Sponsored Content
« Sunday Overnight Open Thread (12/11/22) | Main | The Morning Report — 12/12/22 »
December 12, 2022

Daily Tech News 12 December 2022

Top Story

  • NASA's Orion (not that one) Moon thingy has safely landed back on Earth. (WCCFTech)

    As part of the Artemis 1 mission it travelled to the Moon, orbited it - sort of - and returned to Earth 25 days later.

    NASA is planning a manned lunar orbit for 2024.

    Which is great and all, but (a) Apollo 8 did that in 1968, (b) private Japanese company ispace with only 200 employees launched an unmanned lunar lander yesterday, and (c) SpaceX plans to land a fully crewed Starship on the Moon in 2024.

    Which date might slip a bit because Starship has not yet had a successful orbital flight - and has not been cleared by the FAA for orbital tests. On the other hand, SpaceX has six Falcon 9 launches scheduled before the end of the year, so they're not just sitting around trolling idiots on Twitter either.



Tech News



Disclaimer: From the Earth to the Moon, and Around the Moon. Not science fiction anymore, but a major motion picture and/or tasty snack!
digg this
posted by Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

| Access Comments




Recent Comments
Oldcat: "It should make a comeback, now that you can actual ..."

Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter: " [i]I just heard of Tiresias on Jonathan Creek. ..."

Romeo13: "Posted by: illiniwek at March 22, 2023 07:16 PM (C ..."

DB - monitoring the situation: ">It should make a comeback, now that you can actua ..."

Ciampino - unbushed = shaved: "At some stage we must ask officially and loudly of ..."

runner: "NHL has more international players than the rest o ..."

Gref: "204 I’ve never understood the physics of ice ..."

Azathoth: "Even in ancient Rome the intellectual class was fu ..."

runner: "At least some NHL players are pushing back. Rest ..."

Wally: "In the usual Twitter pile-on that followed, one pr ..."

illiniwek: "" how the human body can be supported on a few thi ..."

Oldcat: "Oh, primative cultures are role models now? Odd ..."

Recent Entries
Search


Polls! Polls! Polls!
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Top Top Tens
Greatest Hitjobs

The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
Powered by
Movable Type 2.64