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Love it.

But I’ve got a bad feeling about this. Maybe it’s just the utter incompetence of the felon and his crime syndicate

Just put in on the TV.

Not sure I really like the talking heads they've been using.

Much to much like GMA - a lot of redundant cheerful time wasting "team pumping" chatter over the past 6 hours.

3 minutes to go.

Phew!

Looking good so far.

I was a very small child the last time we went to the moon. This was just overwhelming. I didn’t expect it to be so emotional.

Apollo 8 launch. His dad told him to remember the first time "we sent astronauts to the moon".

Awesome indeed. Science matters.

I was married the weekend they landed on the moon and now my first born (son) works at KSC on the Artemis program! He lost cell connection when his team of engineers were able to leave their stations and go out to watch the liftoff. I felt like I had come full circle.

Takes me back.

What a rush to see something so right for a change. End of remarks.

I've not watched one of these in just over 40 yrs since I watched Challenger blow up.

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I didn't realize how traumatized I was by seeing that until I watched today.



I must say it warms my heart to know pootin is eating his rotten heart out over Artemis II.

Stood outside in the cold and watched the exhaust plume split in two. Knew something was wrong. Went inside just as someone yelled the shuttle blew up. A somber day.

Peace ☮️

Outreach Center, and raced to the office. I knew the men would probably be in a bit of shock. It was a very difficult day for all.

Ty for being there to support them.

I was at home with a 3 yr old. Lol

should never work in TVP again. Terrible!

I remember the Challenger disaster so I get really anxious during these launches.

It was not a good day.

in Winter Haven Florida. She took her class out to the playground to watch the launch. The whole class saw the explosion.

The rest of the school day was spent dealing with traumatizes kids.

The sound was about 5 seconds behind the pictures, so the countdown was completely misleading. Then the pictures of the moment of launch moved frame, so there was a close-up of nothing. By the time they switched to the long view from outside, it had cleared the tower by some seconds.

Then, just as the boosters were about to shut down and separate, they switched to pictures of the crowd watching it (which is boring at any time). By the time they were showing the rocket again, the boosters were well separated.

The BBC has a chyron which covers up the speed, altitude etc. indicators.

Thank goodness the rocket engineers knew what they were doing.

crew module separation. 😭

Are you in Titusville?

My sis is in New Smyrna Beach, about 30 miles N of Kennedy and got amazing video.

It seems to always be mostly cloudy when I venture outside to watch a launch. Just happy to know it was safe and successful.

I'm so old I remember the Apollo missions; very cool to see it happen again.

to sitting on the living room floor watching our big clunky black and white TV, gaining additions to our vernacular ("...six...five...four...three...two...ignition...we have liftoff", and "A OK", and "splashdown" ). My younger brother, about 5 at the time, promptly announced his intent to be an 'astanot'. Kids clamored for the new toy space helmet with a tissue paper apparatus that gave a gravelly tone to their voices. It was scary and exciting all at once. We'd watched Gagarin sail across the sky, now it was our turn. Somewhere Alan Shepard is smiling.


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Our TV reception was often sketchy - someone had to go outside and adjust the antenna ‘cause the control box in the house was basically useless. But we watched all of the liftoffs. So exciting

Good news - the youngest grandson is now geeking out on this latest space adventure

The girl looked to be about 10 and the boy about 8. The girl was all excited about it! That thrilled me to see kids getting excited about itj and it was the grandmother who showed them how exciting it was. Probably made such an impression on her grandkids.

Sorry, but the question you asked me is is a textbook strawman. I never said scientific knowledge is a waste. Here and elswehere, I've consistently argued that using 90% of a budget to keep a fragile human body breathing in a vacuum is an inefficient way to get that science.

If our goal is pure scientific discovery, we should be all-in on unmanned robotics.

Efficiency: For the cost of one Artemis mission, we could send dozens of high-tech rovers and probes. Robots don't need oxygen, food, heavy radiation shielding, or return fuel.

Risk vs. Reward: A "Moon Base" or a suicide mission to Mars isn't about data; it’s about PR and flags. The physics and logistics of a manned Mars return are currently non-existent. Why are we funding a "one-way" fantasy when that money could fund a generation of robotics/rovers, deep-space telescopes and climate-monitoring satellites?

The "Human" Cost: We are spending billions on "breathing room" as well as food/water and waste management systems in space while we have a crumbling infrastructure and a climate crisis here at home on earth. Also... healthcare anyone? (Ugh! Don't even get me started!)

I’m all-in for the science --- I'm against the massive, unnecessary "Man in a Can" surcharge that slows down actual discovery and science.

