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Baz 08-28-2022 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by A930Rocket (Post 11783128)
Not having cable or satellite, is there a website to watch the launch?
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Originally Posted by Sooner or later (Post 11783132)
Or here's another.......

<iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/peV2lgH6jJQ" title="Watch live: The launch of NASA's new moon rocket" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

fisher22 08-28-2022 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Coats (Post 11783020)
Where were you in '69?

I was a nine-year-old kid and begged my dad to fill up the family barge at Gulf, even though it was a penny more a gallon, just to get this:

https://i.imgur.com/QTBxQuD.png
I love it! I have similar memories. And even a couple newspapers sealed and stashed away from the day after the landing.

Watching that landing and first moonwalk live is among the most vivid memories from my childhood. I guess I’m a science geek.

A930Rocket 08-28-2022 07:20 PM
Thanks, Baz!

Steve Carlton 08-28-2022 09:26 PM
Artemis- twin sister of Apollo. A lunar deity, among other things. Apropos.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1661750675.jpg

https://mashable.com/article/nasa-artemis-rocket-launch-most-powerful-rocket

Steve Carlton 08-28-2022 09:42 PM
Scheduled for 8:33am Eastern Time. Another link to watch it live:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/21X5lGlDOfg" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1661751709.jpg

astrochex 08-28-2022 10:18 PM
I’ll be taking a break at work and going outside to watch this one. Probably with many, many of my coworkers. :) We’re about 50 miles south so the viewing should be ok, clouds permitting.

Baz 08-29-2022 03:26 AM
Good morning! 10 minute hold at T minus 40 to resolve issue with RS25 engine....

RNajarian 08-29-2022 03:50 AM
Looks like the delay issue may not be a show (launch) stopper

Kenneth Chang
Aug. 29, 2022, 7:47 a.m. ET2 minutes ago
2 minutes ago
Kenneth ChangReporting from Kennedy Space Center.

Derrol Nail, the NASA launch commentator, said that the line of frost on the outside of the core stage appeared to be the result of a crack in the insulating foam, not the underlying “intertank flange.” It does not seem serious.

Sooner or later 08-29-2022 03:59 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by RNajarian (Post 11783277)
Looks like the delay issue may not be a show (launch) stopper

Kenneth Chang
Aug. 29, 2022, 7:47 a.m. ET2 minutes ago
2 minutes ago
Kenneth ChangReporting from Kennedy Space Center.

Derrol Nail, the NASA launch commentator, said that the line of frost on the outside of the core stage appeared to be the result of a crack in the insulating foam, not the underlying “intertank flange.” It does not seem serious.
Let's hope so.

That is what they said on the live stream.

flatbutt 08-29-2022 04:33 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by RNajarian (Post 11783277)
Looks like the delay issue may not be a show (launch) stopper

Kenneth Chang
Aug. 29, 2022, 7:47 a.m. ET2 minutes ago
2 minutes ago
Kenneth ChangReporting from Kennedy Space Center.

Derrol Nail, the NASA launch commentator, said that the line of frost on the outside of the core stage appeared to be the result of a crack in the insulating foam, not the underlying “intertank flange.” It does not seem serious.
Still on hold.

Check that...flight scrubbed.

Sooner or later 08-29-2022 04:36 AM
Scrubbed

Sooner or later 08-29-2022 04:36 AM
#3 Engine bleed problem

Baz 08-29-2022 04:41 AM
Next date is 9/2 earliest. 12:48pm.

Depends on engine 3 leak being addressed....

URY914 08-29-2022 06:00 AM
Hope we have clear weather on Friday. Too cloudy to see it from here today.

fisher22 08-29-2022 07:36 PM
There are literally many thousands of automated checks prior to launch to uncover the slightest anomaly. Which would then require deeper tests, visuals, etc.

I have no doubt they did full testing as if it was a manned mission (except crew biometrics of course).

Looking forward to whenever this baby lifts off!

Fast Freddy 944 08-30-2022 03:17 AM
Launch scrubbed, probably bumbling buffoons behind the scrub. Bring back the real NASA of the 60's and light this candle...

IROC 08-30-2022 03:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Fast Freddy 944 (Post 11784255)
Launch scrubbed, probably bumbling buffoons behind the scrub. Bring back the real NASA of the 60's and light this candle...
I don't know. I see it a different way. Lots of lessons were learned following Challenger. And, these launches are extremely complicated...so couple that with lack of tolerance on the part of the general public for failure in such a high-visibility event and I don't blame them for caution at all.

I was directly involved in probably 30+ Shuttle flights and spent a lot time at KSC dealing with launch delays and the ramifications, so I've BTDT. You won't find many bumbling buffoons down there. IMHO.

Fast Freddy 944 08-30-2022 03:54 AM
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Originally Posted by IROC (Post 11784269)
I don't know. I see it a different way. Lots of lessons were learned following Challenger. And, these launches are extremely complicated...so couple that with lack of tolerance on the part of the general public for failure in such a high-visibility event and I don't blame them for caution at all.

I was directly involved in probably 30+ Shuttle flights and spent a lot time at KSC dealing with launch delays and the ramifications, so I've BTDT. You won't find many bumbling buffoons down there. IMHO.
Im a dummy, what is btdt? whats ksc? Blt and KFC? Just a casual observer here. I know back in the 60s they were lighting the candles off more efficiently than the computator controlled rockets of today, too much tech? Ask Von Braun....

