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Startrek
19-03-2021, 07:58 AM
Just watched NASA perform their second Hot Fire Test of the Artemis centre core at the Stennis Space Centre near St Louis in Mississippi
Quite spectacular with the test running for just over 8 minutes
Looks like NASA are on track to launch SLS late this year
Anyone else watch it ?
glend
19-03-2021, 12:06 PM
Yep, I watched it live this morning. It was good to see they completed the entire test program, including all the throttle up and down and engine gimballing; and finally running the LOX tank down to the cutoff limit at over the 8 minute mark. It was streamed by NASA and NASA Spaceflight on Utube.
Of course, this was a static fire test, and getting it into space is another hurdle, along with integration.
A shame it is not reusable, that is alot of investment to let fall the ocean.
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