Artemis I Mission

[amber drum]

I will go until the next launch

[worn seal]

we dont need another body to deal with

[void patrol]

Anyone know where it can be ground tracked?

[rocky basin]

since this was a success maybe we should say “it’s uncanny how difficult it is”

[worn seal]

GUYS

[balmy forum]

webb

[worldly karma]

sls core stage to droneship when

[balmy forum]

easy

[worn seal]

I THINK THIS WAS THE LAST RL-10B-2

[balmy forum]

gif

[fierce oxide]

for live tracking of Artemis you can check https://www.nasa.gov/specials/trackartemis/

[empty coyote]

?

[rocky basin]

nah there are two more block 1s

[empty coyote]

??

[rocky basin]

Unless those ICPSs use a different engine?

[worn seal]

they're launching with C-2s, no?

I know Delta IV uses C-2 now

[rocky basin]

oh maybe

[bold drum]

still everything nominal?

[rocky basin]

huh so it was then

18 minute TLI lol

[valid dock]

Yup

[bold drum]

great!

[valid dock]

Core stage on its way to Moscow as planned

[void patrol]

*Kiev

[balmy forum]

ksc*

[flat jackal]

https://twitter.com/lavie154/status/1592787353827160064

Lavie Ohana 🏳️‍⚧️ (@lavie154)

Y’all.

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 7:51 AM

[worn seal]

hot

[valid dock]

Lavie did the

[raw abyss]

oooooh ma god

[worn seal]

uuuugggh

this TLI better hurry up or I may have to get up there and push

I wanna go to sleeeeeeeeeep

[valid dock]

You should have come to Europe to watch

[worn seal]

I will be there in 31 days

[empty coyote]

mfw discord won't let this be an emoji

it's so low res

[balmy forum]

literally grain

[empty coyote]

@long epoch how make smaller

[valid dock]

Step on it

[long epoch]

What does it need to be for the res/file size

[flat jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/wawa-cat-wawa-oh-the-misery-cat-discord-gif-25805976

[empty coyote]

256kb xd

it was down from this

[balmy forum]

k ima sleep

[empty coyote]

sleep well

[valid dock]

Good night Wi-Fi

[ember pulsar]

i hope everyone now realizes the next A1 level launch (excitement and hype levels as well as importance) should be starship

[worn seal]

alright im outta here

see yall in 3 months when I chat here again 👋

[gritty scroll]

I'm in there

[worldly karma]

man u can see the core stage here, those ssme o7

[empty coyote]

ur uh... late

[ember pulsar]

hopefully in only a couple of months

[worldly karma]

yeppers

[empty coyote]

starship is so unimaginably mid compared to sls

[ember pulsar]

nah, starship is gonna be big

[long flume]

Well that was anti climatic

No explosion

Rocket just went up

[empty coyote]

that's what starship is for

[long flume]

So maybe orange rocket not bad? idk

[ember pulsar]

i mean it will literally be the most powerful rocket to ever fly

[worldly karma]

well spacex does have good camera views than nasa thats for sure

[long flume]

yea eject that cope tower

[ember pulsar]

yeah NASA tracking sucked this launch which is upsetting

youd think NASA views would be the best

[empty coyote]

yeah but sls is sls

[worldly karma]

starlink does definitely help spacex with the tracking

why cant nasa buy one

[ember pulsar]

SLS wont fly again for another 2+ years

[empty coyote]

sls

[long flume]

What? You mean its not going to RTLS?

[empty coyote]

so?????

[ember pulsar]

i mean technically the starship OFD can be counted as part of the artemis program since its the first flight of the system that will land humans on the moon (minus the ship being a lander)

[empty coyote]

I don't see starship taking people around the moon in that time

[ember pulsar]

but thats a technicality

[ember pulsar]

it will likely do a demo flight though

[empty coyote]

with ppl around the moon?

[ember pulsar]

no that wont happen til A3

[empty coyote]

ppl are going in A2

[long flume]

It will deliver a dogecoin NFT to the moon

[empty coyote]

and landing in A3

[ember pulsar]

using.....

[empty coyote]

starship

but SLS will bear crew before Starship mark my words

[worldly karma]

we are landing on the moon

[ember pulsar]

thats just logic

[ember pulsar]

you dont even have to bet about that, SLS will 100% carry crew before starship

about 3 min until TLI

[empty coyote]

ay o

[empty coyote]

is it tliing yet

[long epoch]

lol, best I can do also looks like shit

[empty coyote]

it's going to be a tiny emoji

[ember pulsar]

yep

end of burn is at 3:32 am EST

[empty coyote]

my stream is stuttery as fuck

[ember pulsar]

go to the NASA tv stream

[empty coyote]

[empty coyote]

I'm on

[ember pulsar]

https://youtu.be/nA9UZF-SZoQ

[empty coyote]

@long epoch le

[long epoch]

Wen invite to hayleeland

[raw abyss]

when's TLI?

[empty coyote]

now

[empty coyote]

that server is my personal server where nobody joins

[raw abyss]

oh it's now

[empty coyote]

SLS IS LITERALLY SO BAD IF ARES 1 WAS DANGEROUS SLS HAS 2 OF THOSE BOOSTERS SLS IS TWICE AS DANGEROUS AND IT ALSO USES HYDROGEN WHICH IS SUPER DANGROUS PLUS THOSE FLAMES DO NOT LOOK VERY SAFE IM SUING NASA

[worldly karma]

you want the deathstick back?

[cedar portal]

I can't believe we actually went

[raw abyss]

successful TLI burn

[hallow lance]

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1592798065265704961?s=46&t=fwI7OEmXudb5WbkBp1CvWA

TO THE MOON!

Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust)

TLI burn is complete. Orion is heading to the Moon.

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 8:33 AM

[raw abyss]

FLAWLESS LAUNCH

[rocky basin]

@plush quest https://twitter.com/SLSEngine3/status/1592792966099513344

Engine 3 (@SLSEngine3)

From STS-120 to STS-124 to STS-119 to STS-129 to STS-133 and finally, Artemis 1
It has been been an absolute honour to serve you over the last 5,503 days
E2045 signing off

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 8:13 AM

[raw abyss]

o7 engine 3

[rocky basin]

i don't need to cry over hardware

[cedar portal]

I fucking can't believe it

[flat jackal]

SEP

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/688161050830307411.gif?size=96&quality=lossless

WE ARE GOING

[frozen basalt]

We are going indeed

[cedar portal]

WE ARE ACTIVELY GOING

[gritty scroll]

We are going

[cedar portal]

ORION IS LITERALLY IN TLI

[ember pulsar]

ICPS has separated

[gritty scroll]

We are glorious

[ember pulsar]

And with that I can’t keep my eyes open so good night

[gritty scroll]

Now Orion departs

To the Moon

[cedar portal]

It's almost 10am

[gritty scroll]

To unlock a new era of exploration

[cedar portal]

💀

[urban basin]

WE ARE GOING FOR REAL

It's nearly 4 am here

Now to sleep

[flat jackal]

WE ARE GOING

[gritty scroll]

WE WENT

[somber plaza]

Telemetry 👀

[gritty scroll]

Stream ended

[raw abyss]

[cedar portal]

HOLY SHIT WE WENT

[empty coyote]

I made this gif :D

[gritty scroll]

What did you use

[empty coyote]

esm bot

[exotic reef]

The SLS was so bright the first 30 or so seconds, lit up the Indian River. I saw it from Parrish Park at Titusville.

