#Artemis I Mission

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mellow crest
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Why can't they just fill it up with enough fuel to get back to LEO from the lunar surface and then refuel with the tanker again there

neat bobcat
lone pelican
somber plaza
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I so hate the fxtwitter thing

mellow crest
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No I mean fill it up enough to get back in LEO in the first place

neat bobcat
mellow crest
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How the hell

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The thing is designed to be a Mars return vehicle

neat bobcat
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shitty drymass

neat bobcat
mellow crest
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Yeah that's true isn't it

lone pelican
neat bobcat
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it can carry enough fuel for a one way trip to Mars landing

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the main difference for the Moon is that it has to carry enough fuel to get to, land, and get back up without refueling

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so that eats up that fuel

dapper ice
lone pelican
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gateway

dapper ice
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Is the Noscone going to open up a docking port

dapper ice
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mellow crest
neat bobcat
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the nosecone pops off in orbit

lone pelican
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speaking of gateway is it currently super behind

neat bobcat
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no

somber plaza
neat bobcat
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its on schedule for 2025

lone pelican
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so will it be there for A3

long epoch
somber plaza
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No it doesn't

neat bobcat
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it does

somber plaza
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Not for me on iPhone

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It directs me to safari

neat bobcat
lone pelican
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which will then redirect you to web twitter

somber plaza
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Which I don't even use for twitter

lone pelican
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which is pretty much the best it can do on iPhone

ember pulsar
neat bobcat
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because launch in 2025 means arrival in 2026

long epoch
lone pelican
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just log in in the browser/click the open in app button

long epoch
somber plaza
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Well it could direct me to the app then

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Stupid fxtwitter

lone pelican
mellow crest
lone pelican
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hell they only exist to fix discord's issues

somber plaza
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Yeah discord issues that only happen to non twitter users lol just open the app damn it

lone pelican
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I love leaving discord to watch a 3 second video

long epoch
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Did you just predict what I was going to say only to say it yourself

somber plaza
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I love opening safari and log in there on twitter all for a 3 second video

long epoch
ember pulsar
long epoch
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Ahh

lone pelican
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samsung gang

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I am aware that someone in here very much likes samsung

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no idea why i'd think that tho

somber plaza
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I had a samsung

long epoch
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Hmm perhaps that person used to have samsung in their username or something

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Could be wrong, idk

lone pelican
long epoch
lone pelican
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ewww why is your fingerprint reader there

long epoch
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Because there's nowhere else to put it

lone pelican
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oh is that a hyperexpensive unrepairable foldable phone?

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I say that as if any samsung phone is affordably repairable

long epoch
lone pelican
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damn that's a good deal

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gen 1?

long epoch
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No

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Fold4

lone pelican
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christ

long epoch
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The gens are sorta

Gen1: Fold
Gen1.5: Z Flip / Flip 5G
Gen2: Z Fold2
Gen3: Z Fold3 / Flip3
Gen4: Z Fold4 / Flip4

lone pelican
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I'm rocking an A52s 5g

long epoch
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Ah yeah A series is trash

lone pelican
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I like it because it doesn't have an exynos processor

long epoch
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Just get a last gen flagship

lone pelican
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so it's actually a decent phone

long epoch
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SD 8 Gen1 draws 10.8W at peak

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Fucking nuts

lone pelican
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I mean I bought a slightly more expensive phone but at the same time at least I'm not crying out for a new phone 1 year into my contract

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thinking about it I got the money from turning 18

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should really buy myself out of the cycle next year

long epoch
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Oh yeah and buying this phone also gave me a convenient excuse to get off my family TMobile plan

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Have been carefully extricating myself from my family for a couple months now

lone pelican
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family phone plan ElonLUL

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that bad huh

long epoch
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Keep saying I'm gonna get my own bank account but I keep forgetting

lone pelican
long epoch
lone pelican
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YOU HAVE A BANK ACC WITH YOUR PARENTS?

long epoch
lone pelican
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that's fucked

long epoch
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Yeah

lone pelican
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idt anything of the sort even exists over here past 18

long epoch
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I really don't want my family to be able to just yoink my money when the time comes so I really need to get my own

lone pelican
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fr but won't they be super sus

long epoch
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Probably

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Once I transfer it out they'll have no control over it though so idfc what they think about it

lone pelican
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yh

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they don't have legal custody over it if you take it out

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friendly reminder that america bad

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safe cave
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out of curiosity, what tests?

