Artemis

[Stottie Girl]

Does anyone else have a bad feeling about this Artemis mission?

I am very excited about it but I can't shake the feeling something awful is going to happen. I never had this with any of the shuttle launches or Dragon etc.

Hope I'm wrong. I was born 4 years after the last landing so I am really hoping for a moon landing and more in my lifetime.

[Northern Star Girl ✅]

Apollo13 happening again?
If things go really wrong way out the beyond the moon there is no rescue possible

Does anyone else have a bad feeling about this Artemis mission?

I am very excited about it but I can't shake the feeling something awful is going to happen. I never had this with any of the shuttle launches or Dragon etc.

Hope I'm wrong. I was born 4 years after the last landing so I am really hoping for a moon landing and more in my lifetime.

[Lori Dee ✅]

Does anyone else have a bad feeling about this Artemis mission?

Hopefully, all will go well.

What makes this mission different is only the equipment. The flight path and everything associated with the trip are pretty well-known, and no major changes. What is different is that the Artemis ships are used instead of the Apollo craft.

We worked out a lot of bugs during the Mercury missions when I was quite young, then later with the Apollo missions. If something happens, I would bet it's an equipment failure.

Government contracts go to the lowest bidder, so that's reassuring.
🤣

[Stottie Girl]

Well that's what I'm woried about. I very much doubt there will be human error but given the boeing capsule farce It has made me very worried they are putting people in an un-proven vehicle again.

I am a worrywart!

I hope we won't get a repeat of Apollo 13 Danielle! Though at least that ended well.

I remember watching Challenger blow up live on childrens TV in the UK when I was a kid. Made me realise it wasn't just routine.

[Lori Dee ✅]

They do hundreds of smaller missions to test the equipment before even leaving Earth's orbit. They wouldn't shoot for the Moon until all systems are good to go. But yes, things can happen in flight.

If the aliens just keep their distance, they should be ok.

😁

[Northern Star Girl ✅]

Less than an hour until liftoff....

[Northern Star Girl ✅]

Space debris and also space junk from the earth
could always be a danger. 
Traveling at 20,000 MPH even grains of sand can
cause a lot of damage if not a disaster.

For example, the 2013 movie "Gravity" comes to mind.

[Northern Star Girl ✅]

The Artemis program utilizes an Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS) to destroy
the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket if it deviates from its intended path during flight,
protecting the public.

Hopefully not with the Astronauts still strapped inside.

This system operates independently of human control, using on-board computers to detect anomalies.

While the crew relies on a separate, powerful Launch Abort System (LAS) to escape hopefully BEFORE
the Autonomous Flight Termination System destroys the Artemis.

[Lori Dee ✅]

Hopefully, the onboard AI will like the astronauts.

"Open the door, HAL. HAL! Open the door!"

[Stottie Girl]

I'm watching it live at the moment. Still go for launch. Getting exciting now! Hope it launches before I have to go to bed. Got an early start for work in the morning.

I'm a bit of a space nut really!

[Lori Dee ✅]

I'm watching it live at the moment. Still go for launch. Getting exciting now! Hope it launches before I have to go to bed. Got an early start for work in the morning.

I'm a bit of a space nut really!

Same here. I was raised on it. My dad worked for NASA during the Apollo program, so we often got up early to watch launches. I've been hooked ever since.

[Stottie Girl]

Same here. I was raised on it. My dad worked for NASA during the Apollo program, so we often got up early to watch launches. I've been hooked ever since.

I remember you saying Lori, that is so awesome!

[Pema]

Government contracts go to the lowest bidder, so that's reassuring.

So much this.

[Northern Star Girl ✅]

Key Artemis I & II Rocket Specs:

    Total Thrust: 8.8 million pounds (approx. 39,000 kN) at liftoff.
    Height: 322 feet (98 meters).
    Lift Capacity: Over 59,000 lbs (27 t) to the Moon (trans-lunar injection).
    Core Stage: Four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines (shuttle-derived).
    Boosters: Two Northrop Grumman five-segment Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs).
    Upper Stage: Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) powered by one RL10B-2 engine.
  Liftoff Mass: 5.75 million pounds.
  The core stage is more than 200 feet tall and 27 feet, seven inches in diameter.
    It will store more than 730,000 gallons of super-cooled liquid oxygen and propellant.
 

[Northern Star Girl ✅]

Artemis has just lifted off....  up and away !!!!

[Stottie Girl]

Well they're away! All good so far. Godspeed as they say.

NASA need to learn from Space X on how to provide TV coverage! Missed the lift off on my screen and visual out of sync with pictures!

[Northern Star Girl ✅]

Well they're away! All good so far. Godspeed as they say.

NASA need to learn from Space X on how to provide TV coverage! Missed the lift off on my screen and visual out of sync with pictures!

That must be a thing with the UK television networks.   The liftoff and the pre and post liftoff were perfect here in the USA. 

[Dawn Kellie]

Hopefully, the onboard AI will like the astronauts.

"Open the door, HAL. HAL! Open the door!"

I can't do that Dave

[Dawn Kellie]

I was getting my nails.done but I could see the contrail from the lift off. I little to cloudy to see more than a little of the lift off

[Stottie Girl]

I was getting my nails.done but I could see the contrail from the lift off. I little to cloudy to see more than a little of the lift off

Now that's cool Kellie!