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Evan Kor said:
Thank God everything went well. It'll be interesting what they find out after examining the heat shield since that heat shield design could be better than the honeycomb type if it can avoid spalling. I think its fair to say that the 2nd Space Race has officially begun today.

Also consider this: there was a moment in time when that spacecraft was the furthest away from Earth during its flight. At that moment, one of the astronauts was sitting/floating the further from Earth than any human has ever been. However, its probably impossible to actually know which astronaut that was.
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Artemis 3 being a earth orbit docking/shake out is a good idea too. They better have the toilet fixed and that'll be a much better way to ensure it.
 
Fishnumm said:
what do you think the astronauts are doin' in there just chillin'?
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Wanting a shower. Space equipment for human spaceflight smells notoriously bad because hygiene is difficult. This will especially be the case with Artemis 2 as they would have had to do babywipe showers. Especially so, because with launch and re-entry crews have to wear diapers (they are strapped in for hours at a time)
 
Be sure to sign up on those NASA virtual trips and so on to get your names on chips that go on the missions and a little digital swag. I never got any spam or other junk over it that i can tell.
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WelperHelper99 said:
That fucking toilet was not worth the price tag
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Toilet issues are surprisingly common as they are a bit more complex than earth toilets, as they require a shit ton of valve work. The Shuttle had multiple failures, and at one point on the ISS one of the toilets failed (when there was only 1 proper toilet on the station) so they had to resort to using the Soyuz toilet, which you don't want to be using for a long duration of time (this was at the time when the Soyuz took 2 days to rendezvous to the ISS before they transitioned to the current 6 hours or so rendezvous time).
mlanguishi said:
Artemis 3 being a earth orbit docking/shake out is a good idea too. They better have the toilet fixed and that'll be a much better way to ensure it.
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It's a waste of a SLS and ngl, a commercial crew spacecraft should just be left to do the job.
 
ConsentAccidentVictimNo98 said:
It's a waste of a SLS and ngl, a commercial crew spacecraft should just be left to do the job.
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Right but it's all about testing the Orion and SLS is the only launcher currently capable of carrying that. Any other approach means literally going back to the drawing board and "spend forever achieving nothing at great expense" is no longer the NASA way.
 
Major-General said:
There are so many fucking Brazilians in the YouTube chat lol
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Probably there to say that Alberto Santos-Dumont was the real first man in orbit, and that Vostok 1 didn't count anyway because they used a rocket.

Did I understand the radio chatter correctly that the internal camera wasn't working? If I did, that would really set me off if I was a truther. I don't quite believe it regardless, but it was probably "malfunctioning" because they didn't want to potentially livestream four horrendous deaths to the world.
 
Alabama Gamer said:
Probably there to say that Alberto Santos-Dumont was the real first man in orbit, and that Vostok 1 didn't count anyway because they used a rocket.
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Why do Brazilians keep trying to claim that they were the first to do a bunch of things? I'm pretty sure they're still on the "The first person to fly was ashkully Brazilian" shit.
 


Video from the ISS allegedly you can see the Orion module begin its re-entry

It becomes visible at 6 around seconds on the right side of the screen, above the horizon line, and is visible until 14 seconds when it crests the earth
 
what planet will we land on after mars? probably like ceres right that'd be cool to see
 
It might just be me, but it really irks me that they keep saying "for humanity" or "for all humanity." I get that the whole huMAN thing plays better with the gender neutral crowd than MANkind these days, but come on. It sounds so stilted and weird to say. The Apollo astronauts said "for all mankind."

