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I really hope we see continued support for #NASAArtemis. Going to the moon felt like a much needed gift of joy to the world this week. Thank you #AstroVicGlover #astro_reid #Astro_Christina #Astro_Jeremy.
I missed that intentionally, but I now see that I really missed the opportunity to LMAO online. Though this of course is a much better take that anything I'd have to offer.
Those lovely spacesailors proved once again what has been obvious from the first day: they are exceptional people, in all aspects.
Please watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmmuJ64bnBE
Question for my astronomer-on-speeddial @uastronomer (or AstroFedi!)
I asked over on Threads, and received a couple of plausible sounding speculations, but nothing definitive. Wonder if you can shed more light on this.
When I view the projected trajectory on NASA’s official Artemis tracker page (https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow/), if you align it to match the plane of the Moon's orbit, you will notice that most of the outbound coast (including the original orbit of the Earth) happens mostly in the same plane as the Moon's orbit, i.e. only moving in the X and Y axis, but no real movement in the Z-axis. But the fly-by results in a dip “downwards” (from the reference of my recording) in the path, i.e. Orion doesn’t stay in the exact same plane as the Moon's orbit after flying by the Moon, but rather starts moving along the Z-axis as well, by quite a bit. What is the reason for that Z-axis movement in the trajectory post fly-by?
Gag. I suppose it's traditional to have the president greet astronauts after an impressive feat, but given it's the convicted felon... I'd just turn off my headset if it were possible.
At least the mission is still cool. Can't wait to see the pictures.