Space stuff

[Animal]

was this a rocket built by SpaceX? Also, did they land the main rocket back on earth like the reusable Falcon 9 rockets?

ULA is United Launch Alliance.

Yeah, I know its a conglomerate. But who built the rocket? Do they build rockets, too? Nevermind, I guess they do build it. Its hard to keep up with so many people doing so much right now. For some reason I thought I read that it was a SpaceX rocket they were using.

[B-Tender]

was this a rocket built by SpaceX? Also, did they land the main rocket back on earth like the reusable Falcon 9 rockets?

ULA is a joint business venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The rockets are not currently reusable. They are able to go to a higher orbit than the SpaceX rockets can. The military uses the higher orbits.

[Animal]

was this a rocket built by SpaceX? Also, did they land the main rocket back on earth like the reusable Falcon 9 rockets?

ULA is a joint business venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The rockets are not currently reusable. They are able to go to a higher orbit than the SpaceX rockets can. The military uses the higher orbits.

Houston, do we have a problem? I am reading that they have abandoned the mission to land on the moon because of some damage to the lunar lander?

[B-Tender]

was this a rocket built by SpaceX? Also, did they land the main rocket back on earth like the reusable Falcon 9 rockets?

ULA is a joint business venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The rockets are not currently reusable. They are able to go to a higher orbit than the SpaceX rockets can. The military uses the higher orbits.

Houston, do we have a problem? I am reading that they have abandoned the mission to land on the moon because of some damage to the lunar lander?

I read that there was a problem with the lunar lander not being oriented to the sun to charge its batteries. I'm not as up on that part of the mission. My son worked on the program for the Vulcan rocket, and he would update me with their progress.

[CentralTexasCrude]

was this a rocket built by SpaceX? Also, did they land the main rocket back on earth like the reusable Falcon 9 rockets?

ULA is a joint business venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The rockets are not currently reusable. They are able to go to a higher orbit than the SpaceX rockets can. The military uses the higher orbits.

Houston, do we have a problem? I am reading that they have abandoned the mission to land on the moon because of some damage to the lunar lander?

I read that there was a problem with the lunar lander not being oriented to the sun to charge its batteries. I'm not as up on that part of the mission. My son worked on the program for the Vulcan rocket, and he would update me with their progress.

Lander successfully separated from it's rocket. Once they fired up the propulsion system to take it to the Moon, it suffered a catastrophic fuel loss that doomed the mission.

[stonedmegman]

was this a rocket built by SpaceX? Also, did they land the main rocket back on earth like the reusable Falcon 9 rockets?

ULA is a joint business venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The rockets are not currently reusable. They are able to go to a higher orbit than the SpaceX rockets can. The military uses the higher orbits.

Houston, do we have a problem? I am reading that they have abandoned the mission to land on the moon because of some damage to the lunar lander?

I read that there was a problem with the lunar lander not being oriented to the sun to charge its batteries. I'm not as up on that part of the mission. My son worked on the program for the Vulcan rocket, and he would update me with their progress.

Did he have an issue converting to Metric?

[B-Tender]

was this a rocket built by SpaceX? Also, did they land the main rocket back on earth like the reusable Falcon 9 rockets?

ULA is a joint business venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The rockets are not currently reusable. They are able to go to a higher orbit than the SpaceX rockets can. The military uses the higher orbits.

Houston, do we have a problem? I am reading that they have abandoned the mission to land on the moon because of some damage to the lunar lander?

I read that there was a problem with the lunar lander not being oriented to the sun to charge its batteries. I'm not as up on that part of the mission. My son worked on the program for the Vulcan rocket, and he would update me with their progress.

Did he have an issue converting to Metric?

He kept telling me how many stones things weighed.

[Animal]

was this a rocket built by SpaceX? Also, did they land the main rocket back on earth like the reusable Falcon 9 rockets?

ULA is a joint business venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The rockets are not currently reusable. They are able to go to a higher orbit than the SpaceX rockets can. The military uses the higher orbits.

Houston, do we have a problem? I am reading that they have abandoned the mission to land on the moon because of some damage to the lunar lander?

I read that there was a problem with the lunar lander not being oriented to the sun to charge its batteries. I'm not as up on that part of the mission. My son worked on the program for the Vulcan rocket, and he would update me with their progress.

