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At this point, it'll come back when it comes back. Just my personal read, but I think the powers that be don't have the $$ on hand to rejuvenate the Site.

A short Primer regarding the 'staggering sums of money' NASA is forecasting regarding the 'proposed' Moonbase... Take a Dollar Bill out of your wallet/pocket, smooth it out and lay it flat on the table. Imagine that the Dollar bill encompasses the entire US Government Budget for a Fiscal Year. Now, look at the right hand border of the Dollar bill... the part that has no Printing on it. That edge of the bill represents NASA's entire Budget for the Year; all of their Earth Sciences programs, Deep Space exploration, the Manned Spaceflight program including Artemis, the ISS, the Moon, Mars... everything NASA is involved in. Their Budget is honestly very sparse and miniscule compared to the entirety of the Federal Budget, and it's estimated that NASA's Budget will be reduced even further for FY 2027 and 2028. So... don't automatically assume that NASA is a bottomless pit for Discretionary Funding and that they just throw $$ at conceptual or predicted Programs.

Bear in mind that this entire venture is predicated on whether they have the ability to actually put someone on the surface first...

Other than FlightSim and Silent Hunter 4 on the Computer, I usually play Cribbage through a couple Apps on my smartphone.

I'll stick with my '96 F-150. Parts are still readily available, and if I stay on top of my driving habits it'll last me until I kick the bucket.

https://www.science.org/content/article/history-and-mystery-surround-nasa-s-2028-nuclear-mars-mission

My prior assertions in other related Threads still stand. I find it interesting that SpaceX proposes to send unmanned Starships to Mars in CY 2026 when the farthest Starship has ever ventured is LEO...

The key is to Identify the A1 Video before you click on it. Don't give the Creator the benefit of collecting a View because that's where they pick up the $.

Bottom line? You folks can choose not to eat it, period. You all have that right and privilege.

Honestly, there's more meaningful stuff to post regarding Artemis 2 than this Reynolds Wrap fedora nonsense. It just gives them more VKL's to continue creating their drivel. 🙄

The Cost one expends on Flight Simulation is directly proportional to the Level one wants to immerse themselves in the Activity, and the lengths one will go to to maximize that Level of immersion. Some out there might need to expend much $$ for Hardware, Peripherals and use the 'latest and greatest' Sim Platform in order to achieve the maximum Immersion level. OTOH, others are satisfied with FS9 and a Joystick to satisfy their need. Neither one is 'wrong'... just different Priorities.

There was about a three hour period starting around 58 hours into the Flight when the Controller Teams changed over and ended when the Crew performed the Engine Burn for the Free Return trajectory. In that time, the Crew completed the power down of the Command/Service Module (CSM) including preserving the Guidance Coordinates and transferring that data to the Computer aboard the Lunar Module (LM). Next, the spacecraft broke contact with Houston for almost an hour in order for the Integrated Communications controllers (INCO) to reconfigure and test the Telemetry and Communications channels on both the CSM and LM because signals from the 3rd Stage (the S-IVB) were interfering with Telemetry and Communications on board the spacecraft. Concurrently, both the Flight Dynamics (FIDO) and Guidance (GUIDO) controllers were calculating the Burn Rate and duration the Lunar Module's Descent Engine would have to fire in order to get back to the Free Return trajectory, and when they could perform the Burn. When Communications and Telemetry with the spacecraft was reestablished at 60 Hours, the Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) Astronaut Jack Lousma informed the Crew of the intentions for the Burn at 61 Hours, 30 Minutes. The Controllers and Crew then spent the remaining time powering up the Lunar Module for the Burn, a procedure that normally took three Hours to complete. The Burn went off without a hitch, and the Crew then powered down the Lunar Module in order to conserve Battery power and Water, which cooled the Electrical systems.

The Free Return trajectory is the 'safety valve' Route guaranteeing a return to Earth's influence without having to make a substantial Engine burn to stay 'in the lane'. Apollo 13 had to leave the Free Return for a 'hybrid' trajectory in order to reach its Landing site (the Fra Mauro highlands) which was at a higher Lunar Latitude than the previous two landings which were more Equatorial, within the boundaries of Free Return. When their accident happened, 13 had to perform a Docked Burn with the Lunar Module's Descent Engine in order to leave its Hybrid trajectory and put the spacecraft back onto Free Return.

The flight of Apollo 8 gave the folks at Grumman and the Apollo 9 crew time to get the bugs worked out with the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module) so they could fully test it out in Low Earth Orbit. Apollo 9 paved the way for Tom Stafford and Gene German to test the LEM in Lunar Orbit on Apollo 10, taking it down to 50,000 feet above the Lunar surface.

Fingers and Toes crossed for a GO Launch! 👍🙂