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Artemis 2 Going back to the moon.


errant said:
you're quite hung up on that 92bn... best explanation...

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NASA’s rocket is based on decades old tried and tested technology, which is ‘one’ use only, so yes it’s tried and tested.

SpaceX on the other hand are building a never before seen technology that is fully reusable, that is 4 times more powerful and are currently onto test flight 11 (this month hopefully), so yes there have been SpaceX explosions as you correctly point out, but NASA had the same mishaps while testing new technologies in the 60’s, it was just more ‘in secret’

Spacex are after the holy grail of space travel ‘reusability’, they hope to launch starship everyday in the future, blimey the falcon 9 from SpaceX currently does launch almost everyday, and some ships are heading towards 30 launches, which is incredible but proves starship is ‘possible’
 
monkeytassle said:
Eh?
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spacex have the flexibilty to blow things up in figuring out how to put big objects into space, nasa can't do that with public money so have to take a more cautious but expensive approach to getting humans safely out of the earth atmosphere.
Hue Jorgan said:
NASA’s rocket is based on decades old tried and tested technology, which is ‘one’ use only, so yes it’s tried and tested.
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the bit that amazed me was the main core is using shuttle motors...
Hue Jorgan said:
Approx liftoff 8 hours from now
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when's crew to the pad time?
 
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errant said:
spacex have the flexibilty to blow things up in figuring out how to put big objects into space, nasa can't do that with public money so have to take a more cautious but expensive approach to getting humans safely out of the earth atmosphere.

the bit that amazed me was the main core is using shuttle motors...

when's crew to the pad time?
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the solid rocket boosters on the side are basically the same as the shuttle too, just 5 segments rather than 4.
 
Hue Jorgan said:
It’s only a few days away now, we are going back to the moon, well flying round it to prepare for ARTEMIS 3 but we are going to the moon.

1972 was the last time we went, this time there will be livestreams and cameras in 4K recording it.

Exciting times for space fans

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hahahahaha, April fools day
 
Roker Mackem said:
Im a bit behind on this but were the Apollos just in a lower orbit?
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apollo 8 got to less than 100 miles from the surface, this is something like 5000 miles from what i've read... which means they'll be 1000s of miles further away from earth when they slingshot back compared to James Lovell & gang...
 
errant said:
spacex have the flexibilty to blow things up in figuring out how to put big objects into space, nasa can't do that with public money so have to take a more cautious but expensive approach to getting humans safely out of the earth atmosphere.

the bit that amazed me was the main core is using shuttle motors...

when's crew to the pad time?
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Couple of hours I believe from now
The Blackcat Mackem said:
Im gobsmacked by the posts on here. We went to the moon....hahahahahahahahahaha Totally brainwashed
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Ahh when we see all the streams and photos in realtime there are some embarrassments of flerfers going to be eating their hats for sure. 😉
 
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Hue Jorgan said:
Couple of hours I believe from now

Ahh when we see all the streams and photos in realtime there are some embarrassments of flerfers going to be eating their hats for sure. 😉
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Looking forward to seeing 4K video from the moon rather than in black and white fuzzyvision
 
Will try and stay up and watch the launch. Been watching sky news for the last hour and it’s a long process for the astronauts to go through before take off.
 
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