@Trilobyter PS congrats on the Artemis II. thus far, other than a small crapper incident, it looks mighty successful. Thank you for your contribution.

@Lizette603_23 thanks, yeah from the conversation I heard they didn’t sufficiently “prime the pump” needed for water flow so it triggered warning lights. Was rectified quickly once they understood the cause. But they’re also having issues with the overboard waste water venting due to freezing, it does have heaters that are supposed to prevent but they are additionally going to roll the Orion so the vent is in the sun & hopefully that will thaw it. But they also have backup baggies if needed.

@Trilobyter better prepared than most of us at home! Is it okay if I badger you with questions from time to time?

@Lizette603_23 well I suddenly find myself with all sorts of spare time, right now I’m just sitting on the front porch with one of the dogs & my camera (never know what’s going to turn up, with the flowers starting to bloom the butterflies & bees & hummingbirds are starting to appear - and a hawk just zoomed by about 2 feet off the ground but I didn’t catch it) waiting for the rain that’s promised today (my garden needs it) so sure, ask away, anytime.

@Trilobyter My first question is about how you found yourself on the Artemis project

@Lizette603_23 so the longish version, I grew up around the Johnson Space Center, my dad work on Apollo from its early days. So I more or less followed in his footsteps, started working Space Shuttle in the late ‘80s in JSC’s Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), which was a high fidelity engineering & test simulator, what is called an “iron bird” - basically a complete set of Shuttle computers, avionics, cockpit, middeck, payload bay, laid out in a warehouse sized building.

@Trilobyter I'm envisioning it all. I was that star struck kid watching the first launches.
I've wondered if recent "space" tv show and movies have any valid representation of fact or even lingo. I certainly recall just about everything you wrote here from a few of them, so I guess that means someone consults with them who has expertise. I don't suppose you do that do you?
Was your dad a good teacher?
Wow, and entire shuttle RIGHT THERE

@Lizette603_23 no I’ve not done any such consulting but the better “space” shows do use them. It’s sometimes difficult for me to suspend disbelief & enjoy if it’s a show that is trying to be realistic but (for me at least) failing to do so. The more fantasy type sci-fi space shows are often easier to swallow in that regard. My dad, well he was from that emotionally minimalist/taciturn WW2/Korean War generation, but I know he was pleased I ended up working in the space program.