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Artemis II Launch Day Updates

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Post by Aeolun »

bluGill wrote: post #311
intrasight wrote: post #291

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same. I watched Apollo 11 launch in 1969 when I was four. Watched on our neighbor's TV. We didn't have one. Imagine what we could accomplish if we didn't suck.

sending people to the moon was never useful. We can get more done with robots, both cheaper and safer. There are plenty of more useful things we can do instead. okay what is more useful is a matter of opinion. you can disagree, but I stand by it

Getting people to the moon is plentry useful for getting an objective you can hang all kinds of useful advancements off.

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st »

robotnikman wrote: post #227
ge96 wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

10 days? Hope they brought snacks Seriously though I hope they're able to get up and walk around I don't know if I could handle that 10 days in that small room

Seems like its at least bigger than the Apollo Lunar Module from the 70's And with modern forms of entertainment to make the trip less boring.

> And with modern forms of entertainment

"We're sorry, your Prime subscription appears to have cancelled. Would you like to renew it? We can send you a text message to get this started ..."

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Post by ls612 »

bradhe wrote: post #294
0xffff2 wrote: post #282

I do hope the doomers who think that the entire US government has been completely gutted will take note of this. The government workforce is in a bad spot for sure, SLS is far from a perfect program, but this still demonstrates that we are doing some real work still.

I have a really hard time telling if this is despite the current administration’s best efforts, because the current administration’s policies, or just an artifact of government inertia. Top level: Super excited to witness this in my lifetime. Edit: Also, my 40 years of life leads me towards the latter category.

NASA has been well treated by both parties in general, with their budget rising faster than inflation most years. This administration also appointed Isaacman to be the NASA administrator which I think is a 10/10 choice for that job.

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Post by __loam »

0xffff2 wrote: post #282

I do hope the doomers who think that the entire US government has been completely gutted will take note of this. The government workforce is in a bad spot for sure, SLS is far from a perfect program, but this still demonstrates that we are doing some real work still.

Go look at the amount of grants getting funded this year and tell me we aren't completely gutting the national research apparatus.

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Post by oofbey »

Blackthorn wrote: post #314
0xffff2 wrote: post #282

I do hope the doomers who think that the entire US government has been completely gutted will take note of this. The government workforce is in a bad spot for sure, SLS is far from a perfect program, but this still demonstrates that we are doing some real work still.

Let's not jinx them; let them get home safe before we take a victory lap.

Exactly. The heat shield problems and lack of full disclosure are quite troubling.

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Post by nodesocket »

nodesocket wrote: post #272

The SpaceX cameras of live launches are way better. This NASA stream is mostly all computer generated art after the initial pad launch. Hardly any live space feeds from the ship.

The lack of NASA live feeds from space is very disappointing. Our tax dollars at work.

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Post by tails4e »

yokoprime wrote: post #304
0xffff2 wrote: post #282

I do hope the doomers who think that the entire US government has been completely gutted will take note of this. The government workforce is in a bad spot for sure, SLS is far from a perfect program, but this still demonstrates that we are doing some real work still.

While the current administration has multiple areas of improvement and isnt really taking feedback in an adult manner, the federal workforce has some of the most competent people working for it inside certain parts of the organization. im thinking especially of NASA and NASA JPL.

This is true, but a lot of the top positions are being replaced with unqualified loyalists. It's only a matter of time, if this continues, that the competent workforce gets eroded
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