Mastodawn

I suspect most of my followers have heard the news already, but just in case, Artemis II is launching towards the moon in ca. 15 minutes ^^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR2KK8TEs

NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast)

This feed will provide continuous coverage of Artemis II mission activities with live commentary, beginning with tanking of the SLS (Space Launch System) roc...

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Lucas Werkmeister 6d ago

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mike_peel/116331703244244716

(and yes I don’t disagree with what Mike writes here)

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Lucas Werkmeister 6d ago

“there’s a lot more things in orbit than […] Artemis I”

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Lucas Werkmeister 6d ago

oops, someone might want to resync those countdowns

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Lucas Werkmeister 6d ago

you know, it occurs to me that I have no idea what the rocket’s (considerable!) weight currently rests on

maybe I’ll look that up later

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Lucas Werkmeister 6d ago

looking at this shot… it can’t be suspended from the tower, surely? it has to be standing on the ground (but not such that it blocks the rocket engine nozzles lol)

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Lucas Werkmeister 6d ago

wikipedians

#Artemis2

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Denny Vrandečić

@LucasWerkmeister that's how I keep up-to-date on mission progress. I refresh the page and read up until where it goes from future tense to past tense.