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Post by see2 on Jan 8, 2024 8:40:14 GMT
Rocket launched and all seems to be good so far.
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Post by see2 on Jan 8, 2024 11:03:39 GMT
Rocket launched and all seems to be good so far. They have a new rocket with a new engine being used for the first time. The intention is to gather information to help start living on the Moon as a first step to living on Mars. |
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Post by piglet on Jan 9, 2024 16:57:31 GMT
There have been a number of problems, including the loss of propellant and a flat battery. I thought the technology to get a tin can into space has been around since 1969, apparently not, even with the seriously high tech of today. Someone, or people need firing.
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Post by Dogburger on Jan 9, 2024 22:13:40 GMT
There have been a number of problems, including the loss of propellant and a flat battery. I thought the technology to get a tin can into space has been around since 1969, apparently not, even with the seriously high tech of today. Someone, or people need firing. The more moving parts the more chance of something not working right . Getting around any errors will be the test not that stuff has gone wrong . Dont forget this is a practice run for Mars missions and tin cans were not getting there . |
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Post by johnofgwent on Jan 10, 2024 0:19:50 GMT
Is this the one that cannot sustain pointing a solar panel at the sun ?
I don’t know what’s wrong. Im sure some sort of inquest will be held. I hope i’ll hear the truth of what happened.
Ir is this a post about the Artemis delay caused mainly by issues with installing life support and bits falling off the heat shield
Which astronaut was it who said they were sitting on top of a bomb assembled by the lowest budders for the job ??
After Apollo 13, Challenger and all sorts of re entry heat tile issues is anyone seriously saying we should rush this ??
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Post by jonksy on Jan 10, 2024 0:24:04 GMT
Is this the one that cannot sustain pointing a solar panel at the sun ? I don’t know what’s wrong. Im sure some sort of inquest will be held. I hope i’ll hear the truth of what happened. Ir is this a post about the Artemis delay caused mainly by issues with installing life support and bits falling off the heat shield Which astronaut was it who said they were sitting on top of a bomb assembled by the lowest budders for the job ?? After Apollo 13, Challenger and all sorts of re entry heat tile issues is anyone seriously saying we should rush this ?? The heatshield coating on the challengers were a delicasy for woodpeckers |
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Post by see2 on Jan 10, 2024 23:48:44 GMT
"NASA's Artemis 2 mission remains on track to send four astronauts around the moon in late 2024. The crew is continuing their training while the hardware that will carry them to space — the Orion capsule and giant Space Launch System (SLS) rocket — is being readied at different NASA centers."
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Post by johnofgwent on Jan 12, 2024 0:00:50 GMT
Is this the one that cannot sustain pointing a solar panel at the sun ? I don’t know what’s wrong. Im sure some sort of inquest will be held. I hope i’ll hear the truth of what happened. Ir is this a post about the Artemis delay caused mainly by issues with installing life support and bits falling off the heat shield Which astronaut was it who said they were sitting on top of a bomb assembled by the lowest budders for the job ?? After Apollo 13, Challenger and all sorts of re entry heat tile issues is anyone seriously saying we should rush this ?? The heatshield coating on the challengers were a delicasy for woodpeckers oh yes, i remember that well. In the early days of the internet when sci.astro.misc was a worthwhile Usenet feed i guess we who inhabited that place were the first to see the press release … |
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Post by see2 on Jan 24, 2024 10:09:59 GMT
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Post by Vinny on Jan 24, 2024 10:44:11 GMT
Sending people to the moon is hard enough. If moon landings are a practice for Mars, well...
Mars has an atmosphere, and so far no lander sent there has ever come back.
A manned mission at current technology levels would be a one way trip, so even if we could feed the astronauts for that long a journey, it would be a suicide mission.
When we can routinely send and return landers without incident, returning Mars rock samples to Earth, then we can consider sending people.
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Post by see2 on Jan 24, 2024 11:40:51 GMT
Sending people to the moon is hard enough. If moon landings are a practice for Mars, well... Mars has an atmosphere, and so far no lander sent there has ever come back. A manned mission at current technology levels would be a one way trip, so even if we could feed the astronauts for that long a journey, it would be a suicide mission. When we can routinely send and return landers without incident, returning Mars rock samples to Earth, then we can consider sending people. Yes, there are probably many years of work to be done before any attempt to send Astronauts to Mars. What is happening right now is still in its infancy, it's a case of first steps first. I do like the Idea of an inflatable Space Station, which could, might, also prove to be a later basis for the first provision for accommodation on the Moon. |
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