Live video of the NASA moon launch (presuming it isn't cancelled again)
4Live feed of the NASA moon launch. 10:23pm they had to fix a valve leak so the launch is on hold at the moment while they are finishing fixing it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/15/artemis-moon-launch
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I’ve quit holding my breath. Pretty soon this thing will have more horizontal miles than it ever will vertical miles.
I’ve long thought that SLS (Senate Launch System) is a huge boondoggle. I was corrected a week or two ago.
It’s a Moondoggle.
Well, slap me with bread and call me a sandwich, it launched!
@blaineg Hello Sandwich.
@blaineg @yakkoTDI got to admit that’s a nice selfie.
Very happy to see Artemis 1 finally made it off the pad.
We were so lucky to catch an Artemis launch from Chincoteage two weeks ago. It gives you some perspective about just how small you are. There was a fiery ball going up in the sky and after you digest what just happened it’s pretty freaking fantastic. The rocket launch I saw was only headed to the ISS, not the moon. But still very, very cool.
Given the origin of the term Lunatic, I was kind-of hoping Elon Musk gets there first. He still might beat the NASA manned mission, claim the moon for his own colony, and tell everyone to get back to work.
Here is a really good article on why this rocket exists and is so expensive.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/the-sls-rocket-is-the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-nasa-but-maybe-also-the-best/
@bdb Eric Berger is a great space writer, and has many excellent sources in the industry.