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and when should we expect a stack

final arch
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RAW images of the Orion flyby with Earth view

dapper ice
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on FH

final arch
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And GIF

dapper ice
safe cave
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neat bobcat
neat bobcat
neat bobcat
long epoch
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I have only four words: Ad astra per aspera Harold

neat bobcat
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not you trying to make comparisons to Apollo 1

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because you somehow have a firm belief that NASA can't make a rocket properly

worn seal
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imagine thinking NASA hasn't learned anything since the 60s

long epoch
neat bobcat
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how is doing a Wet Dress with Crew bad?

long epoch
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If you can avoid doing crewed testing on top of a fully fuelled stack (which you absolutely can) you should

worn seal
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You think NASA's just gonna roll it out for the first time with crew aboard?

long epoch
worn seal
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or maybe

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just maybe

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they'll do a WDR w/o first

long epoch
neat bobcat
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I think there are two WDRs planned

worn seal
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@neat bobcat I see you added a 0, does NASA anticipate making 100 orions? stare

neat bobcat
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its the official designation apparently

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I think the first 0 might be a block designation

worn seal
long epoch
# worn seal me when

Me when you shouldn't have to rely on a giant solid rocket motor to keep your crew safe from a test that doesn't need to put anyone at risk in the first place

worn seal
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If I was the crew, I would much rather experience a countdown with the real thing before a flight

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you can only simulate so much

neat bobcat
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Iirc it actually might be two WDR

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one with the Orion mass sim and one with crew

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though the crew one could be a dry dress

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I can't remember

worn seal
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either way, I don't see a problem with a crew WDR, assuming an active LES

neat bobcat
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the LAS will be active

worn seal
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If you're so afraid of a problem you wouldn't do a crew WDR, then you should be even more afraid of a launch

worn seal
vale stirrup
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@long epoch back to only cry about sls again?

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Whats the point even

lone pelican
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Evacuating during a hydrogen leak 🙂

final arch
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Yesterday's high quality images are being uploaded.

empty coyote
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Hoooly shit

cedar portal
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Holy fucking shit

flat jackal
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Holy fucking fucking shit

raw abyss
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beautiful

neat bobcat
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Artemis proving its worth

final arch
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This time Orion was closer to the surface, so we might have better images.

valid dock
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IT'S THE MOON

safe cave
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i can’t wait to see the 4k video off the cards

cedar portal
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holy moly

empty coyote
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Just because rainbow deleted it I'm going to repost it

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cedar portal
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raw abyss
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gorgeous

neat bobcat
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We’re gonna get Astro selfies through the windows

sacred agate
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God these photos are beautiful

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Can't wait for the glorious re-entry

empty coyote
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Mmm

cedar portal
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@neat bobcat It looks like Northrop Grumman has decided to quit National Team

valid dock
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NG is out, Boeing is in

neat bobcat
dapper ice
valid dock
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Tell them yourself

dapper ice
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Boeing are going to make some awful shit

cedar portal
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well more like

valid dock
cedar portal
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Basedbus

valid dock
cedar portal
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Ok but

dapper ice
cedar portal
long epoch
neat bobcat
mellow crest
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why doesn't JPL or APL get involved in these

neat bobcat
valid dock
neat bobcat
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Core Stage production operating in two facilities now

neat bobcat
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not human spaceflight

mellow crest
valid dock
neat bobcat
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they will now be outfitting Engine Sections at KSC

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and install engines at KSC too

cedar portal
neat bobcat
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Artemis III engine section is being moved to KSC already

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in fact this is it right here

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so now 3 out of 4 highbays are going to be utilized for SLS operations

cedar portal
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Kinda crazy the fact that the most delaying part with Artemis II won't be the core stage

neat bobcat
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Probably could hit 2 SLS a year with this change

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it opens up a lot of space

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and allows more wiggle room for EUS production

cedar portal
somber plaza
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Too bad NASA had very strict requirements for leasing the high bays at the VAB

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Otherwise all of them would be dedicated to Artemis

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Just for two different rockets

neat bobcat
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

cedar portal
flat jackal
neat bobcat
serene birch
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I will cut the parachute rope

mellow crest
rocky basin
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That was BO’s strategy last time too, but hopefully this time they also have a really compelling lander to go with it

mellow crest
rocky basin
mellow crest
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Being honest no

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I just found out about them because the lunar lander thing

rocky basin
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynetics you might wanna check it out

Dynetics

Dynetics is an American applied science and information technology company headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Its primary customers are the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the United States Intelligence Community, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

mellow crest
rocky basin
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them being against defence contractors isn’t exactly a dealbreaker :P

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“defence” anyway

mellow crest
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Hmm fair enough

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Did Dynetics fix the weight issues or something their lander had

rocky basin
mellow crest
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Oh awesome

neat bobcat
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  • already have a long standing relationship with NASA
final arch
raw abyss
neat bobcat
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@long epoch

long epoch
neat bobcat
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Me who knew this already TrollPolite

sacred agate
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I'm guessing these guys are competing for the HLS for Artemis IV and beyond?

