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Pushing onwards
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Building Momentum

Building Momentum
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Jeff Seibert, our video editor, recorded the Artemis II launch. Here are his photos and video. We hope you find them as amazing as do we. Jeff had three cameras in the image below.
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For the first time in over 50 years, humans are on their way to the Moon

NASA launches its Artemis 2 mission from Kennedy Space Center at 6:32 PM ET on April 1, 2026 for the first human flight to the Moon since 1972.
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Solids less bumpy than shuttle

Artemis II : Flight Day 2 : April 2, 2026 : IN ORBIT & TLI: UPDATES ONLY

Artemis II : Flight Day 2 : April 2, 2026 : IN ORBIT & TLI: UPDATES ONLY
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Two losses
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Ed Buckbee

Ed Buckbee
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Dave Mobley

Dave Mobley from NASA Marshall died in February
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Here are a couple of videos talking about the similarities and differences between the Artemis and Apollo flights to the Moon:


Two Moon programs, decades apart — but how similar are they really? Join us as we break down the biggest similarities and differences between NASA's Apollo and Artemis missions, from Cold War rivalries to 21st-century coalitions, from Apollo 11's historic landing to Artemis II's record-breaking lunar flyby, and everything in between! Our breakdown covers key topics including Kennedy's 1961 Moon challenge, the role of SpaceX and Blue Origin as commercial partners, the symbolic significance of crewmates Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, and Artemis's long-term vision of reaching Mars. Which matters more to you: getting there first, or building something that lasts? Let us know in the comments below!​
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Artemis II may look like Apollo 8 at first glance, but the engineering logic is very different. In this video, we break down why Artemis II is not Apollo 8, comparing free-return trajectory, lunar orbit, mission objectives, spacecraft testing, and the real design choices behind NASA’s modern lunar program.​
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In regards to Artemis II I'd say that its flight much more like Apollo 13's than Apollo 8's flight.
 
For those of you who can draw well---right now, there is a lot of interest in this Lunar return.

TIME and a few other magazines will no doubt have some glossies on supermarket shelves before long---so now might be a good time for those of you who--perhaps rebuffed before--make a new start....call up some publishers---maybe even contact TIME.

There is a groundswell

"People are wanting to reach out to their inner rocket nerds," Scoville said. "This is just a glimpse of what's to come."
 
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publiusr said:
For those of you who can draw well---right now, there is a lot of interest in this Lunar return.

TIME and a few other magazines will no doubt have some glossies on supermarket shelves before long---so now might be a good time for those of you who--perhaps rebuffed before--make a new start....call up some publishers---maybe even contact TIME.

There is a groundswell

"People are wanting to reach out to their inner rocket nerds," Scoville said. "This is just a glimpse of what's to come."
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Please. We all know they'll just reach for the nearest AI slop.
 
Model

Cessna chases SLS...and loses...not every day a skyscraper outruns an airplane:
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Did you know the rockets are...staged?
Naw....

The solution is very simple...put the Flat Earthers (and Lori Garver) in the slide-away carts after the next astronauts launch. Just give them ear-plugs... they'll be just fine---like the STS birds.

Whee--ROARR!!

Aieee! we are undone!
 
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NMaude: I write that way because under the old paradigm, SLS Block 1b and Block II would not have been available for many years-likely until the 2040s (more than enough time to work out all the kinks with orbital refueling, with using tugs to provide high-energy kicks, and to develop more powerful propulsion), and each rocket would've still cost billions. Expensive launch vehicles mean expensive science, and I want more science per dollar, not less. I'd rather see something like Helios, a fully refueled Starship, or something like Blue Origin's transporter proposal, boost probes and other hardware to the outer solar system. All ought to be cheaper and more capable than anything the SLS can manage, and available much sooner.
 
Plus his claim doesn't logically follow his premise. The Voyagers didn't launch on SLS, and look at how long they've lasted.
 
I’ve got a question for the SLS supporters: what arguments would you make for supporting the SLS to people who think space spending is a waste?
 
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I’ve got a question for the SLS supporters: what arguments would you make for supporting the SLS to people who think space spending is a waste?
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Are you asking about people who support space exploration but feel SLS is wasteful, or people who think any spending on space is a waste?
 
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He's not talking about a Voyager-type mission.
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He wasn’t talking about any specific mission types, all he referenced was going to the outer planets and having a long life (without having defined that either). His claim is axiomatically false, because we can clearly launch long-life spacecraft to the outer system and beyond without needing SLS Block II.
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Are you asking about people who support space exploration but feel SLS is wasteful, or people who think any spending on space is a waste?
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The latter. The former group already has excellent reasons to oppose the SLS and isn’t going to be swayed when their fundamental view of space is so different (unless you can somehow fit it into their fundamentals, which is dubious). You may also extend it to people who are supportive of spaceflight in general but don’t much care about who is doing what, but if you do, please be clear which group you’re addressing.
 

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