johnfosteruk

Cannot wait. To keep us occupied in until then here's a nice summary of why it's taken so long to get to where it is, if you don't mind the OTT outfit.

Payload deployment:

fair point. Paul might have the answer.

Is it because it's already been reused once?

11 mins till launch

Just in from some lunar after the air got decidedly damp so this sorts my evening out nicely. Watch the launch then Wonders of the Moon on iPlayer.

wait, what, did I miss something It's the Falcon Heavy launch I want to see.

That was with a 200mm lens. 133 Short subs of 2.5 seconds.

I’ve used a 3200 for astro since I started and will do so for a long while yet. Plenty of use to be had. Here’s a few examples. They’d be good with somebody who was good at it in charge

Sold, extra notebooks needed!

Thanks chaps. I’ll bear it in mind Dave in. See I ever accidentally join O2! ?

Can anyone who’s been before tell me if there’s EE phone signal at lucksall?

Fruit cake and welsh cakes all made by the present mrs foster and I may do a sponge cake too. How's that? I'm in for Gav, Michael and Ibbo's talks and I think I'll earn front row with all that so you best get in quick

Aha, my favourite subject. Glad multiple entries are allowed

don't worry, my opinion is already damaged! Gave up trying to convince long ago

Of course. I'm done now

I think you need to be inside, but that presents a whole other set of challenges, but if we could trap the FEs inside one it'd be more secure than Dave's polytetrahedron I reckon.

Now you're bending my mind ya eejit. I hadn't even thought of Mobius or Klein bottles. I'm sure we could make it work too if we had the capacity! I'm off to setup a Facebook page and get a following.

Unless it's hollow and open ended, maybe that cat lives inside - could be the answer to Schrodinger. But then there'd have to be a top and bottom so actually you're right.

Also, that Flat Earth Society page is hilarious. I've just been having a look. I saw that someone said this: Here's the biggest red flag. Do you know why no one has ever circumnavigate the poles.... Start at the North Pole and stay on the same meridian past the South Pole and back to north pole. East to west has been done. How come no one has tried to top that and circle navigate the poles.?????? Because it's physically impossible. There you go. It's not a globe I simply had to reply, I know I won't change their minds, many have tried on the inevitable discussion that followed, however I thought I'd have a laugh: Someone may have already pointed this out but I haven't got the stamina to read all this stubborn refusal to accept peer reviewed science so here we go. In your original post you acknowledge that east-west circumnavigation has been done. Think about that for a moment. That part of your statement seems to indicate that you accept that It's joined up around the east-west axis (see what I'm doing here, it's logic and reasoning). However you don't accept that it's joined up around the north-south axis. THEREFORE, the Earth must be a cylinder. Change the name of this page to The Cylindrical Earth Society immediately.

No, the wine is normal size, but the cat is huge - it's the size of South America. Must be one of those maine coons.

Looking good. The plaque looks very good too.

Oooh very nice Garry. First light report by tomorrow yes?

It's a bit good isn't it