In just 2 weeks!https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cpdyjx6ed66t?post=asset%3A4dd02156-e6a4-443a-acda-7c29c86fba66"The crew of four will travel beyond the far side of the moon, which could set a new record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earth, currently held by Apollo 13". But why won't Artemis II land on the lunar surface? "The short answer is because it doesn't have the capability. This is not a lunar lander," said Patty Casas Horn, deputy lead for Mission Analysis and Integrated Assessments at NASA. "Throughout the history of NASA, everything that we do is a bit risky, and so we want to make sure that that risk makes sense, and only accept the risk that we have to accept, within reason. So we build out a capability, then we test it out, then we build out a capability, then we test it out. And we will get to landing on the moon, but Artemis II is really about the crew..." The upcoming flight is the first time that people will be on board the Artemis spacecraft: The Orion capsule will carry the astronauts around the moon, and the SLS rocket will launch Orion into Earth orbit before the crew continues deeper into space... The mission will begin with two revolutions around Earth, before starting the translunar injection — the maneuver that will take the spacecraft out of Earth orbit and on toward the moon — about 26 hours into the flight, Horn said. "That's when we set up for the big burn — it's about six minutes in duration. And once we do this, you're on your way back to Earth. There's nothing else that you need to do. You're going to go by the moon, and the moon's gravity is going to pull you around and swing you back towards the Earth...." Avoiding entering lunar orbit keeps the mission profile simpler, allowing the crew to focus on other tasks as there is no need to pilot the spacecraft in any way.
>>526270186What a waste of money. You should see some of our highways.
So which hollywood director will be in charge of this now that Kubric is dead?
>>526270186A nigger a Jew a dyke and a faggotI mean who cares. But I guess it's historic for Trump to have the moon landing and the 250th, civil war, and the crowned emperor for life.
>>526270552you could use them to buy Greenland or something
>>526270186If they're not landing then what's the fucking point? God I hate this gay timeline
>>526271746Same shit as during the cold war with Russia.Cold War II is just about showing who can do what first (space and AI mostly), except this time it's US vs China. EU is out because they don't understand what's happening but they still act like the kid who wants to show he can do it too but not putting any effort in it. And Russia gave up from the beginning and start a war so they have an excuse as to why they didn't win.
>>526271746That's how they always do it>apollo 7 earth orbit tests>apollo 8 moon fly by>apollo 9 more earth orbit tests>apollo 10 lunar orbit tests>apollo 11 landing8 and 9 are "out of order" because the first lunar module wasn't ready on time so they did a dry run on the moon
>>526273270>testsit's not tests. it's dick swinging.>hey look weren't around the moon first china just copy everythingthey could save money and make just one unmanned landing on the moon to make sure nobody dies when they send karen, shanika and ranjesh to the moon. but no, they want to be first at everything so they swing their dicks a lot with their "tests" to be first at doing whatever they think is the next "milestone". because if china decides to "test" something first then the US lost that milestone.like seriously what do they want to test by going around the moon? If they can fly just a bit further than usual? no shit they can we send shit and people to space all the time.
I work on Artemis ask me anything>>5262732707 was such a shitshow
>>526270186>In just 2 weeks!That's almost a fortnight.
>>526270186I betbthey blow it up on return entry for a other distraction from the epstien files
