Artemis 1 launch thread. Back home

Legend · Jul 20, 2022, 03:40 PM

This launch is uncrewed. Artemis 2 is set to have a crew and Artemis 3 is set to land on the surface.

Legend · Jul 22, 2022, 03:27 AM

Legend · Aug 08, 2022, 02:21 AM

Still on for the 29th!

Legend · Aug 17, 2022, 11:47 PM

Legend · Aug 19, 2022, 09:39 PM

Artemis 3 is going to be amazing.

Legend · Aug 24, 2022, 10:07 PM

Legend · Aug 28, 2022, 02:45 AM

The #Artemis I launch countdown started this morning at @NASAKennedy. The two-hour @NASA_SLS launch window opens at 8:33 a.m. ET on Aug. 29.

Learn more: https://t.co/Hzdf441qqK pic.twitter.com/tO8GMR01uq
— Boeing Space (@BoeingSpace) August 27, 2022

Legend · Aug 29, 2022, 10:38 AM

Legend · Aug 29, 2022, 10:57 AM

Engine 3 is having issues. Might scrub the launch.

Legend · Sep 04, 2022, 03:54 AM

Good PBS overview of the rocket and the general situation.

Legend · Nov 10, 2022, 05:48 AM

Nasa had to leave the rocket on the launch pad during hurricane Nicole. Prob gonna get damaged a bit and need to be rolled back again to verify everything is good.

2022 launch is unlikely imo.

Legend · Nov 10, 2022, 02:46 PM

According to weather sensors on Launch Complex-39B, the Artemis I stack saw wind gusts as high as 87 knots on the 120-foot level last night. The rocket is designed to withstand 74.4-knot gusts. pic.twitter.com/pkBuwFB6TH
— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) November 10, 2022

the-pi-guy · Nov 10, 2022, 02:59 PM

*sees $4.1 billion in the title*

Uh oh, who's been acquired?

*reads the rest*

Oh.

That's unfortunate though.

Legend · Nov 10, 2022, 04:00 PM

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Nov 10, 2022, 02:59 PM*sees $4.1 billion in the title*

Uh oh, who's been acquired?

*reads the rest*

Oh.

That's unfortunate though.

Isn't it fun having an emotional understanding of a billion dollars?

1 SLS launch = 1 Bungie purchase + 1 Insomniac purchase

I really want to see SLS fly because huge rockets are awesome, but this program has been cursed since its inception. It didn't have a clear purpose back in 2011 and in 2022 it doesn't make sense. All cargo launches have already been moved from it to Falcon Heavy. SLS's only remaining job is transporting humans from Earth to a Starship parked near lunar orbit, and then back. Pretty stupid when Falcon 9 can do the same mission already, just by having a Starship parked in LEO instead.

edt: NASA leaves its Artemis I rocket exposed to winds above design limits | Ars Technica

Legend · Nov 16, 2022, 12:06 AM

It might lauch tonight. NASAs going for it.