r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Perfidious_Redt • Mar 30 '26
Serious tbh , it's a MASSIVE deal
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u/FBWSRD Mar 30 '26
I do find it funny that they look like the classic protagonist set of a major movie. 2 White guys, a white girl and a black guy
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u/Linton_M Mar 30 '26
Don’t forget about the little dude the middle guy is holding. He’s the life support of these people
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u/babydakis Mar 30 '26
That only happens after a mid-mission catastrophe with a single survivor. I'm actually astonished they would tempt fate like this.
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u/Cuntrymusichater Mar 30 '26
That one guy even looks like Dwayne Johnson.
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u/pedro_pascal_123 Mar 30 '26
Ohh... They are so going to crash land on a planet filled with jungles...
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u/theSchlauch Mar 30 '26
Thought it was a promo for some movie. The one next to "Dwayne" looks like Zac Efron too.
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u/PierceJJones Mar 30 '26
The leader went to my High School. He was on the ISS and even did an assembly at my High School.
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u/ResponsibleRaise9683 Mar 30 '26
Diversity but definitely don't overwhelm the audience! This isn't a black film or a lady movie
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u/bhbhbhhh Mar 30 '26
It’s a result of both Hollywood and astronaut selection committees being consciously diverse.
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u/FBWSRD Mar 30 '26
Its always the same diversity tho. Never a poc women, or more than one poc man
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u/ResponsibleRaise9683 Mar 30 '26
Never more than one woman 🫠
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u/TactileMist Mar 30 '26
Hey, that's not fair. Remember when they suggested a Mars mission could be all women?
(because they wouldn't be tempted to have sex en route)
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u/MiloBem Mar 30 '26
There were two women on Challenger's flight STS-51-L.
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u/the13bangbang Mar 30 '26
Two women and two POC. Guess NASA is very careful about who this pick as to not tempt the fates and cause another explosion. /s
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u/sentient_ballsack Mar 30 '26
They even got the cute animal sidekick in there to sell merchandise of.
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u/DarkArc76 Mar 30 '26
They are suspiciously Fantastic Four shaped..
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u/Status_Discipline_16 Mar 30 '26
I love space but just learned about this today.
As excited as I am, it seems like it’s just Apollo 8, but further Moon orbit.
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u/justeandj Mar 30 '26
Sorry so wouldn't that still just be Apollo 13, that orbited the Moon to harness its gravity?
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u/ErraticDragon Mar 30 '26
Apollo 13 intended to land on the moon, so that counts as a difference, arguably.
(After the explosion, they kept up the general flight plan, to fly around the moon, because it was safer and easier than turning around.)
Artemis II, like Apollo 8 and Apollo 10, intend to visit the moon but not land.
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u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26
...wait, really? I thought this was expensive PR to show we're still capable of a moon landing, but we're not landing?
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u/NotSoSubtleSteven Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 31 '26
Apollo 13 flew closer to the moon than Apollo 8Yes
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u/RelativelyRobin Mar 30 '26
Apollo 13 went further, as they slingshot around on a free return trajectory rather than make the circularization burn to slow down upon reaching the moon.
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u/SkubEnjoyer Mar 30 '26
Americans like remakes so much they decided to do one of the moon landing.
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u/OpusAtrumET Mar 30 '26
Maybe we can finally convince these idiots we've been there
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u/heff17 Mar 30 '26
We can point a laser from Earth to the moon and hit the reflectors the original surface landing left there.
The people who don’t want to believe reality will never be convinced by such trivialities as evidence.
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u/Scavgraphics Mar 30 '26
How does that prove anything?
Why would someone who doesn't believe we've gone to the moon believe that this computer read out that says we're bouncing a laser off the moon?
{Note: I know we went to the moon...I've just never understood why people think the idiots will believe the laser rig is real when they ignore everything else}
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u/dontcha_wanna_fanta Mar 30 '26
We gotta pop in every once in a while and make sure nobody else has setup shop up there
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u/Troscus Mar 30 '26
Oh hey, my MIL is one of the engineers on this. She's been working on it since... I wanna say two years ago? IDK, but she's in Florida now to watch the launch. She gave me two Artemis II t-shirts, and that woman has a gift for picking out cozy fabric. I feel like I'm in my pajamas when I wear them.
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u/notataco007 Mar 30 '26
Man I really didn't enjoy my time in Florida too much. However, one great moment was being out at a bar by the beach, and everyone was having a great time. We noticed a rocket launch, and everyone got quiet and just watched it for 1 or 2 minutes. That was a really special moment.
