Space Launch System - Orion

[Eric Mc]

I read it many, many years ago.

I actually prefer "The First Men in the Moon" by HG Wells - even though the science in that is far ropier than in Verne's book.

[Eric Mc]

We are beginning to get some cracking additional footage (and sound) from the various cameras that recorded the launch. This stuff sounds amazing if you have a sub-woofer -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUozQWAg0wE

[Kes Arevo]

Eric Mc said:

We are beginning to get some cracking additional footage (and sound) from the various cameras that recorded the launch. This stuff sounds amazing if you have a sub-woofer -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUozQWAg0wE

Bird at 1:14 - "nope"

The footage of the chaps silhouetted was excellent. Not sure if Artemis or nuke.

[Eric Mc]

The chap leaping up and down was Tim Dodds - The Everyday Astronaut himself. He almost drowned out the rocket!

[Kes Arevo]

Eric Mc said:

The chap leaping up and down was Tim Dodds - The Everyday Astronaut himself. He almost drowned out the rocket!

Really enjoyed that footage. Excellent view of the launch, the light, and their excitement.

[McGee_22]

230k + miles from earth, 66-ish mph and just 14k-ish miles from the moon this morning.

[DeejRC]

Because SLS is aimed at the return of man to the Moon and therefore, vaguely important, I’ll do something I v rarely do and break cover. Some of my stuff is on it. The mission it’s ultimately planning for (Moon spec wise, not Mars spec) is also part of my current work portfolio.
Right, back to lurking in the sci forum

[GiantCardboardPlato]

DeejRC said:

Because SLS is aimed at the return of man to the Moon and therefore, vaguely important, I’ll do something I v rarely do and break cover. Some of my stuff is on it. The mission it’s ultimately planning for (Moon spec wise, not Mars spec) is also part of my current work portfolio.
Right, back to lurking in the sci forum

Are you the space plumber?
Or maybe some of the cubesat stuff

Edited. Cause I shouldn’t just take the piss. Congratulations on being involved in a cool and challenging project like this, must be fun.

[Eric Mc]

Yes - nice to have a participant contributing.

Orion has finally started picking speed again and it is now up to 240 mph and accelerating towards the moon.

[Simpo Two]

DeejRC said:

Because SLS is aimed at the return of man to the Moon and therefore, vaguely important, I’ll do something I v rarely do and break cover. Some of my stuff is on it. The mission it’s ultimately planning for (Moon spec wise, not Mars spec) is also part of my current work portfolio.
Right, back to lurking in the sci forum

Perhaps for the next mission you could get Mrs Ted aboard for us? https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

(Note that the original Ted was lost in the post, so the role was taken over by Mrs Ted)

A friend of mine got her almost to the top of Everest, but obviously orbit would top that - literally!

[DeejRC]

GiantCardboardPlato said:

DeejRC said:

Because SLS is aimed at the return of man to the Moon and therefore, vaguely important, I’ll do something I v rarely do and break cover. Some of my stuff is on it. The mission it’s ultimately planning for (Moon spec wise, not Mars spec) is also part of my current work portfolio.
Right, back to lurking in the sci forum

Are you the space plumber?
.

I aspire to be Howard.

[Largechris]

McGee_22 said:

230k + miles from earth, 66-ish mph and just 14k-ish miles from the moon this morning.

Should be "there" in the next hour or so?

[Eric Mc]

Progress can be watched live here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YMMCmLMVzI

[Eric Mc]

Braking burn in slightly more than an hour and a half.

[Eric Mc]

Really closing in now - only 2,500 miles from the moon.

[Sf_Manta]

Just wow..

[Eric Mc]

These are pretty good images - especially compared to the quality of the live TV from the Apollo era.

[Eric Mc]

And we are going to see the earth set over the lunar horizon - live.

[Ian974]

Very cool to be getting live video from lunar orbit, as much as this has had its snags and headaches, it's great to see everything going well.

[Eric Mc]

I don't think we've ever had such sharp live TV from the moon. The TV cameras carried by Apollo, although technically advanced for the time, were crude and very low reslution. Those pictures we've just seen were so clear - it was almost "2001" stuff.