Mark Blanchfield
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Mark Blanchfield
@mcblanchfield
The wife, Chiweenies and myself living in 4 Corners (USA). Two adult children and one granddaughter. Love the outdoors and wildlife. Tell your dog I said Hello.
Foothills, Farmington, NM, USA Katılım Haziran 2011
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@firearmvideos Better check the radiator on that pickup before you drive it.
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@Know_More_News And just think, all of this was done with slide rules and 3 significant figures. 😮
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@Know_More_News My goodness.
That is a real masterpiece of engineering.
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@Emotion78687 I want to see the video he sent as shooting.
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@vintagemapstore That was very interesting, I have not seen this previously.
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@TonyFelonius @alexboge Correct. Artemis II trajectory is similar to Apollo 13’s emergency return.
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@alexboge I don't think Artemis II is entering lunar orbit (as Apollo 8 did). It's a flypast on a free return trajectory. Still going to be spectacular though.
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Because this is reality and not a hoax, you don’t just land on the Moon on the very first flight with new equipment. So, just like the last time we went and eventually landed, NASA build up to it.
Artemis I = uncrewed test
(Just like Apollo 4 and Apollo 6)
Test the rocket.
Test reentry.
Prove the system works.
Artemis II = crewed lunar flight
(Just like Apollo 8)
First crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit.
Navigate to the Moon.
Enter lunar orbit.
Operate in deep space.
Return safely at lunar reentry speeds.
This isn’t new. It’s how you don’t kill astronauts.

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@Microinteracti1 The Earth is rotating in the wrong direction.
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Around the Moon and Back in Ten Days
There is a rocket on Launch Pad 39B in Florida. 98 meters tall. 2.6 million kilograms. It leaves the ground April 1st with four people aboard. They will fly around the Moon and be home in ten days.
No human has done anything like it since December 1972.
Victor Glover will be the first person of color beyond low Earth orbit. Christina Koch the first woman. Jeremy Hansen the first non-American to reach the Moon’s vicinity. Commander Reid Wiseman, a single father, told his daughters: four people on Earth get to fly around the Moon right now. He could not say no.
On April 6 they circle the Moon at 6,000 miles. It will look like a basketball held at arm’s length. On the way home they hit 25,000 miles per hour. Farthest. Fastest. Ever.
They will not land. That comes later. Apollo 8 first, then Apollo 11. Same logic. Prove the capsule. Trust the capsule. Then trust your life to it on the surface.
Four people. Ten days. No landing.
The most important test flight since Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. It leaves the pad Wednesday.
Gandalv / @Microinteracti1
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@Turbinetraveler That was impressive, but mostly incredibly stupid.
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@dom_lucre I never understood how this guy got famous.
I’m a boomer and grew up with great music.
Never have been able to recognize any element of talent in this clown.
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@Texas_jeep__guy That is terrible. Can’t believe anyone would accept that.
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@BoSnerdley Don’t get excited. They are cutting it back to 3 hours instead of 4.
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