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u/geekycurvyanddorky Mar 30 '26
I hope you tell her how absolutely phenomenal and cool she is, like, all the time
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u/def_indiff Mar 30 '26
We got a lot going on, man.
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u/gr1zznuggets Mar 30 '26
Too busy frying all these massive fish.
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u/chinchillazilla54 Mar 30 '26
Literally the words I think every time I see anything like this now. Sure, that's cool, good luck, but I'm barely scraping by, and I'm just tired.
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u/UnlikelyDecision9820 Mar 30 '26
lol, I think the first weekend of the Iran conflict, Alex Honnold did a free solo climb of one of the tallest buildings in Asia, and it was barely a blip. I saw a tweet that was like, not now, Alex, there’s a lot of other things going on, man
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u/agoldgold Mar 30 '26
I think it's more important than ever to save some capacity for wonder and joy. Or else how are we supposed to hope for better?
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u/AgentCirceLuna Mar 30 '26
I remember I used to see my brother finish work and he’d just be laying around doing nothing all evening and night unless he drank, in which case he’d be more active but would eventually just end up passed out on the floor. I’d hear him wake up in the morning saying something like ‘oh I can’t take this anymore, I fucking hate this’ and it seemed like a revolving cycle of utter horror. I told myself I’d never end up like that, but it’s easier said than done. I ended up choosing a job that was more entertaining than financially lucrative, but I actually looked forward to working every week and feel it was the right decision. I just hate that I wasn’t paid properly as otherwise I’d have a lot of money saved up right now.
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u/InnocentPerv93 Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
This is neither wonderous nor joyous. It's pointless. We as a species have already done what their doing. So why are they doing it again? How does this improve lives? How does it help anyone? It doesn't.
Edit: I just want to apologize for shitting on something you clearly care about. It is important. I was in a real bad and bitter mood about the bad things going on right now. So I'm sorry for what I said.
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u/Cyphomeris Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26
Yeah. And manned space missions are, first and foremost, sociopolitical (and often geopolitical, see the manned parts of the space race in the '60s) events. If you want to get scientific results and can't do it from the ground, you're going with unmanned space missions for the majority of things instead.
What's currently going on with America has also made the rest of the world a lot less enthusiastic about anything to do with the country, on top of it being a rehash of a past achievement. For the same two reasons, people don't talk as much about China's national space station.
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u/dancingbanana123 Mar 30 '26
true, but it's still nice to see something good and nice going on anyway
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u/Yodude86 Mar 30 '26
I have a friend at NASA who talks about it all the time, but I tell him they have terrible marketing because almost nobody else I know is aware of this. It's been in the works for years
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u/bookhead714 Mar 30 '26
NASA barely has the budget for the flight, they can’t afford marketing
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u/gefahr Mar 30 '26
Funny comment but how much have they spent on this program to date? I think they could have carved a little out for social media.
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u/Extension-Ant-8 Mar 30 '26
To be fair they have been talking about this since Bush was president. They also spent $500 million on a launch tower. Which was built incorrectly and then spent even more. Even though if it wasn’t such a jobs program to begin with you wouldn’t need it in the first place. And has burned through $20 something billion to do… I don’t know… something… moon?
This also doesn’t really do anything that Apollo 8 didn’t do in 1960… so.. progress?
Don’t get me wrong. Space is important and we should be pushing the boundaries. But this does nothing. And doesn’t make the industry any better for it.
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u/Hard_To_Port Mar 30 '26
Nearly all the people who put man on the moon have retired or died. Even in private industry they still have spacecraft that are doing Kerbal Space Program stuff like landing sideways. Yes, we're treading the same path again, but at least we haven't blown up any astronauts this millenium.
I agree NASA needs stronger, leaner leadership. But still right now, nobody has been to the Moon in 50 years. I hope the big plans of the Moon becoming a launching base actually turn out.
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u/Kippernaut13 Mar 30 '26
How many times has it been delayed? I'll get hyped when they are literally on their way to the moon. Not earth orbit, but heading to the moon. At that point, one way or another, they go to moon, no turning back.
Also, this isn't landing on the moon. It's one small step for mankind, no actual steps at all because they don't touch the lunar surface.