[brave hollow]

mark rover

[empty coyote]

HE'S HEREEEEEEEEEE

[serene birch]

I slept through half of tli & almost missed the bus, but I itvwas worth it

[valid dock]

https://twitter.com/RDAnglePhoto/status/1592821505226067968

Richard Angle (@RDAnglePhoto)

Solid Rocket Booster separation. #Artemis

📸 for @Teslarati

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 10:06 AM

[empty coyote]

you can see the srbs here

that sep was something else

[mellow crest]

Cool launch

[empty coyote]

this doesn't feel real

like

SLS LAUNCHED

this is unbelievable I can't believe we get to witness this in our lifetimes

[valid dock]

JWST and then SLS

In less than a year

🤯

[worldly karma]

is the lunch scrubbed?

[valid dock]

My brother in Christ, are you high ?

[worldly karma]

sir did you read what i said, are your lunches scrubbed?

[mellow crest]

RIP RS-25

[raw abyss]

rip engine 3

[cedar portal]

I still can't believe it

I'm just

I don't know what to say

ARTEMIS ONE JUST FUCKING LAUNCHED

LIKE WTF ????

WE ARE FINALLY GOING

[valid dock]

Now two years until Artemis II

[mellow crest]

any updates on cubesats?

[cedar portal]

They're being deployed as I'm writing

I think

[sacred agate]

This calls for my celebratory fancy NASA meatball shirt to be worn to school today, goddamn that launch was satisfying in every sense

Especially considering the last moon mission started with a night launch

[long flume]

Crazy. First Saturn V gets dethroned by Booster 7 static fire

Then Booster 7 static fire gets dethroned by SLS launch

All in the space of 2 days

[cedar portal]

Crazy times we're living in

More than 3 super heavy launchers currently in development

and one of them has actually launched

[mellow crest]

SS soon

[valid dock]

Can't wait for the second one to launch : CZ-9

[cedar portal]

https://images-ext-1.discordapp.net/external/0IPFbpSeefOKhDz7VFJikIUlXVjPdP3iu_0knLohjts/https/pbs.twimg.com/media/Fhq_qY5X0AEpCy6.jpg?width=635&height=670

[valid dock]

Germany in 1924 :

[cedar portal]

Nazis didn't exist in 1924

[mellow crest]

Elon lied

[cedar portal]

stop being bad at history

[somber plaza]

Down to only two of those things

[cedar portal]

Crazy how JWST was considered as the most unlikely of them all to launch first

and yet

it launched welllll before any of them

[somber plaza]

Starship orbital flight might be the last at the end of the day

[cedar portal]

It'd be really funny

[valid dock]

SS were founded in 1925

[cedar portal]

OMOTENASHI is going to do a funny lithobraking in a few days

https://twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin/status/1592845894097178624

Cosmic Penguin (@Cosmic_Penguin)

Overview of how it is supposed to work (IIRC the team estimated a 60% chance of this working for the Nov. 16 launch window): https://t.co/3aoyQl2kq6

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 11:43 AM

[vapid oar]

So, the next one is Starliner looking at the trend

[valid dock]

https://tenor.com/view/woman-of-culture-gif-20099443

[worn seal]

Funny it's going to be in reverse order of the vote

[worn seal]

https://tenor.com/view/boeing-starliner-spacex-crew-dragon-falcon9-gif-25614432

[gritty scroll]

The funny lander

Is this technically the lightest lunar lander?

[empty coyote]

What the hell is this

[cedar portal]

Cubesat lander

[cedar portal]

Yeah

[gritty scroll]

Don't call braking on the runway lithobraking or else you will be killed

[valid dock]

Funny you said lander instead of impactor

[gritty scroll]

Does it stay intact?

Yes

Then it's a lander

[valid dock]

What if it stays intact but the Moon doesn't

[gritty scroll]

The moon becomes an impactor Spacecraft

A natural Spacecraft?

[mellow crest]

very cool how much science you can pack in a little cubesat, we should be making more of them

[mellow crest]

WE ARE GOING!!!!!!

[gritty scroll]

lemme do some stuff

only 12.6 kg

[ember pulsar]

Good actual morning, wow I still can’t believe what we saw

No carrot

Close to 2 years before we see the next carrot at the pad (if it doesn’t get delayed further)

[raw abyss]

sad

[finite nacelle]

https://youtu.be/5oeJJDGJQiM NASA is live

[flat jackal]

https://fxtwitter.com/TJ_Cooney/status/1592872184447266818

https://fxtwitter.com/TJ_Cooney/status/1592871060365799426

[split marlin]

orion t-pose

[plush quest]

🫡

[mellow crest]

very cool

[plush quest]

https://twitter.com/echodiii/status/1592791589621239811?s=46&t=DTlbd5Xf9_X_mt-W9-gQbw

echo (@echoDIII)

https://t.co/h3yjUaNvz0

Likes

292

▶ Play video

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 8:08 AM

[long epoch]

Launch is over, wen archive

[flat jackal]

no

[final arch]

https://images-assets.nasa.gov/video/KSC-20221116-MH-NAS01-0001-Artemis_I_Orion_First_Imagery_of_Earth-3314595/KSC-20221116-MH-NAS01-0001-Artemis_I_Orion_First_Imagery_of_Earth-3314595~orig.mp4

Earth views from Orion

[flat jackal]

neeveeeer

[worn seal]

Artemis I Mission Megathread

[worn seal]

When you stop complaining

Soooo

[final arch]

23 Minutes of images of the launch from various cameras
https://images-assets.nasa.gov/video/KSC-20221116-MH-AJN01-0001-Artemis_I_Isolated_Launch_Views-3314595/KSC-20221116-MH-AJN01-0001-Artemis_I_Isolated_Launch_Views-3314595~orig.mp4

[long epoch]

Got it, so it'll stay until the day I die

[valid dock]

Why would it be archived before the end of the mission ?

[neat bobcat]

https://vxtwitter.com/nasaartemis/status/1592826283838214144?s=46&t=2jrOCN08q_71NzCmd7x-fA

[valid dock]

The Pale Blue Ball

[rocky basin]

👋

[proud creek]

Son has been talking about the launch all morning. Made the trip up worth it.

Made the sleep deprivation even more worth it. I normally go to bed around 2200, so 430 after a full day and the time in the car was grueling.

Can't live off no sleep like you youngins.

[valid dock]

You're a wonderful father

[proud creek]

I am a tired father today.

Moreso than normal.

