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re: Artemis II Mission - GO for launch, April 1st at 5:24 CST - 80% weather favorability
Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:58 pm to Pettifogger
Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:58 pm to Pettifogger
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They've completed the filling and are now in "topping" mode?
Which is good? What's next at this point?
Stable replenish
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Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:58 pm to ThuperThumpin
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So is Sapce X still part of.the HLS development for Artemis III or is NASA really looking elsewhere
SpaceX is first choice and Blue Origin is the backup plan, but Blue Origin just paused all their other missions to focus on the moon lander. They supposedly have a working prototype lander that's going up this year. Wouldn't surprise me if the BO lander usurps SpaceX for Artemis
Posted on 2/2/26 at 9:35 pm to The Pirate King
I just watched the Apollo documentary on Netflix. Its amazing. No commentators or interviews, just live audio from Apollo 11.
Now I've got a major freedom boner. Time to walk the moon again
Now I've got a major freedom boner. Time to walk the moon again
Posted on 2/2/26 at 9:41 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
If y’all haven’t listened to the podcast “13 minutes to the moon” it’s excellent.
Season 1 talks about Apollo 11 (with a single episode on Apollo 8 which is largely the same mission as Artemis 2). Season 2 is on Apollo 13, which is great but everyone knows that story. Season 3 is on Shuttle.
Season 1 talks about Apollo 11 (with a single episode on Apollo 8 which is largely the same mission as Artemis 2). Season 2 is on Apollo 13, which is great but everyone knows that story. Season 3 is on Shuttle.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:36 pm to LSU Jonno
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everything is up in the air until NASA presser tomorrow, but the expectation is the entire wet dress rehearsal will have to be redone and the launch will be pushed to the March window (3/6-3/9, 3/11). This post was edited on 2/2/26 at 11:49 pm
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:57 pm to The Pirate King
quote:This was my expectation as well if any issues forced another WDR. Would have been different if they had been able to start when originally planned. I'll know more in the morning since I was scheduled to be at the launch.
the entire wet dress rehearsal will have to be redone and the launch will be pushed to the March window (3/6-3/9, 3/11).
Posted on 2/3/26 at 12:40 am to The Pirate King
Didn’t this exact same situation happen in some capacity during the first few failed attempts to get off the ground?
Posted on 2/3/26 at 2:30 am to The Pirate King
Just turn over nasa funding to musk and call it a day
Posted on 2/3/26 at 3:40 am to TheOcean
ok apply all of this knowledge to running every day cars on clean burning hydrogen. It's just not practical. H2 is a tiny molecule that will find its way through all joints. It has a reverse adiabatic trait that will cause a leak to rise in temperature to its ignition point, and the flame is invisible .
Posted on 2/3/26 at 5:48 am to The Pirate King
I'm actually surprised Elon hasn't been working on an alternative Moon landing plan anyway. I know he's super focused on Mars and Starship but NASA with no Elon seems like a waste of time and money. I wonder how many "$600 hammers" Artemis has been through.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 6:10 am to Giantkiller
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I wonder how many "$600 hammers" Artemis has been through.
I can tell you for a fact, it is a LOT!!!
Posted on 2/3/26 at 6:19 am to The Pirate King
The question for 20 years has been: when?
Posted on 2/3/26 at 6:47 am to Giantkiller
Elon said a couple of times that he was not gonna spend any time on the moon because he did not feel like there was any gain to it. He felt like Mars was a better destination in the end.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:15 am to LanierSpots
At however many billions of tax payer dollars per launch, and given that Artemis has somehow taken the same amount of time to develop Apollo (Apollo had less technology and arguably smarter people), how can anyone view this as anything other than a massive money grift to the aerospace defense community?
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:22 am to NYNolaguy1
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At however many billions of tax payer dollars per launch, and given that Artemis has somehow taken the same amount of time to develop Apollo (Apollo had less technology and arguably smarter people), how can anyone view this as anything other than a massive money grift to the aerospace defense community?
The goal is the carrot. "Back to the moon". Using that as the end, its easier to keep people interested. If they were just launching satellites, nobody would GAF. But the older people like me who remember NASA from the early days are interested and some of the younger nerds are interested because they have never been a part of anything like this
It is however ridiculous the amount of money and time put into something that has pretty much been a failure at every step other than the sucessful launch of Artemis 1. I was hoping the amout of time spent on the second stage would be enough to ace it but I have a feeling they wont.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:27 am to TheLSUriot
"Following a fueling test of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at the launch pad for the Artemis II Moon mission, leaders will discuss initial results during a news conference at 12 p.m. CST on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
The agency will stream the news conference live on its YouTube channel."
Here is the link to the channel = NASA YouTube
Crew were scheduled to leave Houston today but that has been cancelled. They have been released from quarantine as well.
March launch window details:
Local Date - Local Time - Lighting (Rise/Set) - Duration (Mins)
03/06/2026 - 08:29:00 PM EST - 2.05 Hours After Sunset - 120
03/07/2026 - 08:57:00 PM EST - 2.51 Hours After Sunset - 120
03/08/2026 - 10:56:00 PM EDT - 3.48 Hours After Sunset - 120
03/09/2026 - 11:52:00 PM EDT - 4.40 Hours After Sunset - 120
03/11/2026 - 12:48:00 AM EDT - 5.36 Hours After Sunset - 115
The agency will stream the news conference live on its YouTube channel."
Here is the link to the channel = NASA YouTube
Crew were scheduled to leave Houston today but that has been cancelled. They have been released from quarantine as well.
March launch window details:
Local Date - Local Time - Lighting (Rise/Set) - Duration (Mins)
03/06/2026 - 08:29:00 PM EST - 2.05 Hours After Sunset - 120
03/07/2026 - 08:57:00 PM EST - 2.51 Hours After Sunset - 120
03/08/2026 - 10:56:00 PM EDT - 3.48 Hours After Sunset - 120
03/09/2026 - 11:52:00 PM EDT - 4.40 Hours After Sunset - 120
03/11/2026 - 12:48:00 AM EDT - 5.36 Hours After Sunset - 115
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:31 am to TheLSUriot
Delay to March launch window confirmed.
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:36 am to LanierSpots
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Elon said a couple of times that he was not gonna spend any time on the moon because he did not feel like there was any gain to it. He felt like Mars was a better destination in the end.
that's the whole point of this though, supposedly. Much easier and efficient to launch from the moon to go to mars on a "regular basis" than it is to launch from earth every time.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:38 am to The Pirate King
Hydrogen is a bitch, glad SpaceX and others are moving away from it.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:47 am to The Pirate King
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. I saw a graphic earlier that they're using parts for this ship that are from the 1980's
They are cannabalizing parts from the shuttle. I think the part you are probably thinking of is E2061.
It makes me sad because they aren’t just clearing the warehouse. Another of the engines were on STS-135, which I would have thought would have been kept for historical significance as it was the last mission.
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