[Whitley]

Originally Posted by FoPAA

I ran out to see it a couple of minutes after launch time, and I don’t know if I was too late or if it was too cloudy, I couldn’t see anything.

Yes, I saw it. It was amazing. There was a delay of about 30 minutes from the original launch. Artemis was brighter and visible for a longer period than the SpaceX rockets I watch. I watched Artemis from Sarasota and had a view of it for about 6 minutes . At first that deep red/orange. After the initial rockets dropped a bright white pulsating light.

[Whitley]

Originally Posted by pauld315

Honestly, if SpaceX had managed this instead of NASA, it would have launched months ago and spent a lot less money to do so. NASA has now awarded SpaceX the future Artemis missions to the moon

It really is not a fair comparison as they are much different (Artemis vs SpaceX Falcons, BUT
The Falcon's cost 67 million per launch, Artemis cost 876 million.

[mrf0151]

YouTube video is awesome:

https://youtu.be/xlo1xQneAEA

[larbud]

104 sec exposure,Took awhile to clear the clouds. I apparently bumped tripod during the delay.🤬