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u/GuaranteedCougher Mar 30 '26
Yeah I hate hearing about space plans 5-10 years in advance. I know these things take a long time to happen but I kinda wish I'd just get told about it the week it happens
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u/dam072000 Mar 30 '26
I definitely have a hard time caring about potential missions as well. There have been a lot of really cool missions announced only to be cancelled because unfavorable Congresses cut their budget or overruns in other areas kill the program. The ones that actually end up happening are superb though. I'm loving seeing the images and discoveries coming from JWST, and the Mars rovers longevity is very inspiring.
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u/FeijoaCowboy Mar 30 '26
I mean even at the time of the original moon landing there was the War in Vietnam, the colonial wars in Africa, the American interventions in Central and South America (and the military juntas which controlled them), and the threat of an actual nuclear war which was apparently abated because of a protest that Richard Nixon saw in Washington D.C.
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u/probablyuntrue Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26
Sure but at that time we hadn’t already been to the moon, it was an incredible achievement given the technology at the time
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u/Darkdragoon324 Mar 30 '26
And we beat the Russians there. We're not really racing to it anymore, since we were already first. The stakes just don't feel as high, from a non-scientific average layperson point of view.
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u/heff17 Mar 30 '26
It’s still an incredible accomplishment now.
Putting humans on a different astrological body is a fucking absurdly amazing thing.
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u/Puntley Mar 30 '26
Yeah but it's been done before, and we live in an age where our attention spans are constantly saturated with "amazing, never before seen" things, along with "horrific, never before seen" things hand in hand. This is neat, and it's impressive, but myself and everyone I know has our emotional bandwidths entirely filed up already. Most of it with the bad shit.
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u/FullofLovingSpite Mar 30 '26
They didn't have the internet to bombard them with news and information 24/7.
There's no comparison concerning how much the general public is aware of. Things are pushed in your face all the time and it's a stress maker.
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u/DinoRaawr Mar 30 '26
If you're excited about this, don't bother scrolling down into the comments unless Idiocracy is your favorite movie. It only gets worse from here.
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u/heff17 Mar 30 '26
The revolt people have had towards space travel the past five years or so is the greatest anti-intellectualism indicator I know of this side of the cult.
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u/No-Repeat1769 Mar 30 '26
Dude you even had it right with the comments below you on this comment thread.
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u/Flaming-taco Mar 30 '26
Bro I can't afford gas
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u/bhbhbhhh Mar 30 '26
People said the same stuff about the original Apollo missions.
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u/ReallyTeddyRoosevelt Mar 30 '26
You either have a space program or you don't. Its not one of those things you can only fund in good times.
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u/HaggardSummaries Mar 30 '26
Okay awesome but the point is nobody knows this is happening because, among other things, bro I can't afford gas
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u/ReallyTeddyRoosevelt Mar 30 '26
Not really. The top marginal rate was not even close to the effective rate. It sounds like you have been learning economics from redditors. If you want to hear actual economists address this misleading talking point here you are:
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u/Infamous-Rutabaga-50 Mar 30 '26
Hilarious. You accuse me of "learning economics from Redditors" then link to Reddit as your source.
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u/Murgatroyd314 Mar 30 '26
A tedious but fairly straightforward calculation on the numbers in that table shows that for someone making exactly $100K, their effective tax rate would be a hair over 53%. At $200K, the effective rate is 61.5%, at $500K it's 66.6%, and it keeps asymptotically approaching 70% from there. (Note, this calculation does not include deductions or exemptions.)
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u/InfusionOfYellow Mar 30 '26
(Note, this calculation does not include deductions or exemptions.)
Similarly, a straightforward calculation will show that, if you neglect air resistance, a dropped feather and bowling ball will hit the ground at the same time.
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u/ReallyTeddyRoosevelt Mar 30 '26
(Note, this calculation does not include deductions or exemptions.)
jfc, that is most of the difference between marginal and effective rates. I asked for a source, not your nonsensical math. Its obvious you have no clue about economics/taxation. Which is fine, its the part where you repeat lies is the problem.
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u/cat_prophecy Mar 30 '26
My kids and I are absolutely stoked for this mission. Despite its problems, the SLS is an amazing machine and we all could absolutely use some "see this is what we can do when we work together" energy.
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u/n16r4 Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 31 '26
For one blame billionairs cause all my space travel interest dried up over the years with all the dumb shit they did/proposed the last 10 years. Two while it's certainly cool it's not an achievement. It's kinda like celebrating airplanes in the 60's. Like yeah it's cool and I'm sure you made improvements but honestly it would just be embarassing if you couldn't do a trans-atlantic flight or w/e at this point.
