Who is watching Artemis II live feed?

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Vegetable-Orchid1789@reddit

Meh, don't find this particularly inspiring or overly interesting. Seems like they're just kind of doing the thing that was done 60 years ago? Also, I don't really understand the point of doing this? Seems like this cost a lot of money and for what exactly? I guess just to take some pictures?

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dood9123@reddit

The point is to test the automated flight systems in a real scenario while also giving astronauts aboard better experience for the more important missions to come.

The true mission in 2028 will need to go successfully to avoid an extraordinary waste of money, so they are making sure that issues can be ironed out beforehand.

The 2027 launch will test orbital docking with the spacecraft they will use to land on the moon (the Orion rocket will not be what takes them down) and make sure that that procedure is safe and reliable.

You're probably also aware that Apollo 13 wasn't the first of the Apollo missions. I'd argue that with the level of complexity involved with establishing a permanent moonbase, its a wonder there only needs to be three pre-tests rather than twelve.

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Nearby-Chocolate-289@reddit

Which we cannot appreciate until they are back on earth in 4k.

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Motor_Wasabi3127@reddit (OP)

Watching live feed as the crew approaches the moon for a fly-around in a few hours. Even the mundane conversations about where to stow an extra snack and how to name video files are fascinating. The moon s getting big and the crew are in awe about how clearly they can see its features. They woke up to a posthumous recording from Jim Lovell welcoming them “to the neighborhood.”

Chills. 💕🚀

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CoverCommercial3576@reddit

Watching them fix the toilet?

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Motor_Wasabi3127@reddit (OP)

Who doesn’t enjoy a little potty humor?

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HadynGabriel@reddit

I missed the launch but I pop in from time to time on the live feed

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ExioKenway5@reddit

I've been checking in every now and then and every time I've seen or heard something really cool.

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kat2211@reddit

Just saw this now - but yes, I did.

Was so happy when they made it through the first few minutes. And even though it seemed like hardly anyone was paying attention, it gave me a feeling of community I hadn't had in awhile when I heard all the folks cheering a bit after liftoff. Why can't we all just care about the same thing anymore?

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Fluid_Anywhere_7015@reddit

One of my best friends from high school (1984) has been with NASA for decades. He snagged a position on the Artemis team as a “Crew Survival Specialist”. He told me that it’s his teams job to imagine every possible and horrific way that the astronauts could die.

And then they had to engineer ways to keep that from happening.

Coolest. Job. Ever.

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beaus_tender_0c@reddit

I met a NASA engineer once when flying to Florida for a work trip. I was so jealous. What an awesome job - engineer, NASA and Florida living.

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maog1@reddit

I'd have to disagree on the Florida part. Grew up in Florida near the Cape and its too hot, muggy and they pay you in sunshine. Parts of the east coast of Florida feel like it never left the 80's.

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Coup-de-Glass@reddit

I saw some of it through the clouds briefly in my ‘hood

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PowerCord64@reddit

You look a little closer than I was but it was great watching from the driveway. I was as excited as a little kid.

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DaSloBlade@reddit

It was cool but the coverage was barely watchable. SpaceX has set a high bar for launch coverage.

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whatsthis1901@reddit

Yeah, we have all gotten spoiled with SpaceX launches.

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DaSloBlade@reddit

SpaceX level coverage aside, this was down right amateurish. Cutting away from booster separation to show a crowd of people staring at their phones when they knew the exact second separation would occur...I would insert a blame-an-intern joke here but honestly interns are way more media savvy than NASA.

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Specialist-Fan-1890@reddit

Fact

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Bonafideago@reddit

I made my kids watch. My 15 year old said "I hope it doesn't explode right after lift off"

And then all I could think of was Challenger.

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No_Rain_1543@reddit

Missed Apollo by being born after mission 17. I hope they revisit old landing sites and get some good vision

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beaus_tender_0c@reddit

For some reason this has evoked memories for me of the exciting Challenger launches (not the tragedy one). Also of being 4 or 5 in the early 70s when there was lots of excitement and hype around Neil Armstrong, the moon landing, Tang, Ovaltine, Steve Austin and modules landing in he ocean. I haven’t been this excited about space travel in a long time.

