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2022-11-16 Science & Technology

Artemis I launch picture perfect: Bombastic predicters of failure hardest hit

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Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-16 03:54|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Image lost from post above -

For the commenters who predicted / expected / desired / were emotionally invested in a huge failure, please try this:

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-16 06:01|| 2022-11-16 06:01|| Front Page Top

#2 For some reason, sometimes image-related thingies need the published post to be opened then closed without any changes whatsoever by a moderator.

Done.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-11-16 08:41|| 2022-11-16 08:41|| Front Page Top

#3 $4 billion-plus per launch is simply not sustainable

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-11-16 08:45|| 2022-11-16 08:45|| Front Page Top

#4 not sustainable

Lunar tourists?

Posted by Skidmark 2022-11-16 08:48|| 2022-11-16 08:48|| Front Page Top

#5 I had fears with all the fucks ups it had that there would be a rapid deconstruction at the end. I am very glad it didn't end that way.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-11-16 09:19|| 2022-11-16 09:19|| Front Page Top

#6 It's the sort of heavy industry we have almost forgotten how to do. So, it is good to see it still being done.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-16 09:21|| 2022-11-16 09:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Congrats on a successful launch! The original date was 2019, so close enough for government work.

Posted by SteveS 2022-11-16 09:23|| 2022-11-16 09:23|| Front Page Top

#8 TW, I have no idea what the back room of Rantburg looks like, but does using the TOUCH command on the file containing the post maybe do the same thing as opening it in the content management system?

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-16 09:32|| 2022-11-16 09:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Billions wasted!!

Posted by Ho Chi Squank7858 2022-11-16 11:08|| 2022-11-16 11:08|| Front Page Top

#10 I noted the article said today's two delays were due to a fuel leak (again) and a computer/internet connection.

So they launched it before anything else broke!

I am happy for the progress on the space exploration front.

Posted by Bobby 2022-11-16 11:12|| 2022-11-16 11:12|| Front Page Top

#11 Ethernet switch problem was at a ground station, not a problem with the rocket.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-16 11:21|| 2022-11-16 11:21|| Front Page Top

#12 So you spent multiple billions to launch, once on an expendable booster, about one and a half times the payload of a 120 million or so falcon heavy launch.

Oorah?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2022-11-16 12:40|| 2022-11-16 12:40|| Front Page Top

#13 Billions aside, it's proof of concept. If something needs to be nudged, now you can launch early and cheap with commercial boosters at lower cost. And you don't need a fancy penetrator, just mass. Hell, radioactive waste makes a good heavy cue ball to send something on another path.

Posted by Silentbrick 2022-11-16 12:50|| 2022-11-16 12:50|| Front Page Top

#14 In case you hadn't noticed, SpaceX is not building any more Dragon capsules. Meat to LEO has no real future.

Of course, we are not going to the stars in person on chemically fueled rockers either.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-16 13:43|| 2022-11-16 13:43|| Front Page Top

#15 Falcon Heavy, BTW is not man-rated and SpaceX itself does not seem interested in getting it so rated.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-16 13:44|| 2022-11-16 13:44|| Front Page Top

#16 For the fanbois, save some of the Prep H. You may need it in 1H23 if things don't go right at the Boca Chica Fireworks Emporium™

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-16 13:46|| 2022-11-16 13:46|| Front Page Top

#17 There’s no procedure for man rating. It’s just a label nasa sticks on stuff.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2022-11-16 17:08|| 2022-11-16 17:08|| Front Page Top

#18 but does using the TOUCH command on the file containing the post maybe do the same thing as opening it in the content management system?

M. darlingest, I know what all those words mean, but that particular combination makes no sense to me whatsoever, unless it’s a fancy way to say black box. Perhaps Fred or one of the moderators will poke their head in with the answer.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-11-16 17:27|| 2022-11-16 17:27|| Front Page Top

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