Comment by kypro
4 days ago
I was thinking the exact same thing when they announced the speed. I assume the top speed of Artemis will be at least double that too...
4 days ago
I was thinking the exact same thing when they announced the speed. I assume the top speed of Artemis will be at least double that too...
Well, notions of speed are a little tricky for spaceships, but yeah, Artemis's top speed is going to be right when it starts reentry: about 25,000 MPH.
It will be slower, eventually. The moon orbits at about 2300 mph, and as Artemis gets further from Earth, it will slow down to a similar speed.