[dapper beacon]

Im not tired at all for some reason

I feel normal

Even though was awake till 2am

[valid dock]

You don't have kids erffli

[dapper beacon]

True

But i still had very little sleep

I assume i should be tired

[long epoch]

You know what they say about assuming

[gritty scroll]

mission is still not over

orion hasn't returned yet

[final arch]

I’m sorry SpaceX

[ember pulsar]

they are gonna keep that up until starship flies imo

wow

[gritty scroll]

We went

https://twitter.com/TJ_Cooney/status/1592869877668515841?t=l26istM-XVWsEEAiQVfXxA&s=19

TJ Cooney 🚀🇺🇦 (@TJ_Cooney)

Orion leaving earth (timelapse)

Likes

2453

Retweets

610

▶ Play video

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 1:19 PM

Bro the feed turned blue

https://twitter.com/TJ_Cooney/status/1592874315435081728?t=JPrwAHosQoU0At7VIozpxQ&s=19

TJ Cooney 🚀🇺🇦 (@TJ_Cooney)

Another slow motion shot of #Artemis1 ascending 39B

Likes

722

Retweets

149

▶ Play video

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 1:36 PM

[idle folio]

We went

[gritty scroll]

We went

[finite nacelle]

We went

[cedar portal]

WE WENT

[gritty scroll]

https://twitter.com/samsung0804_2/status/1592778218532392961?t=lzmcjyzGgYSQDNeOV_FrLQ&s=19

Miranda (@samsung0804_2)

@SLSstatus Rest in peace to our Lunar exploration ambitions for at least the next decade.

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 7:14 AM

[long epoch]

Yes, and?

Success in this case is the least optimal outcome

[flat jackal]

@long epoch

[gritty scroll]

the mrand

[urban basin]

I think staying up until 3-4 am to watch this reallt screwed with Mt mental state

[raw abyss]

im just slightly more tired than normal

[urban basin]

It was worth it though

[urban basin]

Miranda just enjoy something for once challenge (impossible)

[late bolt]

[ember pulsar]

I think that thing is firefly

[long flume]

This is gonna be the first time we've been behind the moon for a little while right?

[ember pulsar]

Yep

First time we have sent a capsule around the moon since Apollo 17

[flat jackal]

real picture

[cedar portal]

YOOO

[neat bobcat]

Distortion adjusted pic

[long flume]

Look its me

You have to look really close

[cedar portal]

omg

There's my house on that pic

stop doxxing me

[long flume]

Those solar panels look whacky as hell

[cedar portal]

I love them

They're European/Dutch

they look so cool

[raw abyss]

i like how they pivot

[long flume]

Orion has sooooo many engines

[long epoch]

One of very few bright spots in this dark world

[long flume]

Tiny little thruster which can only cope and seethe

[cedar portal]

Ok so

Now that Orion is in space

[long epoch]

I only enjoy things when they are a net benefit to the world

[cedar portal]

I can safely say that this is my favourite crewed capsule ever

It looks so fucking cool

• it's partly European

[flat jackal]

buran

[long flume]

Eeh

Orion is cool because it goes to the moon

Crew dragon is my favorite otherwise

[cedar portal]

Ah yes, famous crewed capsule

[cedar portal]

true, IT ALSO GOES TO THE FUCKING MOON

[flat jackal]

it is round

[long flume]

It can be reused 10 times

[cedar portal]

Buran can be stored up to 10 times in a Soviet Hangar

[gray merlin]

Let's rename the thread into "Modified STS launched crewed-ATV quite high"

[cedar portal]

You know that this is what I really want it to be, right ?

[gray merlin]

Ew

European capsule goes on European rocket

[raw abyss]

cope

[cedar portal]

What rocket ?

[gray merlin]

From Extra-European-but-still-Overseas-Europe-Territory-with-a-special-VAT-status

[gray merlin]

The spatial fusée

That go to Mars

[ember pulsar]

Red team plus bill

[gray merlin]

François Hollande was right

[cedar portal]

oh fuck

[cedar portal]

I have better

Léa Salamé : "Dans le futur est-ce que vous irez sur Mars avec Elon Musk dans sa fusée ?"

Jean-Luc Mélenchon :"Pas dans sa fusée, j'irai avec la fusée européenne, qui est française d'ailleurs, j'espère qu'ils prennent un gars de mon âge, je veux absolument y aller, je veux y aller, j'étais là quand on a envoyé ce pauvre chien dans l'espace"

(this is literally what he said during an interview)

[gray merlin]

[flat jackal]

uuhhhh oui

[cedar portal]

wtf you agree with Jean Luc Mélenchon

[long flume]

Mélenchon lol

what a name

[plush quest]

Guys

We went!!!

[long flume]

We came

[cedar portal]

WE CAME AND WE'LL DO IT AGAIN

[neat bobcat]

In two years

And then the year after that

And then 2 years after that

And then every year after

[plush quest]

We might want to get that checked if its taking us this long tbh

[long flume]

NASA gets cancelled after 2 years

[cedar portal]

Currently listening Don't Stop Me Now with the launch footage

it feels so fucking cool

[plush quest]

Hear me out

[cedar portal]

https://fxtwitter.com/Jude__416/status/1592900980919918598

[neat bobcat]

Nah it’s because Orion needs to get back before full work can proceed on CM-03

[cedar portal]

yeah because reuse is a thing

[plush quest]

https://open.spotify.com/track/6S3JlDAGk3uu3NtZbPnuhS?si=XkH-aGaFRqe-OLcHTHo46w

[lone pelican]

aight I missed a lot of stuff

can someone give me the 411

[neat bobcat]

Rocket success

Orion on way to moon

Uh

[lone pelican]

no failures?

[neat bobcat]

Correction burns were successful

[neat bobcat]

0 failures

[lone pelican]

damn

[raw abyss]

i was expecting a fully successful launch tbf

[cedar portal]

well, some of the cubesats are having trouble

[raw abyss]

like i had no doubts

[cedar portal]

From what I'm reading OMOTENASHI (the Japanese lunar lander) is having issues communicating with the ground

[long flume]

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxGJ1v2Q_R8mkLLXpKJheX09aEbCYxSiYU

[neat bobcat]

They don’t matter

[cedar portal]

don't you dare insult them

[raw abyss]

lol

[cedar portal]

they matter a lot

in my heart

😠

@raw abyss Now that the thing is done you might want to change your bio

[raw abyss]

oh yeah

[somber plaza]

WE CAME

😳😳

[raw abyss]

sus

[cedar portal]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-sussy-baka-gif-24795940

[raw abyss]

still cant get used to this view

[valid dock]

WE ARE GOING

Oh wait

[raw abyss]

so now 39B will be dormant for 2 ish years

[valid dock]

Sadly

[plush quest]

and it will awake to violently fart us to the moon once more

[somber plaza]

With people!

