Moon Rocket Launch Monday

[Michael G.]

Who's watching and were?

[Tvflguy]

Must say, and I truly do not know exactly why, I am not really interested in this. IMO it’s a NASA marketing thing. Kinda ‘been there done that’.

And truly I am not a proponent for man/woman/person to Mars. 6 months one way. Our robotic missions can do 95% of non-personed for so much less. Again it’s an attempt for NASA to substantiate their funding and future missions. I’m all for space exploration, within reason.

[Altavia]

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[Keefelane66]

Open yourmind, the program benefits developing new technology are unlimited.

Saying this as someone who started developing a medical technology for NAS/Skylab in the 70's that has evolved into a global company with 10,000 employees and 4 billion in revenue saving thousands of lives a year.
Can you name the Company?

[Tvflguy]

Open yourmind, the program benefits developing new technology are unlimited.

Saying this as someone who started developing a medical technology for NAS/Skylab in the 70's that has evolved into a global company with 10,000 employees and 4 billion in revenue saving thousands of lives a year.

My mind IS open. Within reason.

[pauld315]

Open yourmind, the program benefits developing new technology are unlimited.

Saying this as someone who started developing a medical technology for NAS/Skylab in the 70's that has evolved into a global company with 10,000 employees and 4 billion in revenue saving thousands of lives a year.

Used to be the case but why does NASA even do launches anymore ? The private companies do it so much cheaper and at no taxpayer expense. Do you think NASA is interested in reusing boosters they don't have to pay for ?

[Keefelane66]

Used to be the case but why does NASA even do launches anymore ? The private companies do it so much cheaper and at no taxpayer expense. Do you think NASA is interested in reusing boosters they don't have to pay for ?
Do you really think private launch companies like Tesla/Elon Musk are“at no taxpayer expense”
I’m selling stock for The Morse Bridge how many shares would you like

[mixsonci]

You all went off on a stupid rant, and not one person bothered to answer the OPs question. Sorry, I don't know the answer either.

[Woodbear]

Who's watching and were?

Behind our Postal Center in Citrus Grove

[asianthree]

With all the lights in TV viewing can be a challenge, but on a clear night we watch Sit on the picnic tables at Seabreeze and watch.

[Two Bills]

We booked into a hotel at Cocoa Beach to watch a Shuttle launch.
Wonderful view and experience.
Would do same to see this launch, but not in US at moment.
Not interested in all the politics of the program.
Biggest ever space vehicle, and launch number one. What a sight!
Go see it if you can!!

[SilverMema]

Who's watching and were?

I would love to be there to watch the launch but I’ll probably go out in my yard to see if I can see anything. Don’t know where a good place is in TV.

[westernrider75]

When is it?

[bobeaston]

When is it?
Currently scheduled for 10:33 AM, Aug 29.
For a rocket of that size, one should be able to see at least the contrail from almost any high spot in The Villages. Look eastward.

[Worldseries27]

i would love to be there to watch the launch but i’ll probably go out in my yard to see if i can see anything. Don’t know where a good place is in tv.

sawgrass grove bexley bridge area looking se.
This mission calls for flying out 70k miles beyond the moon so they will be able to see the dark side which other nations are interested in. Guess we have a strategic mission in mind

[Worldseries27]

currently scheduled for 10:33 am, aug 29.
For a rocket of that size, one should be able to see at least the contrail from almost any high spot in the villages. Look eastward.
believe it has 4 engines so yes

[heron848]

Who's watching and were?

I’ll be looking over the pond just east of Freedom Point. We have really enjoyed watching even the small ones go up.
I use the Next Spaceflight app for scheduling and pre-launch live feed.
Launch Console app has a compass that will point you generally in the right direction.

[Hank’s mom]

Sad. Sad. Sad.

[Taleena]

Who's watching and were?


We'll be watching from our backyard in Sanibel, assuming no cloud interference between here and the Cape. We typically have a fairly good view of rocket launches about 30 seconds into flight.
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[srswans]

Who's watching and were?

I’ll probably drive over to Titusville. The top of the rocket is visible on the launch pad so I can watch the entire launch. Seen a few Falcon 9 launches from there including booster return and sonic boom.

[Windguy]

Currently scheduled for 10:33 AM, Aug 29.
Maybe they changed the schedule, but NASA’s web site says 8:33 AM.

Launch Preparations Remain on Track, Weather 70% Favorable – Artemis (https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/08/25/launch-preparations-remain-on-track-weather-70-favorable/)

[Mikentonik]

Who's watching and were?

