Article: It is a monster! Massive NASA moon rocket set for historic flight

[DallasEast]

"It is a monster!": Massive NASA moon rocket set for historic flight
William Harwood | CBS News/Microsoft Start
August 26, 2022

Five decades after the final flight of NASA's legendary Saturn 5 moon rocket, the U.S. space agency is poised to launch its most powerful rocket yet Monday for a critical, long-overdue test flight, sending an unpiloted Orion crew capsule on a 42-day voyage around the moon.

Running years behind schedule and billions over budget, the first Space Launch System — SLS — rocket is finally ready for blastoff from pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center at 8:33 a.m. EDT Monday, the opening of a two-hour window. Forecasters are predicting a 70 percent chance of good weather.

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[Roadtrip635]

That's awesome! It's good to hear that we'll be sending astronauts back into space. I hope everything goes smoothly, I know it's unmanned, but really don't want to see a repeat of the Challenger tragedy.

 

[terra]

Took them 50 years to beat the Saturn 5. Pretty pitiful.

But having had to work with NASA for a while some years ago I am not surprised. Massive bureaucracies are not innovative or imaginative.

 

[daschoo]

Thought this was pretty cool, you could register to have your name onboard (basically on a flash drive with a couple of million others). When you registered you were able to download a boarding pass. My 4 year old has his printed out and on his wall, very excited about the launch - I'm about 99% certain he realises he's not actually going to fly round the moon.

 

[Runwildboys]

Thought this was pretty cool, you could register to have your name onboard (basically on a flash drive with a couple of million others). When you registered you were able to download a boarding pass. My 4 year old has his printed out and on his wall, very excited about the launch - I'm about 99% certain he realises he's not actually going to fly round the moon.

How freaked out will he be if it blows up?

 

[Runwildboys]

"It is a monster!": Massive NASA moon rocket set for historic flight
William Harwood | CBS News/Microsoft Start
August 26, 2022

Five decades after the final flight of NASA's legendary Saturn 5 moon rocket, the U.S. space agency is poised to launch its most powerful rocket yet Monday for a critical, long-overdue test flight, sending an unpiloted Orion crew capsule on a 42-day voyage around the moon.

Running years behind schedule and billions over budget, the first Space Launch System — SLS — rocket is finally ready for blastoff from pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center at 8:33 a.m. EDT Monday, the opening of a two-hour window. Forecasters are predicting a 70 percent chance of good weather.

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A 42 day voyage around the moon? What's the mission, find Armstrong's keys?

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

A 42 day voyage around the moon? What's the mission, find Armstrong's keys?

To shoot high density microwaves at China's moon rovers. Leaving China to assume that they just malfunction.

 

[DallasEast]

To shoot high density microwaves at China's moon rovers. Leaving China to assume that they just malfunction.

Do you write professionally? You should apply as a writer for the Apple+ series, For All Mankind. I think they would love your ideas.

 

[rags747]

Looking forward to it. SpaceX Starship is larger and more powerful plus it will be reusable as it will be caught by the launch tower on the way down. Will be much cheaper by a huge factor. First test should be in a couple of months.

 

[Them]

 

[rags747]

Just read that the per flight cost for Artemis will be approx $4.1B. The cost so far to develop is about $20B. Insane #’s.
Source https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/27/nasas-artemis-1-mission-what-you-should-know-about-sls-orion.html

 

[dsturgeon]

You got three guess but you will only need one.

theft, black ops, story tellers, and cgi

While watching planes fly overhead and spray the skies for the last 6 or 7 years, I have often wondered who pays for the fuel and planes. Who pays for geoengineering or whatever it is? Maybe it is a black op nasa project

 

[rags747]

As an aside Musks Starship will be 100% reusable. No trials yet except for static firing of its 32 Raptor engines. Hopefully within the next two months we can get a launch. The launch tower is designed to catch Starship on its way down, pretty freaking unreal but it has not been done yet. Maybe I’ll post a video later.

 

[terra]

One of the stated reasons for the shuttle was that it would be cheaper then throw away rockets. Really did not turn out that way.

all this reusable and cheaper talk I have heard before.

 

[rags747]

Here is an animation of how it’s supposed to work. Cant wait to watch the first test of this.

 

[rags747]

One of the stated reasons for the shuttle was that it would be cheaper then throw away rockets. Really did not turn out that way.

all this reusable and cheaper talk I have heard before.

You may have heard it all before but but obviously you have not been following SpaceX. They are launching their Falcon Heavy rockets for NASA and their own Starlink satellites at 1/10 the cost of what NASA was paying prior. SciFi stuff to see these rockets land on target.

 

[Runwildboys]

Here is an animation of how it’s supposed to work. Cant wait to watch the first test of this.

I wonder how many parts will need replacing after each use.

 

[rags747]

I wonder how many parts will need replacing after each use.

Musk has said that just general cleaning up of the rockets prior to reuse and of course refueling, not sure what he means by that. SpaceX plan for this year is 52 launches, which includes trips to the ISS, NASA satellite launches and SpaceX own Starlink satellites. Not sure where that currently stands as far as launches so far this year.

 

[Runwildboys]

Musk has said that just general cleaning up of the rockets prior to reuse and of course refueling, not sure what he means by that. SpaceX plan for this year is 52 launches, which includes trips to the ISS, NASA satellite launches and SpaceX own Starlink satellites. Not sure where that currently stands as far as launches so far this year.

One a week? That seems lofty (no pun intended) and incredibly expensive, not to mention taxing on everyone involved.

With all the power and heat being thrust out the bottom of that rocket, I find it hard to believe a "cleaning" is all it'll need.

 

[dsturgeon]

You may have heard it all before but but obviously you have not been following SpaceX. They are launching their Falcon Heavy rockets for NASA and their own Starlink satellites at 1/10 the cost of what NASA was paying prior. SciFi stuff to see these rockets land on target.

After 96 years working on fuel powered rockets, and who knows the amount of taxpaper money, the payoff seems king of lame. It seems like we should be past rocket technology. Landing them is pretty cool though. The video would be better if they cut out the cgi in space, and had a way to high altitude film them coming back down. They choreographed it well with the people celebrating in between actual footage and cgi.

Maybe some cameras on starlink satellites, and being able to see the dynamic of where they are, and where nasa satellites are, and rockets passing by