[cedar portal]

Considering how long we waited for Artemis I

two years feels like tomorrow

[plush quest]

this is insane

I can’t believe we get to see this

in our lifetimes™️

[cedar portal]

I'm going to see people from all over the world on the Moon doing cool shit, multiple space stations in LEO and a literal space station in HALO orbit before I even turn 30 (that's in 2034)

This is fucking crazy

[plush quest]

I think I can toast to that

[neat bobcat]

No

Lots of pad work will be happening

[cedar portal]

Oh yeah, needs to be upgraded for B1B

[neat bobcat]

No

Upgraded for A2

[raw abyss]

i meant in terms of a rocket at the pad

[plush quest]

when will the A2 astros be announced

[raw abyss]

ik that they will do maintenance and what not

[somber plaza]

Yeah if we're gonna consider pad work as "not being dormant", then it never stopped being alive

[plush quest]

Or did that already happen and I’ve just been living under a rock

[somber plaza]

Me turning 30 in 2026

[safe cave]

i’m pretty sure after return

of A1

[neat bobcat]

After

[raw abyss]

the future is exciting

[plush quest]

[neat bobcat]

When Orion comes back they should be announcing it

[raw abyss]

epic

[ancient flax]

we arrive

[somber plaza]

Last I heard, it could be as early as this February

For A2 astro announcement

But we'll see

[raw abyss]

victor glover and thomas pesquet for A3 landing and ill be happy

cuz they are cool

[somber plaza]

We came and piss for all mankind

[cedar portal]

I just can't wait for the future European astronauts we'll get to know next week

[ancient flax]

only Americans for A3 landing

[raw abyss]

sad

[cedar portal]

Yeah, ESA only negotiated for Artemis IV, V and VI if I recall correctly

[somber plaza]

Stupid americans smh

[raw abyss]

then victor and someone else

[cedar portal]

Artemis IV and V being Gateway missions

[ancient flax]

CSA does have an astronaut on A2

[raw abyss]

theyre also landings now

well A5 was

[valid dock]

Artemis IV now includes a landing

[raw abyss]

but recently A4 became landing as well

[cedar portal]

Gateway mission for the European astronaut*

[raw abyss]

crinnnnngge

[cedar portal]

Should've been more accurate

[cedar portal]

Yeah I know

[somber plaza]

A5 being officially in 2028 will most likely include landing imo but we'll see, still changing a lot of the manifest after A4

[ancient flax]

Canada out here to become the second country to have humans visit the Moon

[raw abyss]

is A2 in late 2024 possible?

[cedar portal]

Technically Ireland...

[plush quest]

Think so yeah

[raw abyss]

and A3 maybeeee late 2025/early 2026?

[ancient flax]

CSA to become the second space agency to have astronauts visit the Moon

[somber plaza]

A2 is 100% in 2025 per the A1 to A2 time estimates

Per GAO, they say NASA estimates about 27 months from A1 launch to A2 launch

And that's NASA estimates... 😅

[raw abyss]

so "two weeks"

[valid dock]

So sloooow

[somber plaza]

I still remember when A2 was supposed to launch on Block 1B and the conversion was gonna take 30 months and therefore they were looking at flying it as Block 1 instead

And in the meantime build a second ML

The other day cleaning up documents on my pc I found my notes from the press conference in 2017 about their findings on trying to put crew on what was back then EM-1

[raw abyss]

will SLS launch cadence reach 1 a year?

[neat bobcat]

With B1B most likely

The production facility is ready to support that

Issue is GSE is not ready for that yet

[somber plaza]

Once we're out of all the development crap it should get much more stable

[neat bobcat]

Nor are other factors like payload

All the SLS missions now aside from A1 don’t have SLS as on the critical path

[raw abyss]

is B1B targeted for late 2027/2028 maiden flight?

[neat bobcat]

It’s either Orion or GSE or support missions

[neat bobcat]

2026, but its projected to be in 2027-2028

[cedar portal]

It's targeted for when Artemis IV launches

[somber plaza]

Per NASA yesterday it's 2027

Artemis IV

[raw abyss]

yeah

[somber plaza]

On the press release for the second lunar lander it said that at least

Which is a tad bit more realistic given the ML-2 delays

Again once all that development hell is behind it should get much better

[neat bobcat]

bechtel can go fuck themselves

[somber plaza]

But tbh I believe we might not see Artemis III until 2027-2028 due to HLS and xEVA development

[raw abyss]

why are they making a new ML for B1B, cant they just change the current one

[neat bobcat]

No

Too short

[somber plaza]

So Artemis IV can delay to 2028 or 2029 and still be good for me tbh

[neat bobcat]

Plus too heavy

[raw abyss]

ah i see

[somber plaza]

Yeah currently too short, if you convert it then it's too heavy

[neat bobcat]

ML1 was built for Ares I so it’s not optimal

[gritty scroll]

physics

[somber plaza]

They could in theory convert it for cargo-only missions which is something they have in the cards. The "it's too heavy" argument is mostly for crew safety

But let's be real, SLS might not launch in cargo-only configuration ever

[gritty scroll]

when encounter with moon

[somber plaza]

And I like it that way, makes it special that it only launches crews

[raw abyss]

SLS B1B cargo

[gritty scroll]

GOOFY

[raw abyss]

isnt B1B like 110m tall?

[somber plaza]

I guess we can now take the launch pictures and do some photoshop to simulate how Block 1B would look like

Has anyone done that already?

If not, we're missing a big opportunity here smh

[raw abyss]

i dont think so

also whats the status on BOLE

[gritty scroll]

you know that cursed rockets guy

[somber plaza]

Well given that A4 is not until 2027, even with a yearly cadence right after the BOLE wouldn't be needed until 2032

So like 10 years to go, no sweat on that

[raw abyss]

BOLE is planned to debut on 8 right?

[somber plaza]

A9

A8 is when they run out of the current stock casings

[valid dock]

Wow BOLE on Ariane 9 !

[somber plaza]

Lol

Atlas 9

[raw abyss]

lets goo

[somber plaza]

Can't wait for Atlas 9 Heavy

[neat bobcat]

Should begin ground tests in 2024-2025

[raw abyss]

nice

[gritty scroll]

what's the dfference between 1B Crew and B2 crew?

[raw abyss]

B1 cargo

[raw abyss]

SRBs

[valid dock]

BOLE

[gritty scroll]

what is BOLE

[valid dock]

New SRBs

[raw abyss]

Booster Obsolesence and life extension i think

[gritty scroll]

and they better in which way?

[valid dock]

Cheaper, more efficient

[gritty scroll]

oh ok

[raw abyss]

yea more thrust innit

[gritty scroll]

more payload?

[raw abyss]

yes

[gritty scroll]

cool

[somber plaza]

They're lighter, more efficient, also they get rid of the stupid mechanical TVC which needs hydrazine loading before flight

They'll have electric TVC, basically

Kinda ironic Booster 9 and Artemis 9 are both getting electric TVC

[raw abyss]

neat, didnt know that

[safe cave]

doubt

one of them will be a woman

[raw abyss]

apparently no euro on A3

[safe cave]

victor glover and anne mcclain

[long epoch]

Not you too Alex

[safe cave]

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1592954419120721920?s=20&t=BmxRhunxALLcPJk4wi5rPQ

President Biden (@POTUS)

NASA’s Artemis is in flight.