Also, I was listening to the news conference on the radio, and I didn't catch what publication he was with, but that Mexican was fucking dense as a bag of rocks. Firstly, he was the only guy picked for Q&A that didn't speak English without a thick accent (couldn't his news company get anybody that speaks it without one for this big deal news conference?) Then he asked 2 questions when they're supposed to only ask 1; that's pretty typical of journalists though. Firstly, this guy obviously didn't watch the livestream or listen to any of the other fucking information because his first question was why did they have a 6 minute comms blackout. You know because why would a journalist actually gather information before a Q&A. Oh a woman from some London news company knew that one of the flight directors was inspired by seeing Starwars with his dad in theaters btw, obviously she had been watching his old interview footage, you know actually learning about someone you might have the chance to question. I guess as to why the space capsule coming screaming into the atmosphere in a ball of plasma couldn't send a radio signal eluded him.
Secondly, he asked if there could be a Hispanic on the next Artemis mission. Again, he didn't listen to any of the other questions or information because the first question was also about the lineup for the next missions and they said they'd say more soon, so fail there. Also, what a fucking prick asking if they can send a Mexican or whatever on the next mission. Obviously now when selecting crew they're also factoring in diversity, so they might pick a Hispanic (are there even any Hispanic astronauts?), but the fucking gall of this guy. If you want to open a taco stand on the moon, then why don't you ask Mexico to start a space program? I'm glad the flight director (I can't recall his name at the moment) just glazed over that part of the question and just explained (again) to this dense brick why they lost comms for 6 minutes of descent.
 
85CentSoda said:
but come on. It sounds so stilted and weird to say. The Apollo astronauts said "for all mankind."
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humanity is le inclusive language, even though it still has "man" in it

It's not that I'm not spacepilled, I just can't help but feel a certain way when seeing this undeniably awesome achievement, and comparing it to contemporary political/cultural things. I don't even think this is unreasonable. Like that nigger astronaut, openly and proudly listens every day to that black cope ditty about whitey on the moon every day. He literally cannot get over something like that, even after he gets to literally go to the moon. He will probably keep listening to it.

I truly do not mean to blackpill or bring anyone else down, but I just feel such a deep sense of wrongness when I contemplate things like this.
 
Wodanaz said:
humanity is le inclusive language, even though it still has "man" in it

It's not that I'm not spacepilled, I just can't help but feel a certain way when seeing this undeniably awesome achievement, and comparing it to contemporary political/cultural things. I don't even think this is unreasonable. Like that nigger astronaut, openly and proudly listens every day to that black cope ditty about whitey on the moon every day. He literally cannot get over something like that, even after he gets to literally go to the moon. He will probably keep listening to it.

I truly do not mean to blackpill or bring anyone else down, but I just feel such a deep sense of wrongness when I contemplate things like this.
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That's a fair point, I am super proud of what was done, and proud of the people involved.
But they will inevitably say/do some stupid shit in the coming days/weeks.
I will just bask in the achievement they made for now and enjoy it while it lasts.
 
Exegesis said:
Why do Brazilians keep trying to claim that they were the first to do a bunch of things? I'm pretty sure they're still on the "The first person to fly was ashkully Brazilian" shit.
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Same reason why niggers claim they built all of America. They have almost no heritage or history to respect and look back on, so they invent a reality in which they do. Just third world, low IQ things.
 
Fishnumm said:
what planet will we land on after mars? probably like ceres right that'd be cool to see
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Ironically, Ceres is an easier target then mars. Landing on it is easier, and taking off from it is easier. Its low gravity means its much more ideal as a base for pushing out further into the outer solar system.

The focus on Mars is because its a major planet. But Mars really has nothing much to speak for it. Building a Colony on Mars would be just as hard as building one on Ceres, but with the added issue of a deeper gravity well. "The Expanse" series was quite ahead of its time in identifying the importance of Ceres to human colonization of the solar system.

In my head, I really do see humanity expanding into the solar system as requiring

1. Permanent lunar settlements and manufacturing base. Getting large amounts of supplies off the moon is far cheaper then then getting them off earth.

2. Permanent settlement on Ceres. Ceres has much of the same benefits as the moon, with the added benefit of being much further out.

Once we have permanent bases on Luna and Ceres, then we can think about more abstract shit like Martian colonies. Really though, the focus on colonizing planets is a suckers bargain. If we can develop the means to build sustainable artificial habitats in orbit, why bother with trying to eck out a living on some dusty rock with no atmosphere at all?
 
Zorak Prison Pod said:
I was under the impression that the exact location of splashdown was impossible to determine ahead of time and they would have to conduct a search. I was surprised to see that apparently there's something with a camera already nearby.
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As it was explained to me by the idiot box they would be able to maneuver the capsule to change its' landing point up to fifty miles using the RCS thrusters on the way down, so they would almost certainly be able to course correct to get as close to their projected landing point as possible.
 
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