If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff whereas in reality they're rigging them to show that six hours *hadn't* passed
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@_thegeoff Wasn't it 18 hours in Contact? Surely some ridiculously longer time would be better? But some of the onboard electronics will be tamper proof, and if nothing else, when they return, it will get sorted out.
@shaungriffith @_thegeoff And navigation would be mightily confused (you'd either need to fake weird maneuvers, change the time in the last state vector update accordingly, or end up with navigation that claims a totally different position). -
If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff
I keep hearing reporters say that "no human eye has seen the far side before."Umm, wait a minute there.
The Apollo program featured TEN (correction: NINE) missions that orbited the Moon. Do these folks seriously mean to say that in all of those lunar missions, the crewmember left in Moon orbit during the mission NEVER ONCE LOOKED OUT THE CSM WINDOW while passing over the far side?
That seems rather unlikely...
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@_thegeoff
I keep hearing reporters say that "no human eye has seen the far side before."Umm, wait a minute there.
The Apollo program featured TEN (correction: NINE) missions that orbited the Moon. Do these folks seriously mean to say that in all of those lunar missions, the crewmember left in Moon orbit during the mission NEVER ONCE LOOKED OUT THE CSM WINDOW while passing over the far side?
That seems rather unlikely...
@n1xnx *facepalm*
The thing that annoys me the most about this kind of reporting is it shows zero respect for the achievements of the Apollo era. -
@HighlandLawyer @_thegeoff @Quantensalat Also a fan, FYI, until DM left...
@sjcooke66 @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat Yeah, Penfold's solo stuff was just too self indulgent.
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@sjcooke66 @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat Yeah, Penfold's solo stuff was just too self indulgent.
@_thegeoff @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat There was solo stuff? I mean, great sidekick but... what?
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@sjcooke66 @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat Yeah, Penfold's solo stuff was just too self indulgent.
@_thegeoff @sjcooke66 @Quantensalat
Yes, especially when he appointed himself Crumbs Chief. -
@_thegeoff @sjcooke66 @Quantensalat
Yes, especially when he appointed himself Crumbs Chief.@HighlandLawyer @_thegeoff @Quantensalat
Was there some episode set in a bakery that I missed? -
@_thegeoff @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat There was solo stuff? I mean, great sidekick but... what?
@sjcooke66 @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat Just kidding on a "DM" misunderstanding
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@sjcooke66 @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat Just kidding on a "DM" misunderstanding
@_thegeoff @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat i half got it...Carrots!!!
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff @claudius So, basically Star Trek TNG - Conundrum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conundrum_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.How do you know that you were not allowed on the Artemis?
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How do you know that you were not allowed on the Artemis?
@kasperd Started trying to be an astronaut at 15. Applied for an RAF scholarship (got it), then studied astrophysics at uni. Learned to fly. Applied for a few other things, including RAF pilot, didn't get them. Can't say I didn't try, but no, not "Right Stuff". And, to be honest, I've become increasingly whimsical since, which is generally considered a bad look these days
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I keep hearing reporters say that "no human eye has seen the far side before."Umm, wait a minute there.
The Apollo program featured TEN (correction: NINE) missions that orbited the Moon. Do these folks seriously mean to say that in all of those lunar missions, the crewmember left in Moon orbit during the mission NEVER ONCE LOOKED OUT THE CSM WINDOW while passing over the far side?
That seems rather unlikely...
@n1xnx NINE, even if you count 13 which didn't orbit the Moon as such though it did pass over the far side, of course.
8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
7 & 9 were both Earth orbit only. 7 testing the CSM in Earth orbit, 9 testing the LM similarly.
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@_thegeoff Three? Will they eat the other one? I know he’s Canadian but that’s a bit much
@davidbcohen Fair point, well made, been playing too much KSP and brain stuck in 3 seat capsule mode!
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@_thegeoff@mastodon.social Yeahbut the way things are going they'd probably just assume it was some sort of Microsoft timezone bug.
@kim @_thegeoff "OMG not another one...patches ready?"
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@n1xnx NINE, even if you count 13 which didn't orbit the Moon as such though it did pass over the far side, of course.
8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
7 & 9 were both Earth orbit only. 7 testing the CSM in Earth orbit, 9 testing the LM similarly.
@edavies @_thegeoff
Yeah, I was inadvertently counting the first orbital lander test in my quick tally. That one was Earth orbit... -
@n1xnx *facepalm*
The thing that annoys me the most about this kind of reporting is it shows zero respect for the achievements of the Apollo era.@_thegeoff @n1xnx This Artemis-ii is a totally sexed up dress rehearsal for a remake of the Apollo landing. I mean sure, impressive, but doing this 50/60 years ago was far far more impressive. And no they're not going around the moon to "take images of the far side". You don't need humans for that. This trip is a systems test, that includes funding & public acceptance, risk assessments, radiation hardness, MS outlook, and the bathroom.
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@_thegeoff @n1xnx This Artemis-ii is a totally sexed up dress rehearsal for a remake of the Apollo landing. I mean sure, impressive, but doing this 50/60 years ago was far far more impressive. And no they're not going around the moon to "take images of the far side". You don't need humans for that. This trip is a systems test, that includes funding & public acceptance, risk assessments, radiation hardness, MS outlook, and the bathroom.
@clusterfcku @n1xnx Ha! Both amusing, and 100% correct!
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@clusterfcku @n1xnx Ha! Both amusing, and 100% correct!
@_thegeoff @clusterfcku
I feel the need to make a snarky reference to "the wisdom of the ancients" here, where "the ancients" means "the original Apollo project organization."What a sorry lot we are if we cannot manage a repeat performance, with all the improved tech we've managed in the meantime.
