[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes, they are going to keep going
until it is safe to take off,

It doesn't exactly make me confident.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

It doesn't exactly make me confident.

So much money involved
they will not take a chance

[LeatherTrumpet]

Just fire it at Russia and be done with it?

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by arista

So much money involved
they will not take a chance

A lot of money. But the wrong propulsion.

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Just fire it at Russia and be done with it?

[James]

They launched it this morning. Middle of the night for a lot of America and it was pitch-black. You'd have thought they would consider giving the public the best chance of watching it, given its importance.

[arista]

But James
if the weather is best
they will go in the middle of the night.


Safety matters with these expensive rockets.

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

sick of the moon

[arista]

The Moon will soon have China Digging up their metals and ore

[What does China want to mine on the moon?
China Plans Three Moon-Mining Missions After Finding
a Potential New Source of Energy.
The Chinese discovery of a phosphate
mineral in columnar crystal has the nation
clamoring for more of the Moon.
A 2020 mission brought back minerals to China,
leading to the discovery of a
phosphate mineral now named Changesite]

[arista]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

sick of the moon

But China
is soon to start digging up ore
on the Moon.


They want the best supply

[arista]

This one was 3rd time Lucky,
unmanned.

In around 2 years
It will go with People in it

[Alf]

What a waste of money.

There's nothing or nobody there for us to colonise or steal from.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Alf

What a waste of money.

There's nothing or nobody there for us to colonise or steal from.

Yes 6 more rockets


Was on BBC1HD Sunday Laura
with a Happy Nasa Fella Howard Hu
on her screen.


Of course he is happy
but all the money wasted,
is the problem.

[James]

Youtube video

'Artemis 1 but free bird lines up exactly with the launch'.

[arista]

Yes James

Playing his Guitar like Carlos Santana
Lynyrd Skynyrd

Playing on that clip.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd

[James]

Crew announced for Artemis 2, which will be a trip around the Moon (won't land).

Article written by ChatGPT.

NASA's Artemis 2 mission, scheduled to launch in November 2024, is set to send a crew of four astronauts to space. The crew was announced in 2023 and is comprised of Gregory R. Wiseman, Victor J. Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen.

Gregory R. Wiseman, a former U.S. Navy test pilot and NASA astronaut, will serve as the mission commander for Artemis 2. This will be Wiseman's second spaceflight, having previously flown to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014 as part of Expedition 40/41.

Victor J. Glover, a former U.S. Navy test pilot and NASA astronaut, will serve as the pilot for Artemis 2. This will also be Glover's second spaceflight, having previously flown to the ISS as part of SpaceX's Crew-1 mission in 2020.

Christina Koch, a former electrical engineer and NASA astronaut, will serve as a mission specialist for Artemis 2. This will be Koch's second spaceflight, having previously spent 328 days on the ISS as part of Expedition 59/60/61 in 2019-2020. Koch set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman during her time on the ISS.

Jeremy Hansen, a former Canadian Air Force pilot and astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), will also serve as a mission specialist for Artemis 2. This will be Hansen's first spaceflight, and he will become the first Canadian astronaut to travel beyond low Earth orbit.

The Artemis 2 mission is the first crewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The mission will test the spacecraft's systems and capabilities in preparation for future crewed missions to the moon. During the mission, the Orion spacecraft will travel to a distance of approximately 40,000 miles from the moon before returning to Earth. This will allow NASA scientists to test the spacecraft's heat shield, navigation systems, and other critical components under real-world conditions.

In addition to testing the Orion spacecraft and the SLS rocket, the Artemis 2 mission will also conduct a number of scientific experiments. These experiments will help NASA scientists better understand the moon's environment, geology, and potential resources. The data collected during the Artemis 2 mission will be used to plan future missions to the moon and develop technologies for sustainable lunar exploration.

The Artemis 2 mission represents a major milestone in NASA's efforts to return humans to the moon and establish a sustainable lunar presence. With the crew of Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen, NASA scientists and engineers are working tirelessly to prepare for this historic mission, and the world will be watching as the Orion spacecraft and the SLS rocket lift off from Earth and embark on their journey to the moon.

[arista]

[Crew announced for Artemis 2,
which will be a trip around the Moon (won't land).]

Expensive
flight

No landing.

[James]

Originally Posted by arista

[Crew announced for Artemis 2,
which will be a trip around the Moon (won't land).]

Expensive
flight

No landing.

The basic problem with manned spaceflight is there is nowhere else to go in the Solar System that is hospitable, and the further you travel from Earth the more difficult and costly it is to keep people alive.