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Since SpaceX was chosen for Artemis III
or am I missing something?

valid dock
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That's it

neat bobcat
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SpaceX will be providing the lander for Artemis IV as well

sacred agate
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I see

final arch
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On Thursday the Orion landing zone will be defined and on Friday the last check of Orion's status with the integrated cameras will be done.

gritty scroll
neat bobcat
gritty scroll
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Source

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I can only find out to Artemis V for some reason

neat bobcat
neat bobcat
gritty scroll
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Bruh

neat bobcat
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And cause of the Artemis II capsule we technically have hardware all the way out to Artemis XIV

final arch
final arch
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First images of LunaH-Map

long epoch
final arch
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This is my attempt to put together four of the new images.

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raw abyss
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my brother in christ these are insane

final arch
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Yeah

long flume
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Cool images, so detailed

raw abyss
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didn't realise the Artemis 3 core stage is so far into construction

empty coyote
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nice

gritty scroll
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I love seeing stuff like this being constructed

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The rocket launches themselves are cool and all but bruh

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All that behind the scenes stuff

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You forget that these are actual pieces of hardware put together using advanced construction techniques

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And not just a KSP thing

valid dock
rocky basin
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why does it pulse

gritty scroll
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It's alive

neat bobcat
rocky basin
neat bobcat
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Mhm

raw abyss
gritty scroll
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Is there any hardware for the exploration upper stage?

cedar portal
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There is test hardware

mellow crest
neat bobcat
final arch
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Live on 2 minutes

rocky basin
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That’s really close to the coast on an astronomical scale

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and I had no idea it would be coming in directly from the south despite the out of plane return

final arch
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Videos of Monday's flyover

mellow crest
# final arch Videos of Monday's flyover

https://youtu.be/zISATMwpjc0

YouTube
Chance Belloise
Artemis I: Orion Return Earthrise with Apollo 8 Audio

I synced the earthrise footage from Orion's return lunar flyby with the raw Apollo 8 audio capturing the moment humans saw a lunar earthrise for the first time. The background music is from Apollo 13.

"On flight day 20, Orion captured the crescent Earth in the distance as the spacecraft regained communications with the Deep Space Network follow...

▶ Play video
cedar portal
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AJ-10 MY BELOVED

valid dock
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ATV panels BlobHeart

final arch
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ML-1 now in High Bay 3

raw abyss
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feels weird without an SLS

long epoch
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I will die on this hill

cedar portal
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I'll live and spread the word that AJ-10 is an engine

final arch
valid dock
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Real

long epoch
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AJ10 literally refers to anything from an engine used on Vanguard (!!) to a 90kgf thruster to the Apollo SM to the OMS on shuttle and now on ESM

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Aerojet literally just calls any pressure fed hypergolic engine "AJ10"

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You have to give specific versions when discussing it

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</rant>

final arch
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Landing now one minute earlier than previously planned

valid dock
long epoch
final arch
cedar portal
mellow crest
cedar portal
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true

neat bobcat
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@cedar portal @final arch

final arch
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Yep

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I sent it before in #générał-space

neat bobcat
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roughly ~600 million dollars per piece of rocket

cedar portal
neat bobcat
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It looks like Block 1B might be ~1 billion to produce

final arch
neat bobcat
cedar portal
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It feels really weird to think that Artemis I is coming to an end

final arch
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cedar portal
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after literal years of waiting, Artemis I is finally coming back

neat bobcat
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The Artemis program is in full swing

gritty scroll
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Capstone and Orion

neat bobcat
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Im debating if this forum should be archived after the mission ends

gritty scroll
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Both around the moon

cedar portal
neat bobcat
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Or turned into an Artemis Program forum

gritty scroll
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Artemis program form

neat bobcat
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Or create something seperate to archive this

cedar portal
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uhhh

final arch
cedar portal
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great question

lone pelican
final arch
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Artemis Program

