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[NASA] Artemis: back to the Moon

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Commodore, Aug 28, 2022.

  1. Space Ghost

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    It should not be scheduled to launch until its 100% ready. This is clearly not ready. The previous launch had 3 significant issues they stated they were trying to fix on the fly.
    If I were an astronaut, I would not fly on this.

    I would have no issues going up in a Dragon capsule.
     
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    Considering how much only one of these gigantic rockets cost, $4.1 Billion Dollars, yes. It would be a serious setback. In my opinion, they should have decided on a different route to getting where they/we want to go. There are alternatives. SpaceX, for example, has one that is enormously less expensive. When NASA started down this road, I'm guessing, Artemis seemed to be the only alternative. It was what they knew - Apollo writ even larger.

    They need to radically change direction now. $4 billion spent on a single launch is just ridiculous, in my opinion. I'm a huge fan of our manned space flight program, unlike some of us, who have a reasonable argument that space exploration should be robotic for the foreseeable future, but we have to do it using cutting edge technology. Technology/engineering that can get us where we should and must go, in my opinion, and for a heck of a lot less.
     
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    They need to fire these lazy gen z engineers and hire some people from space X or Amazon
     
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    deserves its own thread in the D&D
     
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  7. Space Ghost

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    Will this turd go up tonight?
     
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  10. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    It better. I'm going to stay up to watch from my backyard
     
  11. Dr of Dunk

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    Better grab a Snickers ...
     
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    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    I'm going to bed. It's cloudy and I probably won't see much anyway
     
  13. Dr of Dunk

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    Woo... countdown is back on ...
     
  14. Dr of Dunk

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    WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
     
  15. Space Ghost

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    Thats too bad. I took the trip up to Titusville to watch. I hoped for a better view but it was packed even at 1am. It was fantastic.
     
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    I also took a trip to Titsville last night.
     
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  18. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Yeah...

    My assumption appears to be correct. I have a backyard security camera that snaps a picture every hour.

    Coincidentally, the timing was right and it snapped one that would have caught a snapshot on a clear night. Nothing but clouds.
     
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  19. bobrek

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    This is what we generally see...
    Screenshot_20211230-121810_Gallery.jpg
     
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    I, think. The mission is actually to retrieve the Alavarez moon ball and bring it back safely.
     
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