Artemis I SLS Countdown Clock Restarted - 6 Hours to Launch

“Commander Moonikin Campos” is suited and Booted , Shaun the Sheep is ready to be the first sheep in space and NASA are fueling the main stage rocket , weather forecast is good and as of now all systems are Go for launch.

Moonikin Campos gathering his thoughts ahead of lift off due in just over 6 hours from now.



Shaun hopeful that today is the day.

Here's hoping Shaun gets launched today!
I will be watching the event.

a reply to: gortex

You got this Shaun !!!!!

Good luck Artemis!

There was a NASA guy on the radio last night who explained what happened the other day to postpone the launch-he said they "think"it was a faulty sensor reading in the fuel system,but this time if that same error pops up,they would disregard it and continue with the launch..Sounded pretty risky but hopefully they know what they are doing.

This mission needs to work smoothly if the US are serious about getting a moonbase before China-who btw are seemingly wanting to build their base in potentially the same resource rich area of the lunar pole.

Naturally, NASA isn’t the only one wanting to take advantage of the south pole’s resources. In a paper published by the Journal of Deep Space Exploration in China, a group of researchers led by Chang’e-4 lunar mission commander Zhang He identified 10 potential landing spots near the south pole. Unfortunately, there is a bit of an overlap as both NASA and the Chinese researchers target sites near Shackleton, Haworth and Nobile craters as potential landing zones, Space News first reported.

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Whoever stakes the claim for that lunar water ice first will likely be the one who goes on to dominate the moon-and if used as a weapons platform,may also be in a position to dominate the earth as well.

a reply to: Silcone Synapse

If China get people there before America can revist, they will claim the whole thing as an extension of China and ignore what the Americans did before them and militarize it!

Been really looking forward to this launch today. Heading out to the beach to watch it.

originally posted by: Kurokage
a reply to: Silcone Synapse

If China get people there before America can revist, they will claim the whole thing as an extension of China and ignore what the Americans did before them and militarize it!

Let's politicalize this forum and thread too!!!! Yay!!! or not.

Cool graphic on the mission, we need to get back to the moon glad to finally see concrete steps to do so.

The last time we tried this was in 1969... 53 years ago. It's long past due that we went back. That flag is probably in need of maintenance.

This trip will not actually touch down on the moon, but it's a start. I think Artemis II is supposed to actually land and return. From there we can start talking Mars. Baby steps... remember the Challenger.

I'm going to be doing a lot today, so I'll be depending on ATS to keep everyone updated as things progress.

TheRedneck

I was invited to come down to Orlando by a friend from college, right before they scuttled the last attempt. I was sad to miss the trip to the Cape and then they scrubbed it till now. Glad I stayed home. We plan on making a trip to a cool fishing spot on the Illinois river to have some fun. Meanwhile the live link looks very good!


LAUNCH it boys!

a reply to: gortex

originally posted by: TheRedneck
The last time we tried this was in 1969... 53 years ago. It's long past due that we went back. That flag is probably in need of maintenance.

This trip will not actually touch down on the moon, but it's a start. I think Artemis II is supposed to actually land and return. From there we can start talking Mars. Baby steps... remember the Challenger.

I'm going to be doing a lot today, so I'll be depending on ATS to keep everyone updated as things progress.

TheRedneck

I want to see what the Chinese and Russians put on the Dark side. We may not get to know with our media liars needing to spin all things their way, and damn the real truth.

originally posted by: TheRedneck
The last time we tried this was in 1969... 53 years ago. It's long past due that we went back. That flag is probably in need of maintenance.

This trip will not actually touch down on the moon, but it's a start. I think Artemis II is supposed to actually land and return. From there we can start talking Mars. Baby steps... remember the Challenger.

I'm going to be doing a lot today, so I'll be depending on ATS to keep everyone updated as things progress.

TheRedneck

here is another feed

NASA investigating a Hydrogen leak ... again , launch may be delayed but countdown continuing.

originally posted by: gortex
NASA investigating a Hydrogen leak ... again , launch may be delayed but countdown continuing.

I'm listening to the tanking operations feed, thought I heard they are attempting to fill it manually so they can monitor and see if the leak is sealed. Right now the hydrogen tank is only 10% filled, I don't know what manually filling the hydrogen tank requires but it sounds more tricky than normal.

Warm up for the connection did not work, and the leak returned. They are discussing the next steps.... damn

a reply to: gortex

This is ridiculous.

53 years ago, before computers were even in widespread use (and when they were available, they weren't as powerful as a modern programmable calculator), we got four astronauts to the moon, let them walk around and take samples, and brought them back in one piece. Now, using computers so advanced we are having to account for light-speed internal delays, we can't manage to do what we did back then with slide rules?

Darwin might have had the right idea, but he looked in the wrong direction.

Someone get these guys some plumbing putty and let's get this thing to actually work!

TheRedneck

NASA say they are in a "state of no go" , it looks like the launch will be postponed again.

Final decision coming shortly.

Launch has been scrubbed , there is a window on Monday but unknown if they'll meet it.

a reply to: gortex

Thanks, just came to check on the status. I was looking forward to this. Hope Monday sticks

a reply to: gortex

It seems today is not the day. I wonder how much the fuel leak has cost them

disappointed

originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: gortex

This is ridiculous.

53 years ago, before computers were even in widespread use (and when they were available, they weren't as powerful as a modern programmable calculator), we got four astronauts to the moon, let them walk around and take samples, and brought them back in one piece. Now, using computers so advanced we are having to account for light-speed internal delays, we can't manage to do what we did back then with slide rules?

Darwin might have had the right idea, but he looked in the wrong direction.

Someone get these guys some plumbing putty and let's get this thing to actually work!

TheRedneck

You sound like Alan Sheppard after they left on the launch pad for hours waiting to launch the first manned Mercury flight.

The one where he had to pee in his spacesuit and it shorted out all the monitors, and he said and I paraphrase fix your stuff and light this candle.

That said I don't believe we will ever have regular space travel this way, it is too expensive and dangerous to continually have to exit our gravity with the brute force of a rocket.

Don't know how else but this isn't it either the g-forces alone



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