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Artemis II

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Artemis I & II

lone pelican
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just make a new thread

cedar portal
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Mega Moon Rocket Appreciation Forum

final arch
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Or

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Constellation Program

lone pelican
cedar portal
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wait better

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We can just call it "We Are Going !"

lone pelican
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I'd be up for that

cedar portal
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oh my

final arch
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I mean, Artemis I won't be finished on Sunday, after that a lot of news and conversations will come out, so we could leave it for a while active before creating the Artemis II one.

cedar portal
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that's a lot of results

worn seal
neat bobcat
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It’s so weird to think about Artemis VI hardware being produced

lone pelican
neat bobcat
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?

lone pelican
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between missions cause something breaks bad

cedar portal
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I can't wait to see the first Gateway module leaving Turin and also the first LTV contract

lone pelican
cedar portal
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did you just

lone pelican
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oui

final arch
lone pelican
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make a thread for every artemis mission that's contracted

final arch
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Yep

lone pelican
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enforce the topic with great precision and ban members who talk about other missions in the Artemis N thread

worn seal
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great idea

cedar portal
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I love that

final arch
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The forums of the lunar landings and Gateway missions will be incredible.

cedar portal
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Just imagine NXF users being like "OH MY GOD WE ARE GOING WE ARE GOING" when the first astronaut steps out of HLS

neat bobcat
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It’d be amazing if we found some way to archive these forums permanently

lone pelican
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first words of first (new) person on moon

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we have gone

neat bobcat
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So we need threads all the way out to Artemis VI 💀

final arch
lone pelican
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lmao

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throwin some shade

final arch
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Forums are only closed and locked, but never deleted, I can open the first ones that were created.

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lone pelican
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if a mod archives it we can't reopen it

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if it naturally expires we can

final arch
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The important thing is that it is deleted

cedar portal
raw abyss
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could we just have an Artemis program thread

cedar portal
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We Are Going ! All the way to Artemis XIV

lone pelican
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wait have you lot been deleting threads

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why

final arch
cedar portal
lone pelican
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alright

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we should've sent Scott Munley over Tim Todd

final arch
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They only close and lock, but they remain saved.

lone pelican
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although he probs wouldn't have went

cedar portal
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The old threads are still in #générał-space

final arch
neat bobcat
long epoch
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The rest of the people selected are clowns

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They could make room

lone pelican
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ive not looked at them for even a minute lol

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any highlights?

long epoch
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Tim and literally only Tim

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There's a couple "artists," a kpop "star" of some sort, a skateboarder I think?

lone pelican
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irish person for representation purposes

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"established Polaroid photographer"

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bruh

long epoch
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I warned you

lone pelican
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yeah I'm seeing it

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but yeah doesn't scott have children

long epoch
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Uhhh I think

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It's not something I'd worry about tbh

neat bobcat
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Steve Aoki is cool

long epoch
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Either they're going to delay it well into the latter part of the decade until Starship is safe, or they'll introduce Crew Dragon to the mix

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Or both

lone pelican
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Brendan Hall is so generic he isn't even the first result for the google search "Brandan Hall"

lone pelican
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none of these people are particularly off-the-street lmao

neat bobcat
lone pelican
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one of their pics of the spacesuit is next to a CD 🙂

neat bobcat
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He’s been nominated for some Grammy awards

lone pelican
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this shit is still planned for 2023?

final arch
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DearMoon?

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Nop

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2025

lone pelican
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lmao

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they've not updated that part of the website

final arch
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Yep

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I guess they'll do it after Starship makes it to orbit.

lone pelican
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every time I see a close deadline I get a little glimmer of hope

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and then reality sets in

final arch
final arch
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Although before that we will see the Polaris missions

lone pelican
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doesn't mean I'm not allowed to be disappointed

final arch
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Yea

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But

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lone pelican
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oh god

valid dock
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Next Artemis Flight

raw abyss
vapid oar
long epoch
flat jackal
raw abyss
mellow crest
rocky basin
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OH they were country codes

mellow crest
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In like 20 years "what was the first mission of the Artemis program" is gonna be a really asinine stupid trivia question people try to trick you with isn't it

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Since it's technically CAPSTONE

flat jackal
twin yarrow
mellow crest
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Correct

mellow crest
neat bobcat
mellow crest
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I was about to say

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Yeah you're right

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I forgot about that

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That makes it even more obscure and stupid

cedar portal
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Ares I-X's inaugural launch was the first mission of the Artemis program

