Latest Space Missions (& Other Science Stuff)

General Discussion
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Oh and I missed the Crew 12 launch:

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Crew 12 - ISS Docking + Hatch

And there they are 


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Got my Crew-12 patch, and decided to add some ‘Lunar’ patches to make shipping worthwhile. :rocket:

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You will have to move from patching the jacket to patching a pair of pants and then some sneakers :+1: :sparkles:

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That they apparently went from “We have a hydrogen leak” in Artemis I to “Let’s fix it on paper by redefining what a leak is” in Artemis II fills me with trepidation for this flight once more


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For those who do not have time;

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I mean, yes, it’s hydrogen. It’s the smallest atom, it can’t not leak. But during the space shuttle era, a “leak” meant a hydrogen concentration of more than 4% in the surrounding air - Just about the limit for potential combustion. And under this definition, the space shuttle did not leak.

For Artemis, a leak is defined as a hydrogen concentration breaching 16%. And under this definition, they still managed to leak in the first rehearsal! In other words, this thing is leaking more than 4 times the hydrogen that STS was leaking


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I hear ya!

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1619

Wet dress went so well, the crew has gone back into quarantine which means a possible launch in 2 weeks.

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Not so well, apparently. It looks like the march launch window has been scrubbed, they’re preparing for rollback. While the rehearsal went well, it looks like they were unable to repressurize the helium system after the rehearsal.

At least they’re not taking any chances and are communicating very transparently and clearly. Isaacman might turn out a more competent administrator than expected.

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The crew’s safety comes first.
It’s just sad that all nations dropped the ball and all vehicles have been either legacy or experimental for 
 how many decades?

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Artemis launch window has shifted into April 2026 and they were told they can bring their mobile phones to take pictures and videos. Like how samsung takes pictures of the moon today, who gonna believe any of it anyways? And humans won’t be walking on the Moon’s surface until at least 2028. They should reduce the time between launches by then too.

Human feet onto Mars missions have basically been canceled until better fuel transfer tech exists. Because of this, the Moon will be the main focus for probably another 50 more years
 50 more years to delay the release of all the cool tech earthlings are not allowed to use yet.

Maybe they found Aliens on the moon last time so that’s why we didn’t go back yet. Or maybe they use space as an excuse to take all the money for weapon manufacturing. who knows? they dont.

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Artemis was rolled back into the hangar to fix the helium leak

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Humans did not go back to the moon because we basically learned all there is to know or worth knowing.

The main reason for returning now is to practice for Mars and to use the moon as a launch point to Mars.

I can see the moon littered in abandoned structures within 10 years

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I heard it’s to establish a whaling industry on the moon

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Silly boy. Everyone knows it’s the cheese they are after

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The accompanying YT stream (Feb 27th)

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And they haven’t even made it around once yet


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