"NASA reporting four green crew members. That is not their complexion, it is that they are in good condition. That's what that means." LOL
Artemis II safely splashes down
21–30 of 475 posts
Re: Artemis II safely splashes down
#22Apparently there's more work than just clicking "Recover Vessel" after splashdown!
Re: Artemis II safely splashes down
#23Glad that they're safe and sound. It's worth pointing out that this is the first extremely public, widely acknowledged high risk mission NASA has done in over 50 years. The Shuttle was risky, but it wasn't thought of or acknowledged by NASA as being risky until very late in its lifecycle. According to NASA's OIG, Artemis acceptable crew mortality rate is 1 in 30. Roughly 3x riskier than the shuttle. There genuinely i…
I’d bet a million dollars that Orion will win every safety metric compared to the shuttle once it is retired. NASA deluded itself in thinking the Shuttle was safe. The reality is that the Shuttle was the most dangerous spaceship anyone ever built.
Re: Artemis II safely splashes down
#24"NASA reporting four green crew members. That is not their complexion, it is that they are in good condition. That's what that means." LOL
The humor was what really made my day today. Or in my case my night here in Germany.
Re: Artemis II safely splashes down
#25For All Mankind aired an episode today that movingly commemorated the fictional lead character Ed Baldwin's Apollo 10-like in-universe mission on the same day that the real world Artemis II mission which also strongly resembles Apollo 10 landed safely. A strange and moving coincidence.
Re: Artemis II safely splashes down
#26"Reid Wiesman reporting all crew members green; that's not their complexion, all crew members are in good shape."
Dammit. I hoped Jeb was on board for a second.
Re: Artemis II safely splashes down
#27Wild that they manage to fly to the moon but still seem to be having those comms problems. Asking the astronauts if they’re really pressing the PTT button is wild.
Good thing they have redundant systems.
Re: Artemis II safely splashes down
#28[deleted]
Re: Artemis II safely splashes down
#29I noticed a delay between video and audio - the announcer on the NASA official live broadcast said splashdown before the the capsule splashed down on video. Was it intentional (in case something happened)? Also, what were these puffs on thermal camera after the main chutes were deployed? https://www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK8TEs
My suspicion was they were burning excess propellant, rather than attitude adjustment while under the parachutes. Though who knows how much propellant remained. It could be quite a bit more than it appears was used.
Not just excess - excess and toxic. Hydrazine derivatives and nitrogen tetroxide, IIRC. They are hypergolic, too, so the easiest way to vent them is just to run the engines until empty. However, to prevent moving the craft too much, you do short bursts.
Re: Artemis II safely splashes down
#30Now this is actually for the benefit of humanity.
…and this is how the America I thought I knew growing up projected its influence upon the world.