Holy shit you guys we just watched #Artemis go from the plane
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#Artemis launch seen from Southwest flight MDW>MCO
@samvarma
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#Artemis launch seen from Southwest flight MDW>MCO
@samvarma whole plane lurches to the left as everyone tries to watch the spaceship
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@samvarma
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@samvarma I don't think you can ever top that for inflight entertainment.
@VWDasher Nope quite honestly that was incredible
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I think from the plane's perspective they were far enough away, but from the ground the plane looked close enough to the rocket to make me scrunch up my face and try to do mental math involving a rocket traveling south on a vertical incline 100 degrees at 7.8 to 7.9 kms/s and a plane traveling north at 965 km/hr.....
adjust for wind, carry the one, try not to have a small heart attack.... -
I think from the plane's perspective they were far enough away, but from the ground the plane looked close enough to the rocket to make me scrunch up my face and try to do mental math involving a rocket traveling south on a vertical incline 100 degrees at 7.8 to 7.9 kms/s and a plane traveling north at 965 km/hr.....
adjust for wind, carry the one, try not to have a small heart attack.... -
@samvarma Awesome. Thanks for sharing
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@samvarma whole plane lurches to the left as everyone tries to watch the spaceship
@heathborders
plane was actually half empty, but I did AirDrop the photos and footage to anybody who wanted it -
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@samvarma Thank you for sharing this!
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So cool! Thanks for sharing!
I watched the last moonshot, Apollo 17, go up from Lakeland. It was late at night. It makes these views all the more meaningful to me.
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@samvarma Wow, what a view!
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@samvarma whole plane lurches to the left as everyone tries to watch the spaceship
@heathborders @samvarma Ha!
Just to say, in reality it wouldn’t matter, not like in a small boat.
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@samvarma Did you know you’d be flying during the launch, chose the side of the plane accordingly? Or was it sheer luck? Did the pilot announce it before you saw it? It must’ve been very exciting.

Anyway, what a wonderful way to have seen the launch.

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#Artemis launch seen from Southwest flight MDW>MCO
@samvarma thats so cooo!!

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