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2022-08-18 Science & Technology

The world's most powerful rocket is ready for liftoff: NASA's Space Launch System travels four miles to the pad at Kennedy Space Center ahead of the highly-anticipated Artemis I moon mission set for August 29

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-18 08:58|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 It has been a while @ NASA since this government organization has "reached for the Moon"; may the August 29th mission go without a hitch.

Posted by Bubba Glack1595 2022-08-18 09:48|| 2022-08-18 09:48|| Front Page Top

#2 May the fire end of their rocket keep pointing towards Earth. Otherwise things are going very badly and you will not reach space.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-08-18 09:53|| 2022-08-18 09:53|| Front Page Top

#3 The cores for Artemis II and III are already finished and II is already at the Cape. Assuming all goes well, the per unit cost comes down with each new booster built.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-18 10:03|| 2022-08-18 10:03|| Front Page Top

#4 The "Lunar Rover" awaits your return NASA...

Posted by Herman Whereck6401 2022-08-18 10:05|| 2022-08-18 10:05|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ Wouldn't it be a riot if it still runs? I'm sure the batteries are dead, but who knows?

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-18 10:14|| 2022-08-18 10:14|| Front Page Top

#6 HOW MANY LUNAR ROVERS ARE ON THE MOON?

Still Drivable? --- Ask Ferencs Pavlics --- Who?

Posted by Herman Whereck6401 2022-08-18 10:16|| 2022-08-18 10:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Can they fit all the talking heads of CNN/MSNBC on it?

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-08-18 10:52|| 2022-08-18 10:52|| Front Page Top

#8 The article makes it sound like the only goal is to put a non-white woman on the moon. Did they consult with biologists to make sure they have actual women, I mean birthing people, I mean person with vagina's....errr, what is the proper term for what used to be called women?

Posted by 2022-08-18 11:41|| 2022-08-18 11:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Oops, that was me. I find it amusing that the Demonrats and their new allies have essentially erased women. Now even women can't be women. They are just not-men.

Posted by Silentbrick 2022-08-18 11:43|| 2022-08-18 11:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Re #8, I am sure there will be a lawsuit by a trans ~~person~~ creature that will hold the whole thing up until 2074 at least.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-18 11:46|| 2022-08-18 11:46|| Front Page Top

#11 Now even women can't be women. They are just not-men.

So, I can name my new band "Dick and the Four Non Grrrrlz?"

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-18 11:47|| 2022-08-18 11:47|| Front Page Top

#12 #5 ^ Wouldn't it be a riot if it still runs? I'm sure the batteries are dead, but who knows?
Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-08-18 10:14

...The batteries were probably drained within a day or so of each mission's departure - but I wonder if it would be possible to send up some solar panels to 'plug in' to the Rovers just to see if you could get the little guys running. If nothing else, it would be a fun experiment.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-08-18 12:37|| 2022-08-18 12:37|| Front Page Top

#13 The cores for Artemis II and III are already finished and II is already at the Cape. Assuming all goes well, the per unit cost comes down with each new booster built

Still 3-4 orders of magnitude more expensive than Starship per kilo.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-08-18 12:43|| 2022-08-18 12:43|| Front Page Top

#14 The article makes it ~~sound like~~ the ~~only~~ goal is to put a non-white woman on the moon.

#8 - Fixed it for you.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-08-18 13:54|| 2022-08-18 13:54|| Front Page Top

#15 Norway pm take drug test. Crazy way you and Norway. Joinednato.

Posted by Lampedusa McCoy6263 2022-08-18 16:26|| 2022-08-18 16:26|| Front Page Top

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