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@Bish saidDefinitely; I’ll be staying up to watch the launch live.
Are General Forum denizens interested in the NASA's Artemis II Mission liftoff today?
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Exploration of space has always fascinated me. I thought once I might be an astronaut, after watching Neil Armstrong back in 1969 - with my parents and sisters.
@Bish saidSPACE COOTIES!!!
Are General Forum denizens interested in the NASA's Artemis II Mission liftoff today?
T-minus 6 hours
Exploration of space has always fascinated me. I thought once I might be an astronaut, after watching Neil Armstrong back in 1969 - with my parents and sisters.
they're lil itty bitty teeny tiny critters that get in yer space suit and attach to yer hair follicles and they won't let you
you know
"go"
i am so frightened for these folks
they're going to space cootie central and prolly have to pick up a few bags of space cooties to bring back to earth and we'll have space cooties here on earth too
FLAT EARTHERS RISE!
DEFEAT THE SPACE COOTIES!
@orangutan saidI agree.
I'm conflicted ...
On the one hand "whoo - we're going back to the moon!!"
On the other .. fuel is expensive enough as it is ... and off we go an burn a load of it to just go around the moon. They're not even gonna land on the thing this time.
@orangutan saidJust like Apollo 8.
I'm conflicted ...
On the one hand "whoo - we're going back to the moon!!"
On the other .. fuel is expensive enough as it is ... and off we go an burn a load of it to just go around the moon. They're not even gonna land on the thing this time.
America should test drive more stuff before spending more billions on it.
This kind of commitment is why we were able to bring back Apollo 13 without loss of life.
@Suzianne saidDo you know the cost of fuelling the rocket and the cost of the total mission? I’m getting conflicting sums.
Just like Apollo 8.
America should test drive more stuff before spending more billions on it.
This kind of commitment is why we were able to bring back Apollo 13 without loss of life.
@Drewnogal saidI'm not sure myself because how many times do we hear this cost x billions or that cost y billions before it all becomes too fantastical a number to conceptualize? What I do know though is that if we ever wanna leave this planet, this kind of foreward thinking is what will get us there.
Do you know the cost of fuelling the rocket and the cost of the total mission? I’m getting conflicting sums.
@Suzianne saidI also don't fancy the eventual price for a ticket.
I'm not sure myself because how many times do we hear this cost x billions or that cost y billions before it all becomes too fantastical a number to conceptualize? What I do know though is that if we ever wanna leave this planet, this kind of foreward thinking is what will get us there.
"Artemis II's mission objectives are similar to those of Apollo 8 in 1968, the first crewed lunar flight during the Apollo program. However, its planned free-return trajectory more closely resembles that flown by Apollo 13, although Artemis II flew much further away from the Moon. "
Thank you, Wikipedia.
Anyways, after completing their trip around the moon (they didn't even make a full orbit) they are now returning to Earth. During the mission, Glover became the first person of color, Koch the first woman, Hansen the first non-U.S. citizen, and Wiseman the oldest person to travel beyond low Earth orbit and near the Moon. The mission's trajectory set several human spaceflight records, including the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earth 252,760 miles (406,780 km); the farthest distance traveled beyond the Moon ~4,700 miles (7,600 km); and the highest velocity with an atmospheric reentry speed of about 25,000 miles per hour (40,000 km/h).
The Artemis II Orion spacecraft (named Integrity by the crew) is planned to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, on Friday, April 10, 2026, at approximately 8:07 p.m. EDT (5:07 p.m. PDT). The crew will be recovered by the USS John P. Murtha after the parachute-assisted landing.
Godspeed, Integrity!