Back To The Moon
Nov 16, 2022 02:28:19 #
Artemis, NASA's 'return to the moon' rocket, made its maiden flight early this morning, launching at 0147 from KSC, Cape Canaveral, FL and it was quite a sight. At over 8 million pounds of thrust it really light up the night sky as well as the Indian River Lagoon. Wasn't sure what I was going to get with the massive boosters and main engines, the flames were massive. I closed the shutter at staging (147 seconds) since everyone was starting to leave and turning their lights on. This was taken from ~49 miles from the Cape. Cheers everyone and congrats to NASA.
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Nov 16, 2022 05:26:59 #
alawry
Loc: Timaru New Zealand
WOW! I thought that was yet to happen it's easy to get confused about the time of things here, being a different day. I wish I could have been there to see that the best thing I have seen is a starlink deployment string a couple years ago.
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Great shot. Saw an Apollo shot in person back in the early 70's. Extremely impressive.
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Nov 16, 2022 06:59:38 #
ghbowser wrote:
Great shot. Saw an Apollo shot in person back in the early 70's. Extremely impressive.
Yes, This is a great shot... patiently taken ... my hat is off to you Blaster34... thank you for sharing this wonderful shot.
I was laying on my roof at night in then pitch black night, Leesburg Florida, and watched a shot that headed North... photographed in my memory. But as you point out ghbowser, the tragic part is that we did this in the 1970!! This is 50 y later and we are reproducing what was. SpaceX is at times being punished for being too good, Curse the FAA and NASA for their excessive old way caution.
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alawry wrote:
WOW! I thought that was yet to happen it's easy to get confused about the time of things here, being a different day. I wish I could have been there to see that the best thing I have seen is a starlink deployment string a couple years ago.
Thank you alawry, it was a beautiful sight. I would have loved to see this launch in the daytime. SpaceX has had 47 launches this year alone and the activity at the Cape has been basically non-stop this year....great for viewing, great for the space program.
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