Back to the Moon
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The crewed mission set to launch this week will not land, but do a lunar flyby.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/30/science/nasa-artemis-ii-m... (gift link)
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qLLDQhA1Z7c&list=RDqLLDQhA1Z7c&start_radio...
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One of these days, Alice!
One of these days, Alice!
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if we went in the 60's....why
if we went in the 60's....why did we never go back?
seems like it is still technologically difficult.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rnAd8uJyj_A&list=RDrnAd8uJyj_A&start_radio...
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The launch is scheduled for
The launch is scheduled for today at 6:24 PM EDT.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/01/science/moon-nasa-artemis-launch... (gift link)
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I don't understand. Maybe I'm
I don't understand. Maybe I'm an idiot. But we're going to the moon to set up a base from which we can go to Mars? In all those inhospitable conditions????
Can't we get there from here without spending all that fucking money that could help do so many other things? Is that like saying we're setting up a base in Philly so we can go to LA from NY?
That being said, I'm still amazed by human ingenuity and I think July 20th ought to be a national holiday to celebrate the accomplishment of landing on the moon - AND GETTING BACK!!!
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Instead of wasting billions
Instead of wasting billions circling the moon, we should put that money to good use and send capsules on a weekly basis filled with politicians to study the surface of the Sun.
Spaceman was a good movie, imo. Netflix.
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About 10 minutes to liftoff.
About 10 minutes to liftoff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR2KK8TEs
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NYT gift link w/ graphics,
NYT gift link w/ graphics, video and live updates: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/01/science/moon-nasa-artemis-launch...
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... just had a flashback to
... just had a flashback to my first-grade self watching the Apollo mission launch w/ my classmates.
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That was fun! My dad got a
That was fun! My dad got a job at JPL when we moved back from Hong Kong in 68, got to see an Apollo launch in person back in 72(?). Did the full tour too, great experience for a young kid (and eternal science nerd!). Long live (good / honest) science!!!
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Cool to hear, Noodler! My
Cool to hear, Noodler! My college BFF, Beth, got to watch launches from Cocoa Beach as her dad was an engineer on the Apollo projects -- she has a lot of cool mementos from that era.
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I bet she had a blast (off)
I bet she had a blast (off)
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I just wonder how fast it can
I just wonder how fast it can make the Kessel run
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When you said "Kessel run" I
When you said "Kessel run" I thought you meant this;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukp7J5xfpNM
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Hot Shot
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mother in law's picture from
mother in law's picture from Melbourne
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Very cool, Tim.
Cool pics, Tim and DZ. We're on the flight path for a lot of the SpaceX launches from Vandenberg, but they're much smaller than the one launched yesterday.
One of my first memories is the launch of Mercury 9 when I was about 2 1/2 years old. I distinctly remember my mom putting me in a plastic laundry basket (my personal spacecraft) and plopping it in front of the TV. What probably made it memorable was the launch got scrubbed because they had trouble with the gantry, but then launched the next day.
Harry Nilsson - Spaceman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fND5WUxwi_Y
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Spaceman - Adam Sandler
Spaceman - Adam Sandler
https://youtu.be/frQ918dlkDQ?si=hPsYeZFUt98h9_T7
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I'll mention here too that I
I'll mention here too that I recently saw a 1989 documentary, For All Mankind, that I thought was quite good. It uses NASA footage from the Apollo program with a soundtrack from Brian Eno, his brother Roger, and Daniel Lanois.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-o7ge8zylI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind_(film)
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pXSGocWifAg&list=RDpXSGocWifAg&start_radio...
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Somehow I knew exactly what
Somehow I knew exactly what that link would lead to,BSS.
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why aren't they landing and
why aren't they landing and golfing and shit?
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Rumor has it they reached
Rumor has it they reached Space when they finally went outta Drums.
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Wrong side....
Wrong side....
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>>>Wrong side...
>>>Wrong side...
from Artemis 1, the Wright side of the moon
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Mike , I watched that
Mike , I watched that documentary. I got a kick from Buzz Aldren's comments about when he was climbing down the ladder. He paused on the ladder before setting foot on the surface. He peed before setting foot, he didn't want to be known as the first man to pee on the moon.
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Buzz Aldrin talks about lunar
Buzz Aldrin talks about lunar urination on Conan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y30VAkHtdw
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As the old joke goes -
As the old joke goes - Asteroids are just God's way of asking how is that space program coming along.
We may also need the moon base after we hand Earth over to AI.
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Welcome home
Welcome home
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I think it was From Earth to
I think it was From Earth to the Moon that Tom Hanks documentary he talks about peeing on the ladder and his device sprung a leak. He was walking on the moon with piss in his boot.
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What an amazing feat and
What an amazing feat and adventure. I believe it brought some much needed joy and unity into the world. Classy professionalism on display.
Did anyone else think "We are DEVO" when they saw that glasses pic?
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I thought it looked kind of
I thought it looked kind of familiar.
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2 years ago I helped a couple
2 years ago I helped a couple unknown to me with their selfie at the Painted Wall view point in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison
back at the cars she told me hold on a minute
she dug through her luggage and gave me this plus a NASA sticker
She said she worked for NASA . Public relations for the Artemis project
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I've been meaning to look
I've been meaning to look this up. Finally got around to it.
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spalshdown was not far away
spalshdown was not far away from me. crazy.
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Would've been great if all
Would've been great if all the splashdown rescuers had dressed as aliens.
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I was scrolling on BlueSky
I was scrolling on BlueSky when I saw the link to the reentry and got to see the whole thing. I had heard the report earlier in the day about how they would hit the atmosphere at 25,000 MPH and the heat shield on the capsule would hit 5,000 degrees. I'm old enough not to take these things for granted anymore. I can't imagine what that that would be like and then once you make it through the atmosphere waiting to see if the parachute 1 and then parachute 2 that also just went to space and back would actually deploy. It was all spectacular to watch.
Also the rescuers should dress up as monkeys.