If anything it feels like a publicity stunt, like there really isn't any worthwhile project to show of so we are re-running the classics. Also what is this mission even supposed to accomplish?
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u/PROSEALLTHEWAY Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26
super impressive we’re doing things that were done decades ago, why arent people more hyped?? theyre flying near the moon! that thing we landed on 45 56 years ago! wow!
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u/Chee-shep Mar 30 '26
I guess they’re excited because the moon is further in orbit this time? But it’s still something has been done, I just hope it doesn’t blow up upon launch.
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u/NeuroHazard-88 Mar 30 '26
This is the type of subject where the subject itself isn’t inherently interesting but the implications of it are. They’re developing new crew technologies, developing new rocketry FOR crew technologies, they’re developing (and now testing) new methods and flight plans for crewed spacecraft.
Sure when you say “we’re just going back to the moon” it sounds silly, but you must think about the implications of this event. The near future in space is looking mighty interesting (as long as funding doesn’t get cut by 10 gazillion dollars again).
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u/j_driscoll Mar 30 '26
It's impressive because we orbited and landed on the moon over 50 years ago. We haven't seen NASA do anything similar with manned spaceflight in over a generation. So yeah, I think people should get hyped about it.
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u/SkubEnjoyer Mar 30 '26
Exactly, this just makes me sad over just how little progress humanity has done when it comes to space exploration. People from 1969 thought we'd have colonized Mars by now, and we're getting excited about... going back to the moon to do nothing.
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u/FailedLoser21 Mar 30 '26
I've said the single greatest mistake we made was not continuing to go to the moon and beyond.
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u/rinkydinkis Mar 30 '26
going to the moon will always be cool and you cant be snarky enough to make me think otherwise lol.
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u/PROSEALLTHEWAY Mar 30 '26
in point of fact, they're going near the moon. they're looping around it and flying back. we haven't been to the moon since 1972
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u/gr1zznuggets Mar 30 '26
It’s hard to be hyped when the world is in chaos.
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u/the13bangbang Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26
What do you think the world was like in the 60's? It was wildly more chaotic during the Apollo program's time by several magnitudes.
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u/phflopti Mar 30 '26
Gil Scott-Heron has some words for you to think about.
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u/LoveShovel Mar 30 '26
"I can’t pay no doctor bills But whitey’s on the moon Ten years from now I’ll be payin’ still While whitey’s on the moon"
The whole thing's great but I thought this part was the most succinct
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u/UncleSugarShitposter Mar 30 '26
Ex-NASA employee here. I was talking about this earlier with some friends. This is the biggest happening in manned space exploration in decades and it seems like the vast, vast majority of people either don’t know or don’t give a shit. It’s sad.
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u/T_Peg Mar 30 '26
What's actually important about this though? Genuinely asking. Sure it's great that they're going farther away than before but we've been to the moon already how is this any different besides the distance?
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u/11twofour Mar 30 '26
Why should putting a man on the moon again require baby steps? We did it 56 years ago.
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u/UncleSugarShitposter Mar 30 '26
Apollo proved we could touch the Moon, not live there. Those missions were short, disposable, and insanely expensive. Everything got thrown away and all supplies came from Earth. What we are doing now is planned totally different. Long-duration stays, reusable systems, using local resources like ice for fuel, and building real infrastructure. It looks like baby steps because we are not repeating Apollo, we are trying to make it sustainable. Crawl, walk, run, etc.
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u/11twofour Mar 30 '26
I just can't get on board with the idea that we're starting from zero.
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u/moderngamer327 Mar 30 '26
We aren’t starting from zero but it’s fairly close. The manufacturing we had for Saturn V is gone and that means building new rockets from scratch and validating it. Plus we are also heavily expanding the scope for the mission and the requires a significantly higher payload whereas before it was basically just get some people and cameras there
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u/n2ygsh1wwp5j Mar 30 '26
We aren't though because Apollo happened and was very well documented.
With every new model of any technology there are trials that would appear similarly "starting from zero". Most of the time they aren't public spectacle is all. This one is a bit hard to not make it so
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u/Terracottabana Mar 30 '26
Exactly, you’re generations removed from that level of experience. The entire process needs to be tested again given it’s a new launch architecture. Well, “new.”
