Kexploration Missions 2 and more
Done in pursuit of Doing It Orion Style:
My three intrepid explorers, preparing for the first crewed launch of the glorious SLS!
Pad view.
Since this is the first crewed test, I'm starting with a little pad abort...
All clear so far...
Fairing and LES jettison.
Drogues out...
Popped the mains.
Success!
Reverted to the pad. SSME ignition!
SRBs ignited; up, up and away.
Nearing Max-Q, and
Here's Exploration Mission 3!
First all-female crewed launch!
SSME ignition.
Up, up, and away!
My TWR is really through the roof.
Disaster!!!!
Because of a lighter-weight payload, I was going VERY fast very low in the atmosphere at stage separation, and so one of the SRBs impacted the core. Big explosion. Samlenna and Maxsie are horrified, as expected.
LES successful, though!
I had the LES set to jettison the heat sh