This ship will enable the first woman and first person of color to set foot on the lunar surface and will lead countless students to become explorers and show America’s limitless possibilities to the world.

Likes

556

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108

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 6:55 PM

[cedar portal]

POTUS et bouche cousue @gray merlin

I love puns

[long epoch]

Apparently the B1B solids are going to hydraulic power minus the hydrazine

Kinda a half step between the current ones and BOLE

That's one of things they were testing on the hotfire a couple months ago

[gray merlin]

I will ban you

[cedar portal]

Hi I'm Gabe Newell

Welcome to Artemis I

After 9 years in development, hopefully it will have been worth the wait

[flat jackal]

[valid dock]

Gabe Newell will unveil Artemis 3

[cedar portal]

Now waiting for ArgoMoon to do its thing and send back amazing photos

[mellow crest]

NASA can have that title for a few weeks

[valid dock]

*a few months

[vapid oar]

two Orions kissing?

[valid dock]

OMG

What if we kiss under SLS

[vapid oar]

At T-7 seconds

[raw abyss]

https://youtu.be/mYTvg2abusc

[valid dock]

Hot 🥵

[ember pulsar]

FH broke the delay curse, SLS continued the trend, now its starships turn to launch

[safe cave]

https://twitter.com/AstroBotKaitlyn/status/1592703205083054082?s=20&t=YiK8hXHji2O7KevsKkKaiQ

AstroBot Kaitlyn (@AstroBotKaitlyn)

Steal her look! Artemis launch tonight!

Likes

246

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 2:16 AM

[cedar portal]

where are the engines

[raw abyss]

have u not worn an RS-25 before?

[cedar portal]

@mellow crest hey what did you say

[raw abyss]

mean things

[cedar portal]

come back

please

[mellow crest]

Joe Biden wake up

[raw abyss]

i wish we got a view of the RS-25 ignition

[cedar portal]

https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1592976174812045312

Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson continues to have himself a year at age 80. JWST in space and thriving. Gets full funding from Conrgess for all NASA priorities. His passion project, the SLS rocket, successfully launches. Holds ISS partnership together amid war. Zero scandals.

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 8:21 PM

[raw abyss]

like below the deck of the ML

[long flume]

Deluge would be on at t-7

[cedar portal]

Bill Nelson is unironically a great administrator

[raw abyss]

bill is based af

[valid dock]

Wet

[cedar portal]

Even though his anti-China rhetoric is cringe as fuck

but he's American

so yeah

[lusty spoke]

https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1592979727870226433?t=j591Syfj4_07YxiTsL0vfQ&s=19

Michael Baylor (@nextspaceflight)

Liftoff of Artemis I! The best remote video that I have ever captured! Stay tuned for a full video with additional angles on the @NASASpaceflight YouTube channel.

https://t.co/Eb6wGo0HAz

▶ Play video

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 8:35 PM

Insane

[raw abyss]

can't wait for the video

[cedar portal]

THE FUCKING SOUND

IT'S INSANE

[long flume]

Sounds better than Atlas 5

4x RS24 and those srbs

[ember pulsar]

props to bill he has been an amazing NASA administrator (minus the bedtime stories and bible preaches)

[raw abyss]

so when do we get Bill Nelson Space Telescope?

[somber plaza]

Allmighty Michael getting amazing video

[long flume]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibsy-NzIABE

That sound

Sounds better in real time

[raw abyss]

sunrise at 1:47am

[ember pulsar]

those SRBs are louder then i ever could have imagined

[raw abyss]

my brother in christ those SRBs are so loud wooaah

[ember pulsar]

i know lol

fun fact starships TWR is the same as SLS so starship should go about as fast as SLS did

and SLS was speeding off of that pad once those SRBs ignited

[raw abyss]

yea exactly

[long flume]

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxnBBWCsxJJWq1vawOaquomQ_CA5nJyrIJ
Look at the shockwaves the SRBs create too

[raw abyss]

starship is insane

[long flume]

That stage sep tho

BECO

[ember pulsar]

But what gets me even more is starship is bigger then SLS and still moves just as fast

[raw abyss]

its cuz raptor is bonkers

[ember pulsar]

Indeed

[long flume]

SLS firework

[raw abyss]

i hope starship doesnt suffer from N1 syndrome

[worn seal]

Who hurt u

[mellow crest]

but worse than superheavy

[long flume]

Wait until you see SLS Heavy

And the boosters will land themselves

[twin yarrow]

i don't get why sls failing would be better

[ember pulsar]

https://twitter.com/Cooper_Hime/status/1592982763430641665?t=V_kH64grAkAcZ9a3h7n90g&s=33 holy shit

Coop (@Cooper_Hime)

Sent.

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 8:47 PM

[twin yarrow]

its not like they're gonna spend the money one something else

[raw abyss]

thats cuz miranda is an avid sls hater

[long flume]

3x SLS core booster would work

[raw abyss]

which is crinnnnge

[ember pulsar]

https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1592980765125775361?t=iVxMtJT1wd5lSr0M7M7WdQ&s=33 HOLY SHIT

John Kraus (@johnkrausphotos)

8.8 million pounds of thrust.

Four RS-25 main engines and two solid rocket boosters power NASA’s inaugural Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning with Orion for Artemis I

Likes

134

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 8:39 PM

[raw abyss]

idk about that

[twin yarrow]

most sls haters have some, often flawed, logic to it

[long flume]

12x RS25 would be insane

[raw abyss]

john kraus doing john kraus things (john kraus is amazing)

[raw abyss]

the noise lol

[mellow crest]

VAB screeching at 24s

[long flume]

Put a couple hard points on the sides of the boosters

RS25s are reusable

Land them on Elons towers

Sacrifice the core booster

[long epoch]

Yeah. Solid TWR but with liquids

Absolutely nuts

[long epoch]

Nah, without the solids it can't lift itself

[mellow crest]

just sacrifice the core booster with the reusable engines

[long epoch]

Still hurts

[mellow crest]

Yeah hydrogen engines are weak, that's why hydromeme rockets need boosters

[long epoch]

I would rather be able to pat the SSME than have the SSME at the bottom of the ocean

[ember pulsar]

The VAB was singing in joy

[long epoch]

The vab was shouting "don't come back!"

[mellow crest]

Bezos will fish them out

[mellow crest]

rs-68a

[ancient flax]

cope

[long epoch]

Not even that bad of an engine, just doesn't make sense economically

[mellow crest]

wait how?

[long epoch]

Pricey and didn't really work for their intended use case

[raw abyss]

RS-68 is a cool engine

[long epoch]

Delta IV was comparable to Atlas in a lot of configurations in performance but the costs were higher

[raw abyss]

not as cool as the RS-25

but still epic

[long epoch]

Yep, it's a dumb engine (dumb as in simple, not inherently bad) but hydrolox

GG, ablative nozzle

It gets the job done though

Just expensive and brings the troubles of hydrolox to the table

[mellow crest]

iirc rs-68 is the engine with the second highest thrust output that is currently in use

[long epoch]

For single liquid engines I believe you're correct

RD-180 is a bit more powerful than RS-68A

[mellow crest]

yup

do we have any numbers on how much the rs-68 is

aerojet never gives numbers on that stuff tbh

[long epoch]

Dunno but there's probably cost figures out there since RS-68 was considered for Ares V

[mellow crest]

time to go looking for ares v papers on ntrs

but yea, wouldn't be surprised if its in the realm of 7 0's

[long epoch]

Well, RD-180 is $23.4 million a pop and RS-68A was more than that

[mellow crest]

rd-180 is that much??

