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Gigem

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Re: OT Artemis II
« Reply #112 on: April 02, 2026, 09:47:44 PM »
Big burn tonight. No coming back. 
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Re: OT Artemis II
« Reply #113 on: Today at 10:33:39 AM »
Quote from: Gigem on January 25, 2026, 04:44:57 PM
FF to 1986 and Challenger.  We don't need to rehash the details, but 7 astronauts lost, vehicle lost.  Major black eye on the Space Program. 
My wife and I are both from the generation that is still haunted by this.  We were both in grade school in 1986 and both of us had the same experience.  It was a big deal because of the "Teacher in Space" so they rolled the AV Cart into our classrooms and we were watching on live TV when Challenger blew up and seven Astronauts died.  

Fast forward to Wednesday night.  We watched Artemis II with our kids and we were both nervous because literally the last space launch that we watched live was the one 40 years ago that we watched blow up from our grade school classrooms.  
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« Reply #114 on: Today at 10:42:09 AM »
That crossed my mind as well. It was on in our office. Horrifying.

That said, we enjoyed liftoff coverage and then went out back and watched it in the sky, from the lanai.

Amazing stuff.
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Re: OT Artemis II
« Reply #115 on: Today at 10:47:47 AM »
Yeah I was in junior high, same thing, we all watched the Challenger launch on the TVs they wheeled into all of our classrooms.  A celebration turned to stunned silence so quickly.

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Re: OT Artemis II
« Reply #116 on: Today at 10:54:07 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on Today at 10:47:47 AM
Yeah I was in junior high, same thing, we all watched the Challenger launch on the TVs they wheeled into all of our classrooms.  A celebration turned to stunned silence so quickly.
Yeah, I remember we all kinda looked at each other like "that isn't supposed to happen, is it?"  Then, being the 80s after a while they just rolled the AV Cart out and went back to teaching class.  
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Re: OT Artemis II
« Reply #117 on: Today at 10:57:11 AM »
I've watched a lot of launches, both before and after the Challenger.  Ever since that one, and including Artemis II, I can't help but feel tremendous anxiety, until the vehicle is well downrange and completed all of its stages.

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Re: OT Artemis II
« Reply #118 on: Today at 11:38:32 AM »
Quote from: Gigem on April 02, 2026, 09:47:44 PM
Big burn tonight. No coming back.
I think they plan to come back actually.

Even with no more burns they'd go around the Moon and return.
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