The Infinite World

SpaceX completed the company 4th launch of the year by dispatching the PAZ satellite for Spain’s military plus 2 micro satellites of its own and the first attempt to recover the fairings used to protect the payload on the second stage. The fairings was fitted with chutes to slow down its descent and trusted to stirred it to a special ship it deployed called Mr Steven which was equipped with 4 arms and a net to try catch the fairings. This is another step towards full reusability and could saved a couple more millions on each launch. 

Today, 6 Feb 2018 Tuesday, is a almost a perfect day for SpaceX ! The Falcon Heavy rocket made a successful maiden flight into space, with none other than Elon’s old Roadsters on a possible billion years journey around the Sun. The rocket lifted off at 20:45 UTC, with a interim configuration of 2 used side boasters and a new core rockets, with all 27 Merlin 1D engines producing 2,128 tonnes of thrust at liftoff. The 2 side boasters separated at 2min33sec, with the central core continuing for another 25sec before separating from the second stage. The second stage ignited at 3min 15sec and shut down at 8min31sec to park it in a temporary orbit. The second stage was scheduled to reignite at 28min22sec and lasting 30 sec to push it into its intended orbit. The 2 side boosters performed 3 engines boost back and re-entry burn and landed successfully at landing zone 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The central core failed to ignite 2 of its 3 engine required and slam...

Woke up late this Saturday morning, about 8 am but I managed to get my run done. I completed a 17.07km run to the Seletar East Link, via Lentor Ave and Yishun Ave 1, took me 1hr47min34sec. It was a slow run and I struggled quite a bit at during the first few km, but it got better towards the later part of the run. 

If there is a meteorite strike now, human will go extinct. Human is taking it all too casually, no large accommodation or spacecraft at all that can take them to a new home. Humans’ level of space technology is just primitive, experimental stage at most. Probably maybe a handful of them will get to space if something catastrophic happen to Earth now, but they will maybe survive  for a couple of months at most. All busy fighting each other, no time to explore beyond Earth, no wonder aliens are not interested in this planet!

The static firing of all the 27 engines were completed on 24 Jan 2018, next the actual launch should take place pretty soon. 

Completed a 21.16km run in 2hr16min25sec this morning. From the 3km mark onwards, I decided not to look at my watch anymore and just run. Did not feel too good at the beginning, felt like I was dragging my legs but I tried my best to relax and just keep running. Although I was not running fast, I managed to just keep running. My running has not been going in the right direction, not improving much at all. I need to be more desciplined, sleep more and eat the right food will help. 

Covered 11.13km in 1hr5min37sec on 14 Jan 2018. Felt ok but seemed like I could not run much faster, I attribute it to the fact that I am a little overweight. Need to work to maintain a optimum weight to improve running efficiency. 5th run of the year.

It can wipe us out if it gets out of hand falling into the Dark side ! It will exceed us in all aspects!

SpaceX Falcon Heavy first Launch in a few weeks time will be epic as many are calling it, especially if they pull it through successfully! Elon is putting in his original Tesla Roadster as a test load, playing space oddity on a billion mile elliptic Mars orbit. It would be a monumental achievement if the Falcon Heavy Launch successfully, deployed the Roadster and land all 3 first stages safely ! I guess many would want to see this happen, it would indeed trigger the sort of a new space age for planet Earth!

Spacex successfully completed its first mission of 2018 in a night launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force station on 7 Jan 2018. It’s a secretive government satellite from an unknown agency! The first stage landed back at landing zone 1 after 8 minutes. Can SpaceX exceed 18 launches in 2018 ?

Completed a 17.2km run this morning in 1hr42min38sec, from yio chu kang to Punggol Safra, end at start of sengkang park connector.

SpaceX is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida this Friday 5 Jan 2018. This is the Zuma mission for the US Government, which has been delayed from December. This is now delayed to 7 Jan 2018 due to weather conditions.

Yuki Kawauchi now has all the world records from most sub 2:12 to sub 2:20 marathon, with his latest sub 2:20 at the Marshfield Road Runners New Year Marathon on 1 Jan 2018. Yuki finished the marathon alone in 2hr18min59sec in temperatures as low as minus 21 Celsius.

Do you really think your destiny is in your own hand?

I did not have much of a problem getting up at 6:10am on 25 Dec 2017 for a run after a day of excessive food and drinks. But, as I began my run at 7.07am, I found my legs were heavy and my body was protesting, wanting more rest probably. I was afraid I might gave up as my mind was telling me to quit only after covering about 1km. I did not give up and just continue with a very slow run. I reached the 1km mark in about 7min11sec. As I ran further, the nagging felling remain in the legs but I try to think distract my mind, observing the surrounding environment. Soon I got to the 5km mark in 33min16sec, not too slow. Around the 5.5km, I entered the road leading to the usual park connector I run frequently. There are many other people walking or running, so it was much easier to run as there was company. I pace picked up from here and I could feel my body settling down to a good rhythm. I was now running a low 6min pace and heaviness in the legs almost gone. Reached the 10 km mark aro...

SpaceX carried out its 18th Launch of 2017, on 22 Dec from the Vandenberg Air Force base. It deployed 10 Iridium satellites on this 4th of a series of 8th flight booked by the Iridium company. It has been a record breaking year for SpaceX in 2017 in terms of total launches, landing of the first stage and re-use of first stage and Dragon Spacecraft. The next important milestone will be the Launch of Falcon Heavy, hopefully in early or mid January 2018, with an original Tesla Roadster as a test payload. It would be a sight to behold if they manage to land all 3 first stage successfully!

SpaceX successfully completed its 17th mission of 2017 on 15th Dec 2017 with CRS13. It launched with a reuse first stage and a reuse Dragon spacecraft, plus achieving the 20th first stage landing. The Dragon spacecraft has docked with the ISS a couple hours ago and pending unloading by the ISS crew.

The recent price run on Bitcoin is pure speculation, there is just no value at all in such a currency if you  want to call it so. It cannot be used for your daily transactions, the value fluctuate too much. It is just gambling, it destroyed value! 

The Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon took place this morning, 3 Dec 2017, Sunday. The race started at 4.30am, but as usual there were a few waves of runners. I was in the C pen and started the race at 4:40:21. They changed the route a little and runners do not need to run through the Ford Canning Tunnel. But, the weather was extremely humid and you can really feel the stillness and warm in the air. The new route took runners to Bugis and Golden Sultan area and the usual South Beach Road but included Chinatown this year. One unfortunate thing that happened to me was my Garmin watch was acting funny around the 9-10km and the pacing plus distance was way off. I was not expecting any PB but was hoping to do a sub 5 hours. Training was insufficient, my mileage was too low, total around 740km for the year to Nov 2017. The first 5km was reached in 31:40, always trying to take it easy and not to be carried away thinking that it’s fine to run faster. Most people know their own pace ...

Completed the longest solo run ever of 31.47 km in 3hr 29min 53sec this morning, 24 Nov 2017 Friday. The average pace was 6:40 per km, I did not experience any muscle cramp today. But, my legs were very sore today after the run, my overall fitness is less than ideal. Hopefully, I would be able to finish the SCB marathon next Sunday, 3 Dec 2017, in less than 5 hours!