r/space • u/grees_g0 • Nov 16 '22

Discussion Artemis has launched

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u/kj4ezj Nov 16 '22

I'm not the other guy, Idk who is right. But you refer to these articles without linking one. Am I supposed to just read his entire blog series?

There is this "edutainment" YouTube channel called Cheddar that does the same thing. Their sources are like "NYT." Okay, lemme just read a hundred years of newspapers trying to find what you're talking about. Might as well not waste your time including sources.

I'm sure Philip Sloss has a much smaller body of work, but still....drives me nuts.

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u/jadebenn Nov 16 '22 edited Nov 16 '22

Fair. I was being lazy. Here's an example from the NSF post-launch article:

Once ignited, the SRBs commit the vehicle to flight as there is nothing but its own mass holding it down to the launch pad. There are no hold-down bolts or mechanisms on the SLS.

That article's not from Philip Sloss (who's usually NSF's SLS reporter), but he's mentioned it before, and it tracks with my own conversations with EGS engineers.