Sooner or later 08-30-2022 04:08 AM
Kennedy Space Center
Been There Done That

flatbutt 08-30-2022 04:09 AM
Been There Done That...Kennedy Space Center

Gogar 08-31-2022 12:23 PM
LOL Freddy you gotta be careful with yer yammering, there's a few guys in here who actually make those candles you wanna shoot off all willy nilly

fisher22 08-31-2022 12:43 PM
Weather is not looking good at the Cape on Friday. NASA announced the next launch attempt will be Saturday. The launch window opens at 2:17pm ET.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Technology/live-updates/artemis-1-launch/?id=88941570

stevej37 08-31-2022 12:47 PM
When they took that engine off the shelf holding the Shuttle parts....they saw that it was tested by A.B. Normal. :D

MysticLlama 08-31-2022 02:14 PM
Have a friend there that went down to see the launch and is holding on coming back to hopefully catch it Saturday. Big space junkie, really hope he can catch it and doesn't end up having to come back just to miss it by a couple of days.

I hope to get the chance to go see a launch one day. Should at least be easier these days than the past with the amount of launches.

URY914 08-31-2022 03:25 PM
I've lived in FL all my life and have never seen a launch from the Cape in person. I have seen them go up from Orlando and other places but not up close.

stevej37 08-31-2022 03:27 PM
I was there for the last shuttle launch...the only one I've seen. (in person)

Baz 08-31-2022 03:48 PM
I watched the very first shuttle (Columbia) go up and took pics from the roof of the family (Mom and Step-Dad) Winnebago. 35mm, telephoto lens, tri-pod, and slide film...April 12, 1981!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1661989395.JPG

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1661989395.JPG

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1661989395.JPG

Seen MANY others since......never gets old!!!:)

CurtEgerer 08-31-2022 03:58 PM
Wow! Great shots. ^^^

I've seen one shuttle launch from the Cape (1997 or so?). It was impressive. Can see many of them from my driveway now some 100 miles away. If the weather looks good I might drive over to the coast for better viewing Fri. More powerful than Saturn V? I'm in.

CurtEgerer 08-31-2022 04:05 PM
This is what it looks like from 100 miles away. This was a SpaceX Falcon Heavy last year. It's one hell of a show at night. Cellphone pics.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1661990710.JPG

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1661990710.jpg

fisher22 08-31-2022 04:27 PM
That's awesome. Loud?

CurtEgerer 08-31-2022 05:44 PM
Can't hear a thing from where I'm at. The ground rumbles at the Cape with a several second delay in the sound.

fisher22 08-31-2022 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by CurtEgerer (Post 11785973)
Wow! Great shots. ^^^

I've seen one shuttle launch from the Cape (1997 or so?). It was impressive. Can see many of them from my driveway now some 100 miles away. If the weather looks good I might drive over to the coast for better viewing Fri. More powerful than Saturn V? I'm in.
First attempt is supposed to be Sat. See above. But the closer, the better. Crazy cool.

Baz 08-31-2022 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by CurtEgerer (Post 11785973)
Wow! Great shots. ^^^
Thank you. Coming from you, that's quite a compliment, Curt.

I'm no expert - and those images are digital conversions from the original 35mm slides. I'm not even sure I cleaned the slides first....;)

I miss having a decent camera and telephoto lens. Since the digital cameras came out all I've used are the point and shoot units. One day I will get back into it....

flipper35 08-31-2022 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Baz (Post 11783027)
For the Artemis I mission, four veteran engines were selected, with a combined 25 flights between them, according to NASA:

Engine E2045: The most veteran engine with 12 flights, including a docking with Mir in 1998 and John Glenn's flight, also in 1998
Engine E2056: Four flights, including STS-109, a Hubble Telescope servicing trip and Columbia’s last successful mission
Engine E2058: Six flights, all to build the space station
Engine E2060: Three flights, most notably STS-135 Atlantis, the final shuttle mission
And this will be their last flight. :confused:

CurtEgerer 09-01-2022 12:00 PM
Saturday! Thanks. I wonder what the odds are of this thing actually launching? Just seems like so many glitches and delays. Local radio this morning said they're expecting 400,000 lining the roads to see it :eek:

Baz - pretty inexpensive to get back into it these days. You can find a nice used DSLR for a few hundred. Even 12-14MP is more than enough. Like always, "it's all about the glass". Something cellphones will never have. I've got adapters to use old manual focus lenses on some of my digital equipment.

flipper35 09-01-2022 12:51 PM
What Curt said. Our Rebel can take the new lenses or the old lenses out of the box which is nice.

Baz 09-01-2022 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by CurtEgerer (Post 11786758)
Saturday! Thanks. I wonder what the odds are of this thing actually launching? Just seems like so many glitches and delays. Local radio this morning said they're expecting 400,000 lining the roads to see it :eek:

Baz - pretty inexpensive to get back into it these days. You can find a nice used DSLR for a few hundred. Even 12-14MP is more than enough. Like always, "it's all about the glass". Something cellphones will never have. I've got adapters to use old manual focus lenses on some of my digital equipment.
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Originally Posted by flipper35 (Post 11786820)
What Curt said. Our Rebel can take the new lenses or the old lenses out of the box which is nice.
Thanks for the info - I will look into it! I still have my old lenses....:)

flatbutt 09-03-2022 03:54 PM
I guess they just don't make them like they used to.

An H2 leak of all things.

CurtEgerer 09-03-2022 04:13 PM
and they just scrubbed the launch window. "Later this year" they say :rolleyes:

fisher22 09-03-2022 04:17 PM
An abundance of caution. Oh, and the Hydrogen leak.


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