“Forty-Two” is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and…Everything. From Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.
“This Answer was first calculated by the supercomputer Deep Thought after seven and a half million years of thought. This shocking answer resulted in the construction of an even larger supercomputer, named Earth, which was tasked with determining what the question was in the first place.”
Not the first time I have run across a “Hitchhiker’s” reference…
Guess I’ll have to grab a copy and get “educated”…
Oh boy. We’re in deep SciFi nerd territory. The Dr. Who, Red Dwarf, Blake’s 7 demographic. I plead guilty.
My fave bit (IIRC, been a while) was the one about the race that tricked all of the boring and poor people (like telephone sanitzers) into thinking the planet was going to be destroyed, and shipped them off into space to start over on a new planet - so they’d have the place to themselves. And then were wiped out by a disease contracted via unsanitary telephones. Cautionary tale, these days.
OK, now that I generally understand that obviously obscure reference 
, I propose an even more “inside joke” of a thread name - a combination baseball junky/Sci-Fi maven, oblique moniker:
“Jackie”
That’s cockney rhyming slang-level stuff.
After a weather delay, lightning warning at the Cape, Artemis 1 is on the move to the pad. Fully lit up. What a magnificent machine. The product of years of hard work in all 50 states. And sustained national will. The best live feed is:
I’m speechless.
Cool!!
A million people are expected for the launch. 
No more wet rehearsals. No more static tests or trips to the VAB. NASA is officially committed. 0833 EDT on the 29th (first launch window). You’ve just got to love the sign the crew at KSC has hung on the gate to Pad 39B.
NASA Sets Launch Coverage for Artemis Mega Moon Rocket, Spacecraft | NASA
I intend to be nowhere else other than at my computer or television to witness this milestone. Wouldn’t be surprised to shed a tear of joy knowing everything that has gone into making Artemis possible.
Incredibly exciting!
Of all the money the US federal government can spend, I can’t think of too many programs more important, in the main, to promoting humanity’s progress on so many fronts, than the revitalized “space program”.
So glad the days of NASA’s regression appear to be over (at least for now. 
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Crap - delayed!
For good reason, but disappointing. 
Not surprised. Last minute teething problems with an essentially new system top-to-bottom. Hopefully the engine 3 problem can be resolved on the pad. I vividly recall starting my career working with veterans of Apollo. I heard stories of the launch support crew, toolboxes in hand, opening panels and getting down to business with screwdrivers and wrenches fixing issues on the pad. A real can-do spirit. If there is a way of getting the engine 3 cryo-line issue fixed on the pad, they’ll do it. Everyone is motivated to fly.
Anyone who “knew someone” involved in the first moon landing (which I did) is still in awe of what we were able to accomplish with the tools available at the time. I think safety was a major concern but not the only one for sure.
Today safety and absolute resistance to failure of any type extend times to product launch but the outcome is certainly more predictable. WEBB is a perfect example of doing it the 21st century way. Artemis will also be successful based on all of the current tech available.
We can wait. The moon’s not going anywhere.
Imagine how much further ahead NASA would be if they didn’t destroy all the previous technology they had from the maned moon landings. Seems like sending mannequins to the Moon is a step backwards.
Enough already with this nonsense.
Previous technology was not “destroyed.” The know how and understanding persista and remains completely available.
As previously noted, NASA is not going to recreate ancient 50+ year-old technology for the current moon shot.
So I have really read nothing of this. Does anyone know the plans for this flight or future flights?
Today’s mission was scrubbed. Next launch window opens Friday afternoon.