Artemis countdown…

[IronWing]

0833 EDT (UTC 1233) tomorrow

 

[sdifox]

Godspeed

 

[Tsinni Dave]

I watched a few documentaries on it. Beyond impressive. I hope to come home to good news tomorrow eve. Still remember the Apollo years. I remember waiting for Apollo 13 to come back around the dark side and re-establish radio contact. Seemed the longest live stretch of static broadcast in radio history.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

My friend works on it, so if anything goes wrong, it's his fault.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

^^^ Tell your 'friend' to stick his finger in the hole ......


Fuel leak interrupts launch countdown of NASA moon rocket

By MARCIA DUNN11 minutes ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A fuel leak interrupted NASA's launch countdown for its new moon rocket early Monday, reappearing in the same place that saw seepage during a countdown test back in the spring.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

^^^ Tell your 'friend' to stick his finger in the hole ......

He was 82nd airborne; that's a really bad idea. And why did you put friend in quotes?

 

[IronWing]

Holding at T -40 minutes; I suspect a scrub for today, too many independent issues.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Holding at T -40 minutes; I suspect a scrub for today, too many independent issues.

Everyone here in MAGAritaville went HAM and porked everything of course -

https://www.clickorlando.com/traffi...ard-as-drivers-flock-to-watch-artemis-launch/

 

[IronWing]

Scrubbed, see you Friday.

 

[Captante]

Scrubbed, see you Friday.

Good news for me lol.... I forgot to set an alarm and thus slept right through 830a EDT!

 

[JEDI]

0833 EDT (UTC 1233) tomorrow

Finally, we know production costs for SLS and Orion, and they’re wild

Someone finally said the quiet part out loud.

arstechnica.com

$4B per launch?!
The SLS main rocket (center rocket) is non re-usable and costs $2B?!

WTF?!

meanwhile, Elon's silver 'Starship' rocket is re-usable and only costs $10M per use when ready in 2-3yrs

 

[Captante]

$4b per launch vs Elon's slimy fish-belly white a$$ owning the US Space program sounds like a terrific deal to me.

 

[IronWing]

Finally, we know production costs for SLS and Orion, and they’re wild

Someone finally said the quiet part out loud.

arstechnica.com

$4B per launch?!
The SLS main rocket (center rocket) is non re-usable and costs $2B?!

WTF?!

meanwhile, Elon's silver 'Starship' rocket is re-usable and only costs $10M per use when ready in 2-3yrs

Low earth orbit vs going to the moon. Also, the $10 million per launch sounds suspect.

 

[Charmonium]

Well, in defense of NASA, planning for the SLS probably started before Elon was born. And as the old saying goes, it may not be Mr. Right but it's definitely up for being Mr. RightNow.

edit: sorry, the correct spelling of the latter is actually Mr. Right_the_f***_Now

 

[Racan]

Can’t wait to see this thing launch!

 

[Racan]

Low earth orbit vs going to the moon. Also, the $10 million per launch sounds suspect.

Starship HLS is crucial to the Artemis program. NASA selected it to land people on the moon.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_HLS

 

[13Gigatons]

Can't believe it cost 93 billion and they can't get it off the ground.

 

[sdifox]

Finally, we know production costs for SLS and Orion, and they’re wild

Someone finally said the quiet part out loud.

arstechnica.com

$4B per launch?!
The SLS main rocket (center rocket) is non re-usable and costs $2B?!

WTF?!

meanwhile, Elon's silver 'Starship' rocket is re-usable and only costs $10M per use when ready in 2-3yrs

Err slightly different range.

 

[Racan]

Launch is scrubbed again it seems

https://twitter.com/x/status/1566077665404125186

 

[Captante]

Well that really sucks!

Doesn't that mean it will be several weeks until the next launch-window?

 

[Racan]

Well that really sucks!

Doesn't that mean it will be several weeks until the next launch-window?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1566072462504300545

 

[Captante]

Pretty sure I read that if they miss the "announced" launch-windows above it would be October before they could go again?

 

[Artorias]

Why is it scrubbed this time?

 

[Captante]

Last I read they couldn't repair a hydrogen leak?

NASA once again calls off Artemis I launch due to technical issues (CNN)

 

[Charmonium]

Artemis, goddess of the hunt, is going back to the nest to be fitted with an adult rocket diaper.

edit - they were showing the whole rig in the background and you could see the treads on the crawler slowly circulating on its way back to the VAB