NASA Waves Off Next Artemis I Launch Attempt Due To Tropical Storm (cnn.com) 26
The Artemis I rocket will not have its third launch attempt on Tuesday as planned due to concerns over Tropical Storm Ian making its way toward Cuba and Florida. CNN reports: After meeting on Saturday morning, NASA's Artemis team decided to forgo the September 27 launch opportunity and is now preparing the mega moon rocket stack for rollback. "On Tuesday, Tropical Storm Ian is forecast to be moving north through the eastern Gulf of Mexico as a hurricane, just off the southwest coast of Florida. A cold front will also be draped across northern Florida pushing south," said CNN Meteorologist Haley Brink.
"The combination of these weather factors will allow for increased rain chances across much of the Florida peninsula on Tuesday, including the Cape Canaveral area. Showers and thunderstorms are forecast to be numerous and widespread across the region. Tropical storm-force winds from Ian could also arrive as early as Tuesday night across central Florida." Meanwhile, the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft continue to sit on the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Team members continue to monitor the weather as they make a decision about when to roll the rocket stack back into the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy. NASA will receive information from the US Space Force, the National Hurricane Center and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to inform their decision. [...] The rocket stack can remain at the pad and withstand winds up to 85 miles per hour (74.1 knots). If the stack needs to roll back into the building, it can handle sustained winds less than 46 miles per hour (40 knots). On Friday, the Artemis team said that October 2 was a backup launch date. But it's unlikely that a new launch date will be set until the rollback decision has been made.
"The combination of these weather factors will allow for increased rain chances across much of the Florida peninsula on Tuesday, including the Cape Canaveral area. Showers and thunderstorms are forecast to be numerous and widespread across the region. Tropical storm-force winds from Ian could also arrive as early as Tuesday night across central Florida." Meanwhile, the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft continue to sit on the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Team members continue to monitor the weather as they make a decision about when to roll the rocket stack back into the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy. NASA will receive information from the US Space Force, the National Hurricane Center and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to inform their decision. [...] The rocket stack can remain at the pad and withstand winds up to 85 miles per hour (74.1 knots). If the stack needs to roll back into the building, it can handle sustained winds less than 46 miles per hour (40 knots). On Friday, the Artemis team said that October 2 was a backup launch date. But it's unlikely that a new launch date will be set until the rollback decision has been made.
Lack of foresight (Score:5, Funny)
A decent president would just take a sharpie and move the storm so as not interfere with launch.
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LOL
I don't think this will ever fly **successfully**. Have they even got any other bodies built up yet or is this still the only example?
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I know, I know, I said something that doesnt back up the narrative Trump really was as dumb as the mainstream media tries to convince us of. Mod me down. Bad commenter!
Re: Lack of foresight (Score:1)
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For those down-modding me, the correct classification is Troll, because yes, I am trolling.
Hard to decide whether "troll" or "off topic" is the right mod.
I don't get enough mod points to moderate the whole thread off topic, though it should be, so maybe you're right, troll it is (the first post was funny, but opened the can of off-target.)
By the way...
...This he-dude warned you about the Russians, but a bunch of German diplomats sat in the back and snickered.
The "dude" who warned you about the Russians was Hillary Clinton. [cbsnews.com] I don't think you can call her a "he-dude". Trump, on the other hand, liked and admired Putin. [npr.org]
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-1, Struck a nerve.
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This he-dude warned you about the Russians
Trump was in thrall to Putin. I am unaware of *any* warning from Trump about Putin.
could have worked out some manner of accommodation with Russia"
Appeasement proved not to work.
OK, the Climate Crisis is existential. Ukraine sovereignty, in the view of the USAians and EUians is existential. So you EUians put on sweaters and throw on blankets, and you USAians accept energy price driven inflation as the cost of siding with Ukraine and staving off the Climate Crisis.
Fair enough.
I am trolling those who are saying inflation in the US and energy scarcity in the EU isn't a problem.
My first thought was "strawman", but then, yeah, I imagine someone somewhere would try to spout such BS. Unless they're just trolling us, ofc.
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Trump was in thrall to Putin. I am unaware of *any* warning from Trump about Putin.
Maybe you should stop watching CNN exclusively? https://youtu.be/D7Owe-MxNu8 [youtu.be]
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I know, I know, I said something that doesnt back up the narrative Trump really was as dumb as the mainstream media tries to convince us of
Tell that to his aides who apparently couldn't believe his lack of basic knowledge [salon.com] on a variety of subjects.
And here we have him speaking on some lamestream media show [foxnews.com] where he says, and I quote:
"If you're the president of the United States you can declassify just by saying: ‘It’s declassified.' Even by thinking about it,"
But yep, not as dumb as he's being portrayed. He knew exactly what he was doing when he stole all those classified documents. It's why his failure of a son-in-law received $2 bi [washingtonexaminer.com]
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The actual story:
https://www.politico.com/story... [politico.com]
tl;dr: he made a minor mistake, and then kept digging in and doubling down.
It was an insanely immature reaction. The only thing that might be more pathetic is sycophants defending what he did.
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Another fake myth. That event occurred due to an outdated NWS map, not due to ignorance.
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Define "the event". The original mistaken tweet, or the multi-day toddler temper-tantrum that followed?
Unintuitive numbers (Score:2)
If the rocket can sustain 85mph in the open, why would it get less (46mph) protection while sheltered inside a building?
Re: Unintuitive numbers (Score:5, Informative)
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And it takes a few days to travel from the launchpad back to the VAB, so the decision to roll it back needs to be made well in advance of the storm making landfall.
"Waves off" (Score:1)
I wish the Editors wouldn't use all this confusing technical jargon and would express themselves in less precise, if totally inccurate, layman's terms we three-year-olds could all understand.
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No go woosh!
(That better for your three year old?)
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And here I thought they had to stroke that giant rocket for days to get it to fire up. Wave off, wank off..
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"Waves off"... confusing technical jargon ...
That was a truly orbital whoosh.
*roflcopter*
Sir, this is a website for nerds.
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*roflheavyliftcopter*
I'm sure they were thrilled.... (Score:3)
....that they could blame the weather, rather than have to acknowledge additional technical issues.
No balls (Score:2)
It's an unmanned mission!
I'm a hell of a lot cooler than you guys. Why don't you just fix your little problem and light this candle? - Alan Shepard
Looking For Volunteers (Score:2)
In the mean time, .... (Score:2)