[long epoch]

RS-68A: GG hydrolox - SL 705,000 lbf / 320mt / 3.13MN - $???
RD-180: ORSC kero - 860,000 lbf / 391mt / 3.82MN - $23.4 million

[mellow crest]

hmm so probably around 30 million?

[long epoch]

Something like that, idk

[mellow crest]

possibly

[long epoch]

Sounds sane to me

[lone pelican]

isn't it single use tho

[flat jackal]

someone pls make a SLS saturday meme

[lone pelican]

wrong reply I meant about the nozzle

[mellow crest]

its ablative so yea

[valid dock]

@cedar portal

[long epoch]

Powerhead can probably be used multiple times

[flat jackal]

@cedar portal

[long epoch]

Hell, they could probably do multiple firings on one nozzle, idk

[mellow crest]

they test them without the nozzle so probably

[long epoch]

Powerhead only tests are cursed beyond belief
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

[mellow crest]

👏

rs-68b would've been a beast

[final arch]

✅ Artemis I Testing Thread
✅ Artemis I Launch Thread
✅ Artemis I Mission Megathread
🔳 Artemis I Splashdown Thread
🔳 Artemis II Testing Thread

And more

[flat jackal]

endless cycle

of life

[final arch]

Yeah

https://fxtwitter.com/trevormahlmann/status/1592986548458631170?s=46&t=AKBousPqlMh2NrKsjlr7Bw

https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/cictaEJIco0-1qRPwH1Gc_2CfgCJa7f7iEMyh2ZYkig/https/live.staticflickr.com/65535/52504616014_e15236f2a6_b.jpg

💥💨

https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/60QfuptyXZbX6N_PMPqTYyjr4Vfz42gls_qw7cWmG7A/https/live.staticflickr.com/65535/52505005308_08cb43099c_b.jpg

High Qualy

[valid dock]

https://twitter.com/Thom_astro/status/1592998744827785216

Thomas Pesquet (@Thom_astro)

That’s right, moon.

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 9:51 PM

[serene birch]

it is went

[flat jackal]

https://media.giphy.com/media/3Em9OJAQPVIPmdp6wb/giphy.gif||

[mellow crest]

reusable european service module when

[long epoch]

First make it not shit

[valid dock]

Cope

[ember pulsar]

nose first re-entry

[neat bobcat]

cope

[long flume]

https://tenor.com/view/orion-space-launch-system-lockheed-martin-nasa-sls-gif-22709853

[mellow crest]

WE

[jagged inlet]

GOING

[mellow crest]

the red crew looking all based

[ember pulsar]

🐢

[mellow crest]

https://tenor.com/view/gigachad-chad-gif-20773266

[worn seal]

Artemis I Mission

[neat bobcat]

https://vxtwitter.com/lmspace/status/1593041569724366849?s=46&t=_-6QKLh63jmMF2nVTHD85A

[final arch]

https://twitter.com/jaxa_en/status/1593066378004926465?s=46&t=f1sViBIb52GdRj_vaJ6IBg

JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) (@JAXA_en)

[Press Release]
Status of the JAXA CubeSats OMOTENASHI and EQUULEUS
onboard NASA Artemis I
https://t.co/txXS37trSo

Twitter · Nov 17, 2022, 2:19 AM

OMOTENASHI also separated on November 16 (JST), but currently the CubeSat has not completed sun acquisition and communication is not stable. We are therefore continuing operations to stablise attitude, secure power and establish communication.

[final arch]

And Artemis I?

[worn seal]

ALREADY A SUCCESS BBY

[final arch]

REALLY?

Is this not a joke? Where are the cameras?

[worn seal]

https://tenor.com/view/internet-explorer-gif-24879124

[worn seal]

kek

[ember pulsar]

I wouldn’t count it as a success until Orion is successfully recovered

[rocky basin]

📹 <- here but it’s not a joke

[worn seal]

doesnt matter, the launch was a success

[ember pulsar]

That it was

[final arch]

What

[ember pulsar]

But the mission as a whole isn’t yet

[final arch]

I thought the launch was not launch because the program was cancelled.

[rocky basin]

nahhhh SLS doesn’t necessarily have to count Orion - only if it were labelled SLS-Orion or something would you have to consider Orion’s performance

[worn seal]

crazy that if this launch was Artemis II, they wouldn't have even started the TLI yet

it would still be in LEO

[final arch]

yeah

lol

[ember pulsar]

Well if you are talking about Artemis 1 mission then it isn’t a success until Orion is recovered, however if you are talking about just the launch then yes it was 100% a success

[final arch]

In other words, they threw 12 billion into the sea and into space.

[worn seal]

so true

SLS will never launch

[final arch]

Ok, if NASA needs another 12 billion, I can give you 50 cents you charged me.

[rocky basin]

Right, it‘a just that this app tracks launches and not missions

[ember pulsar]

Oh I’m not talking about the app I’m just talking about in general

[rocky basin]

oh ok

[ember pulsar]

Hmmm something seems off here

[worn seal]

Wdym that looks totally normal

[ember pulsar]

Hmm maybe your right

[worldly karma]

they fucked up the staging

revert to launch then

[safe cave]

wait what

wb icps boiloff??

[empty coyote]

...why

[safe cave]

nasa part clips

[safe cave]

on orbit checkouts and data analysis

don’t want to fuck that one up

[mellow crest]

eye see pee ess is orions new service module

[safe cave]

https://twitter.com/invis4yo/status/1592874573892317185?s=20&t=MGo97RcB0yhJTpKVhYeFgQ

Invis🍒 (@invis4yo)

“i’m just resting my eyes”

me actually passing out 5 min later

Likes

192540

Retweets

34740

Twitter · Nov 16, 2022, 1:37 PM

me in the T-10 hold

[neat bobcat]

ICPS doesn't do TLI insertion so

[cedar portal]

Let's wait for the onboard cams

[valid dock]

https://twitter.com/cathirame/status/1593140939270168576

Cathirame Lee (@cathirame)

An update from JAXA some 6hrs ago stated OMOTENASHI was still in unstable conditions, however some tens of minutes ago the DSN Now indicates MDSCC is having a stable and locked data downlink from OMOTENASHI, expect good news soon.

Twitter · Nov 17, 2022, 7:16 AM

[flat jackal]

good

[vapid oar]

(not my screenshots)

[valid dock]

Hmmm

Pointy end goes up

Always

[stoic totem]

Well techncially if you start counting RD-170, RD 171, RD-171MV

in use sadly no Zenit ish anymore

[cedar portal]

I really can't wait for the Rising Earth photos or videos from the Moon

It's going to be epic

[jagged inlet]

https://media.giphy.com/media/3Em9OJAQPVIPmdp6wb/giphy.gif||

[worn seal]

Yeah, staying in Leo for 24h to validate systems before MEO injection my ICPS, coast, then TLI by orion.

