by Rauf » Thu Aug 25, 2022 5:29 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 4:21 pm
De58te wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 2:18 pm
Nice going, China. Speaking of orbiting the Moon, I read on a news site a few days ago that sometime this week or next there is going to be a rocket by NASA or ESA called Artemis 1 launched to the Moon. The first rocket that can carry astronauts to the Moon since Apollo 17, although Artemis 1 will be an unmanned test flight. Anybody heard more about this?
Of course! It's been all over the news for the past two weeks. At least here in the U.S. Hopefully all goes well with the first actual launch test. I don't think they can afford multiple failed tests like SpaceX can (and, in practice, does!). NASA/Artemis clearly has a different engineering philosophy than SpaceX.
Lots more at
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/, and elsewhere.
Same here. However, NASA's officials have made it clear that there can be errors in the launch, because this is the first rocket of it's kind. I would be really glad if everything goes well, and I can't wait for more manned lunar exploring in the future
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Nice going, China. Speaking of orbiting the Moon, I read on a news site a few days ago that sometime this week or next there is going to be a rocket by NASA or ESA called Artemis 1 launched to the Moon. The first rocket that can carry astronauts to the Moon since Apollo 17, although Artemis 1 will be an unmanned test flight. Anybody heard more about this?
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Of course! It's been all over the news for the past two weeks. At least here in the U.S. Hopefully all goes well with the first actual launch test. I don't think they can afford multiple failed tests like SpaceX can (and, in practice, does!). NASA/Artemis clearly has a different engineering philosophy than SpaceX.
Lots more at https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/, and elsewhere.
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Same here. However, NASA's officials have made it clear that there can be errors in the launch, because this is the first rocket of it's kind. I would be really glad if everything goes well, and I can't wait for more manned lunar exploring in the future :)