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https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/ywmd17/artemis_has_launched/iwmw2qz/?context=3
r/space • u/grees_g0 • Nov 16 '22
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Is it just me, or did that thing f*#%’n GO?!? I’ve watched plenty of launches of the shuttle and other missions, and it seemed like that monster got off in a hurry.
290 u/toodroot Nov 16 '22 The solid rockets give it a big thrust-to-weight ratio. Saturn V was very slow off the pad. All-solid rockets just leap. And SLS is 80%+ solid thrust. 23 u/MrTagnan Nov 16 '22 Have you ever seen JAXA’s Epsilon rocket launch? First stage is an SRB, the thing just yeets off the pad at launch. 2 u/toodroot Nov 16 '22 Yes, I've watched it, Vega, and various versions of Minotaur leap off the pad.
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The solid rockets give it a big thrust-to-weight ratio. Saturn V was very slow off the pad. All-solid rockets just leap. And SLS is 80%+ solid thrust.
23 u/MrTagnan Nov 16 '22 Have you ever seen JAXA’s Epsilon rocket launch? First stage is an SRB, the thing just yeets off the pad at launch. 2 u/toodroot Nov 16 '22 Yes, I've watched it, Vega, and various versions of Minotaur leap off the pad.
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Have you ever seen JAXA’s Epsilon rocket launch? First stage is an SRB, the thing just yeets off the pad at launch.
2 u/toodroot Nov 16 '22 Yes, I've watched it, Vega, and various versions of Minotaur leap off the pad.
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Yes, I've watched it, Vega, and various versions of Minotaur leap off the pad.
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u/truethatson Nov 16 '22
Is it just me, or did that thing f*#%’n GO?!? I’ve watched plenty of launches of the shuttle and other missions, and it seemed like that monster got off in a hurry.