Enligt en mycket snabb googling finns det "ingen" risk att kapseln slungas ut i solsystemet om riktningsändringen blir fel. AI nämnde även flera andra säkerhetsfaktorer.
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The "Free-Return" Safety Net: If the burn occurs but is incorrect (e.g., too early or too late), the spacecraft is designed to be on a free-return trajectory. This means that even with a flawed injection, the Moon's gravity will act as a "passive slingshot" to guide the capsule back to Earth automatically.
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Free-Return" Trajectory: The mission uses a "free-return" trajectory, which means the spacecraft is placed on a path that uses the Moon's gravity to "slingshot" it back to Earth without needing another major engine burn. This path ensures the crew can safely return to Earth even if a major system failure occurs
Man kör en fegis-bumerang (vilket nog är klokt)
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Artemis II, launched on April 1, 2026, uses a free-return trajectory to loop around the far side of the Moon and return to Earth, rather than entering a long-term, stable distant retrograde orbit (DRO) as Artemis I did.
While some preliminary information suggested a DRO, the confirmed mission profile is a "boomerang" or free-return trajectory, which naturally guides the Orion spacecraft back to Earth using lunar gravity, providing a safe return path if engines fail.
Testdockorna gick in i omloppsbana runt månen 6 dagar. Av säkerhetsskäl skjuter man bara astronauterna fram och tillbaka.
Testdockorna flög 130 km från månens yta. Astronauterna flyger 7000 km från månens yta.
Dom får kika på månen lite närmare i alla fall.
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At a distance of 4,000+ miles, the Moon will appear to the astronauts as a large, 30-degree object—significantly larger than it appears from Earth, but it will not "close-up" in the same way satellites in low-lunar orbit do
Om kapseln med testdockor hade missat return burn kunde den ju ha blivit kvar runt månen som rymdskrot.
Artemis 1 "powered lunar flyby" hade lägre g-krafter än start och återinträde. Hollywoods version av liknande manöver finns här 😁
https://youtu.be/X_8ILn5kdBo