According to liftoff tomorrow night at 10:15 PM Falcon 9 will be going up from Cape Canaveral. Hope sky is clear and we can see it from Waterman Way looking East. Then Monday at 8:33AM from Kennedy Space Center and the same.

[Rodneysblue]

you all went off on a stupid rant, and not one person bothered to answer the ops question. Sorry, i don't know the answer either.

thank you!!!

[gator17]

I'll be watching from the banks of the Indian River in Titusville! My father was a technical writer on the Saturn Five rockets, my sister and I worked the shuttle program - she in security for McDonnell Douglas, me as a satellite test scheduler for same company.

[Baldbaron]

We're both space fans, and I have worked on the Shuttle, Centaur, and Minuteman III programs. Trust me, even at 20 miles away the noise of the first stage and its solid-fuel strap-on boosters will shake your insides and give you the complete viewing experience when coupled with the majestic Artemis 1 launch vehicle rising ever-so-slowly at first on its huge exhaust plume! And even that will be surpassed when Elon Musk's Starship first leaves the launch pad in the coming months!

[chrisinva]

Not sure why, but I am fascinated by space launches. Maybe because I remember Sputnik in 1957. Maybe because I recall the introduction of the shuttle – something that actually landed, safely, back on earth. So I am outside for many of them, peering into S P A C E.

There’s an app for this. Search for “Next Space Flight” on your phone. It’s free download. 19.6 MB size. It will send you reminders re: rocket launch schedules, news, and events for all the key players including SpaceX, NASA, Roscosmos, ULA, Blue Origin, ISRO, Rocket Lab, etc. This includes launches in Texas, which, of course, aren’t visible from TV.

Next launch - Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:22 PM EDT. We live in DeSoto & I focus just above the rooftops, a little south of Monarch Grove to see the launch. The spacecraft becomes visible maybe 20 seconds after actual launch. Always have my iphone with me, open to the You Tube site, in case there is a last-minute delay.
Night launches are more spectacular, of course!

Here’s something else to view – a US rocket colliding with an asteroid. EarthSky | DART will impact an asteroid on September 26 (https://earthsky.org/space/dart-impact-an-asteroid-on-september-26-2022/?mc_cid=2e25be5d46&mc_eid=1598ea5505) On this site you can subscribe to their free newsletter about nightly star/planet locations, etc.

[Dotneko]

First launch is on Saturday at 10:22 PM.
Next launch is on Monday at 8:33 AM.
Always best to confirm times yourself - Ive been steered wrong trusting others.....

[Bogie Shooter]

Sad. Sad. Sad.

Curious, which post/opinion are you referring to?

[DaleDivine]

First launch is on Saturday at 10:22 PM.
Next launch is on Monday at 8:33 AM.
Always best to confirm times yourself - Ive been steered wrong trusting others.....

Yep, Those are the scheduled times my APP says...
:agree:

[DaleDivine]

Who's watching and were?

We have watched several launches from our front porch.
:pepper2::pepper2:

[SIRE1]

Back in 2011, I wanted to see one of the last shuttle launches and drove over to Titusville thinking that would be a GREAT spot to view the launch. Well, everyone else in Florida thought the same thing and it was mobbed. We decided to turn around and go back to the rest area we had past on I-95 (southbound). Great decision. Not only was it close enough to hear the rocket and see it quite close, but more importantly it has bathrooms (important for people our age). We were parked there with about 20 + cars waiting for the launch. Some of the people had lawn chairs and coolers for drinks. Definitely a great decision.

[daddymac1127]

I think we should ask those people in flood ravaged Kentucky and Mississippi if and where they are watching the launch from.

All that money wasted to go to Space when we could be spending the money to assist those unfortunate people in the GREAT COUNTRY of ours.

[Jack58033]

Tang

[Woodbear]

When is it?

Launch time has a current 2 hour window ~ 8:30 am - 10:30 am

[midiwiz]

believe it has 4 engines so yes

correction it's scheduled for 8:33am I doubt anyone here will not be able to see it.

[midiwiz]

First launch is on Saturday at 10:22 PM.
Next launch is on Monday at 8:33 AM.
Always best to confirm times yourself - Ive been steered wrong trusting others.....

correction Saturday is Starlink launch at 10:22pm

Artemis is Monday 8:33am

[airstreamingypsy]

Currently scheduled for 10:33 AM, Aug 29.
For a rocket of that size, one should be able to see at least the contrail from almost any high spot in The Villages. Look eastward.

The launch window is 8:33 to 10:33..... if you wander out at 10:30 you may be 2 hours late.

[mkjelenbaas]

Who's watching and were?
Just curious - why do you care who is going to watch? Just saying!