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fight me

mellow crest
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Since normal people will say Artemis I, and smartasses will have at least 3 wrong answers (Pad Abort 1, EFT-1, and CAPSTONE)

raw abyss
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STS-1 was the first launch of artemis since the engines on artemis 1 used components from sts-1

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fight me

long epoch
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Hoopskirt was the first launch of the Artemis Program because Artemis also uses liquid rocket engines

mellow crest
neat bobcat
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Oooooo

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Apparently Boeing is paying out of pocket for the High Bay 2 modifications to increase SLS cadence @cedar portal

cedar portal
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LET'S GOOOOOOOOO

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That's a lot of Wins today

final arch
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Modifications will also be made to work on the EUS.

rocky basin
valid dock
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MORE SLS

neat bobcat
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@cedar portal @valid dock with the production re-arrangement they can have up to 3 Core Stages at the cape in various stages

raw abyss
balmy forum
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when is thy reentry

long epoch
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The events tab will guide thee

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Is that proper Shakespearean? Fuck if I know

balmy forum
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forgo

safe cave
balmy forum
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helcopr

safe cave
balmy forum
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H

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one (1) hour

raw abyss
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sep coming up

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sep confirmed

flat jackal
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artemis

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1

urban basin
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artie mas one

balmy forum
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Shartemis 1

safe cave
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orion is entering

raw abyss
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yes

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blackout period 1

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ksp 2 looking mighty

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AOS

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the speed

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blackout period 2 in 2 mins

wheat sparrow
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Shawn is coming back 😊😊

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Lol

idle folio
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bruh

raw abyss
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blackout period 2

wheat sparrow
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And snoopy, of course

safe cave
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turnin and burnin yeehaw

dapper ice
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-10 Minutes

raw abyss
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visuals on orion

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yay views

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i wonder how charred it will be

worn seal
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the outer skin of orion is just a foil

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under it are silica tiles

raw abyss
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i see

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so would the foil burn off?

worn seal
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yeah the foil is designed to come off and burn up

wheat sparrow
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Wow its turning a lot

idle folio
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spinny boi

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learning from the best

wheat sparrow
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Yea

raw abyss
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50k feet

wheat sparrow
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4 mins

idle folio
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25k

mellow crest
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C'mon, just gotta stick the landing now...

worn seal
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DROUGES

idle folio
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drogues

raw abyss
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there goes the forward bay cover

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and DROGUES

balmy forum
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yipee

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no spin

wheat sparrow
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Yes! Drogues deployed

lone pelican
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nasa continuing it's tradition of delivering the highest video quality possible

lavish rapids
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280 mph

raw abyss
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is it 3 or 4 main chutes i cant rember

idle folio
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10k

worn seal
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10k feet

neat bobcat
lone pelican
worn seal
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MAINS OUT

idle folio
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mains?

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mains

neat bobcat
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no one except you gives a fuck

worn seal
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5k feet

idle folio
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5k

worn seal
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MAINS INFLATING!!!

raw abyss
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mains!!!!

lone pelican
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it was a passing joke lmao why are you getting so heated about it

wheat sparrow
lone pelican
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the likelihood of nasa fucking this up is incredibly low

raw abyss
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its cuz ittst live

balmy forum
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yipee

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p

lone pelican
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esp considering there 3 main chutes out lmao

neat bobcat
raw abyss
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3 good main chutes

wheat sparrow
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Doesn't the ship have a visual on orion?

raw abyss
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yes

lone pelican
wheat sparrow
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Would love to see it

lone pelican
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that's the fucking joke

neat bobcat
raw abyss
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show us external views

balmy forum
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your wish

lone pelican
raw abyss
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yay

lavish rapids
lone pelican
neat bobcat
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the fact that we got live video at all is amazing

lone pelican
wheat sparrow
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There it is!!!!!!

worn seal
raw abyss
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"americas ticket to ride to the moon"

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wheat sparrow
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Here we go!!!

lavish rapids
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500 ft

worn seal
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Splashdown!!! WELCOME HOME ORION!!!

raw abyss
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SPLASHDOWN!!!

