Crazy how fast they are moving. Works out to about 7 miles a second.
Artemis 2 Launch - Going Back to the Moon
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Literally incomprehensible.
I've thought about what it would look like if you were in low earth orbit going 17,500mph and an object was orbiting the opposite direction at the same speed. Even something large like the space station. Would you even notice it pass by? Or if you collided, I don't think you'd ever even see it. Maybe if you were on the dark side of the planet and the lights were on, you'd perceive a spec of light 10-15 miles out 1 seconds before it hits you.
I don’t always feel super patriotic anymore but god damn it slingshotting a few Americans towards the moon really gets me going
First TLI with humans since I was in sixth grade.
This on a larger scale. Its mind blowing to think how perfect the entire mission has to be! The long term goal is going to mars, just think how perfect it will need to be to do that!
Here's an incredible physics-based animation, with narration, of the whole mission. It's not an artist's graphical interpretation. It's from earth's point of view with both Artemis II and the moon in motion. Very cool.
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First grade for me. Talk about total awe.
Edit: Brain fart. I was in first grade for Apollo 11.
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Great video with onboard interviews. What a crew they assembled.
An fyi for those interested, the official moon fly by begins about 5 pm monday night iowa time. Monday afternoon and evening will be a great time to tune in as the crew downlinks photos and talks on the comm loops as they fly by the moon!
Edit: to add more timing, Really the entire crew day on Monday will be prime time for good images and commentary as they do moon fly by opps. So 1 PM monday to about 3 AM Tuesday with closest approach roughly 3 PM to 9 PM CDT Monday
Edit: to add more timing, Really the entire crew day on Monday will be prime time for good images and commentary as they do moon fly by opps. So 1 PM monday to about 3 AM Tuesday with closest approach roughly 3 PM to 9 PM CDT Monday
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Cyclonepride
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Sounds like they currently have a problem trying to find places to put the trash that they are generating.
All the science and technology that goes into this, as it seems like biggest issues so far have been the toilet and trash.
Have to appreciate the "Space Plumber" as she proudly called herself in the interview
What, the windows don't roll down?
Every time I see a post about this mission on Instagram all the top comments are people saying it's all fake and it makes me so angry. Hopefully a majority of that is trolling...
I have some bad news for you about your fellow man
Also everytime I see this thread updated I hope everything is going ok.
