The Space Thread - Launches, Events, Live Streams, Governments, Corporations, drama in Spaaaaaaaaaaaace

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Dr Naomi Hunter said:
I’m glad they’re not announcing that the launch date of Artemis III has slipped, even though I still expect it to.
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Artemis 3 can remain a static launch date until the vehicles are ready. No point in wasting a SLS.

Okay some interesting stuff, the first of this is that Constellation is basically reborn but with Starship, and SLS acting as a glorified Ares-1. But, the benefit with this is with Starship HLS, if it gets flying soon, it will be able to provide a remedy for the time spent trying to get SLS to move onto Centaur. As the docking occurs in Earth Orbit, meaning the upper stage is not needed so thus it can be ballast.
 
ConsentAccidentVictimNo98 said:
I was wanting to go for a pint, but it turns out the Artemis 3 crew is being announced rn.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=0fLROeRhqZM
And Blue Origin intends to be ready for 2027, which is a positive.

Going to edit as it continues, and new (I think?) SpaceX renders

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SpaceX now plans to have the crew transfer to HLS from Orbit with Orion, allowing for more abort modes because of Orion going into NRHO.

Mission Specialist, Andrei Douglas (1st flight)
Mission Specialist 2: Frank Rubio (1 flight, over a year in space)
Pilot: Luca Parmitano (ESA, notable for the spacewalk water leak)
Commander: Randy Bresnik

No women, the Trump has won.
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We should have gotten a JSA astronaut to come with us.
 
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JJLiautaud said:
We should have gotten a JSA astronaught to come with us.
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JAXA is scheduled to be on, I believe, Artemis 5 as the first international astronaut on the moon. This being because of them building a major rover. This was an act of realpolitik aimed at China during the Biden administration, where a JAXA astronaut was meant to be on the moon before China. I could honestly see NASA pushing it up to Artemis 4 if things end up more chaotic as a means of achieving a political win. This is being done at the expense of ESA (who has been the biggest international partner towards Artemis, even if Gateway is being cancelled/reused).
 
ConsentAccidentVictimNo98 said:
Mission Specialist, Andrei Douglas (1st flight)
Mission Specialist 2: Frank Rubio (1 flight, over a year in space)
Pilot: Luca Parmitano (ESA, notable for the spacewalk water leak)
Commander: Randy Bresnik

No women, the Trump has won.
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Andrei? Rubio? Parmitano? Bresnik?

Are these the ethnic cooks who'll be giving our all american boys their sendoff buffet?
 
ConsentAccidentVictimNo98 said:
Rubio
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(Does it have to be said this is AI?)
 
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