Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

It's crazy that this image looks so 'still' but in reality, the object on the left is essentially falling faster and faster into the blue world on the right. So fast that it will be going 39,688.37 km/hr when it enters the atmosphere and we all hope and pray that the engineering was sound and everything goes well.

#ArtemisII #Physics #Astronomy #Earth #TheyGoFast #Falling #Gravity

Apr 10 at 9:25pmWeb
Show threadDanneau1d ago
@chris Dredging up memories of following the first shuttle return, including a period of being out of communication and a heap of speculation about the thermal tiles on the underside of the shuttle. Also had beer and burgers with our Berkeley hosts and watch re-runs of Leave It To Beaver. Not sure Dame Erica was terribly impressed.
Show threadCarolyn1d ago
@chris Yeah, I was watching when the earth was about to be cropped off at the bottom and watched as they reframed it. They are going fast enough that they are needing to readjust the camera! :)
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸1d ago
@CStamp haha! Yes! Happening again as the earth gets lost to the bottom of the view and looks noticeably larger already! She's coming up FAST!
Show threadCarolyn1d ago
@chris Did you notice the heart-shaped cloud formation? It seems to amplify the feel-good aspect of this mission.
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸1d ago
@CStamp the Earth wants her children home!
Show threadJean-François Mezei1d ago

@chris Nothing is moving it is all fake, AI generated 😉 We all know landing on moon is impossible because the descent engines will melt the cheese the moon is made of and the ship will sink in a pool of melted cheese created by its engines 😉

All those animations I have seen omit the fact that the moon is moving at about 3000kmh so the math needed to aim the ship to "space" hoping the moon will arrive in time to sling shot the ship is pretty amazing. (consider gravity changes with dist)

Show threadPeter1d ago

@chris

That heat shield worries the hell out of me.