I hope everything goes smoothly.

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CanIgetaWTF@reddit

I know it was on in the background of the restaurant i was eating at, but im going fishing on the beach so 🤷‍♂️

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Responsible_Sun_3597@reddit

People should care less

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Practically_Hip@reddit

No spoilers, please. I’m still finishing the Apollo trilogy.

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Time-End-5288@reddit

Watching from my front yard when it launches. Melbourne, FL.

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honeybadgerdad@reddit

Nice

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Time-End-5288@reddit

https://imgur.com/a/4i8DYi0

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notevenapro@reddit

I love/hate you

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Pheighthe@reddit

Me too. By the king center

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Motor_Wasabi3127@reddit (OP)

Lucky! Post a video!

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Time-End-5288@reddit

I’ll take a video but it will be very disappointing. It’s very cloudy here so I’ll see the plume, and a trail, the. It will disappear behind the clouds. I’m in it for the sound/feel 😬

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wizardofmops@reddit

Nice! I’m an hour from you and I heard the beach is the best place to view it but it’s gonna be super crowded 😩

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ms5h@reddit

Lucky!

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Time-End-5288@reddit

yep!

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Diasies_inMyHair@reddit

My son went over to the park to get a better view of liftoff. I just watched the skyline from the patio. Didn't see liftoff but watched it light up the sky.

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squirtloaf@reddit

I mayyy...I'm in SoCal tho, and we get a rocket launch every few weeks here that I can watch live in the sky, so it's not really a big deal to me...

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twoturntablesanda@reddit

You one of those people that just watches movies for the explosions?

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squirtloaf@reddit

Only if there are no musical numbers.

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Hey-buuuddy@reddit

Absolutely! I have been stoked for this for years. Does not surprise me the general public is oblivious. Huge moment for humanity- hopefully encouraging us to more regularly go back to the moon.

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CrescentPhresh@reddit

So, this isn’t “going to the moon” as one would traditionally think actually visiting/landing on the moon. As I see, it’s just an orbit or revolution around the moon?

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Hey-buuuddy@reddit

Dude, I’m just trying to be happy before I have to listen to the president at 9:00. This trip is everything except landing, because Artemis 3 is landing and that’s incredible.

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CrescentPhresh@reddit

Ah, I see. Like many, many other people, I wasn't aware of this trip until just this morning. To be honest, my head would be spinning if we landed again. My mouth was agape at that thought of landing on this mission. Like "why am I just now hearing of this?" kind of stunned.

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I_love_Hobbes@reddit

I did. Just in case...

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brownpearl@reddit

I haven't seen Artemis I yet so I'm holding off for now.

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honeybadgerdad@reddit

Made my teenage son watch it. It was beautiful. Still have images of.the challenger in my head, so this being a safe and successful launch was great.

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gdazInSeattle@reddit

Yes! With everything going on these days, it was downright cathartic.

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Quasigriz_@reddit

Was lucky enough to see a live shuttle launch in 1984 (the previous Challenger launch before the 1985 Challenger incident). So stoked for this.

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Jakeandellwood@reddit

I was 4 in 1969 and watched every launch/landing there was. Im so stoked we are going back finally over 50 years later and am still around to see it. Yes i watched it and it’s still on the tv(youtube feed) Bonus is it’s in color this time.

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Boring-Community-100@reddit

I was always the "Challenger generation." Now I'm proud to say I'm a part of the "Artemis Generation!"

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Motor_Wasabi3127@reddit (OP)

I AM AWESTRUCK

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Anonymo123@reddit

yes, t minus 1 minute.

LETS FCKING GO!!!!

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TheChewyWaffles@reddit

So excited! Emotional watching this with so much going wrong in the world

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Andurilmage@reddit

Sure am!