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LETS GOO

balmy forum
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YES

dapper ice
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SPLASHDOWN!!!

balmy forum
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(we went)

wheat sparrow
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Not over yet but

YES!!!!!!

mellow crest
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WOOOOO

dapper ice
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ORION IS HOME

raw abyss
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Artemis I mission complete

wheat sparrow
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WELCOME HOME SNOOPY AND SHAUN

raw abyss
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balls inflated

balmy forum
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where Shaun

wheat sparrow
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I heard they will let it float for a long long time

lone pelican
raw abyss
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(I was looking for the one with the F9 logo on it but can't find it quickly)

balmy forum
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did the balls harden

lone pelican
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The balls hardened

raw abyss
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the balls have hardened

long epoch
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GG orion, GG

raw abyss
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gg lockheed martin

lone pelican
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h

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FROM THE MOON TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN

lone pelican
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NASA having ball problems at this moment in time

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we will see if they will resolve themselves or maybe the ball is just taking a while

raw abyss
wheat sparrow
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OK when is Artemis 2 lollll

balmy forum
raw abyss
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early 2025 prob

wheat sparrow
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Probably

lone pelican
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i want more sls

wheat sparrow
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Mooooore!

raw abyss
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yea all 5 balls inflated

wheat sparrow
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5/5 ballssss

final arch
balmy forum
valid dock
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Orion has a lot of balls uhh

balmy forum
gritty scroll
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I farted

wheat sparrow
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Cute lil boat

balmy forum
raw abyss
balmy forum
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Ok

wheat sparrow
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Same

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We are no longer going, guys, we went. We did it

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Lol

gritty scroll
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We went

raw abyss
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we still going

balmy forum
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I ate pink chicken

gritty scroll
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Illegal

plush quest
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We returned

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Did y’all remember to buy milk

raw abyss
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We are Going! number 1 complete

valid dock
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WE ARE GOING AGAIN

balmy forum
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did anyone bet to do something outrageous if the mission was successful

raw abyss
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awaiting on We Are Going! 2

valid dock
balmy forum
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NASA’s urine spacecraft

urban basin
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WE WENT

wheat sparrow
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We are going part 2 coming soon (2032)

balmy forum
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HELCORP

raw abyss
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helikopter helikopter

mellow crest
final arch
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Range Zone

mellow crest
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But they got banned

urban basin
raw abyss
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i rember

balmy forum
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didn’t they

plush quest
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The real bet is A3 and dear moon

balmy forum
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oh

urban basin
balmy forum
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Banned

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Just saw

raw abyss
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fairly confident A3 first

mellow crest
balmy forum
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cant read

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L

raw abyss
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dearmoon 2030

urban basin
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Mostly because I think that Starship won't get crew rated for a long time

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2030 is a good bet

wheat sparrow
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Would orion still be hot / warm?

balmy forum
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2094

neat bobcat
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fucking PeanutPie

balmy forum
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L

raw abyss
lone pelican
raw abyss
wheat sparrow
balmy forum
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real

urban basin
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oh ry an

raw abyss
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A Successful Orion G(splashdown)

urban basin
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no damage to the spacecraft

plush quest
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W

wheat sparrow
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Orion is healthy

plush quest
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Common NASA W

raw abyss
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big W

balmy forum
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WAIT

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lemme get the

neat bobcat
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EM-1 is EM-Done

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take that burger

plush quest
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Tiiicbwgtstiol

balmy forum
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does anyone have the

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we ar ehere

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to celebrate

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the size of W

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thing

wheat sparrow
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Awwwww no 😭

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Would be great tho

balmy forum
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wharrrr

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oh

valid dock
wheat sparrow
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I saw it yesterday but forgot to screenshot it

balmy forum
wheat sparrow
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🥹

raw abyss
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"thats why we're launching it from the middle of nowhere Karen"

mellow crest
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when will they recover the SD cards

gritty scroll
wheat sparrow
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Hmmmm

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Lol

gritty scroll
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Ok I have a proposal

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Wait wrong image

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Let me find it

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Ok here

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Largest SLS configuration

flat jackal
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lol

gritty scroll
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SLS Block 2 Cargo

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You interuopted ky spoch

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Ok so whatever

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Here

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This is SLS cargo block 2

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Largest configuration of SLS

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My proposal is SLS Cargo Block 3

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4 SRBS

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And sea launched

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Sounds good?

safe cave
mellow crest
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that was neat

raw abyss
mellow crest
balmy forum
mellow crest
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I requested some images from launch get approved for release and just got the go-ahead from export control. Here’s one of them

IMG_0027.jpg
raw abyss
mellow crest
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awesome

final arch
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Ok, it's time to close and delete this forum.

mellow crest
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it's over

raw abyss
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nooooo

safe cave
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the flight has splashed down but there’s still gonna be Artemis I items for a bit

raw abyss
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ARTEMIS II THREAD WEN

plush quest
valid dock
final arch
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Ok, this forum will be open for a while longer, then the A2 forum will be created.

