“NASA’s moon rocket moved to launch pad for 1st test flight”
https://apnews.com/article/astronomy-space-exploration-science-moon-d485e0eb7e238dd872325fe5d31e736c

“CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket arrived at the
launch pad Wednesday ahead of its debut flight in less than two weeks."

"The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket emerged from its mammoth hangar late
Tuesday night, drawing crowds of Kennedy Space Center workers, many of
whom were not yet born when NASA sent astronauts to the moon a
half-century ago. It took nearly 10 hours for the rocket to make the
four-mile trip to the pad, pulling up at sunrise."

"NASA is aiming for an Aug. 29 liftoff for the lunar test flight. No one
will be inside the crew capsule atop the rocket, just three mannequins
swarming with sensors to measure radiation and vibration."

"The capsule will fly around the moon in a distant orbit for a couple
weeks, before heading back for a splashdown in the Pacific. The entire
flight should last six weeks.”

Lynn

On 8/17/22 13:44, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> “NASA’s moon rocket moved to launch pad for 1st test flight”
>
> https://apnews.com/article/astronomy-space-exploration-science-moon-d485e0eb7e238dd872325fe5d31e736c
>
>
> “CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket arrived at the
> launch pad Wednesday ahead of its debut flight in less than two weeks."
>
> "The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket emerged from its mammoth hangar late
> Tuesday night, drawing crowds of Kennedy Space Center workers, many of
> whom were not yet born when NASA sent astronauts to the moon a
> half-century ago. It took nearly 10 hours for the rocket to make the
> four-mile trip to the pad, pulling up at sunrise."
>
> "NASA is aiming for an Aug. 29 liftoff for the lunar test flight. No one
> will be inside the crew capsule atop the rocket, just three mannequins
> swarming with sensors to measure radiation and vibration."
>
> "The capsule will fly around the moon in a distant orbit for a couple
> weeks, before heading back for a splashdown in the Pacific. The entire
> flight should last six weeks.”
>
> Lynn
>
I would love to be there, but it just isn't going to work out. I wrote
test scripts to verify some of the flight software for the Orion. What I
really did was write scripts to try to break the software. I was less
than impressed with how it was tested.

It was fun.

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Dave Scruggs
Captain, Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)
Sr. Software Engineer - Stellar Solutions (Definitely Retired)