[cedar portal]

https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1593156316763389952

Stephen Marr (@spacecoast_stve)

Looking back the day when the #Artemis-1 solids arrived at Kennedy Space Center on June 15, 2020.

I had no idea what these segments had in store. No idea.

Watch them in action: https://t.co/q1O0zdEKcF

Twitter · Nov 17, 2022, 8:17 AM

omg

it's the Artemis train

[neat bobcat]

Artemis based rocket because it uses train

[safe cave]

icps is only used for that little boost???

[gray merlin]

cringe af

[hallow lance]

https://spaceflightnow.com/2015/09/16/orion-spacecraft-may-not-fly-with-astronauts-until-2023/

Amazingly 7+ years later the date might "only" be 1 year off

[neat bobcat]

Mhm

[somber plaza]

2 years off

[worn seal]

For only Artemis II

Artemis III will be a similar profile to Artemis I

But because Artemis II is staying in LEO for a day, they won't have the fuel to stay in lunar orbit

Hence the free return

[flat jackal]

wha

they dont orbi

t?

[valid dock]

No

[cedar portal]

sad

can't wait for EUS to fix this skill issue

[valid dock]

European Union Stage

[cedar portal]

so true

[gritty scroll]

There needs to be an alternate history on this

[valid dock]

https://images-assets.nasa.gov/video/KSC-20221116-MH-AJN01-0001-Artemis_I_Isolated_Launch_Views-3314595/KSC-20221116-MH-AJN01-0001-Artemis_I_Isolated_Launch_Views-3314595~orig.mp4

[flat jackal]

ja

[cedar portal]

so true

[mellow crest]

Crawler damaged from launch

[valid dock]

As expected

[mellow crest]

they have 2 years

[raw abyss]

cant wait for the OLM to get absolutely roasted when starship flies

[somber plaza]

Mobile Launcher

Not the crawler

[somber plaza]

Way ahead of you. It already has gotten roasted and it hasn't even flown yet

[raw abyss]

exactly lol

[cedar portal]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FhyldleXoAEALC9?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

[ember pulsar]

I mean the inside face of one of the legs is black now

[gritty scroll]

This is why I propose an unholy sea dragon and SLS hybrid

[long epoch]

https://twitter.com/100ItsLevel/status/1593324309723971586

Michael (@100ItsLevel)

Does anybody have the heart to tell them?

Twitter · Nov 17, 2022, 7:24 PM

[somber plaza]

Bruh that guy is seriously thinking they're missing the moon

[long epoch]

It's mocking

(I'm pretty sure)

(I hope)

[somber plaza]

Look through his profile

🥴

[long epoch]

I did

Even Twitter nutcases can't be that stupid

It seems like a pretty obvious troll to me

[worn seal]

When someone's so dumb you think it's a shitpost

[long epoch]

It's right on the edge

I want to believe there is hope for humanity despite all evidence to the contrary, hence I'm leaning towards shitpost

[lone pelican]

we're not aiming for the truck

[worn seal]

[cedar portal]

That moment when you spend dozens of billions on a fake Moon program but can't even make a photo match with how everyone believe orbital mechanics work

[gritty scroll]

A flat earther reposted this

No joke

Bro took the quote "Shoot for the Moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars" literally

https://twitter.com/100ItsLevel/status/1554244929228079105?t=kYPuAheX5IB09CLAY2OKeQ&s=19

Look at this tweet from him

[mellow crest]

honestly not sure if he's a dedicated troll or actually nuts

[gritty scroll]

Actually nuts

I've seen his posts

Bruh I wish I could just send them on NS

[final arch]

New Video from NASA, Launch on Slooooooooow Moooootion
https://images-assets.nasa.gov/video/GX010506/GX010506~orig.mp4

Ok, it's Wallpaers time

https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/KSC-20221116-PH-KED01_0004/KSC-20221116-PH-KED01_0004~orig.JPG

https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/KSC-20221116-PH-KED03_0005/KSC-20221116-PH-KED03_0005~orig.JPG

https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/KSC-20221116-PH-KED01_0007/KSC-20221116-PH-KED01_0007~orig.JPG

https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/KSC-20221116-PH-KMO01_0012/KSC-20221116-PH-KMO01_0012~orig.JPG

[raw abyss]

i love sls

[gritty scroll]

Replace app image for sls with sls in-flight?

[final arch]

@robust ore ☝🏼

[ember pulsar]

https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1593387570896871424?s=46&t=W8OSKkuHZP0G-B7CSpqPcA

Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace)

So now sources are saying that yes, Launch Complex-39B tower was damaged during the Artemis I launch on Wednesday morning. Basically, there were leaks and damage where there weren't supposed to be leaks and damage. All of this is unconfirmed, as yet.

Twitter · Nov 17, 2022, 11:36 PM

[mellow crest]

Berger cope

[ember pulsar]

nope not coping there

why else would photographers still not be let to the pad to pick up cams

[mellow crest]

I just wanted an excuse to say "Berger cope" honestly

the tower was leaning anyway, time to get it replaced

reusable launch towers don't make much operational sense anyway

[long epoch]

https://tenor.com/view/sure-jan-if-you-say-so-whatever-do-gif-12806724

[final arch]

https://twitter.com/alteredjamie/status/1593387258450681857?s=46&t=Xs4uaJAFlqPasFn86oUG6g

Jamie Groh, M. Ed. (@AlteredJamie)

On the second day of the outbound portion of NASA's Artemis I mission, Orion used its optical navigation camera to capture some stunning black-and-white photos of the Earth in the distance.
📸: NASA

Twitter · Nov 17, 2022, 11:35 PM

[rocky basin]

anyone have high resolution pictures of the umbilical plates they'd like to share?

[long epoch]

I have some Starship ones if you'd like

[rocky basin]

I won't say no to that, but i was specifically looking for the ones NASA doesn't want you to see

[mellow crest]

uh oh that's ITAR protected

[worn seal]

"All photographers taking images of anything relating to, associated with, or tangletly linked to object "rocket" will be arrested and found guilty of crimes against humanity, and will be subject to immediate execution. God bless America 🇺🇸"

[mellow crest]

Apparently twitter has been removing images of umbilical plates

[gray merlin]

US: Imposes ITAR to prevent other countries from copying them

Also US: Criticizes China all day long because they copy them

[mellow crest]

copying SLS is a trap

[rocky basin]

well that's at least consistent if stupid

[raw abyss]

omg that's so beautiful

[long flume]

I wish they was a site which showed the location of Orion

Kinda like how the NASA site shows JWST location and progress

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/trackartemis/

nvm I guess they do

[raw abyss]

yea there is one

[gritty scroll]

Black and white images of Earth hit different

[empty coyote]

this is what the world looked like before colour tv

[cedar portal]

I still can't believe that Orion is literally in space

[flat jackal]

in the sea

sea of stars

[worn seal]

Technically we are also in space

Just so happens that there is this big rock in the way

[cedar portal]

Stupid big rock

We should annihilate it

[worn seal]

Agreed

[long epoch]

https://twitter.com/stevenyoungsfn/status/1593405689170460673

Steven Young (@stevenyoungsfn)

@waynehale @wapodavenport Seems that way. NASA released this image in 2018 showing the top secret umbilical plates that cannot be photographed. And last week the wind limits were supposedly export controlled even though they were fully explained (with equations) in a public document.

