So, We Are Going to the Moon Today Huh?

[Butch]

Where is the scheduled splashdown?

 

[Dr_SLO]

Where is the scheduled splashdown?

Offshore from San Diego IIRC.

 

[Dr_SLO]

Oh look, Earth is round!

 

[Abacinator]

Tuned in just in time to see splashdown!

 

[Butch]

That was cool. Thanks Doc

 

[ST Guy]

We first did it very nearly 60 years ago.

 

[budman]

Home safe is always the goal.

 

[berth]

Finally on the ship. Took them more than 1.5 hours to get them out of the capsule.

Watching the chute deploy was exciting, to be sure.

 

[stangmx13]

Finally on the ship. Took them more than 1.5 hours to get them out of the capsule.

Watching the chute deploy was exciting, to be sure.

It was kinda tense with how long the chutes didn’t open!

 

[ctwo]

Oh look, Earth is round!

Pancakes are round

 

[Dr_SLO]

It was kinda tense with how long the chutes didn’t open!

One was looking a little reticent there for a while.

 

[doc4216]

It was kinda tense with how long the chutes didn’t open!

I kept repeating, deploy, deploy, deploy. Couldn’t relax until they finally came out and opened up.

 

[easy wind]

Back safely ! Good to know we still have the right stuff.

 

[Das MotorRad]

It was kinda tense with how long the chutes didn’t open!

I kept telling myself it was by design because of the speed of things. If they opened too quickly they would rip apart.

 

[NorCalBusa]

Could be because we haven't splashed one for a couple decades, but they sure struggled getting them out (and losing light). Strikes me there should be some sort of "Go Fast" mode in case an astronaut got hurt in the landing. Seemed overly focused on the sat-phone failure, just throw the fucking thing overboard and focus on business.

 

[Das MotorRad]

Could be because we haven't splashed one for a couple decades, but they sure struggled getting them out (and losing light). Strikes me there should be some sort of "Go Fast" mode in case an astronaut got hurt in the landing. Seemed overly focused on the sat-phone failure, just throw the fucking thing overboard and focus on business.

“Are you pushing the PTT button?” Had me rolling. Especially when they didn’t respond right away. Then he comes back with “we are turning it off and on again” straight from IT crowd

 

[NorCalBusa]

“Are you pushing the PTT button?” Had me rolling. Especially when they didn’t respond right away. Then he comes back with “we are turning it off and on again” straight from IT crowd

"Does it have the blue screen of death? Over."

 

[stangmx13]

Could be because we haven't splashed one for a couple decades, but they sure struggled getting them out (and losing light). Strikes me there should be some sort of "Go Fast" mode in case an astronaut got hurt in the landing. Seemed overly focused on the sat-phone failure, just throw the fucking thing overboard and focus on business.

They really don’t want to expose anyone to hydrazine - flight or ground crew - especially if there’s no rush.

 

[GAJ]

Have the "it's all fake and AI" conspiracies started yet?

 

[Abacinator]

Could be because we haven't splashed one for a couple decades, but they sure struggled getting them out (and losing light). Strikes me there should be some sort of "Go Fast" mode in case an astronaut got hurt in the landing. Seemed overly focused on the sat-phone failure, just throw the fucking thing overboard and focus on business.

There have been 11 splashdowns since 2020