[Bilyclub]

I think we should ask those people in flood ravaged Kentucky and Mississippi if and where they are watching the launch from.

All that money wasted to go to Space when we could be spending the money to assist those unfortunate people in the GREAT COUNTRY of ours.

Right, let the Russians and Chinese control space. Maybe somebody shouldn't forgive college loans. All my kids worked very hard to pay their own way thru school. 300 billion dollars to help out deadbeats.

[kbogli]

Currently scheduled for 10:33 AM, Aug 29.
For a rocket of that size, one should be able to see at least the contrail from almost any high spot in The Villages. Look eastward.
The launch window is 8:33-10:33

[Worldseries27]

i think we should ask those people in flood ravaged kentucky and mississippi if and where they are watching the launch from.

All that money wasted to go to space when we could be spending the money to assist those unfortunate people in the great country of ours.
if there was no space program why do you assume the money would go to your causes?

[walljopa]

Who's watching and were?Some of our friends say Moyer Recreation Center parking lot.

[donnbecky]

from my driveway

[NJFL1]

Just what does it take for people to just answer the question without going down rabbit holes? I am planning to go and would like an answer to the original post.

[heron848]

Who's watching and were?

The forecast doesn’t look great for watching from TV. “Mostly cloudy” around launch time.

[Taltarzac725]

The forecast doesn’t look great for watching from TV. “Mostly cloudy” around launch time.

Good to know.

My U of MN Law School student and then roommate/girlfriend's best friend was a computer programmer for NASA for much of the 1990s.

She was from a farm in the middle of Wisconsin that always had a strong manure smell. We visited her parents when she was working at Cape Canaveral around 1990. I met her at some point but cannot recall if this was before or after the visit to the farm. My grandmother lived close to the farm so we visited her as well in Shawano. Shawano, WI - Official Website | Official Website (https://www.cityofshawano.com/)

[EdFNJ]

I think we should ask those people in flood ravaged Kentucky and Mississippi if and where they are watching the launch from.

All that money wasted to go to Space when we could be spending the money to assist those unfortunate people in the GREAT COUNTRY of ours. That's what's known as a straw man argument. Like make sure you eat up all your dinner because people in <fill in country name> are starving. Do you have any idea how much the technological advances of the space program over the years have directly and indirectly advanced technology in other areas that have benefitted this "GREAT COUNTRY of ours"?

[Regor]

Scrubbed

[Caymus]

Just learned why this mission to return to the moon was named Artemis. Artemis was Apollo's twin.

[JMintzer]

That's what's known as a straw man argument. Like make sure you eat up all your dinner because people in <fill in country name> are starving. Do you have any idea how much the technological advances of the space program over the years have directly and indirectly advanced technology in other areas that have benefitted this "GREAT COUNTRY of ours"?

Tang and velcro, for starters! :loco:

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Scrubbed

Rescheduled for Friday because of a fuel leak.

[davem4616]

we just go and stand at the end of our driveway and have a clear view....unless there's too many clouds

it never gets old watching these rockets go up

[larbud]

Saturday 2:17 pm is new scheduled time.

[elevatorman]

NASA TV Schedule
Saturday, Sept. 3
5:45 a.m. – Coverage of the Propellent Loading of the Space Launch System Rocket for the Artemis I Launch
12:15 p.m. – Coverage of the Launch of the Artemis I Moon Mission (Launch scheduled at 2:17 p.m. EDT)
5 p.m. – Artemis I Post-Launch News Conference (time subject to change)

News said you should be able to hear the engines all over Florida.

[heron848]

Is the southbound rest area a better view than the northbound, or was it just more convenient?

[Caymus]

Scrubbed again. Maybe they should try some STP Stop Leak.

MSN (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fuel-leak-ruins-nasa-s-2nd-shot-at-launching-moon-rocket/ar-AA11qpzj?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=9940a897778b4992b8afc720097380ac)

[bob47]

Scrubbed again. Maybe they should try some STP Stop Leak.

MSN (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fuel-leak-ruins-nasa-s-2nd-shot-at-launching-moon-rocket/ar-AA11qpzj?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=9940a897778b4992b8afc720097380ac)

Maybe they should talk to Elon Musk.

[Woodbear]

They wasted 730,000 gallons of fuel the first try. I wonder how much was wasted on the 2nd attempt.

[ThirdOfFive]

Scrubbed again. Maybe they should try some STP Stop Leak.

MSN (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fuel-leak-ruins-nasa-s-2nd-shot-at-launching-moon-rocket/ar-AA11qpzj?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=9940a897778b4992b8afc720097380ac)
Duct tape. Definitely.