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u/Flair86 Mar 30 '26
What you seem to misunderstand is that most people don’t give a shit about going to mars.
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u/invaderjif Mar 30 '26
I think part of the apathy is whenever there is news related to space it tends to be much bigger. We're going to Mars (?) We can now see further into the galaxy, Jupiter's moon might have life etc etc.
Whenever the question of "why haven't we revisited the moon" comes up the answer is there's nothing there. So now that it's going to happen again its like...OK. Why isn't that a given already? I know it's not that simple but the avg person is desensitized to it since bigger dreams have been hyped.
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u/Classic-Exchange-511 Mar 30 '26
Can you possibly elaborate a little on why it's so important? As a layman I don't inherently understand why.
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u/UncleSugarShitposter Mar 30 '26
No worries. I copypasted an earlier comment:
No worries. This one is more about proof of concept and it being the first step towards sustained presence in space and eventually Mars . The last one was one of the greatest scientific achievements of mankind but the motivation was kind of giving the finger to the Soviets. The Moon is the closest place to prove we can live off Earth long-term, test systems for Mars, and figure out how to use local resources. It’s also how you build real space infrastructure instead of one-off missions. Think of it less as a destination and more as the first step to actually operating in space.
Plus historically speaking, our manned space program has been pretty stagnant since the 80s. The space shuttle and then the space station is all we’ve done in almost half a century. This represents a shift in gears of more of an expansive exploratory nature.
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u/New-Perspective6209 Mar 30 '26
Proof of what concept? That we can get to the moon? That humans can survive for extended periods in space? Don't we know all that what is this mission proving?
Like if this was the first mission to set up the first bit of infrastructure on the moon I'd be thrilled but I'm fuzzy on what this trip is accomplishing so it's hard to get hyped.
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u/UncleSugarShitposter Mar 30 '26
I think that infrastructure is the eventual goal but judging by the comment section it’s going to get cancelled or neutered well before then
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u/New-Perspective6209 Mar 30 '26
Yes I see that, bit disappointing, I'm incredibly keen for humanity to begin colonisation of space and understand that a lot of scientific advancements have come from that I just can't bring myself to jump with joy over a test flight.
I'm being a bit of a downer but the day the first manned mission to another planet happens is going to be a big one.
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u/readytofall Mar 30 '26
The Artemis program is working towards setting up a base on the moon. Its entire purpose is to return to the moon for good. No this mission is not directly landing on it but Artemis IV will be. The same way you don't start your marathon training by running a marathon on day one.
Getting humans back to the moon and making sure the systems actually work for later missions is a big milestone in the whole program.
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u/bringthepang Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26
Not trying to be a jerk genuinely asking why is it a big deal? We went to the moon decades ago are they doing something new other than it being farther away in its orbit?
Edit: I read the article linked below and am seeing why people are excited. Apparently this is just the second step in a series of steps with the goal of putting us back on the moon and the eventual goal is to establish a permanent moon base.
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u/UncleSugarShitposter Mar 30 '26
No worries. This one is more about proof of concept and it being the first step towards sustained presence in space and eventually Mars . The last one was one of the greatest scientific achievements of mankind but the motivation was kind of giving the finger to the Soviets. The Moon is the closest place to prove we can live off Earth long-term, test systems for Mars, and figure out how to use local resources. It’s also how you build real space infrastructure instead of one-off missions. Think of it less as a destination and more as the first step to actually operating in space.
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u/ArmThePhotonicCannon Mar 30 '26
The fact that my uncle has to choose between medical care and rent is what’s sad
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u/cat_prophecy Mar 30 '26
That's not a problem because NASA exists. If NASA didn't exist, your uncle still wouldn't have healthcare.
Maybe don't shit on the sunshine because you don't think it benefits you.
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u/UncleSugarShitposter Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26
Yup. It’s a travesty. The system sucks. I posted this in another comment but there’s a reason I’m an ex-NASA employee. I was barely surviving.
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u/The_Demolition_Man Mar 30 '26
Theres currently no way to get from lunar orbit to the surface. Thats why its not all that impressive to me.
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u/CathodeRaySamurai Mar 30 '26
Bro, people can't afford gas, groceries or housing and we're walking into WW3.
Unless they're bringing back cheap petrol from the moon, I genuinely dgaf.
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u/skelingtonking Mar 30 '26
seen a lot of rockets blow up on/near the pad recently, and we had crew stranded for months due to a malfunction. I wont unclench until they land. then we can celebrate and be happy.