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Open_Mortgage_4645@reddit

T-11...

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Braincloud@reddit

Watching! Pretty excited for this!

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Somone-Who-Isnt-Me@reddit

😂

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Ok-Conversation-7292@reddit

yes!

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LightBeerOnIce@reddit

I will be watching, but everyone keeps saying we are going back to the moon. We aren't just yet. How long ago was Artimis I? Do we have a lunar lander yet?

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Astronaut6735@reddit

This is the first time in over 50 years that humans will be even close to the moon. We may not be landing this time, but that's what we're working up to.

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Boring-Community-100@reddit

Man has not walked on the moon in my lifetime. This afternoon is the closest we'll have been since I was born. Challenger had a huge impact on me bc Christa McCauliffe was from NH. It was my JFK moment. I've been fascinated by SpaceX for their rapid re-iteration style of engineering. I have high hopes for today. It will truly be another landmark.

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Astronaut6735@reddit

Agreed. I was 2 years old when mankind last set foot on the moon, so I don't remember it at all (obviously). I was in high school when Challenger blew up, and I can still remember exactly where I was, who I was with, what we were doing, and who told us. Definitely my JFK moment. SpaceX massively lowering costs to get payloads into orbit is extremely exciting. Space Shuttle cost about $50k per kg to LEO. Falcon Heavy does it for about $1.5k per kg. Starship is targeting less $100 per kg!

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sciguyC0@reddit

Well "back" in the sense of getting out that far and passing about 5000 miles from the moon's surface. Humans haven't gone further than near earth orbit since the end of Apollo.

Artemis I was in 2022 and had basically the same flight plan as II is about to do, but did it unmanned. Artemis III in '27 will involve testing with a lander The intention for the lander seems to be for that to come from some commercial company (SpaceX and/or Blue Origin) with the two docking in orbit for testing, no actual travel to the moon with that one. Then Artemis IV is the big one: actual lunar landing planned for '28.

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Vinnie_Dime_1974@reddit

I am and so are two of my grandchildren.

I remember watching the first space shuttle launch with my dad in '81 on a 12 inch TV with rabbit ears.

Great memory for me! Hoping for the same with my grandkids.

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No-Economics-8239@reddit

I'm watching the clock before I can punch out of work and watch. There is still enough Sagan and Roddenberry in me to try and find reasons to be optimistic for the future. Even if much of the world seems to conspire together to quench that wonder for the stars.

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Electrical_Fishing81@reddit

I wanted to but will likely not be home from work by the time it happens.

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R0CK1TMAN1@reddit

Fuck space programs.

Either the elites will go there and leave “us”here while they burn the earth or they will send “us” all there to make earth habitable for them and their children.

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TheJokersChild@reddit

We're carrying the special report at work, so yeah, I'll be watching professionally.

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stefkay58@reddit

Just changed the channel. What I’m trying to understand is, with everything in world that is going on why are they sending people to the moon? What is the purpose? Makes no sense to me.

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partanimal@reddit

Okay Boomer.

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stefkay58@reddit

Who is Boomer

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liknlichen@reddit

They are calling you a boomer because of your previous comment. You know that, you know what a boomer is and you know exactly why you were called that. Do you have one hand on your string of pearls and are you clutching them?

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Sean_theLeprachaun@reddit

To get there before China.

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aWesterner014@reddit

This is the correct answer.

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humble_cyrus@reddit

🤔

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Algorhythm74@reddit

Because it’s better than here right now.

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stefkay58@reddit

That’s very true

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W0nderingMe@reddit

How much have they spent on the Artemis program relative to the attacks on Iran (or anything else)?

Why do we try to cure MS when cancer exists?

Also, have you never moved? Explored? Been curious about how the world works, the universe, how life works? Have you never gone down am internet (or encyclopedia) rabbit hole out of curiosity when nothing you were looking up was going to be particularly relevant in a practical way? You could have been exercising, working, cleaning, cooking, etc. instead of wasting your time.

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thatotterone@reddit

do a fun web search when you have time.