serene birch
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Why tf he so interested in the radar what bro hiding

gritty scroll
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Is this real

urban basin
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Yea he was on board

valid dock
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Real ship

final arch
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Game Over

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Launch Failed

gritty scroll
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SpaceX clickbait channels be like

raw abyss
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i have two questions:

  1. will assembly of SLS be different for A2 (and by extent A3)?
  2. when will the first parts of A2's SLS be stacked in the VAB (assuming it will be SRB segments)?
long epoch
gritty scroll
raw abyss
valid dock
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Probably not

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This time in two years yes

ember pulsar
raw abyss
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will they do a WDR for Artemis II?

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i assume so

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According to @neat bobcat they will do a crewed WRD

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Maybe*

gritty scroll
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How far will Artemis II get from Earth?

worn seal
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so uhhh that far

gritty scroll
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Bruh the aceycyom

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The acounuyms

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The acronoyms

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The whatever

ember pulsar
worn seal
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headless SLS at the pad (although they will probably have some mass sim on top to replicate orion)

neat bobcat
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same one they used for Artemis I

valid dock
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The mass sim is reusable 10 times !

neat bobcat
raw abyss
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also one last question (sorry), not really expecting an answer but will BOLE boosters be stacked like the current ones (segment by segment) or will it be all segments mated then slotted into place (like the core stage)?

neat bobcat
neat bobcat
raw abyss
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alright

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thank you

neat bobcat
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The crane can’t handle a full SRB

raw abyss
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i see

ember pulsar
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according to bill hls is meeting and exceeding benchmarks

safe cave
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what does that mean

long epoch
safe cave
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orbit 2019

sacred agate
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Yo quick question

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anyone have a clip of the Orion sep from the service modue?

neat bobcat
safe cave
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well

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no one here who can share it

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if anyone has it it would be chance but even then probably not

sacred agate
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F

dapper ice
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and manages to do Propellant transferring in Q3 where do we think we could see A3 happening @neat bobcat

mellow crest
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I feel like A3 will probably happen sometime between 2026-28

dapper ice
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Its scheduled for Q2 2025 but i feel HLS delays it till Q4 2025/Q1 2026

raw abyss
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A3 im guessing late 2026 early 2027

neat bobcat
neat bobcat
dapper ice
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Q1 2023 started October 1st 2022

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and will end at the end of the month

dapper ice
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Ohh

mellow crest
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Like I get why

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But it's stupid

raw abyss
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this will be SLS in 2005

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long epoch
raw abyss
mellow crest
safe cave
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yeah

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that’s what i was guessing but bc you work on the program you have a slightly higher chance lmao

final arch
flat jackal
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The boat wants to eat Orion

flat jackal
valid dock
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Balls

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omg

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fried space capsule

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so cool

final arch
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HOT HOT HOT

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🥵

rocky basin
flat jackal
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whoa

serene birch
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Why it have to be over

empty coyote
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Is he alive

rocky basin
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everyone lived!

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I dunno who he is tho

fickle summit
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Time to close the thread stare

plush quest
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false

valid dock
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Guys !

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Artemis I has launched !

jagged inlet
stoic totem
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The mission is over, so no need anymore

jagged inlet
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but the high res photos banished

empty coyote
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then we can have it here for a2

neat bobcat
flat jackal
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EM-none aged well

cedar portal
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forgot about that

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"functional Starship in 2021"

neat bobcat
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Berger seeing the light???

mellow crest
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Starship in Artemis thread?

gritty scroll
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@cedar portal

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Who this guy?

urban basin
cedar portal
gritty scroll
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Get followed

urban basin
gritty scroll
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Rainbow's reply

cedar portal
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Mine was 2 hours ago

cedar portal
urban basin
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Ah okay

urban basin
valid dock
gritty scroll
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Get followed

urban basin
#

I wonder to what degree Artemis has political support due to the fact that we haven't been to the Moon in so long. Do people hear that fact and are instantly more inclined to support a new Moon program? As for Artemis's mission architecture, while it is very flawed in a lot of ways, with it's weird mishmash of very different rockets and spacecraft, I cannot deny that it as a sort of awkward brilliance to it in terms of satisfying all the important groups. SLS and Orion satisfies Congress, "old space," and more "traditionalist" groups within NASA; HLS, CLPS, and the Space Suit satisfies "new space" commercial partners while also levering the immensely talented and forward-looking company that is SpaceX. Gateway, even though it has questionable scientific value, does greatly increase the chances of a long-term commitment to at least deep space since why would you spend a bunch of money building a space station and not use it. It's also allows international partners to get involved though contributing modules and resupply spacecraft in exchange for seats on missions.

