interrupted by gunfire from down the road. Friggin' third drive by in 3 weeks. I thought I left this crap when I left Duval and moved to small town NC.

Drive-bys in small town NC? Must be meth. 

Reminds me of 
What goes clippety-clop, clippety-clop, clippety-clop, BANG, BANG, BANG, clippety-clop, clippety-clop, clippety-clop?

An Amish drive-by shooting. 


It's okay, you can roll your eyes.

I lol’d. Well maybe not out loud.   But it’s appreciated.  Reminds me of a Medieval Knieval joke.  Kinda like the regular Evil knieval, but the original jumped his horse across 20 busses back in the 1300’s

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Well i guess our relocation is on hold for good reasons. Wife’s dad is coming to the end of his time here with us can’t imagine taking her that far away and her farther passes. Not meant to be for now maybe one day.

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Well i guess our relocation is on hold for good reasons. Wife’s dad is coming to the end of his time here with us can’t imagine taking her that far away and her farther passes. Not meant to be for now maybe one day.

That sucks to hear on both counts.  she needs to stick around and be there for him for the remainder.But like you said, not meant to be.  Wishing you and the family the best.  I’m sure many on here have been in your shoes.  I was about 5 or 6 years ago.  My wife was pregnant while her mom was battling a losing fight with pancreatic cancer.  Her mom (my MIL, obviously) was a really nice, sweet and caring woman.   She knew she had another grandbaby on the way.  Unfortunately, wasn’t with us to meet her.  It was a really tough time for my wife.  Understandably so.  Lots of emotions going on.  All you can do is be there for her and him.  Be the best husband and dad as you can be.  When the time is right, you will find the right property for you guys.  It’ll all work out in time, I can promise you that.

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For anyone interested, some jobs just opened up at Arianespace.

Human error blamed for Vega launch failure

WASHINGTON — Arianespace executives said Nov. 17 that the failure of a Vega launch the previous day was caused when the rocket’s upper stage tumbled out of control due to incorrectly installed cables in a control system.

In a call with reporters, Roland Lagier, chief technical officer of Arianespace, said the first three stages of the Vega rocket performed normally after liftoff from Kourou, French Guiana, at 8:52 p.m. Eastern Nov. 16. The Avum upper stage then separated and ignited its engine.

However, “straightaway after ignition” of the upper stage, he said, the vehicle started to tumble out of control. “This loss of control was permanent, inducing significant tumbling behavior, and then the trajectory started to deviate rapidly from the nominal one, leading to the loss of the mission.”

Analysis of the telemetry from the mission, along with data from the production of the vehicle, led them to conclude that cables to two thrust vector control actuators were inverted. Commands intended to go to one actuator went instead to the other, triggering the loss of control...

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If anyone steps outside tonight you’ll see a waxing crescent moon with Jupiter and Saturn just above.

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If anyone steps outside tonight you’ll see a waxing crescent moon with Jupiter and Saturn just above.

Let me ask you this, when I look to the East, I see a fairly bright reddish “star”.  Is that mars?  The moon appears to be to the south or a touch southeast.  I have woods in that direction.  But the last few nights I’ve been admiring this pretty red thing East-ish.

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Yes, time of night and the moons location. As of sunset the moon was south. If that helps

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If anyone steps outside tonight you’ll see a waxing crescent moon with Jupiter and Saturn just above.

Let me ask you this, when I look to the East, I see a fairly bright reddish “star”.  Is that mars?  The moon appears to be to the south or a touch southeast.  I have woods in that direction.  But the last few nights I’ve been admiring this pretty red thing East-ish.

That is Mars. A rule of thumb to tell the difference between stars and planets is stars twinkle, planets do not.

Mars gets its reddish hue from iron oxides in its soil. Rust.

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Let me ask you this, when I look to the East, I see a fairly bright reddish “star”.  Is that mars?  The moon appears to be to the south or a touch southeast.  I have woods in that direction.  But the last few nights I’ve been admiring this pretty red thing East-ish.

That is Mars. A rule of thumb to tell the difference between stars and planets is stars twinkle, planets do not.

Mars gets its reddish hue from iron oxides in its soil. Rust.

I’m glad I correctly identified it for my wife.  That is just awesome to be able to see it with the naked eye. Call me crazy, but I don’t see the “twinkle” in stars.  Perhaps too much light pollution?   I can only see a few stars where I’m at.  And I feel I see jupiter almost all the time.  The brightest thing I can see and it’s not toward the north.

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That is Mars. A rule of thumb to tell the difference between stars and planets is stars twinkle, planets do not.

Mars gets its reddish hue from iron oxides in its soil. Rust.

I’m glad I correctly identified it for my wife.  That is just awesome to be able to see it with the naked eye. Call me crazy, but I don’t see the “twinkle” in stars.  Perhaps too much light pollution?   I can only see a few stars where I’m at.  And I feel I see jupiter almost all the time.  The brightest thing I can see and it’s not toward the north.

In good seeing conditions it’s possible to  see the polar ice caps on Mars when they’re prominent. The bands of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn are easily seen with low magnification. 

You would be amazed at what you can see in the sky with just a pair of binoculars. If you have a set check it out sometime.

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I’m glad I correctly identified it for my wife.  That is just awesome to be able to see it with the naked eye. Call me crazy, but I don’t see the “twinkle” in stars.  Perhaps too much light pollution?   I can only see a few stars where I’m at.  And I feel I see jupiter almost all the time.  The brightest thing I can see and it’s not toward the north.

In good seeing conditions it’s possible to  see the polar ice caps on Mars when they’re prominent. The bands of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn are easily seen with low magnification. 

You would be amazed at what you can see in the sky with just a pair of binoculars. If you have a set check it out sometime.

Will do.  Ever since I was a kid I’ve always been fascinated by “outer space” the stars, solar system just space in general.  Heck, I watch a ton of science channel still.  Back when I had an android phone, I had some google app that would tell me what star or planet I was looking at while I held the camera to the night sky.  I’ll have to get more aquatinted with which planets are where and when then pull out a pair of binos.  Would love to get a telescope.  And if things work out, where I’m heading it’s almost a prerequisite.

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In good seeing conditions it’s possible to  see the polar ice caps on Mars when they’re prominent. The bands of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn are easily seen with low magnification. 

You would be amazed at what you can see in the sky with just a pair of binoculars. If you have a set check it out sometime.

Will do.  Ever since I was a kid I’ve always been fascinated by “outer space” the stars, solar system just space in general.  Heck, I watch a ton of science channel still.  Back when I had an android phone, I had some google app that would tell me what star or planet I was looking at while I held the camera to the night sky.  I’ll have to get more aquatinted with which planets are where and when then pull out a pair of binos.  Would love to get a telescope.  And if things work out, where I’m heading it’s almost a prerequisite.

You don't need much of a telescope. This one is perfect for beginners and occasional viewing. The scope doesn't need to be expensive or extravagant, just one of decent quality. Orion is a good scope. 

It's really the eyepieces that make the difference. This one comes with the cheapish eyepieces that are packaged with it new to keep the costs down, but you can still see pretty well with them. This is also a reflector scope so it's not ideal for terrestrial viewing because the view will be upside down and backwards. Something to take into account when shopping for a telescope.

https://jacksonville.craigslist.org/for/...71044.html

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If anyone steps outside tonight you’ll see a waxing crescent moon with Jupiter and Saturn just above.

I'll take a look.

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