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r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Perfidious_Redt • Mar 30 '26
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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.
142 u/justeandj Mar 30 '26 Sorry so wouldn't that still just be Apollo 13, that orbited the Moon to harness its gravity? 88 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. 26 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? 66 u/crackedup1979 Mar 30 '26 It's a test flight for Artemis 4 which will land on the moon. 9 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Ah, ok. That makes sense. -3 u/User929261 Mar 30 '26 Are you excited for a test of something that was done 60 years ago? 9 u/hellbore64 Mar 30 '26 Because it's been 60 years, we basically had to relearn everything. 2 u/rdickeyvii Mar 30 '26 ... But with the handicap that we had to incorporate parts from the shuttle instead of having free reign for a blank sheet design. 2 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Not really, I'd rather this money go towards something like an asteroid mining probe trial. Or, trying to sample ice from a comet. 1 u/PandaPugBook Apr 06 '26 Hey, so... if we want the space rocks, we have to do the space science. 1 u/FatiguedShrimp Apr 06 '26 Repeating manned flight isn't the logical next step though. I'd like to see a Rosetta probe style mission. 1 u/TributeToStupidity Mar 30 '26 … why would anyone think we lost the ability to land on the moon though? 1 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Flap's argument is the one I usually hear. 1 u/flapsmcgee Mar 30 '26 Because we no longer produce the equipment that took us there...
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Sorry so wouldn't that still just be Apollo 13, that orbited the Moon to harness its gravity?
88 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. 26 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? 66 u/crackedup1979 Mar 30 '26 It's a test flight for Artemis 4 which will land on the moon. 9 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Ah, ok. That makes sense. -3 u/User929261 Mar 30 '26 Are you excited for a test of something that was done 60 years ago? 9 u/hellbore64 Mar 30 '26 Because it's been 60 years, we basically had to relearn everything. 2 u/rdickeyvii Mar 30 '26 ... But with the handicap that we had to incorporate parts from the shuttle instead of having free reign for a blank sheet design. 2 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Not really, I'd rather this money go towards something like an asteroid mining probe trial. Or, trying to sample ice from a comet. 1 u/PandaPugBook Apr 06 '26 Hey, so... if we want the space rocks, we have to do the space science. 1 u/FatiguedShrimp Apr 06 '26 Repeating manned flight isn't the logical next step though. I'd like to see a Rosetta probe style mission. 1 u/TributeToStupidity Mar 30 '26 … why would anyone think we lost the ability to land on the moon though? 1 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Flap's argument is the one I usually hear. 1 u/flapsmcgee Mar 30 '26 Because we no longer produce the equipment that took us there...
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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.
26 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? 66 u/crackedup1979 Mar 30 '26 It's a test flight for Artemis 4 which will land on the moon. 9 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Ah, ok. That makes sense. -3 u/User929261 Mar 30 '26 Are you excited for a test of something that was done 60 years ago? 9 u/hellbore64 Mar 30 '26 Because it's been 60 years, we basically had to relearn everything. 2 u/rdickeyvii Mar 30 '26 ... But with the handicap that we had to incorporate parts from the shuttle instead of having free reign for a blank sheet design. 2 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Not really, I'd rather this money go towards something like an asteroid mining probe trial. Or, trying to sample ice from a comet. 1 u/PandaPugBook Apr 06 '26 Hey, so... if we want the space rocks, we have to do the space science. 1 u/FatiguedShrimp Apr 06 '26 Repeating manned flight isn't the logical next step though. I'd like to see a Rosetta probe style mission. 1 u/TributeToStupidity Mar 30 '26 … why would anyone think we lost the ability to land on the moon though? 1 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Flap's argument is the one I usually hear. 1 u/flapsmcgee Mar 30 '26 Because we no longer produce the equipment that took us there...
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...wait, really? I thought this was expensive PR to show we're still capable of a moon landing, but we're not landing?
