Posted on 02/04/2024 3:29:14 PM PST by nickcarraway
Japan's Moon lander ended up on its nose when it made its historic touchdown on the lunar surface. A US lunar lander has "no chance" of making a soft landing on the Moon due to a fuel leak.
We've set foot on the Moon multiple times. So why all the recent mission failures?
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Anyone here doubt SpaceX could do it pretty easily if they cared to?
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Yes I do; SpaceX is very far behind the initial projections with the current NASA Artemis-StarShip plans. As it stands now, China has a very good chance of getting to the moon first.
Further, the whole Artemis plan is very expensive and likely unworkable in practice. It will take some 20 launches to get 4 guys to the moon. That’s after they get the Lunar Orbiter Module up and working.
StarShip has no crew escape-on-descent. Only on ascent. Unnecessary safety risk. Even the Apollo Lunar Module had this crew safety feature.
With luck, StarShip 3 will make it to orbit next month, and hopefully they will be able to prove the refueling concept this year as well. Without that, the whole Artemis mission fails.
SpaceX’s Boca Chica site is in jeopardy from environmental lawsuits. If the envirowackos’ case (Sierra Club) succeeds they will have to close the site. This will take many months or years to get through the courts, and the site can still operate, if they get a stay of execution against the various agencies that grant permits (and does not violate prior agreements), while the case goes on.
Most of the won’t do interviews ... will not swear on a Bible that they landed on the moon
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Buzz Aldrin age 94
David Scott age 91
Charles Duke age 88
Harrison Schmitt age 88
all the others have passed away. RIP.
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How many people that age give interviews to stupid reporters who ask even more stupid questions?
Never happened - they used sledge hammers on their “shuttle”
Space X has a manned lunar landing scheduled this year
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Sorry, the schedule has slipped at least 10 years now to 2034-2036. And may never happen due to many many problems stemming from the costs and needless complexity of the NASA plan.
The whole plan is some 20 launches just to get 4 guys to the moon, depends on SpaceX’s refueling concept, and on the Lunar Orbiter - which does not exist.
It’s like they say, technology is great when it works.
But if everything tech is as glitchy as my cell phone..we could be in serious trouble.
Every dollar spent today on space “exploration” is money down a pointless rathole.
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Until a really big asteroid or comet decides to call Earth home. Not if, but when
Thanks for the update
That was one of the Apollo photos NASA destroyed! How did you get it? Are you a spokesperson for our Masters? Did you get prior approval from the Master pictured?
slide rule? How many people can even find their state on a map, let alone know what a slide rule is?
No illegal space aliens.
Ditto 9-11
Slide rules are somewhat obsolete, what with computers and all. 😊
Ditto 9-11.
To be clear I know it happened. I question how it happen and who orchestrated it (FBI).
My first computer used copper wires and lights: a Geniac.
I have one from the 1940’s. The gold embossed name on the case is “David Packard”. Not sure if it’s that David Packard but I like to think it is.
Some links - the first one is the best.
Marcus House - SpaceX
https://www.youtube.com/@MarcusHouse/videos
The Angry Astronaut
https://www.youtube.com/@TheAngryAstronaut/videos
spaceXcentric
https://www.youtube.com/@spaceXcentric
“China has a very good chance of getting to the moon first.”
The biggest advantage they have is they won’t care if some astronauts die in failed attempts.
The US will freak out if that happens to their astronauts.
You are really old. Smile
The way you know the manned moon landings happened is by the many ham radio operators internationally who had dishes they pointed in the right direction.
Those things have beamwidths of a degree. Or less. Nothing off to the side gets heard. There are thousands of these guys who heard the show personally, without involvement of NBC, ABC or CBS. Or BBC. Or anyone else. This does not mean every ham had a dish like that. Thousands did. Globally.
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