Lander successfully separated from it's rocket. Once they fired up the propulsion system to take it to the Moon, it suffered a catastrophic fuel loss that doomed the mission.

yep. this is now an orbiting piece of junk.

[CentralTexasCrude]

was this a rocket built by SpaceX? Also, did they land the main rocket back on earth like the reusable Falcon 9 rockets?

ULA is a joint business venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The rockets are not currently reusable. They are able to go to a higher orbit than the SpaceX rockets can. The military uses the higher orbits.

Houston, do we have a problem? I am reading that they have abandoned the mission to land on the moon because of some damage to the lunar lander?

I read that there was a problem with the lunar lander not being oriented to the sun to charge its batteries. I'm not as up on that part of the mission. My son worked on the program for the Vulcan rocket, and he would update me with their progress.

Lander successfully separated from it's rocket. Once they fired up the propulsion system to take it to the Moon, it suffered a catastrophic fuel loss that doomed the mission.

yep. this is now an orbiting piece of junk.

Probably a fuel pump. Instead of just mixing gases whatever that's called.

[B-Tender]

The Navajos put a curse on it. They didn't wan the remains to go to the moon.

[stonedmegman]

ULA is a joint business venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The rockets are not currently reusable. They are able to go to a higher orbit than the SpaceX rockets can. The military uses the higher orbits.

Houston, do we have a problem? I am reading that they have abandoned the mission to land on the moon because of some damage to the lunar lander?

I read that there was a problem with the lunar lander not being oriented to the sun to charge its batteries. I'm not as up on that part of the mission. My son worked on the program for the Vulcan rocket, and he would update me with their progress.

Lander successfully separated from it's rocket. Once they fired up the propulsion system to take it to the Moon, it suffered a catastrophic fuel loss that doomed the mission.

yep. this is now an orbiting piece of junk.

Probably a fuel pump. Instead of just mixing gases whatever that's called.

It as a fuel LEAK if you paid attention.

[CentralTexasCrude]

English- Do you speak it?

[stonedmegman]

CTC is a rocket scientist.

[Animal]

from the looks of that body damage, I'm going to bet a woman was flying the controls when it happened.

[B-Tender]

from the looks of that body damage, I'm going to bet a woman was flying the controls when it happened.

A woman from Florida at that.

[Reservoir Dog]

CTC is a rocket scientist.

Remember when he said the Webb telescope is covered in lead.

[Animal]

This has some potential. The link says "20 hours until live feed starts".

Its the Japanese about to land on the moon. And it seems they are going to have live feeds going during the landing.



The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, is expected to touch down on the lunar surface at 10:20 a.m. ET Friday. If successful, SLIM’s landing will mark Japan’s first time putting a robotic explorer on the moon’s surface — and make it the third country to achieve such a feat in the 21st century, and the fifth country to soft-land a spacecraft on the moon since the Soviet Luna 9 mission in 1966.

The spacecraft, also nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” for its precision technology, will begin its descent toward the lunar surface at 10 a.m. ET. The landing will be streamed live on YouTube in Japanese and English.

“The start of the deceleration to the landing on the Moon’s surface is expected to be a breathless, numbing 20 minutes of terror,” said Kenji Kushiki, the subproject manager of the SLIM mission, in a statement.

The small-scale exploration lander is designed to demonstrate a “pinpoint” landing at a specific location.

[Animal]

i think its about 30 min before the "20 minutes of terror" begin.

[Animal]

The SLIM has landed!

[Reservoir Dog]

Was it terrifying?

[stonedmegman]

I was so terrified I couldn't even watch.

[Animal]

Was it terrifying?

I really thought they would have some kind of live feed camera set up that showed the entire approach from the space craft. But it was all just animated stuff. Very boring actually.

Its mind blowing that in 1969 we had televised cameras showing stuff as it happened and now in 2024 we have to use cartoons.

[Animal]

they are sure waiting a long time to confirm that the landing was okay.

[Animal]

soft landing was successful, in that they are getting data and communicating with the SLIM. HOWEVER............... the solar panels are not working so it is not generating power. That means they are operating it off of batteries and the amount of charge they had when it landed. So, unless they can get the solar panel working, its time is limited. I think they said that the two "robots" that move around the moon were detached successfully, but it will be a while before they get any data from them.

[Animal]

Okay, tomorrow, Feb 22, 2024, Thursday.

USA will attempt to soft land Odyssius on the moon.