Artemis rocket to the moon

    "Bit like Kaynight did".....    So this is a 2nd account of yours heh?......maybe 3rd, 4th,....  KayKnight was a mature intelligent person who had a way with words. All you post is negative comments and insults. KayKnight was liked by many members. Oh that's right.....you've got 4 whole friends.

   Only 2 people in the world would know that. I guess I have Un-Masked the Knight.....                                                                                                                          

   I'll have to eat crow and delete post 102 then.....I apologize.

https://www.space.com/artemis-1-moon-launch-delay-tropical-storm-ian

@RonaldJosephCote-----it comes naturally for Hiram to "derail" threads...he IS a "train-wreck", after all!

He's also a hypocrite---remember the old expression "he can dish it out but he can't take it"?? That's *him*...he constantly posts negative things across the Forums, but as soon as someone starts in on HIM, off he goes whining to the Mods and gets the person admonished...

   Tonight, NASA is planning on slamming a rocket into an asteroid. Known as the DART project. 

They're just doing it out of frustration at all the Artemis delays.

This is like the movie Armageddon! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RA8Tfa6Sck

Yee

   So NASA shot a bullet from planet earth, and hit their target 6.8 million miles away.    Either the're very good marksmen...... or the're REAL good sharp-shooters.

Here's the final approach. Quite exciting!

In case there was any seriousness in that, it's worth pointing out that they could not do that. They had to adjust the trajectory to be on target. The last set of course adjustments was at a distance of 1500-740 km from the asteroid, lining it up perfectly.  Of course with the idea in mind of changing the trajectory, the point of impact is important. I think it would be ideal to arrange to arrive from the desired direction of velocity change and hit dead centre.

You are a genuine fruitcake? I thought you were joking.

   Elroch, I was dead serious about the marksman comment. They compensated for those trajectory changes. They hit a target 6.8 million miles away......which is exactly what they were aiming for. They have the science and the know-how, and the skill to do that.  I can't even throw something in the trash without missing....   After reading your comment again, I realize you're not trying to dismiss my comment....your just taking the "pure" science stance. Its dam impressive no matter how you look at it.                              "This day in History"......... A win for the scientist and astronomers.                      

I was replying to Hiram.

He has confirmed that he is one of the air-headed deniers of space science.

The Wright Brothers first airplane flight = 1903

First object launched in space, V2 rocket by Nazi Germany = 1944

First nuclear weapon Trinity by United States = 1945

First artificial satellite Sputnik 1 by Soviet Union =  1957

Deepest underwater submarine Trieste = 1960

First moon landing Apollo 11 = 1969

First GPS = 1978

First World Wide Web = 1989

First smartphone IBM Simon = 1994 

First blockchain leading to cryptocurrency = 2008

First spacecraft flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto = 2015

First rover on an asteroid by Japan = 2018

First attempt to deflect an asteroid = 2022

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_space_exploration

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions

It still kind of boggles my mind there are people walking around thinking the Earth is flat.

Well, they better watch their step and stay behind the guardrails or they’ll fall off. 😆

And a vast, exponentially growing, international space industry responsible for launching over 11,000 satellites and other spacecraft, over 7,000 or which remain in space, mostly for commercial purposes. [The reason manned space travel has been mainly restricted to low Earth orbit is simply a matter of cost-benefit. Travel to the Moon or further costs billions.

Of the world's 200 nations, 10 have independently launched rockets as far as low Earth orbit, and 547 people of 37 nationalities have gone to space.

And there are people who deny this exists, believing all those involved across the world (and their huge number of clients) have been involved in a giant conspiracy for over half a century!

Don't be so "open-minded" your brains fall out.

Cunning how they cancel it to make it look real.

Just to check, are you one of those who think that is a documentary?