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It's interesting to me how cautious NASA is being with Artemis II. I wrote about the risk / mortality calculation behind this, but everything from the trajector
by areoform 6mo ago
It's interesting to me how cautious NASA is being with Artemis II. I wrote about the risk / mortality calculation behind this, but everything from the trajectory, the decision not to do an orbital insertion, the checkout in high-Earth orbit is very cautious.
I wish this mission took greater risks. Or, just at least go as far as Apollo 8, but stay for a bit longer, and try out new things. It would be fun to take a finicky low mass radio telescope experiment to the far side of the moon.
- dd_xplore 6mo agoI don't think they'd or any other space mission will take that much risk anymore. Atleast without the pressure/tension of cold war space race.
- neurostimulant 6mo ago> I wish this mission took greater risks It's already risky enough: https://idlewords.com/2026/03/artemis_ii_is_not_safe_to_fly.htm https://idlewords.com/2026/03/artemis_ii_is_not_safe_to_fly....
- areoform 6mo agoYes, and that's part of what spaceflight is. https://1517.substack.com/p/1-in-30-artemis-greatness-and-risk https://1517.substack.com/p/1-in-30-artemis-greatness-and-ri... It has always been a touch-and-go affair
- NetMageSCW 6mo agoIt is not possible for them to say a bit longer because Orion doesn’t have the deltaV necessary to go into LLO and orbit the Moon like Apollo 8. Orion is like HlS in that it is the worst possible craft for a mission to the Moon, but it’s the one we have. At least Starship has a potential future for further missions.
- Tepix 6mo agoDid you miss "Artemis 2 is not safe to fly" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47582043 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47582043 ?