Artemis 1 Launch!

[Papa]

After a long road that included numerous issues and two hurricanes, NASA finally launched Artemis 1 today!

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=174981&d=1668605723

[toadster]

IMHO this didn't' get nearly enough press...

[Papa]

IMHO this didn't' get nearly enough press...

Yep -- The attention span of the American public is about two minutes. When we didn't launch the last time with all the press, that killed interest. If there had been a failure, that's all you'd hear and see in the media, but since it was nominal, it's background noise.

[GoDadGo]

IMHO this didn't' get nearly enough press...

Amen Brother-T, Amen To That!

[toadster]

https://youtu.be/FbX2VuOwJGk

this guys excitement is pretty awesome - gave me chills listening to him during the launch, you can see his silhouette from the light from the blast during takeoff... great time to be alive!

[Papa]

https://youtu.be/FbX2VuOwJGk

this guys excitement is pretty awesome - gave me chills listening to him during the launch, you can see his silhouette from the light from the blast during takeoff... great time to be alive!

I wish I could have been there to see, hear, and feel the launch. My daughter's father-in-law was on console in the control room! He's a director on the Orion capsule program.

[flyboyjy]

Yep -- The attention span of the American public is about two minutes. When we didn't launch the last time with all the press, that killed interest. If there had been a failure, that's all you'd hear and see in the media, but since it was nominal, it's background noise.

I think giving the American public a 2 minute attention span is being overly generous.

[rthomas98]

It is all over the news here. But the issue really was the launch time. 1:47am where I live. Not exactly prime news viewing time. I was going to stay up but ended up having a conference call scheduled at 7am and couldn't justify it.

[Papa]

A look inside Orion as it is headed to the moon. Notice the Callisto Tech Demo unit in the center of the shot. This is a technology demo created by Lockheed Martin using commercial technology from Amazon Alexa and Cisco Webex.

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=174988&d=1668652240


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGmVzwsrp0

Don't miss the lunar flyby on Monday morning!

[Skuzzy]

Helluva an accomplishment. Hope everything goes as planned.

[Papa]

If you want to see the current position of Artemis 1, NASA is providing a live stream of the telemetry here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0m31DlDY-4

[Papa]

Watch the live splashdown now!


https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public

[Papa]

Success!!!

[cnutting]

Pending full inspection of the heatshield, looks like we may be heading back to the moon!

[Papa]

I don't work on Orion, but I'm proud to say I work for the company that builds the Orion capsules. How many people can get a picture of a space capsule from their office window?

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=129128&d=1590619240

[Skuzzy]

Been a great year for NASA. Too bad most people have no idea what all they have accomplished this year. They really need to step up their marketing efforts.

Here is a pretty good summary of what was going on at NASA in 2022 (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-big-2022-historic-moon-mission-webb-telescope-images-more).

[Chainsaw]

I lived on the Space Coast for 24 years and worked for NASA for 15 years. Just moved away last year. I miss seeing all of the launches and especially this one. The sight of it one thing, but the sound is absolutely amazing. A great mission success for NASA with the recovery of the Orion capsule a few days ago.

[Papa]

Great condensed video of the Artemis mission.


Https://youtu.be/exjO5MvxaH8

[Skuzzy]

Not to hijkack this thread, but it is NASA/JPL related. If you have not seen the Amazon Prime movie "Goodnight Oppy", and are a bit of a space nut, like me, then you have to catch this movie about the rovers Spirit and Opportunity.