Artemis 2 launch

[White willy]

Who’s watching the Artemis 2 launch and mission?
I’ve always since I was a young one been utterly fascinated by it all!

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[Bill W]

Good launch. Now a long travel.

 

[NM Mike]

I’m torn between two opposing thoughts/opinions. I’m fascinated and in awe of space. And also dumbfounded at the massive waste of money that could be spent to help mankind right now.

 

[Dino Jockey]

This one should have been filmed in a studio like the ones 50 years ago.
April fools

 

[Bill W]

I’m torn between two opposing thoughts/opinions. I’m fascinated and in awe of space. And also dumbfounded at the massive waste of money that could be spent to help mankind right now.

Like a bullet train?

 

[NM Mike]

Like a bullet train?

No! Free Tacos every Tuesday!!!

 

[Jason B]

I’m torn between two opposing thoughts/opinions. I’m fascinated and in awe of space. And also dumbfounded at the massive waste of money that could be spent to help mankind right now.

It's not 'wasted money'. A lot of research and technology, not to mention hundreds or thousands of jobs created. It's about 9% of federal spending compared to 28% for health care and 13% for defense.

Any way. I remember the space shuttle mission launches. The first couple of years, it was an all-day affair on the news. After that, it was just a mention on the evening news.

 

[superj]

i remember the challenger launch. thats the first one i remember as a kid. i was in third grade and we had just moved to austin from honalulu. the school gathered all the kids into 3 or 4 rooms so we could all watch. we saw the whole thing because the teachers didn't want to turn it off after the shuttle blew up.

i will watch the launches after they are done. not the live feed. just never works out for me to remember to tune in. maybe its psychological from the challenger disaster?

 

[FergyA]

It's not 'wasted money'. A lot of research and technology, not to mention hundreds or thousands of jobs created. It's about 9% of federal spending compared to 28% for health care and 13% for defense.

Any way. I remember the space shuttle mission launches. The first couple of years, it was an all-day affair on the news. After that, it was just a mention on the evening news.

NASA is currently at around 0.35% of the national budget actually... I used to work for them. A big part of my being laid off was they can no longer afford to do multiple big things at once, and are focusing their resources on getting back to the Moon. (My old job was pretty focused on Mars.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA

 

[superj]

i applied for that job nasa had open about 10 years ago, that job titled defender of the planet. i thought that would be a pretty cool job. probably get lots of chicks with it.

chicks: what do you do?
me: i am the defender of hte planet.
chicks: sure..
me: shows cool id and pic of job description

chicks start getting undressed


edit: sorry, i had the job title wrong. its planetary protection officer

 

[superj]

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/02/nas...ns--and-the-job-pays-a-six-figure-salary.html

 

[Dino Jockey]

i applied for that job nasa had open about 10 years ago, that job titled defender of the planet. i thought that would be a pretty cool job. probably get lots of chicks with it.

chicks: what do you do?
me: i am the defender of hte planet.
chicks: sure..
me: shows cool id and pic of job description

chicks start getting undressed


edit: sorry, i had the job title wrong. its planetary protection officer

Maybe you would go further out….. maybe Uranus?

 

[superj]

not mine, maybe the chicks

 

[Aero98]

As a current ISS flight controller of nearly 26 years, I did watch the Artemis II launch with my 2.5+ year old daughter while her Mama supported in Mission Control for launch. Spectacular launch with only a few problems that needed to be worked.
As FergyA mentioned, NASA's budget is less than 1% and only a percentage of that small percentage is allocated to the Artemis/Exploration program.
We do a lot with little funding!

 

[waffleso_0]

Had it on at work on the main TV near support/engineering side. lol
You give me control of the TV, I'll put the occasional launch and seinfeld on.

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