Posted on 11/04/2022 8:08:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin
NASA... gears up for another attempt to get the Artemis I mission off the ground...November 14, with a 69-minute launch window that opens at 12:07 a.m. ET. The launch will stream live on NASA’s website.
he rocket had been stowed away for weeks after issues with fuel leaks that thwarted the first two launch attempts and then a hurricane rolled through Florida, forcing the rocket to vacate the launchpad and head for safety.
The Artemis team again is monitoring a storm that could be heading toward Florida, but officials felt confident to move ahead with rollout, according to Jim Free, associate administrator for NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate.
The SLS rocket, which cost roughly $4 billion, ran into problems as it was loaded with super-chilled liquid hydrogen, springing a series of leaks. A faulty sensor also gave inaccurate readings as the rocket attempted to “condition” its engines, a process that cools the engines down so they’re not shocked by the temperatures of its super-chilled fuel.
NASA has worked to troubleshoot both issues. The Artemis team decided to mask the faulty sensor, essentially ignoring the data it puts out. And following the second launch attempt in September, the space agency ran another ground test when the rocket was still on the launchpad.
The purpose of the cryogenic demonstration was to test the seals and use updated “kinder and gentler” loading procedures of the supercold propellant, which is what the rocket would experience on launch day. While the test didn’t go exactly as planned, NASA said it met all its objectives.
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NASA always makes it look like it’s never launched a rocket before.
A rocket explosion is whipped cream on top of election time drama.
Hope they got the H2 leaks figured out. 🚀
Well, it’s true this time!...................
Too bad they can’t ask Russia for help.
have woke engineers been working on the h2 system?
NASA has become a laughingstock. Artemis has taken so long to develop modern rocketry has passed it by. If this first (and only) unmanned attempt doesn’t work there is no path forward for the rest of the program. Madness.
Well,I give it a 1 in 20 chance of making it off the pad. A 1 n 50 chance to make orbit.
More than likely, it will be a large explosion vice clean launch.
It most certainly has been a massive waste of my tax dollars.
NASA didn’t want it. Congress forced it on them to keep the Space Shuttle company jobs in their districts.
There’s a reason it’s called the Senate Launch System.
Nice. I wonder how far away people could see and/or hear it.
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