which one the Earth Sky SLS or the Starship will take to the skies first the world is currently
witnessing a mini Space Race to see which of these two space flight heavyweights will leave
the ground first following the successful completion of the launch dress rehearsal for
NASA's space launch system on June 20 and with spacex's Starship 24 back on the launch pad as
of Wednesday ready for its first orbital test flight the world is witnessing a competition to
see which of these two space flight heavyweights will leave the ground first want to know more
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the next launch window for the SLS will open on July 26th the space launch system is currently
being prepared by NASA for the Artemis 1 mission to the Moon it is the initial step in a sequence
of missions that will eventually bring people to the surface of the Moon to begin Artemis 1
won't have a crew that's actively working on the mission the first step in the mission is to use
the space launch system to propel an empty Orion spacecraft equipped with two mannequins in the
direction of the moon in the end the spacecraft is going to orbit the Moon and then come back
there are launch Windows for Moon missions and the next one for Artemis 1 begins on July 26 and lasts
until August 10. now let's talk about various factors that go into determining the launch
Windows for Artemis 1. during the launch window that extends from July 26 to August 10. there
are a total of 13 opportunities for Artemis 1 to get into orbit later on August 23 a second launch
window will begin which will last until September 6 and is likely to be more reasonable within the
second window NASA will have a total of of 12 opportunities to launch both the SLS and Artemis
1. at the moment the space launch system has been moved back into the Vehicle Assembly Building
at Kennedy Space Center where it is completing the last of its pre-launch preparations for the
Artemis 1 Mission there technicians will perform a comprehensive review of the flight systems as
well as replace a leaking seal on the AFT quick disconnect umbilical assembly the mission to the
Moon can then proceed as planned simple isn't it there is nothing simple about operating a rocket
especially one as large and complicated as this one at least the typical number of setbacks have
been experienced by both the Artemis Mission and SLS in addition the dress rehearsal that
took place on June 20 was extremely tense so we'll see by the way the expensive SLS can be attributed
in part to the fact that it cannot be recycled in point of fact the only component of the Artemis 1
mission that will be brought back to Earth is the Orion crew capsule which will be brought
back empty with the exception of some mannequins the the price tag for the mission is 4.1 billion
dollars now on the launch pad is Starship 24. in the meantime spacex's heavy lift vehicle is almost
completely prepared for its first test flight into Earth orbit however it is being held back
while waiting for a final go-ahead to fly from the FAA the Starship is a super heavy launch
vehicle that requires two stages to reach orbit the name of the first stage of the booster is
super heavy in a similar vein the name Starship refers to the upper stage spacecraft although
both together are called Starship and perhaps most importantly both of starship's halves can
be used multiple times over both of these will be powered by spacex's newly developed Raptor engines
while Starship will only have six super heavy will have 33. on Saturday July 2 2022 SpaceX tweeted a
picture of 33 brand Raptor engines that had been installed on super heavy booster 7. in addition
Starship 24 had another six Raptors in place a week earlier Engineers used the Chopsticks
lifting system to place the massive silver cylinder of booster 7 onto the launch pad at
Starbase Boca Chica which is located in Texas in preparation for the shipment of its payload
super heavy booster 7 was joined by Starship 24 in this round of SLS vs Starship
the payload was successfully delivered on July 6 2022 recently super heavy booster 7 brought
Starship 24 to the launch pad where it met up with the crew of Starship 24. it is reasonable
to assume that the two will now mate after that all there is to do is wait in order for SpaceX to
reduce the negative environmental impact that it will have on the sensitive Wetlands that
surround star base a lengthy list of relatively straightforward tasks must first be finished
before the FAA will give its approval a total of 33 Raptor rocket engines have been attached
to spacex's Starship 24 in preparation for the vehicle's orbital test flight this brings the
total number of raptor rocket engines aboard to 66. SpaceX transported the vehicle to the launch
pad at Starbase in Boca Chica Texas on the 6th of July 2022 the final step is to receive clearance
from the FAA to proceed with the flight the mighty Saturn V rocket which is responsible for the
historic Apollo missions is the only rocket that can be compared to either of these two rockets
this is something that both of these Rockets have in common the SLS is a little bit complicated
because it is anticipated to come in a variety of different combinations the initial configuration
which we'll refer to as block 1 is going to be 322 feet tall and weigh 5.75 million pounds
block 1 will produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust when it is launched which is 15 percent more than
Saturn 5 produced more than 27 tons or 59 500 pounds of cargo will be able to be launched
into orbits beyond the moon using this system in its block 2 configuration the space launch system
will be able to generate 9.5 million pounds of thrust and will have the capability of hauling
more than 46 tons or 101 400 pounds into deep space according to SpaceX the total height of
Starship including both its cargo and booster stages will be 394 feet making it significantly
taller than SLS the super heavy booster stage of this rocket will have the capacity to generate 17
million pounds of thrust the figures for orbital capacity that are readily available to the public
on the websites of NASA and SpaceX cannot be directly compared for instance NASA claims that
the SLS will be capable of launching 46 metrics tons into deep space whereas SpaceX claims that
the Starship will be able to launch more than 100 metric tons into low earth orbit according to a
statement made by a NASA spokesperson to Newsweek the term deep space refers to everything beyond
the moon they also mentioned that the SLS block 1 configuration has the capacity to launch 95
metric tons which is equivalent to about two hundred ten thousand pounds this situation
is made more complicated by the fact that the SLS is designed to travel directly to its destination
whereas there are plans for the Starship to First travel to earth orbit where it would be
refueled by another Starship before continuing its Journey this would increase the starship's
range as well as its payload capacity the space launch system and the Starship are both designed
to transport either people or cargo to the Moon Mars and possibly even further afield although
NASA has selected SpaceX to use Starship for the lunar descent phase which will actually deliver
astronauts to the surface of the Moon NASA intends for the SLS to be the vehicle that launches the
upcoming Artemis Moon missions toward the end of this decade will Starship be in space before SLS
will SLS be victorious over Starship the approval of the FAA will determine whether or not Starship
will be able to launch and since SLS has been experiencing a number of setbacks for some time
now it's like a mini Space Race and that's for today's video we sincerely hope you enjoyed the
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