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2·3 days agoThanks!! Yep, lots of planes flying around, going to San Francisco and San Jose!
51·15 days agoI would also like to see more collaboration, and there are many nuanced reasons why the US would rather not. Just one of them is that this launch resulted in this:
https://x.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1804542638034661522
I can’t imagine being one of the scientists designing and cheering on this mission and then realizing my country’s funds caused that scene. Thank goodness the US doesn’t drop empty stages (containing extremely dangerous chemicals in this case) on populated areas, this kind of behavior cannot be tolerated.
I am so hyped to follow Stoke’s development. They may just be the competition we need! Them and perhaps some Chinese companies?
I am team space, and cheap access to orbit is what makes more space stuff possible. The teams working towards that future get me very excited! I don’t think organizations not looking seriously at reusability are going to survive.
Dare I say magical? So cool this is happening. Crazy that it’s barely in the mainstream news (at least in my experience).
That’s a lot of confidence! I hope they can start flying and testing it soon. I would LOVE for them to start kicking SpaceX into even higher gear.
What an embarrassment. This vehicle will probably finally fly at some point, but all these delays are humiliating to America’s space program. Incompetence on the part of Boeing.
Definitely one of the coolest projects around! (imo)
NASA issued statement after story publication:
“That is not a correct interpretation of the agency’s response. As stated, NASA recognizes the critical role of the Office of Inspector General, and furthermore, the agency values the Office of the Inspector General’s attention to the Artemis campaign. NASA’s response highlights that analysis and mitigation of the issues identified during Artemis I have been underway since the conclusion of the mission. NASA engineering teams contributed fully and openly to the Office of the Inspector General’s report by providing data directly resulting from that work and appreciate the report’s summary of those pre-existing efforts in the Recommendations section. NASA remains committed to ensuring the safety of the Artemis II flight next year, and to future missions.”
You’d think so! Alas, it’s nice to have a concise explanation for people who are not in the know.
No problem, it’s not about upvotes! :)
Can’t believe I haven’t seen that part! Thanks for sharing. This sounds like such a reasonable plan.
Not sure how it’d take off back to orbit, but Red Dragon would have been so dang cool!
I think the primary reason for the change to Indian Ocean splashdown is because of the addition of the “deorbit” burn test. As for tracking assets… that’s a good question! It’s possible they’ll have a ship or something there, maybe they included a “black box” they expect to survive reentry, or perhaps they think they’ll get enough info from their massively beefed up starlink connections.
I also heard that they will reenter during night time. Might make it easier to see even with simple assets like a boat!
All this is purely speculative :)
That’s just an illusion! It’s extremely far away. The launch site is a few km from the nearest public road, and about 10km from the closest town, and I’m viewing it from a few hundred km!