| Artemis day 06:45 - Apr 1 with 799 views | Perublue |
Unless there’s a delay (always highly possible) todays the day I’ve been waiting for for years with this particular project but decades in my life with excitement as a whole.
If all goes well it could very well be a moon landing in 2028.
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| Artemis day on 07:38 - Apr 1 with 673 views | Samuelowen88 |
What could be an incredible and historic day.
But the whole project is a bit now a joke in terms of costs. Ludicrous contracts and overspends. |  |
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| Artemis day on 07:44 - Apr 1 with 658 views | NthQldITFC |
The smart money's on the Chinese to get there first. In a way I hope the orange excrement is still alive to see that happen, but that's probably an unworthy thought. (Double meaning intentional) |  |
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| Artemis day on 07:46 - Apr 1 with 658 views | unbelievablue |
Yeah class. It's one of my biggest bugbears, not seeing a moon landing in my lifetime. [Post edited 1 Apr 7:48]
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| Artemis day on 07:57 - Apr 1 with 622 views | Samuelowen88 |
I think the 2028 is unlikely.
As much as Musk is an utter c0ck, space X is very good at what they do.
But there is still a hell of a long way to go for starship to be anywhere near ready for moon landing. | |
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| Artemis day on 09:37 - Apr 1 with 528 views | Guthrum |
| Artemis day on 07:57 - Apr 1 by Samuelowen88 |
I think the 2028 is unlikely.
As much as Musk is an utter c0ck, space X is very good at what they do.
But there is still a hell of a long way to go for starship to be anywhere near ready for moon landing. |
Unlike the late '60s, there isn't the Cold War to drive the fantastic tempo of the then Space Race. Neither are there near-unlimited chunks of national budgets being thrown at projects*.
Under two years would be remarkable progress in very little time, given Starship hasn't even successfully orbited yet, let alone achieved crew rating.
* The Chinese might be, but they always take a longer-term view on things, rather than throwing cash at instant success. |  |
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| Artemis day on 10:08 - Apr 1 with 484 views | lowhouseblue |
all feels a bit retro. those in the control room back in houston should look like dick york from bewitched and should be chain smoking. |  |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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| Artemis day on 21:06 - Apr 1 with 356 views | Perublue |
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| Artemis day on 20:16 - Apr 10 with 138 views | Perublue |
Been a lovely diversion to what’s been going on down here, hopefully an equally successful splashdown just after 1 AM .. UK time .. so what’s that errr in 5 hours time ? | |
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| Artemis day on 20:29 - Apr 10 with 119 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Artemis day on 20:16 - Apr 10 by Perublue |
Been a lovely diversion to what’s been going on down here, hopefully an equally successful splashdown just after 1 AM .. UK time .. so what’s that errr in 5 hours time ? |
It’s great. It’s an expensive business, but I’d much rather money goes on this than on bombs and dodgy contracts to donors/mates. At least this shows the best sides of humanity; togetherness, curiosity and striving to achieve.
There have been some lovely moments from this mission. From a petty perspective, I enjoyed the astronauts blanking Trump because he’s the antithesis of everything this mission was about. But the highlights have been those amazing pics and the passion shown by the astronauts. I feel like I’ve lived it through them, or as close as I could get. [Post edited 10 Apr 20:46]
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