Florence1d ago

I don't know who needs to know this or cares, but today we're literally (hopefully) launching humans to the moon for the first time since 1972.

The mission is largely similar to Apollo 8 (1968) - they will leave earth, swing around the moon once (called a free-return trajectory), and back to earth in the span of 10 days.

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/

Artemis II: NASA’s First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 50 Years - NASA

Meet the Artemis II crew and learn how NASA’s 10-day lunar flyby mission will test deep space systems and pave the way for future Moon landings.

NASA
Show threadFlorence1d ago

We're on the way to the moon!!

But holy fuck, that was some of the worst camera work I've ever seen in a rocket launch. Shots glitching out and cutting to black, long-range cameras that couldn't stay framed on the rocket, and a 3D animation running at 1 FPS. And they straight-up missed the booster separation and cut to a different shot right when it happened.

It's like they got rid of both the talent and the technology that they already had with the HD Shuttle launches.

Show threadImogen1d ago

@themaritimegirl

I think that booster separation was intentionally not shown in case of a catastrophic failure. Reminiscent of the Challenger explosion it seemed too deliberate.

Show threadFlorence
@HopelessDemigod Nah. 134 shuttle launches plus Artemis I were shown with the booster sep, and Challenger failed several minutes before that point.
Apr 1 at 11:35pmWeb
Show threadCome On Giant Asteroid!1d ago

@themaritimegirl @HopelessDemigod

Had NASA channel on before dinner ... and then forgot! Yes, Challenger exploded at 73 seconds. IIRC, it was at the point of "maximum dynamic pressure"

Show threadImogen1d ago

@themaritimegirl

Ok. Well then, maybe you’re right it was just sloppy engineering in the video control center.