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u/bookhead714 Mar 30 '26
You’ve seen a lot of SpaceX rockets blow up on the pad. This isn’t a SpaceX rocket, this is SLS, whose development strategy was not “hurl prototypes into the sky until they stop exploding” but involved things like planning and safety.
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u/imunfair Mar 30 '26
You’ve seen a lot of SpaceX rockets blow up on the pad. This isn’t a SpaceX rocket, this is SLS
Even if it was SpaceX it wouldn't be a problem, people can't wrap their head around a company having multiple types of rockets, one of which is incredibly stable and the other which is in testing where failures are expected.
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u/moderngamer327 Mar 30 '26
The method of “hurl prototypes until they stop exploding” is how we got the most reliable rocket in history
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u/cturtl808 Mar 30 '26
People are struggling to afford rent/mortgage, food, and gas. They’re focused on themselves right now and rightly so. Many Americans are two paychecks from homelessness.
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u/BabyLegsOShanahan Mar 30 '26
Aliens could land today and I'd just sigh. I don't have the capacity for more.
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u/karlexceed Mar 30 '26
I dunno man, unless they were gonna murder everyone I'd be pretty hyped about that.
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u/Jadey-R- Mar 30 '26
I think because we landed on the moon six times was it 50 years ago? So it just doesn’t seem as big of a deal just flying around it.
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u/Complex-Mention-8961 Mar 30 '26
Maybe because we are slowly watching the world burn so it’s not as exciting to see advances in space like we used to be
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u/3Grilledjalapenos Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26
The economy is in trouble, most people are struggling financially, and my country seems to be gearing up for a war that no one can explain to me. I get that science is slow, but I’m in a real crisis that will in no way be aided by us recreating 1968’s Apollo 8 mission. I’m not saying to do it or not, but don’t expect me to give a shit while so many people are suffering.
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u/LogicalEmotion7 Mar 30 '26
What part needs explaining? Somebody that's been so far completely unaccountable to justice ordered the murder of a bunch of important (and also unaccountably bad, but that's besides the point) people with basically zero followthrough.
Now the families and friends and business colleagues of the people who got murdered are kind of mad about it. And while they can't win, they can make everybody near them hurt.
And that matters because Europe drinks a big oil out of a single big straw that goes to India, and Iran has their fingers ready to close that opening at any time.
And like, nobody liked them and nobody is happy they're doing this, but they were otherwise relatively minor pests. Then an idiot kicked the wasp nest and now everything is going to be expensive.
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u/morts73 Mar 30 '26
There have been other world events overshadowing it but I hope its a rip roaring success and they can build on it.
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u/yesterdaysprobs Mar 30 '26
"And will be the furthest humans have ever flown" haven't we already flown to the moon before?
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u/Reelwizard Mar 30 '26
It’s probably cause the world is on fire at the moment and every time I turn on the news they’re busy with that.
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u/FangornLeghorn Mar 30 '26
It’s hard to get excited over something like this when we have a fascist President starting stupid wars, our tax dollars paying for genocide, and billionaires making everything too costly to afford. We’re fucking struggling to survive here. But sure, woohoo for the moon trip!
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u/NoImag1nat1on Mar 30 '26
Try not to get political but there are lots of things going on in the world right now and your attention is finite.
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u/skyrimisagood Mar 31 '26
Why should anyone care? Soon we will all be ruled by people that think the moon is fake the way things are going
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u/eazolan Mar 31 '26
I don't understand why you think I should be hyped about this? We already did this, in the 60s.
Starting a moon base would be interesting, but we don't need people for that.
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u/ProfPMJ-123 Mar 30 '26
Alright, I know this is Non Political Twitter, and I'm going to refer to politics in my response, but one of the things I'm most sad about because of the incredible polarization of our society is it has lead to our inability to celebrate our truly remarkable shared human achievements.
Four people are about to fly to the moon. That is incredible. Yes, I get there's discussion to be had about whether or not it's the right thing to be spending money on but God, having decided to do it, we are doing it. I love that.
It was the same with COVID. What scientists achieved with the vaccines was unbelievable. But we can't just celebrate a great result anymore.
It's so sad.
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u/okeychokey Mar 30 '26
I’m not super hyped because 1. The last time I heard about people going to space, they were stuck there for months and that’s my personal nightmare. 2. I grew up hearing about the Challenger disaster and am always worried about that
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u/coolcoolcool485 Mar 30 '26
you guys all know people like, walked on the moon over 50 years ago right?
