Artemis mission launching tomorrow- Back to the moon and beyond...

[Rene T]

I don't know, the NASA web site has not been very accurate lately.

Our local TV news just said the earliest would be Sept 19th

 

[Seilerbird]

Our local TV news just said the earliest would be Sept 19th

That is for the Artemis launch. SpaceX is suppose to be launching very soon.

 

[Rene T]

That is for the Artemis launch. SpaceX is suppose to be launching very soon.

Is that very soon today?

 

[Seilerbird]

Is that very soon today?

It was suppose to launch yesterday. I don't know what happened to it.

 

[Larry N.]

According to Space.com this morning:

SpaceX sent a space tug aloft along with another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Sunday night (Sept. 4) — and landed a rocket on a ship at sea as well.

 

[uchu]

Further delays. Now not earlier than Sep 27..

https://www.space.com/artemis-1-moon-rocket-launch-delay-september-27

 

[uchu]

Well, further delays keep mounting....Now they say November 14!

https://arstechnica.com/science/202...ember-for-its-third-artemis-i-launch-attempt/

 

[uchu]

Two days later than announced, but it seems that's finally going to happen... *knocks on wood*

https://www.space.com/nasa-artemis-1-moon-mission-go-for-launch-watch-live

 

[Reinigm]

To the best of my knowledge, Elon's crew isn't involved with this project. I know this won't please many people, but I think maybe they should be. Just seeing what has happened so far.

 

[Oldgator73]

When I was a kid, must have been in the late 50’s or
60’s, my dad worked at Cape Canaveral (Kenned). He was an electrician. We could see the rockets from Daytona Beach but sometimes we would drive to Titusville and watch the launch. As far as I can remember it was pretty exciting.

 

[Lou Schneider]

To the best of my knowledge, Elon's crew isn't involved with this project. I know this won't please many people, but I think maybe they should be. Just seeing what has happened so far.

That's right. Orion and the Space Launch System rockets are made by Lockheed Martin. Essentially a cousin of the Shuttle launch system using solid rocket boosters around a 4 engine central module and fuel tank.

 

[uchu]

Lift off!

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/11/16/nasa-artemis-1-moon-mission-launch-ovn-hnk-vpx.cnn

 

[uchu]

Success! Orion module reaches stable Moon orbit

 

[Kirk]

 

[CamperAL]

I noticed on the Artemis launch, that the rocket moved more like the Apollo Saturn V launches (slow). The Shuttles catapulted more or less and cleared the tower in about 7 seconds. Interesting to see.

 

[Lou Schneider]

I noticed on the Artemis launch, that the rocket moved more like the Apollo Saturn V launches (slow). The Shuttles catapulted more or less and cleared the tower in about 7 seconds. Interesting to see.

Fuel is the largest contributor to launch weight and Artemus and the Apollo launches carry much more fuel than the Shuttle. They have to get to escape velocity to get to the moon. Shuttle only goes up to low earth orbit.

 

[whiteva]

Camping World, McDonald's, Amazon and Walmart have announced a team effort to open new stores on the moon during the next mission. All will be super, out-of-the-world stores with super discounts! Opening predicted for 2023 black Friday. Free O2 to the first 100 on opening day.

 

[Ex-Calif]

Amazon's only opening a distribution center. $6/hr, no benefits and you have to get your own ride to work.

Your boss will continue to give his rich buddies rocket rides into LEO...

 

[CamperAL]

Greetings,

Don't know if most people are aware, but as the Apollo Command Module, Service Module and Lunar Descent vehicles were launched (by the third stage) toward the spot the Moon would be in about three days time when they arrived, the vehicle would slow down until the point between the Earth and Moon of gravity equalization. About two thirds of the distance to the Moon.

Would slow down to several thousands miles per hour. Then the Moon's gravity would begin to take over the they would increase in speed until they arrived at the Moon.

Don't know if they can get to the Moon faster with the new advanced Artemis system.

 

[Larry N.]

Don't know if they can get to the Moon faster with the new advanced Artemis system.

It works basically the same, since they are still depending on heavy power for a short time then coast, coast, coast, just as Apollo did, and as pretty much all current spacecraft must do. It would take a different propulsion mechanism, probably one with nearly continuous power use, to change that "equation."