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I think that Artemis is almost certainly going to happen baring a major failure with SLS/Orion despite it's higher cost and inefficient mission architecture goes to show that cost and good mission architecture isn't a guarantee of support.

ember pulsar
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It really sounds like artemis (no matter how much @long epoch hates it) will be around for some time.

urban basin
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I hope so

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(None of our opinions matter in the grand scheme of things anyways)

ember pulsar
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Honestly as much as I hate how expensive Artemis is, I really like the program (although we should be focusing a lot more on mars the moon is a good starting point)

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It’s inspiring, it’s bringing back the excitement into spaceflight

urban basin
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Indeed

ember pulsar
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It won’t ever compare to the Apollo program but Artemis is definitely getting the excitement levels up to that point slowly

urban basin
ember pulsar
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It sounds like Boeing is going all in though, refurbishing the old ET storage area into a SLS core stage storage area and paying for it out of pocket

urban basin
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IMO Artemis will be just as good as Apollo but for different reasons

long epoch
urban basin
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||Shackleton Base, Shackleton Base, Shackleton Base, Shackleton Base LETS_GOOO||

long epoch
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And even if I get banned too I'll happily pay out

urban basin
urban basin
mellow crest
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4 sls flights a year thats just crazy

long epoch
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Hell, I'd be surprised if we get two in one year

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I'd love to be proven wrong but I just don't see SLS ever becoming sustainable

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Sure, they'll probably be able to churn out one a year and bring down the cost a bit, but never to the point where it'll be of use to Artemis's supposed goals (sustained Lunar presence, and eventually go beyond the Moon)

ember pulsar
urban basin
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I mean even getting to the point of 1 a year would be big

urban basin
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The fact that Boeing wants to start assembling SLS cores at Kennedy makes me thing that 2 to 3 per year is doable.

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Not for the next fiveish years though.

ember pulsar
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I hope SpaceX in the future does it’s own lunar missions, maybe a contact similer to the commercial crew program to have SpaceX launch crew to the moon with starship on a regular basis.

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I would love something like that

urban basin
ember pulsar
rocky basin
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That would require a great many changes

urban basin
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I was really glad NASA chose SpaceX and Starship as the lander because I think there is great value in having two super heavy launch vehicles - even if one is so much better than the other.

ember pulsar
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I do think either way things go SpaceX will do at least one of their own landings

urban basin
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There should be two ways of getting humans to the Moon too.

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Lunar Dragon, Lunar Starliner, Just Starship in addition to SLS/Orion.

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Yes it's more expensive but you hedge your bets.

rocky basin
safe cave
ember pulsar
urban basin
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I could see SpaceX doing private lunar missions like DearMoon but a strictly "in-house" lunar mission I see as less likely.

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Although SpaceX could use lunar missions as testbeds for Mars missions.

ember pulsar
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Exactly

rocky basin
urban basin
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At the same time it's totally within Elon's character to just head right to Mars.

ember pulsar
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They get far more control in the mission

rocky basin
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They’re not just providing the lander, they’re also supporting its operations

ember pulsar
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well that’s obvious

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I didn’t need to mention that

rocky basin
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The point is that they’re very involved in all that stuff, including excess payload

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And while they would gain meaningful control by operating one on their own, it’s a very significant investment to do so, doubly so if there’s people on board.

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And for what? So they don’t have to share the data they collect with NASA? Seems unlikely and undesirable to me.

long epoch
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MAYBE Jared will book one many, many years in the future, but it'd be a hell of a thing

neat bobcat
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The KSC is enabling tons more work to be done in parallel so we could see up to 6 cores in flow at the same time

valid dock
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What's the fastest GSE turnaround they could do tho

neat bobcat
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But that’s absolute fastest

valid dock
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So 2-3 SLS a year at most

cedar portal
gritty scroll
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Should there be an EVA on Artemis II?

final arch
gritty scroll
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Guys

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Orion just flew by the moon

final arch
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Orion is expected to arrive to shore Dec. 13 with offload expected on Dec. 15.

rocky basin
# cedar portal Six what.

Core stages, but that just means in some stage of production, not that there would be six core stages complete at any one time

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So if they had a cadence of three per year (yeah I know) that just means they’d start building a stage about two years before it was planned to launch

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