[QUOTE=storm5510;618694]Somebody mentioned that in Greek Mythology, Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo. :grin:[/QUOTE]Artemis has been floating around in the SciFi world as a name for the successor for a while.

[url=https://www.npr.org/2022/12/11/1141946917/nasa-artemis-splashdown-moon-mission]NASA's Orion capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday[/url][quote]The Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at 9:40 a.m. PT, marking a successful phase one of NASA's Artemis program.[/quote]

Yep, only NASA has the cash to still live in the 1970s!

Autonomeous robots do not exist of course. Who needs a CPU with sophisticated hardware. We just ship a few astronauts, preferably not overly smart ones, for a small time to the moon for 100 billion dollar!

And if taxpayers paid for that starships development anyway - grabbing some cash from a billionaire if he wants to go to the moon is probably possible too!

What was it - 800 million dollar for an autonomeous mission to the moon?

Who wants it that cheap - then there is nothing to earn!

[QUOTE=diep;619514]Yep, only NASA has the cash to still live in the 1970s!

Autonomeous robots do not exist of course. Who needs a CPU with sophisticated hardware. We just ship a few astronauts, preferably not overly smart ones, for a small time to the moon for 100 billion dollar!

And if taxpayers paid for that starships development anyway - grabbing some cash from a billionaire if he wants to go to the moon is probably possible too!

What was it - 800 million dollar for an autonomeous mission to the moon?

Who wants it that cheap - [B]then there is nothing to earn![/B][/QUOTE]


Did you not mean "learn?" :ermm:

If at first you don't succeed... [url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64218883]UK space launch: Historic Cornwall rocket launch ends in failure[/url]

And, in other UK space-related news: Welcome to the latest edition of the Joe Stalin Show!

[url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-64223974]Boris Johnson erased from Grant Shapps spaceport picture[/url]

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;622146]If at first you don't succeed... [url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64218883]UK space launch: Historic Cornwall rocket launch ends in failure[/url]

And, in other UK space-related news: Welcome to the latest edition of the Joe Stalin Show!

[url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-64223974]Boris Johnson erased from Grant Shapps spaceport picture[/url][/QUOTE]Well, it's not rocket science. That's easy. It is rocket engineering that is hard.

The rocket equation is about 200 years old and was widely known over a century ago; it, orbital mechanics, and celestial navigation would have been easily understood by Newton.

[QUOTE=xilman;623596]Well, it's not rocket science. That's easy. It is rocket engineering that is hard.[/QUOTE]

Fall out of chair funny. Seriously.

Just asking... Who is going to online in about twelve or so hours? To watch something amazing? Even big booms are informative...

A 50% chance of success is better than 0. Just do your best not to blow up the launch pad (and all those lovely nearby fuel tanks).

We watch in awe. It inspires us to do our best in our little spaces.

[QUOTE=chalsall;628631]<snip>
Just asking... Who is going to online in about twelve or so hours? To watch something amazing? Even big booms are informative...

A 50% chance of success is better than 0. Just do your best not to blow up the launch pad (and all those lovely nearby fuel tanks).
<snip>[/QUOTE]Launch scrubbed at T minus 40 seconds. Frozen valve. It will take at least a couple of days to prepare for another attempt.

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;628665]Launch scrubbed at T minus 40 seconds. Frozen valve. It will take at least a couple of days to prepare for another attempt.[/QUOTE]

Yeah. I observed that in real time. SpaceX should be studied for its transparency in business schools.

It is an amazing time to be alive. I don't know about others, but this kind of work inspires me to work harder.

(Some other quick empirical observations... I have actually recently talked in "meat space" with Humans who seem to think that there is no value in their doing work.

Said Humans presume others will do things for them to make their lives easy. They don't have to worry about anything. BTW, said humans are not the sharpest knives in the drawer...

IMHO, AI will /eventually/ take over. But it will take some time. The ideal end game is a cooperative transition.

Until that happens... Humans are awesome!!! :chalsall:

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;628665]Launch scrubbed at T minus 40 seconds. Frozen valve. It will take at least a couple of days to prepare for another attempt.[/QUOTE]
The launch was [STRIKE]scrubbed[/STRIKE]waved off earlier than that. But, the clock was run down to provide more practice and check out of the system.