Artemis II

[HighUintas]

Moon flyby today was pretty neat to watch.

I feel like this is going under the radar in todays society.

Yes I just talked to my sister and she said she felt like there should be more news on it. And my thoughts were, what? That's all I'm seeing for news articles. But I guess it's that Internet history algorithm at work.

It's pretty incredible they have the live feed 24/7 on YouTube. The amount of time I've spent watching and listening to their radio coms.... My wife thinks I have a problem haha

 

[Reburn]

Yes I just talked to my sister and she said she felt like there should be more news on it. And my thoughts were, what? That's all I'm seeing for news articles. But I guess it's that Internet history algorithm at work.

It's pretty incredible they have the live feed 24/7 on YouTube. The amount of time I've spent watching and listening to their radio coms.... My wife thinks I have a problem haha

I was working from home most of the afternoon and watched it for hours.
I also like to watch it to fall alseep to at night.
I feel most people are unaware we just looped the moon with a manned mission.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

That’s super cool. When I was younger my dad did some work with Harrison Schmitt who was a geologist and I believe the only non pilot/ former military guy to walk on the moon on the Apollo 17 mission. He came over for dinner a few times and had some cool stories. I wish I’d had better questions for him but he was very cool about a 16 year old asking him “what’s it like on the moon”, “was flying in space cool” and stuff like that.

 

[BBob]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2041216935681990744

 

[Reburn]

I stole it fair and square.

 

[S.Clancy]

Moon flyby today was pretty neat to watch.

I feel like this is going under the radar in todays society.

That's because 50% of the population probably doesn't "believe" we ever got to the moon in the first place.

 

[Poser]

Its just weird to me that our only motivation to go to the moon is apparently geo political. The US went to the moon 9-10 times when Russia was trying to get into space then nothing, zero, zilch, not even on the table for discussion for 50+ years. China announces intent to go the moon by 2036 and, boom: right back on it as a flex. Its cool and all, but I suppose I'd be more genuinely interested if our motivations were intrinsic: curiosity, wonder, science etc -Those are the proper motivations of a highly evolved, intelligent people with a great amount of resources. So, for me, its a bit meh just based on philosophical intent.

 

[Reburn]

I suppose I'd be more genuinely interested if our motivations were intrinsic: curiosity, wonder, science etc -Those are the proper motivations of a highly evolved, intelligent people with a great amount of resources.

NASA's motivations are everything you want them to be. Unfortunately NASA doesnt control its own funding so they have to fly when they are allowed to unfortunately.

Plus NASA has done quite a bit in the last 50 years. Going to the moon isnt the only thing to do in space.

 

[Yoder]

With all the hype for this mission and talk of aliens, I thought they would report aliens on the dark side of the moon.

War, high gas prices, nobody prosecuted for anything ever, corruption, theft.. LOOK, ALIENS!!!!

 

[Poser]

NASA's motivations are everything you want them to be. Unfortunately NASA doesnt control its own funding so they have to fly when they are allowed to unfortunately.

Plus NASA has done quite a bit in the last 50 years. Going to the moon isnt the only thing to do in space.

I should clarify: the motivation for funding such missions is purely geo political. The excution by NASA is of course a different story.