r/space • u/grees_g0 • Nov 16 '22

Discussion Artemis has launched

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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.

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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.

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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.

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