All the things we have because of the space race

It includes everything from artificial limb enhancements to cordless tools. I promise you that you personally have benefited from the space program. It's a great deep dive or even just a quick web search.

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Silvaria928@reddit

Because humans are geared by evolution to explore. It kept us alive when planetary conditions changed and made current habitats less habitable.

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SquishyBeatle@reddit

People said exactly the same thing in 1969

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whiskeygirl@reddit

I was a NASA JSC contractor for about 16 years and am still following space news - except for SpaceX because that man sucks.

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Stigger32@reddit

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DapperRockerGeek@reddit

The coverage was playing as I was in the waiting area for my MRI.

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Helpful-Intern-677@reddit

I loved and followed Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. It was a great time. I got older, life got busy . I lost some interest. The shuttle program made it a bit blasé. I like SpaceX. I’m not such a fan of NASA anymore . They were great in the early days. I hope all goes well

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jthmniljt@reddit

Lol I thought I was the only one!

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Silvaria928@reddit

I have it on right now, the NASASpaceflight channel. I'd wanted to be there but got laid off from work a few weeks ago so it isn't financially feasible anymore.

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Majestic-Selection22@reddit

Reading the updates on the Nasa app.

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litterboxhero@reddit

I am leaving work early so I can get home to watch it.

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sciguyC0@reddit

I've taken a look at the YouTube feed a couple of times at work today. It'd take an act of god to not have it going when the launch window starts in a few hours. As a younger GenX, this will be the first time humans have gone out to that neighborhood in my lifetime. The last Apollo mission was early 70s, right? Off to wikipedia: yeah, final one was Apollo 17 in December '72.

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squirtloaf@reddit

I'm elder X...one of my first memories was watching the moon landing on a black and white TV.

(...I think it was, anyway. I've seen family photos and heard the family story, so they might be manufactured memories...but I do know I watched it.)

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frackthestupids@reddit

The really insane part is Apollo 11 (first manned roundabout of moon) was 2 years beforehand

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

I love it, I'm a junkie for the '60's space program. We have to explore to maximize our options as a species, and this is the first manned, positive step in that direction in a half century.

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Gmodelinsane@reddit

Absolutely watching but sad at how little this has penetrated into the culture.

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tandem_kayak@reddit

There's a lot going on right now!

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Gmodelinsane@reddit

Truth but there was a lot going on the last time this happened too.

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watchwatertilitboils@reddit

It's sad to see the lack of coverage. Last week my local channel had a countdown clock for the uconn game all day. Nothing for this. I wonder if they will break into Judge Judy for it?

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Thoth-long-bill@reddit

CNN

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Teaspoonbill@reddit

It’s taking place about 100 miles north of here. If the clouds cooperate (a decent-sized if) I will go out with my binoculars after the launch and see what I am able to see.

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displacedbitminer@reddit

My mother likes to tell me that I was conceived during one mission, and born during another.

But yes, I'm watching. This launch today has a very similar launch profile to Apollo 8. Get there, orbit, test shit, come home.

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whiporee123@reddit

They aren't orbiting. Just slingshotting. I'm not even sure they are turning the main engines on after the initial lunar burn. With doing, but actually smaller in scope than Apollo 8 was.

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Hot_Rock@reddit

That’s funny I’ve always liked to imagine I was conceived because of the first manned lunar orbit but in reality it was probably just another night.

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TheDude4269@reddit

A bit here and there, will be glued for the actual launch. Let's hope they check the o-rings.

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VinceP312@reddit

I dont like watching these things live in case it explodes. lol.

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ItsLikeARewardAZ@reddit

A generation traumatized…

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TrapperJon@reddit

But the jokes were spectacular.

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baudmiksen@reddit

Still too soon....for some

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Motor_Wasabi3127@reddit (OP)

I understand. I was in high school and snuck into the media lab to watch the Challenger launch. I ran to the principal’s office after the explosion and dozens of teachers and students crammed in with me. We were horrified.

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