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1 posted on 08/17/2022 4:31:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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“Three possible launch opportunities exist at the end of the month, starting with Monday 29 August.

“If technical issues or inclement weather prevent the rocket from getting off Earth on this date, a further attempt can be made on Friday 2 September, and, failing that, on Monday 5 September.”


2 posted on 08/17/2022 4:33:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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The Artemis Space Launch System (SLS) is a jobs program for government nerds. I expect another inexplicable delay. After all it is government work.


3 posted on 08/17/2022 4:35:43 PM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.)
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The government is delaying Starship so they can be first with this Orange Turkey


5 posted on 08/17/2022 4:42:04 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin

(maiden flight)

Would maiden Liz Cheney be going?

Abraham Lincoln on the Moon and all that...

😜


8 posted on 08/17/2022 4:46:22 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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It’s the space shuttle program and the ISS that set us back about 30 years in terms of human space exploration. None of it matters if humans can’t get into space.


9 posted on 08/17/2022 4:47:05 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: BenLurkin

Space Launch System (SLS) is so diverse that every company on the planet build a piece ,LOL


10 posted on 08/17/2022 4:48:17 PM PDT by butlerweave
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ARTEMIS . . .Do we have to dance with the devil in everything this country does?

In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Artemis is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity. She was heavily identified with Selene, the Moon, and Hecate, another moon goddess, and was thus regarded as one of the most prominent lunar deities in mythology, alongside the aforementioned two


11 posted on 08/17/2022 4:48:40 PM PDT by Maudeen (https://ThereIsHopeInJesus.com)
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To: BenLurkin

That they went back to SRBs is almost unbelievable.


19 posted on 08/17/2022 5:00:39 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When policemen break the law, then there isn't any law - just a fight for survival)
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To: BenLurkin

As Billy Preston sang, “ Will it gp round in circles”?


22 posted on 08/17/2022 5:18:36 PM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: BenLurkin

50/50 chance that it makes it to orbit.

Congratulations to NASA/CRT on fleecing the American tax payer.


23 posted on 08/17/2022 5:27:04 PM PDT by 2001convSVT (Asking questions is your right.)
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I would have reserved the name, Artemis, for an asteroid killer.


24 posted on 08/17/2022 5:28:04 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: BenLurkin

What if it goes Boom ?


27 posted on 08/17/2022 5:46:43 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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IMHO, it doesn’t stand a chance of success...

Government conceived, designed, constructed, tested, and validated safe...


34 posted on 08/17/2022 8:21:10 PM PDT by SuperLuminal
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