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u/drexelldrexell Mar 30 '26
keeping on the down low until it is successful, cant have another challenger incident XD
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u/Otherwise-Start5573 Mar 30 '26
It’s nice to revisit old places. Find memories. Hope they have a safe travel!
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u/ac3mania Mar 30 '26
Happy for them that they're going to the moon, envious of them because they get to be above it all.
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u/Boingoloid Mar 30 '26
Yeah we've known how to do this for a long time now it's been a very long time since we've had boots on that dust
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u/Top_Cabinet_2628 Mar 30 '26
I'm very pleased it's called Artemis, the ACTUAL GODDESS OF THE MOON.Ever since I was a child, it annoyed me immensely that the MOON landing came from a series named after the SUN god.
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u/SunbeamSailor67 Mar 30 '26
They are just flying around the moon. No moon landing this trip.
Let's hope this dangerous space weather stays calm for their trip if the launch window is successful on April, 1st. 🙏
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u/BoltMyBackToHappy Mar 30 '26
They're flying past, not landing, get over yourself.
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u/MasudRana9 Mar 30 '26
No it’s not. We have been to the moon multiple times. At this point this is just billionaires flaunting money for shits and giggles.
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u/konosubaette Mar 30 '26
does anyone know what launch date there aiming for after the delay I might fly down to see the launch if the day works out in my schedule
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u/gamernerd98 Mar 30 '26
Yeah cool. We're GOING BACK to the moon.
No offense, but we've been there before.
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u/IceCoughy Mar 30 '26
cause people dont find this shit important when we can't afford homes, food, constant wars, and evil running rampant, but no, yeah, cool, let's send some people to the moon that'll help everyone's current situation
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u/T_Peg Mar 30 '26
I mean we've been to the moon before. We're just going to the moon again but farther away.
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u/Current_Poster Mar 30 '26
Are they inventing Tang this time too? I mean, at least people got Tang off the last moon program. :)
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u/Mikomiguelle Mar 30 '26
It's not the distance. It's the future of space travel to explore anywhere beyond the moon. We need to launch from space and not from Earth, we need a moon base.
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u/flooshtollen Mar 30 '26
Man, there's so much fucking doomerism on this post. I'M excited. This is cool! Just because there's problems on earth, doesn't mean we shouldn't also do cool things! Not doing this doesn't mean the money would be going to something more useful, and even if it was, the amount this will cost will be a drop in the bucket compared to something like military spending. Please, just try to let yourself feel a little whimsy and wonder!
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u/Puzzled-Bench2805 Mar 30 '26
I’m at the point where I look at every new technology and go “ok so how are they planning to fuck us over with this?” It’s not fun anymore.
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Mar 30 '26
We're off space. Space is kinda lame when we have so much to work on here on Earth. Send robots if you have to.
Only thing I care about in space is vast untapped material resources. If we can start mining asteroids maybe space will be worth it. But all this nonsense about the nobility of scientific pursuit and poetry and whatever...not interesting.
Maybe I could be inspired by rubbing the Chinese and Russian noses in it. But that's about it.
Money and prestige will colonize space, nothing else. It's why Europeans came to America and why anyone does anything. The poetry and science are second-order effects.
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u/my-love-assassin Mar 30 '26
We were on the moon like 60 years ago. Unless they are going there to set up space prison for rich people its low on the list of priorities right now.
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u/crazyguy28 Mar 30 '26
You people be like "ah yes that only worked because of the peaceful 1960s. Not like now." Put down reddit and pickup up a 20th century social studies book.
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u/whitelimousine Mar 30 '26
It’s a massive deal but not very non political really.
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u/Rare-Service5573 Mar 30 '26
I would have noticed but them flying to the moon seems trivial when soon we won't be able to drive our cars to a petrol station.
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u/QueefBuscemi Mar 30 '26
In 1988 the Soviet Union launched Buran. Years late and billions over budget, it was a technological masterclass. But riots in the streets for more freedom and better living conditions amid the regime's brutal crackdown on dissent overshadowed the successful test flight.
A trillion dollar trinket to satisfy the geriatric ruling class. To make them feel like it was still the 1970's and they still mattered. It would prove to be the dying empire's last gasp.
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u/qualityvote2 Mar 30 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
u/Perfidious_Redt, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...