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If Artemis goes on as planned, hopefully you'll just have to hold on at least a few more years!

by ChicagoBoy11 3y ago

dylan604 3y ago
Has anything about Artemis occurred as planned? Why would we be silly enough to expect it to start now?
- tekla 3y ago
  Artemis 1 flew without incident and Orion landed back on earth nominally and achieved all scientific objectives.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_1 Launch date November 16, 2022, 06:47:44 UTC (1:47 am EST) "Artemis 1 was outlined by NASA as Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) in 2012, at which point it was set to launch in 2017" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_2 "Launch date During preliminary reviews in 2011, the launch date was placed somewhere between 2019 and 2021, but afterwards the launch date was delayed to 2023 on an SLS launch vehicle.[25][26] Although, as of March 2023, the mission is pegged for a November 2024 launch,[1] the need to recycle and refurbish components from Orion that flew on Artemis 1 may push this back to later in 2024 or the first quarter of 2025" I'm getting older just reading it
creaturemachine 3y ago
Considering the moon landing craft they've chosen is one that hasn't even reached space, I'd adjust your outlook to "decades."
- tekla 3y ago
  I have something to tell you about literally the Apollo program (October 27, 1961 -> December 19, 1972)
  - V99 3y ago
    That was the '60s, and the amount of risk accepted and stability of funding were completely different worlds. The entirety of first flight (Apollo 4) to first landing (11) was 20 months. Today just development of the SLS has been going for as long as the 11 years of Apollo program. We have exactly one uncrewed test launch to show for it, with another not planned for 24 months later (next November) and a landing looking like 2028 at the earliest and no reason to think it won't be delayed.

If Artemis goes on as planned, hopefully you'll just have to hold on at least a few more years!

dylan604 3y ago

Has anything about Artemis occurred as planned? Why would we be silly enough to expect it to start now?

tekla 3y ago
Artemis 1 flew without incident and Orion landed back on earth nominally and achieved all scientific objectives.
- dylan604 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_1 Launch date November 16, 2022, 06:47:44 UTC (1:47 am EST) "Artemis 1 was outlined by NASA as Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) in 2012, at which point it was set to launch in 2017" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_2 "Launch date During preliminary reviews in 2011, the launch date was placed somewhere between 2019 and 2021, but afterwards the launch date was delayed to 2023 on an SLS launch vehicle.[25][26] Although, as of March 2023, the mission is pegged for a November 2024 launch,[1] the need to recycle and refurbish components from Orion that flew on Artemis 1 may push this back to later in 2024 or the first quarter of 2025" I'm getting older just reading it

creaturemachine 3y ago

Considering the moon landing craft they've chosen is one that hasn't even reached space, I'd adjust your outlook to "decades."

tekla 3y ago
I have something to tell you about literally the Apollo program (October 27, 1961 -> December 19, 1972)
- V99 3y ago
  That was the '60s, and the amount of risk accepted and stability of funding were completely different worlds. The entirety of first flight (Apollo 4) to first landing (11) was 20 months. Today just development of the SLS has been going for as long as the 11 years of Apollo program. We have exactly one uncrewed test launch to show for it, with another not planned for 24 months later (next November) and a landing looking like 2028 at the earliest and no reason to think it won't be delayed.