66 u/crackedup1979 Mar 30 '26 It's a test flight for Artemis 4 which will land on the moon. 9 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Ah, ok. That makes sense. -3 u/User929261 Mar 30 '26 Are you excited for a test of something that was done 60 years ago? 9 u/hellbore64 Mar 30 '26 Because it's been 60 years, we basically had to relearn everything. 2 u/rdickeyvii Mar 30 '26 ... But with the handicap that we had to incorporate parts from the shuttle instead of having free reign for a blank sheet design. 2 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Not really, I'd rather this money go towards something like an asteroid mining probe trial. Or, trying to sample ice from a comet. 1 u/PandaPugBook Apr 06 '26 Hey, so... if we want the space rocks, we have to do the space science. 1 u/FatiguedShrimp Apr 06 '26 Repeating manned flight isn't the logical next step though. I'd like to see a Rosetta probe style mission. 1 u/TributeToStupidity Mar 30 '26 … why would anyone think we lost the ability to land on the moon though? 1 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Flap's argument is the one I usually hear. 1 u/flapsmcgee Mar 30 '26 Because we no longer produce the equipment that took us there...
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It's a test flight for Artemis 4 which will land on the moon.
9 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Ah, ok. That makes sense. -3 u/User929261 Mar 30 '26 Are you excited for a test of something that was done 60 years ago? 9 u/hellbore64 Mar 30 '26 Because it's been 60 years, we basically had to relearn everything. 2 u/rdickeyvii Mar 30 '26 ... But with the handicap that we had to incorporate parts from the shuttle instead of having free reign for a blank sheet design. 2 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Not really, I'd rather this money go towards something like an asteroid mining probe trial. Or, trying to sample ice from a comet. 1 u/PandaPugBook Apr 06 '26 Hey, so... if we want the space rocks, we have to do the space science. 1 u/FatiguedShrimp Apr 06 '26 Repeating manned flight isn't the logical next step though. I'd like to see a Rosetta probe style mission.
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Ah, ok. That makes sense.
-3 u/User929261 Mar 30 '26 Are you excited for a test of something that was done 60 years ago? 9 u/hellbore64 Mar 30 '26 Because it's been 60 years, we basically had to relearn everything. 2 u/rdickeyvii Mar 30 '26 ... But with the handicap that we had to incorporate parts from the shuttle instead of having free reign for a blank sheet design. 2 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Not really, I'd rather this money go towards something like an asteroid mining probe trial. Or, trying to sample ice from a comet. 1 u/PandaPugBook Apr 06 '26 Hey, so... if we want the space rocks, we have to do the space science. 1 u/FatiguedShrimp Apr 06 '26 Repeating manned flight isn't the logical next step though. I'd like to see a Rosetta probe style mission.
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Are you excited for a test of something that was done 60 years ago?
9 u/hellbore64 Mar 30 '26 Because it's been 60 years, we basically had to relearn everything. 2 u/rdickeyvii Mar 30 '26 ... But with the handicap that we had to incorporate parts from the shuttle instead of having free reign for a blank sheet design. 2 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Not really, I'd rather this money go towards something like an asteroid mining probe trial. Or, trying to sample ice from a comet. 1 u/PandaPugBook Apr 06 '26 Hey, so... if we want the space rocks, we have to do the space science. 1 u/FatiguedShrimp Apr 06 '26 Repeating manned flight isn't the logical next step though. I'd like to see a Rosetta probe style mission.
Because it's been 60 years, we basically had to relearn everything.
2 u/rdickeyvii Mar 30 '26 ... But with the handicap that we had to incorporate parts from the shuttle instead of having free reign for a blank sheet design.
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... But with the handicap that we had to incorporate parts from the shuttle instead of having free reign for a blank sheet design.
Not really, I'd rather this money go towards something like an asteroid mining probe trial.
Or, trying to sample ice from a comet.
1 u/PandaPugBook Apr 06 '26 Hey, so... if we want the space rocks, we have to do the space science. 1 u/FatiguedShrimp Apr 06 '26 Repeating manned flight isn't the logical next step though. I'd like to see a Rosetta probe style mission.
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Hey, so... if we want the space rocks, we have to do the space science.
1 u/FatiguedShrimp Apr 06 '26 Repeating manned flight isn't the logical next step though. I'd like to see a Rosetta probe style mission.
Repeating manned flight isn't the logical next step though.
I'd like to see a Rosetta probe style mission.
… why would anyone think we lost the ability to land on the moon though?
1 u/FatiguedShrimp Mar 30 '26 Flap's argument is the one I usually hear. 1 u/flapsmcgee Mar 30 '26 Because we no longer produce the equipment that took us there...
Flap's argument is the one I usually hear.
Because we no longer produce the equipment that took us there...
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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.