Artemis II (+)

[Aurel Guthrie]

As I understand it, Artemis V is the mission that will land on the moon. Artemis III is going to simply be testing the Orion module’s docking capabilities in orbit. Not sure what Artemis IV is going to do.

Artemis IV is the moon landing, currently scheduled for early 2028. Artemis V will be a second landing later the same year.

 

[pukunui]

Artemis IV is the moon landing, currently scheduled for early 2028. Artemis V will be a second landing later the same year.

Aha! Is Artemis V the one where they’ll start building the base?

 

[Ryujin]

It looks like the first tests of the lunar landing vehicle (docking, not landing), are to occur with Artemis III and that the vehicle(s) are to be produced by SpaceX and Blue Origin.

Artemis III - NASA

www.nasa.gov

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Artemis IV is the moon landing, currently scheduled for early 2028. Artemis V will be a second landing later the same year.

I have to say, I'm rather skeptical of the timeline here. AFAICT neither BO nor SpaceX are anywhere near developed enough with their lander programs to be testing docking them next year, let alone putting them on the Moon in early 2028. I mean, I'm sure it'll happen eventually, and I'd be happy to proven wrong re: the timeline but that's really moving fast, and this is one place where "move fast and break things" really doesn't work!

 

[Ryujin]

I have to say, I'm rather skeptical of the timeline here. AFAICT neither BO nor SpaceX are anywhere near developed enough with their lander programs to be testing docking them next year, let alone putting them on the Moon in early 2028. I mean, I'm sure it'll happen eventually, and I'd be happy to proven wrong re: the timeline but that's really moving fast, and this is one place where "move fast and break things" really doesn't work!

Scheduling in space flight technology seems to be little more than a placeholder. I'm still waiting for the first test flight of Dream Chaser - Tenacity, which was supposed to occur in 2021. Even bought the T-Shirt.

 

[General_Tangent]

Based on the current development of this generation of landers I'm also sceptical of the 2028 date; and with Space X falling behind on their timeline it's only a matter of time before they burn through all the money allocated to them by the government.

One thing that tickled me about the splashdown is that CNN's aviation expert is Miles O’Brien . How many self-sealing stem bolts did they have to pop to open the capsule door?

 

[trappedslider]

We also learned that getting Outlook to work correctly is harder than ACTUAL rocket science.

 

[Ryujin]

We also learned that getting Outlook to work correctly is harder than ACTUAL rocket science.

I once had an Aerospace Engineering (Mechanical Engineering Faculty) professor refer to me as incompetent when I couldn't solve a problem that Microsoft hadn't published a solution for yet. He clearly couldn't solve it either, so was he incompetent? It got solved 2 weeks later.

 

[R_J_K75]

I haven't been following this mission except for the brief segments on the local news and the Today Show/Nightly News. From what I understand is that Artemis II will land on the moon. Then Artemis III will investigate the feasibility of building a permanent space station on the moon to be used for further space exploration, beginning with Mars. Am I correct? Didn't the moon landing and other missions in the 1960's and 1970's come to the conclusion that there isn't much value in future moon missions or colonization back then? In short what's NASA's end game here, what are they hoping to accomplish?

 

[Ryujin]

I haven't been following this mission except for the brief segments on the local news and the Today Show/Nightly News. From what I understand is that Artemis II will land on the moon. Then Artemis III will investigate the feasibility of building a permanent space station on the moon to be used for further space exploration, beginning with Mars. Am I correct? Didn't the moon landing and other missions in the 1960's and 1970's come to the conclusion that there isn't much value in future moon missions or colonization back then? In short what's NASA's end game here, what are they hoping to accomplish?

Artemis III is to test docking with the proposed lunar lander vehicles. NASA's stated goal is to use the Moon as a launch point for a future mission to Mars.

Moon to Mars | NASA's Artemis Program - NASA

Explore how NASA’s Artemis mission will return humans to the Moon, prepare for Mars, and shape the future of space exploration.

www.nasa.gov