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craftworkbench t1_iy2pmkv wrote
Reply to comment by Active-Device-8058 in NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft flies past record distance set by Apollo 13 by EricFromOuterSpace
Agreed. It'll be more momentous to break the record with humans aboard but it's still a great accomplishment to prove that a spacecraft designed for human flight can and has gone that far.
No need to put down the accomplishment, especially since it's clearly qualified in the article.
craftworkbench t1_iy2pitw wrote
Reply to NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft flies past record distance set by Apollo 13 by EricFromOuterSpace
> The uncrewed Orion flew past the record-setting distance achieved by the Apollo 13 command module "Odyssey" at 248,655 miles from Earth (216,075 nautical miles or 400,171 kilometers) at about 8:40 a.m. EST (1340 GMT) on Saturday (Nov. 26).
> The Apollo 13 spacecraft had previously set the record on April 14, 1970, at 7:21 p.m. EST (0021 GMT on April 15).
Wait. So did Orion fly 248k miles? Or did Odyssey? And in either case, how far did the other one go?
craftworkbench t1_jbn5nke wrote
Reply to [OC] US State Residents' Bachelors Degree Attainment vs. Political Lean by Kraz_I
Interesting data but damn near impossible to read some of those state initials...