I am surprised at my reaction to the Artemis II mission. I mean, it's a huge bucket of money to throw at well connected aerospace contractors - and one that imperils the astronauts because it's so expensive that they couldn't really test the heat shield.
And yet suddenly it's 1968 and the teachers are rolling televisions into the classroom so we can watch the spaceships return to Earth.
Sure, it's crazy expensive, but we just sent men people around the damn Moon.
And we did it without that ridiculous Metric System ...
For a moment, America is the Old America that can do things.
And what more, BP we are the ONLY country that can do this.
ReplyDeleteNot for me. I was just a tot watching the moon landings and thought it was a hoot. But as an old fart? I almost came unglued yesterday. I wanted to throw things at the TV in rage after the splashdown. The endless circling of the boats and choppers was horrible. I just wanted them all off the capsule and safe and sound on the aircraft carrier. I’m turning into a neurotic old fart!!!
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The press releases are promising a passel of space stations and moon bases all back to back over the next couple years. I’m gonna lose my friggin marbs…
I was seeing the same thing. I don't think NASA could've complicated that "extraction" any more if it tried! Meanwhile, Russia has been successfully landing their guys on DRY LAND since DAY ONE!
DeleteSurely that money would be better spent on a Learing Center in Minnesota!!!
ReplyDeleteThere are two sorts of country. One uses the metric system and the other flies to the Moon.
ReplyDeleteI'll go looking, but just as a guess, Artemis is metric and all their telemetry is metric. But heck yeah, watching that successful splash down takes me back
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what the big stink is over the metric system. This old American finds it MUCH easier to deal with than what we use now. Flash quiz. You've got exactly one second to answer correctly: Your 7/16" socket is too big. What's the next size down? There you have it...
DeleteIt is a mashup of both. Bad plan. I recall when they crashed something into Mars (I think) because the controllers got confused as to which system they were in.
DeleteI can understand the time it takes to "safe" the capsule, and, like you, I just wanted to see them on the Murtha.
ReplyDeleteI've been watching launches since Alan Sheppard first flew. It never loses its excitement for me. I've cot a lot of years on me now, but maybe I'll be lucky enough to see boots on the moon just once more.
The sad thing is it could all come to a screeching halt with the election of a Democrat president.
Do you remember the "toilet" problem that Shepard had?
DeleteI was eight when the first moon landing happened, and yeah, last night I was eight again! The only thing missing? That big "U..... S..... A...." going past the camera as the thing took off! THAT needs to COME BACK!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy wife was watching on her phone is awe and amazement (Then I turned it on the TV).
ReplyDeleteShe's telling second by second of what was going on.................
Yeah, I Saw that 50 years ago...............................
FYI, i was waiting for "Logan's Run" to end before turning on the spalshdown.