Moon launch today
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How have I missed this. Friend at Sky just texted me that she's watching the launch of Artemis.
There's been nothing in the news apart from Trump's idiotic actions.
I was at school when they used to wheel a telly into the hall to let us infants watch Moon landings and splashdowns.
I have looked and can't find a thread.
There's been nothing in the news apart from Trump's idiotic actions.
I was at school when they used to wheel a telly into the hall to let us infants watch Moon landings and splashdowns.
I have looked and can't find a thread.
croyde said:
Ah, I had no idea that it was called Orion. Thought it was called Artemis.
Ah. To be honest its been lowkey in the media as the launch window wasn't locked in. Artimis is the mission. The spacecraft is orion. Size of a minibus with other people just inches from a vacuum. Takes a special sort of person to step up.
croyde said:
How have I missed this. Friend at Sky just texted me that she's watching the launch of Artemis.
There's been nothing in the news apart from Trump's idiotic actions.
I was at school when they used to wheel a telly into the hall to let us infants watch Moon landings and splashdowns.
I have looked and can't find a thread.
There has been a huge thread on the entire programme running in the Science sun-forum since 2016.There's been nothing in the news apart from Trump's idiotic actions.
I was at school when they used to wheel a telly into the hall to let us infants watch Moon landings and splashdowns.
I have looked and can't find a thread.
You will get a very good overview of the ups and downs of the programme if you want to spend a little while reading through it.
I honestly don't know how so many people contrive to miss news stories that are actually being fairly well covered by most of the major news outlets.
However, we do live in a media saturated world and unless you are seeking out news on a particular subject, you may miss the odd news item which is buried amongst all the other stuff.
There are no TWO threads running on PH on the moon launch (one in this area and one in the "News" forum) BOTH of which complain about lack of coverage in the media - including on PH.
And yet, for the past TEN years there has been a dedicated and very informative thread running on the SLS/Artemis/Orion programme in the Science forum. It's now showing at over 40 pagees.
This just shows that even in a small area of the internet like PH, something specific can easily be missed if you don't look in the right place.
However, we do live in a media saturated world and unless you are seeking out news on a particular subject, you may miss the odd news item which is buried amongst all the other stuff.
There are no TWO threads running on PH on the moon launch (one in this area and one in the "News" forum) BOTH of which complain about lack of coverage in the media - including on PH.
And yet, for the past TEN years there has been a dedicated and very informative thread running on the SLS/Artemis/Orion programme in the Science forum. It's now showing at over 40 pagees.
This just shows that even in a small area of the internet like PH, something specific can easily be missed if you don't look in the right place.
I guess some of the excitement is lost in that it's not going to touch down on the moon, it's using a rocket assembled largely from left over bits NASA had in their back yard, and with commercial operators launching rockets every day or 2 it's simply not as novel as it used to be.
And for many people, worrying about what the Orange Buffoon is saying, and what that does to their cost of fuel is much more important.
And for many people, worrying about what the Orange Buffoon is saying, and what that does to their cost of fuel is much more important.
Condi said:
I guess some of the excitement is lost in that it's not going to touch down on the moon, it's using a rocket assembled largely from left over bits NASA had in their back yard, and with commercial operators launching rockets every day or 2 it's simply not as novel as it used to be.
And for many people, worrying about what the Orange Buffoon is saying, and what that does to their cost of fuel is much more important.
What "left over bits"? And for many people, worrying about what the Orange Buffoon is saying, and what that does to their cost of fuel is much more important.
EVERYTHING on this rocket is new APART from the four RS25 rocket motors on the main stage - and they have been completely disassembled and rebuilt to the point that they are almost complely different engines to the version used on the Shuttle.
Of course we are worried about Trump. I'm also worried about lots of other things.
But it doesn't stop me being excited by this new venture to the moon.
When Apollo was going on it was very exciting for me too - but I was also worried about the war in Vietnam and the situation in Northern Ireland.
Most people can handle being worried AND excited at the same time. Unless they are grumpy old misery boots.
Eric Mc said:
What "left over bits"?
EVERYTHING on this rocket is new APART from the four RS25 rocket motors on the main stage - and they have been completely disassembled and rebuilt to the point that they are almost complely different engines to the version used on the Shuttle.
Okay, slightly tongue in cheek, but the engines are the same, the boosters are very similar, some of the bit of the main body were literally removed from decommissioned Shuttle main tanks etc. EVERYTHING on this rocket is new APART from the four RS25 rocket motors on the main stage - and they have been completely disassembled and rebuilt to the point that they are almost complely different engines to the version used on the Shuttle.
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