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Twitter · Nov 18, 2022, 12:48 AM

[rocky basin]

yum, thanks

[flat jackal]

https://youtu.be/BvWtNx3VOUA

[ember pulsar]

RIP birds that got too close to SLS business end

[serene birch]

Joe bidens faul

[long epoch]

Everything is

[sacred agate]

There's a stream that claims to show Artemis' view from Lunar Orbit, but is streaming the LRO's view

beautiful

[cedar portal]

https://twitter.com/NASAGroundSys/status/1593696884027269124

NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (@NASAGroundSys)

This photo of screens at @NASAKennedy during launch operations shows one of the technicians performing the work to enable the successful liftoff of #Artemis I on Nov. 16, 2022.

Twitter · Nov 18, 2022, 8:05 PM

Red team rocks

[final arch]

I mean, clearly there will be a documentary of this, so the fact that the "Red Team" has gone into action will make the documentary better, because they will show some footage with epic music and the team's accounts of how they were meters away from a controlled bomb.

[final arch]

Looking at the photo, how is it possible that right where the leak was, there was a camera, I mean, there are many cameras and many parts where there can be leaks, but, right where the leak was, there was a camera.

I want a picture of the technician changing the Ethernet adapter.

[cedar portal]

Yeah those guys are the best

[sacred agate]

Is there even a live view from Artemis at this point? Becuase all the "live view from Artemis I" streams are different

One is just the half-earth getting smaller, and I think that's the closest to being a legit one

One is clearly fake, just footage from the LRO

One doesn't show any live imagery, just telemetry (which is fine, I have zero problems with that)

[cedar portal]

There aren't any live view from Artemis

They're all fake

[sacred agate]

I FREAKIN KNEW IT

[cedar portal]

Teams are prioritizing data over footage

[sacred agate]

thank you for clearing that up, jeezus

[neat bobcat]

Artemis II will likely have a stream

[sacred agate]

I guess some just wanna clickbait to draw in the masses who wanna see the view

[cedar portal]

Yeah because laser communication

Can't wait

[sacred agate]

I thought that'd be obvious..
Isn't that one gonna be manned?

[cedar portal]

Yup it's that one, crewed flyby of the Moon

[sacred agate]

They can do the whole emotional rollercoaster and repeat what the Apollo 8 crew did
or do their own thing that will make us equally emotional

[neat bobcat]

correct, but the main thing is that it has improved comms bandwidthh

[sacred agate]

I see
Honestly I think there'd be some form of video streaming regardless of the bandwidth improvement
If it was possible, then mainstream media would apply pressure to make it happen

[neat bobcat]

well no NASA wouldn't do that

NASA would prioritize data over video

the bandwidth allows NASA to do both simultaneously

[sacred agate]

Ah, yeah now that I'm re-reading what I said that sounds like a recipe for disaster

[sacred agate]

That'll be cool
welp
can't wait to see it in a few years' time

[neat bobcat]

making good progres for its flight

[cedar portal]

Yeah in just two years and a half

I really can't wait

Considering how long we've all waited for Artemis I to actually happen, 2 years feels like tomorrow

[neat bobcat]

i mean from a physical standpoint to Artemis II is coming together a lot faster

literally had to slow it down

[cedar portal]

Yeah and thanks to all the experience gained from Artemis I, VAB processing is going to be a lot faster

[neat bobcat]

tbh Im not too sure about that

[cedar portal]

Well technically CS won't have to do a whole Green Run campaign again soooo

what do you mean

[neat bobcat]

it does have to do the entire WDR campaign again

NASA briefing is up

https://youtu.be/Y1yF_PrbLzE

First half of priority 1 completed

Priority 2 and 4 are 20% complete

100+ objectives complete

wait no like 60

Half of the cubesats are successfully functioning

EASTER EGGS IN THE COCKPITTTT

starstracker anomaly was found and fixed

13 anomolies and "funnies" all of them benign

Orion is exceeding performance expectations

Mike Kirasich retiring i think

[cedar portal]

LET'S GOOOO

[neat bobcat]

yeah he is

[cedar portal]

VIDEO OF THE

LAUNCH

AND THE ONBOARD CAMS

[neat bobcat]

yessssss

these are all vids we've already seen

[sacred agate]

ayy onboard cams!

[neat bobcat]

also confirming the core stage visible in one of the videos

[cedar portal]

yeah

still very cool

that video of the core stage falling back to Earth is fucking lit

[neat bobcat]

god imagine how Apollo engineers would react to being able to get views like this

[cedar portal]

oh god that video of the solar panels

[neat bobcat]

I love how the solar panels articulate

[sacred agate]

John Aaron would probably scream

[neat bobcat]

god Orion is so fucking cool

[cedar portal]

YES

It's an amazing spacecraft

[sacred agate]

solar panel movement is overall pretty lit

[neat bobcat]

Artemis I is either the most ambitious or second most ambitious first flight ever

[cedar portal]

You really can't make a capsule this cool

[neat bobcat]

video of survey?

from the panel cams?

aw no

[sacred agate]

I kinda wanted that one view of the boosters during the launch

lemme see if i can pull one up from Apollo

[flat jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/midori-wildcat-floppa-bigfloppa-meme-gif-19929001

me looking at orion feeds

[sacred agate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKtVpvzUF1Y&t=390s

smth like this ^

[neat bobcat]

we will probably get views like that

I know the cameras exist

hold on i think there are a few pics public

[sacred agate]

I've seen the underexposed photos that are usually done for the Falcon 9

Just wanna see the slow-mo booster view

It shall be glorious

[neat bobcat]

yup its public

[cedar portal]

oh my

@neat bobcat DID YOU SEE THAT ???

[neat bobcat]

no my chrome froze

[sacred agate]

ooh the earth crescent

[cedar portal]

They showed a full video of Orion's separation from the ICPS

and also solar panel deployment

[sacred agate]

the ICPS sep from the front looks really close to the S IV-B when the CSM is docking

[neat bobcat]

oh yeah i've seen

I can imagine Orion CM-04 getting so many upgrades

[sacred agate]

oh HELL YEAH

Bro Artemis III is going to be one of the single greatest moments of my life

As long as everything works out for me and I get to work for or with NASA by then

[raw abyss]

the truth

[neat bobcat]

I won't be working for NASA until like the 2030s

https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/KSC-20221116-PH-CLC03_0057/KSC-20221116-PH-CLC03_0057~orig.jpg

@sacred agate