Anybody else following Artemis II? They're really out there.

Monday 12:52 CDT: They’re about to surpass the 1970 Apollo 13 manned flight distance-from-Earth record.

Chills.



https://www.youtube.com/live/z-j1uxBmis ... YhMNoKPo8T

Question: is this distance-from-Earth greater than Apollo 13 because the moon is currently in a different (farther) spot in its elliptical orbit around Earth than it was back then?

Edit: I googled. It’s merely a function of fly-by altitude, following a much more distant lunar orbit of something like 4,700 miles.

Edit 2: Mission control is discussing which SD cards the crew will use in which camera today. Life in space not all the different than here at home.

do we think 850s are are enough to land on the moon? or are bush wheels required?

thoughts

Cameron96 wrote:do we think 850s are are enough to land on the moon? or are bush wheels required?

thoughts

Let me blow your mind when I say, diameter not important, rather WHAT PSI????

Zzz wrote:

Cameron96 wrote:do we think 850s are are enough to land on the moon? or are bush wheels required?

thoughts

Let me blow your mind when I say, diameter not important, rather WHAT PSI????

Be specific. PSIG or PSIA?

Im no Spaceologist, but would you not need to put Negative PSI from a gauge on earth to still be inflated but not exploding there?

Regardless I feel this Aircraft would likely be experimental, FAA would take another 3000 Years to certify it.

Cameron96 wrote:do we think 850s are are enough to land on the moon? or are bush wheels required?

thoughts

Apollo lunar module supported 33,500# on 4 37" landing pads.
Looks like bushwheels are overkill even on the moon #moonshotsfired (I kid).
Now, if someone brings a lunar lander to Moose Creek I won't know whether to high five them or run and hide.

Belloypilot wrote:

Zzz wrote:

Cameron96 wrote:do we think 850s are are enough to land on the moon? or are bush wheels required?

thoughts

Let me blow your mind when I say, diameter not important, rather WHAT PSI????

Be specific. PSIG or PSIA?

Trick question!! At this point on the graph they have converged. I think.

Mars is going to be tricky, thin air so not a lot of lift so higher airspeeds.

I got pretty jacked up watching the launch. Was trying to cook dinner so didn’t want to hold on to my iDevice, plugged it into my little Yamaha shelf system with the sub. When it got to the ten second countdown I walked over, twisted the volume to eleven, and let that bitch rattle the niknaks off the walls. I get chills thinking about that launch, once they lit off those magnum Estes boosters and unlocked her there was none of that Saturn V slow climb hesitation, girl got it on!

Rocket

rocket wrote:Mars is going to be tricky, thin air so not a lot of lift so higher airspeeds.

I got pretty jacked up watching the launch. Was trying to cook dinner so didn’t want to hold on to my iDevice, plugged it into my little Yamaha shelf system with the sub. When it got to the ten second countdown I walked over, twisted the volume to eleven, and let that bitch rattle the niknaks off the walls. I get chills thinking about that launch, once they lit off those magnum Estes boosters and unlocked her there was none of that Saturn V slow climb hesitation, girl got it on!

Rocket

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rocket wrote:Mars is going to be tricky, thin air so not a lot of lift so higher airspeeds.

I got pretty jacked up watching the launch. Was trying to cook dinner so didn’t want to hold on to my iDevice, plugged it into my little Yamaha shelf system with the sub. When it got to the ten second countdown I walked over, twisted the volume to eleven, and let that bitch rattle the niknaks off the walls. I get chills thinking about that launch, once they lit off those magnum Estes boosters and unlocked her there was none of that Saturn V slow climb hesitation, girl got it on!

Rocket

Heck yeah, man. It was awesome. Gives me chills too, but in a good way. The best and brightest of our planet doing amazing things.