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Artemis II Launch Day Updates

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Post by kowbell »

tw04 wrote: post #350
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.

Take note of a project that’s about 15 years behind schedule and many multiples over budget finally progressed because we lowered safety standards to just launch? I’m not sure how that’s proof the government isn’t gutted. Let me know what our schedule is for the next one and how that timeline has changed. Ignoring the projects that have been outright canceled… You’re currently the guy saying “ya, all you haters that…

If it's 15 years behind budget and many multiples over budget, it wouldn't be DOGE's fault then?

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Post by matthewmcg »

GaryBluto wrote: post #450

It is very disconcerting to see so many completely disregarding incredible technological innovation because other problems exist, especially on HN. If we were not allowed to progress technology until everybody is 100% free of suffering, we'd never be able to create technological that may potentially lead to the alleviation of suffering. It all feels very crabs in a bucket - "I don't feel happy so nobody else should,…

It’s interesting to compare to Apollo 8 (circumlunar Apollo mission). That mission culminated a year that saw escalation of the Vietnam War and the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy.

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Post by y1n0 »

LorenDB wrote: post #289

And NASA proves that it's still got game!

Really it’s all the primes and sub contractors. NASA is more like a management layer. The difference between this and what commercial space companies do comes down to who’s paying and what’s the penalty for poor performance. Not much motivation to get things done in a timely manner with cost-plus programs.

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Post by randomNumber7 »

palata wrote: post #188
risc_taker wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

NASA is risking the Astronauts lives, and could have done the mission uncrewed to test what is being tested for the first time with humans: Artemis II is not safe to fly - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47582043

But they need to convince the people that it's worth the money, and the people are more excited when humans risk their lives, even if it is for nothing.

Why do they need to convince low IQ people?

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Post by dmix »

GaryBluto wrote: post #450

It is very disconcerting to see so many completely disregarding incredible technological innovation because other problems exist, especially on HN. If we were not allowed to progress technology until everybody is 100% free of suffering, we'd never be able to create technological that may potentially lead to the alleviation of suffering. It all feels very crabs in a bucket - "I don't feel happy so nobody else should,…

It's much more popular to be doomer and a critic on the internet. Virtue signalling etc.

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Post by sprobertson »

rcv wrote: post #339

Does anyone know of a good status tracker for the mission? I'm watching the official feed on Youtube and it's great for commentary but I'd love a live Kerbal-style UI I could poke around.

The official one doesn't work for me on mobile but this does: https://artemistracker.com/

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Post by Noaidi »

GlacierFox wrote: post #436
Noaidi wrote: post #329

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Post by aethelraed »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #300

April 6: flyby April 10: splashdown After that, the exciting work will be in Starship making LEO and testing propellant transfer (a humanity first) [1] and Blue Origin testing its rocket and lunar lander [2], both scheduled for 2026, to enable Artemis II (EDIT: III), currently scheduled—optimistically, in my opinion—for next year. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starship_launches#Futu... [2] https://en.wiki…

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Post by wpollock »

sd9 wrote: post #320

Minutes after launch they reached "ten thousand miles per hour". That's 2.78 miles per second. Nuts. No doubt the speeds go even higher later too. I'm sure people here are already familiar with the speeds these things go, but that's the first time I've confronted a fact like that and it blew me away.

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