Comments on: SLS successfully puts Orion into orbit https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:33:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630481 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:33:09 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630481 Some call Arty II forgettable.

I think it timeless.

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/04/05/artemis-astronaut-extemporaneously-delivers-the-most-profound-easter-message-imaginable-n2200979

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630389 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:55:22 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630389 Great Orion is running Windows and operating a Howard Walowitz designed loo.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630371 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:48:17 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630371 Amen to that.

An interesting take
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q8N7fnKGKY

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630370 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:59:26 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630370 One might prefer physical controls in a spacecraft, for the same reasons touchscreens are becoming less prominent in cars: it’s a more positive and robust control. Buttons and switches can be manipulated without looking. With toggles, the system state can be felt. Especially important in a high-radiation environment, mechanical controls are not subject to bit-flipping. And, physical controls satisfy the basic Human need to use a physical action, to produce an action.

]]> By: Gary https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630363 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:29:47 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630363 You can’t escape Outlook glitches, even while escaping the Earth.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/02/science/artemis-ii-crew-stalled-by-microsoft-outlook-blunders-hours-after-takeoff/

]]> By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630362 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:29:27 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630362 pzatchok asked: “My big question is. Why does the inside look like something out of a 70’s movie? More buttons than actual functions. Fighter aircraft are trying to get rid of buttons but NASA wants more.”

NASA likes the buttons. I don’t blame them, because pushing buttons (and keyboard keys ) is far more fun than touching a screen. SpaceX preferred the touchscreen to buttons and mostly won the argument for the Crew Dragon, but left in a few buttons at the bottom of the display screen just for NASA’s benefit. The customer is always right, but apparently not always completely right.

SpaceX’s reasoning was that the display screen only shows the “buttons” and displays that are appropriate for the phase of the mission they are in. I don’t know, however, whether Apollo 12, had they followed SpaceX’s philosophy, would have had the correct button at the correct time to set SCE to Aux:
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/have-they-tried-sec-to-aux/

]]> By: AndrewZ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630342 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:21:23 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630342 I’m glad it’s going well and I hope that the crew don’t have to deal with anything worse than a malfunctioning toilet.

However, for what they’re actually doing at such vast cost, they should have called the mission Apollo 8 Billion.

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630338 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:08:05 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630338 It was a nice launch. Coverage was pretty good.

I am happy its in space and working fine.

My big question is. Why does the inside look like something out of a 70’s movie? More buttons than actual functions. Fighter aircraft are trying to get rid of buttons but NASA wants more.

It has the same interior room as an Escalade. Imagine being trapped inside your SUV for ten days. Climbing over everyone else to relieve yourself behind a curtain at best.

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630337 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:03:07 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630337 Hey thanks Ronaldus!

I was going to call them “Valipdettes”, but it sounds more sexist than I actually am… I think.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630336 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:43:15 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630336 To Blair,

In terms of debris shedding, that is where Starship has a decidedly solid lead.

Mission tracker
https://www.sunnywingsvirtual.com/artemis2/timeline.html

]]> By: Ronaldus Magnus https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630333 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:54:50 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630333 From Ray Van Dune: “vapid know-nothings”

What a great, and useful phrase. With proper attribution, I will use this phrase. It applies to far too many in Congress, and most of the Drive-By Media.

Still praying for the safe return of all the souls in space. Having watched since the Mercury Seven days, the re-entry is always a high stress event. The Orion re-entry is doubly so with the problematic heat shield.

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630330 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:32:24 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630330 I watched NSF, which is pretty good for what is essentially an amateur organization, founded by a Brit no less!

Although far from perfect, they do a decent job of photo coverage, not stepping on launch control announcements, and avoiding commentary by vapid know-nothings!

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630329 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:29:48 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630329 https://archive.org/details/GPN-2000-001357

“Apollo 8 reentry photograph taken by a U.S. Air Force ALOTS (Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System) camera mounted on a KC-135A aircraft flown at 40,000 ft altitude, splashed down at 10:15 a.m., December 27, 1968, in the central Pacific.”

]]> By: Richard M https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630328 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:26:07 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630328 Kevin,

What time do they fire the engines to head to the moon?

If it actually takes place, the trans-lunar injection (TLI) burn is supposed to be at 8:12 p.m. EDT (0012 GMT on April 3) tonight. The go/no go decision for the burn will obviously be shortly before that. NSF will have a dedicated stream for that, BTW.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630327 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:21:44 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630327 “50-50, The Flight of Apollo 8”
John Batchelor / Robert Zimmerman / David Livingston
https://archive.org/details/50-50-the-flight-of-apollo-8-with-robert-zimmerman-john-batchelor
(19:18)

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630326 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:46:45 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630326 John—
I actually watch Steve quite a bit (Agenda Free TV) because he carries the Israel & Beirut live tv feeds on a regular basis. Steve is pretty stupid for being a graduate of an ivy league school, and despite the name of his show, he has a definite agenda, he just likes to think he doesn’t.
– First time he covered a rocket launch a few years ago, he was astonished there was a minor hold.
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NASA just blew a huge amount of PR value by totally botching the launch coverage. What DEI Hire is running the video cameras and why are they all on Adderall?
Even when they gave us long-range tracking, they couldn’t be bothered to give us some simple telemetry.
And, what is with the stupid animation?

]]> By: Kevin Smith https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630323 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:52:38 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630323 Good so far. What time do they fire the engines to head to the moon?

]]> By: Gerry Parker https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630321 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:28:06 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630321 Nothing to see here. Blair, they put extra parts on NASA rockets to do that. The investigation team has to have work later, after all.

]]> By: GWB https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630316 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:56:58 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630316 This was great to watch. I am excited we’re finally taking the steps to get back to the moon. It was a beautiful liftoff.

Now, can we get some satellites with cameras on them so we can watch this thing in orbit? Why can’t we do chase plane type work with satellites? Elon has made it possible.

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630314 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:37:26 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630314 I am glad SLS worked as advertised, but that rocket sheds a lot of parts on the way to orbit.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630313 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:29:38 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630313 Fixed
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FzBv_7S1m34

]]> By: John https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sls-successfully-puts-orion-into-orbit/#comment-1630308 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:29:09 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122782#comment-1630308 I suspect this is april fools, but another forum is going on about toilet issues. Agenda free news guy on X:

https://x.com/lookner/status/2039498822292799835?s=20

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