Look... all I'm saying is that for the price of just one Artemis launch ($4.1B), NASA could fund nearly two entire Mars Science Laboratory missions like Curiosity ($2.5B) from scratch. Curiosity has provided THIRTEEN YEARS of continuous data for a fraction of the cost of one moon-bound rocket. I'm sure you're aware that in a crewed mission, you aren't just paying for the camera or the drill... you are paying billions for the Orion capsule ($20B+) and the SLS rocket ($24B+) just to ensure the "passengers" survive a short trip. That is a lot of money and a lot of risk... for a lot less data.

So, in the future, I think it's best to refrain from making any type of strawman suggestion that I'm opposed to scientific knowledge and instead stick to the actual facts and arguments. Thank you.

...and high school.

They would bring a TV into class....a rather small one.

My future wife to be and I watched them step on the moon.

It brought me right back to how I felt at the time of the moon landing, Neil Armstrong taking that 'one small step' onto the moon. I was 15 at the time and worked at a Dairy Queen. The boss set up a tv for us to watch it, I will never forget it.

I was surprised at how emotional I felt watching this one, had my fingers crossed nothing would go wrong.

My son has been on the Artemis program for several years as a software engineer. He works at KSC. I was so nervous when it lifted off I was holding my breath and had flashbacks to Challenger.

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… and it started pouring—boo hiss--so we ducked back in and watched the NASA feed. (I’m straight across on the Gulf side, in Sarasota.)

Definite flashback to the Apollo launches I watched as a kid, and having seen the Challenger explode (we were in Venice at the time and it looked like there was a weird fire just outside town at the dump, so it took a few beats to realize it actually was on the opposite coast), there’s always a sigh of relief when these go well.

by now... I really hope the kids get interested like I did in the 60's with the Mercury flights.

I just want some kids to start saying I want to go to space instead of I want to be a CEO

You know, like Elon Musk. A great American hero if there ever was one.

But seriously, I feel kind of sad that the money-grubbing greedheads have cast the taint of their presence in space. Out There was supposed to be a place to make a new start -- not continue Business As Usual.

-- Mal

I just want some kids to start saying I want to go to space instead of I want to be a CEO
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The current Jeopardy genius studied molecular biology. Speaks volumes. Now he’s reading for a Law degree
https://www.tvinsider.com/1252475/jeopardy-jamie-ding-champion-princeton-chicken-orange/

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Kennedy has gotten really busy. I'm close enough that they rattle the house & wake me up at night. I love it!

Artemis was notably louder than an F9. I could feel the ground vibrating. Truly impressive.

Godspeed to all on board!

they have symbols woven in the fabric from the Anishinaabe people.

For those who may not be familiar with the Anishinaabe they are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States. They include the Ojibwe (including Saulteaux and Oji-Cree), Odawa, Potawatomi, Mississaugas, Nipissing, and Algonquin peoples.

Given the astronauts in this mission are from both Canada and the US, choosing to do this as a symbol of that was quite moving, imo.

Thanks for this

She isn't on this mission but probably still in the running for the actual moon landing in a couple of years.

thank you for sharing that, it's great news.

Godspeed!

What a weird timing for something so amazing. They must have hide it from him or else he would have wanted it named after him.

I've been keeping most news at an emotional/mental arms' length. So, I didn't even know that the launch was happening today.

I just happened to turn on my TV and wander onto the CNN coverage after the launch. It's good to hear people interested and inspired again.

I'm watching people of all sorts of backgrounds sharing their enthusiasm for space exploration and the challenges of accomplishing great things and it feels very emotional as well as intellectually stimulating.

I think i have been spoiled by SpaceX's coverage, i had expected a lot more.

I watched this launch with trepidation, thinking 'don't blow up, don't blow up.'

It always comes back

I needed a non stressful news moment - and it was amazing.

But I insisted that we all watch it together (along with my mother in law) via FaceTime.


Apollo was a huge part of my youth. I want this to be a big part of my daughter's.

Felt the excitement build as the countdown neared liftoff.

Peace ☮️

watched via youtube .

But we saw a space shuttle launch from the space center in what we believe was 1999.

The launch went off without a delay at somewhere around 4:00AM. We were about 7-10 miles away, which was as close as we could get.

Unless you've watched a launch, you have never seen such a huge roman candle! It was a moonless night, but got as bright as sunrise within seconds.

That next morning we took the guided tour of the Kennedy space center.

We were on a shuttle within 200-300 yards of the launch site, expecting to see everything burnt to a crisp. Instead, it was pristine native undergrowth and even saw a bunny feeding on the plants.

The guide explained how they dump hundreds of thousands of gallons of water under the rocket to dampen the huge shock wave the rockets cause and to help cool the launch platform. It was amazing and fascinating, you could even refer to it as "rocket science".

If you ever get the opportunity to see a launch live or tour the facility, it is an experience you'll never forget.