Definitely duct tape.

[Stu from NYC]

They wasted 730,000 gallons of fuel the first try. I wonder how much was wasted on the 2nd attempt.

Is it wasted or can it be pumped back into storage tank it came out of?

Would think by now it would be rather straight forward to load one of these things with fuel

[retiredguy123]

If I were King for a day, the first thing I would do is to abolish NASA. What a waste of money.

[JMintzer]

If I were King for a day, the first thing I would do is to abolish NASA. What a waste of money.

I hope you wouldn't need the internet nor cell phones... Or cable TV...

[retiredguy123]

I hope you wouldn't need the internet nor cell phones... Or cable TV...
If NASA created those things, why do U.S. taxpayers need to give them $30 billion per year? It seems like the rest of the world would be able to fund NASA. Where is our return on investment? How much funding does Saudi Arabia provide to NASA? They use the internet and they have no debt.

[JMintzer]

If NASA created those things, why do U.S. taxpayers need to give them $30 billion per year? It seems like the rest of the world would be able to fund NASA. Where is our return on investment? How much funding does Saudi Arabia provide to NASA? They use the internet and they have no debt.

Who put those satellites up there to service those things?

You really think you get a ROI on anything the government does?

[retiredguy123]

Who put those satellites up there to service those things?

You really think you get a ROI on anything the government does?
You made my point. I know we don't get a return on investment. But, we shouldn't provide the internet and cell phone service to the world for free and then continue to fund NASA and claim it is a bargain. Saudi Arabia doesn't give their oil away for free.

When the first guy stepped on the moon, they should have said it was "a giant leap for mankind, funded by U.S. taxpayers".

[Aloha1]

My mind IS open. Within reason.

For one, the reason it is the future of humanity. I imagine if you lived back in the early 1800's you would say, "Why are we spending any money to explore the western continental unknown?"

[Caymus]

Duct tape. Definitely.

Definitely duct tape.

Duct tape saved Apollo 13:laugh:

[JMintzer]

You made my point. I know we don't get a return on investment. But, we shouldn't provide the internet and cell phone service to the world for free and then continue to fund NASA and claim it is a bargain. Saudi Arabia doesn't give their oil away for free.

When the first guy stepped on the moon, they should have said it was "a giant leap for mankind, funded by U.S. taxpayers".

There's more to the internet and cell phone service than just satellites...

[Stu from NYC]

If NASA created those things, why do U.S. taxpayers need to give them $30 billion per year? It seems like the rest of the world would be able to fund NASA. Where is our return on investment? How much funding does Saudi Arabia provide to NASA? They use the internet and they have no debt.

Have to disagree with you on this. We are a people of explorers but think of how much technology has come about due to exploration.

Do agree though it can be done much more efficiently if private industry did more of this.

[pauld315]

In the meantime, Elon Musk's SpaceX had a successful launch last night and retrieved their booster to be reused. They do it cheaper, quicker and more efficiently than NASA ever has.

[SIRE1]

Is the southbound rest area a better view than the northbound, or was it just more convenient?

The northbound rest area seemed closer to the tree line than the southbound. I shot video of the 2011 Shuttle launch and then a couple of photos of the smoke trail. This is the view from the southbound I-95 rest area just before you get into Titusville. And since the space launches are usually full of delays and you never knew when it would happen, having a bathroom and vending machines was a big plus.

[ThirdOfFive]

In the meantime, Elon Musk's SpaceX had a successful launch last night and retrieved their booster to be reused. They do it cheaper, quicker and more efficiently than NASA ever has.
True words. But private enterprise is as a rule far more efficient than government. Had there been an entity similar to SpaceX in charge after the Apollo program ended, I have no doubt that we'd have colonies out to Saturn by now.

NASA reflected the mood of the country for about 15 years or so, from Kennedy through most of Nixon's first term. It had two things going for it; Kennedy's blessing (which meant beacoup money) and a bunch of former German rocket scientists, and the progress made was nothing short of phenomenal. America had zero satellites in orbit at the end of September 1957. Twelve years later we had men on the moon. But NASA is and always has been a political animal, and as such funding is dependent on the mood of the electorate. Sadly, the enthusiasm generated under Kennedy didn't last.

[JMintzer]

In the meantime, Elon Musk's SpaceX had a successful launch last night and retrieved their booster to be reused. They do it cheaper, quicker and more efficiently than NASA ever has.

No to knock what Musk is doing (it's amazing), but he's putting up low orbit satellites.

NANA wants to test a hybrid new/old technology rocket that with get us to the Moon and eventually Mars...