NASA'S Space Launch System (SLS) will roll out to the launch pad today (instead of Thursday) ahead of the first Artemis mission to the Moon

[melanie]

The rocket is scheduled to launch on the 29th of this month.

https://www.space.com/artemis-1-moon-rocket-rollout-moved-up

 

 

Edited August 16, 2022 by melanie
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[Arnie]

Can't wait for Artemis 3. with digital cameras and super speed transmissions, the footage is going to be quite spectacular.

[alexa]

On 8/24/2022 at 11:03 PM, Arnie said:

Can't wait for Artemis 3. with digital cameras and super speed transmissions, the footage is going to be quite spectacular.

 

 

[Arnie]

15 hours ago, alexa said:

 

 

 

I have no idea why you feel compelled to dump a daft video at me with no explanation or detail. When I hear ignorant youtube videos questioning something when they have no idea about it, it means nothing. What exactly about that video do you wish me to address?

[Shy Talk]

I've always been sceptical about the moon landings given it was clearly a proxy war during the height of the cold war, not to mention the technical issues of how they managed to launch off the moon on the return journey. 50 years later they can't even get an unmanned craft off the ground at the second attempt? Pffft.

[Arnie]

20 minutes ago, Shy Talk said:

I've always been sceptical about the moon landings given it was clearly a proxy war during the height of the cold war, not to mention the technical issues of how they managed to launch off the moon on the return journey. 50 years later they can't even get an unmanned craft off the ground at the second attempt? Pffft.

 

Pfftt. It is a brand new system and the safety standards are ridiculous compared to early space travel. This is also irrelevant, since every single actual Apollo rocket launched without such problems: