The first question any of us should be asking is 'Why is it so important that we go to the moon?' On the scale of 'been there, done that', this is pegging the pin on the meter. Another valid question is - why has it taken us 57 years to do it again?
Tonight, the first manned lunar mission in more than half a century will blast off to take four astronauts further into space than anyone has ever gone before. The Nasa crew is travelling around the far side of the moon, about 1,500 miles greater distance than any previous flight, before returning home.
Though they will not land on the surface itself, the ten-day Artemis II mission is a crucial step in the plan to establish a $20billion base on the moon. Then Nasa plans regular landings from early 2028, with the ultimate goal of taking humans to Mars.
The mission, which is launching from Florida, will see the first woman,
the first black person, and the oldest astronaut ever to travel to the moon.
It's a hardware and equipment test for future missions. Eventually, a manned moonbase and a launching pad to Mars and beyond. Because we don't want humanity to die out on a planet with limited resources and finite lifespan. That's the future for those who are not doomed to stay here.
ReplyDeleteYou might want to see some of the Richard Feynman vids. Mars is probably a rocket too far.
DeleteIt makes more sense to go to the moon than Mars.
ReplyDeleteTechnology has vastly changed since the last flights and it needs to be tested.
I hear there's stuff we could mine cheaper than on earth.
If the Chinese colonize it first they will control space.
Do I care, not really, I won't live to see if we build there or not.
"the first woman, the first black person, and the oldest astronaut ever to travel to the moon."
ReplyDeleteNooooooo! Where is the first transgender woman or the transgender man, or the black transgender woman or the black transgender man?????????
And I want to be the first retired farmer to go to the moon. Oh well.
DeleteHows 'bout the American gubbimint establishing a 20 BILLION dollar base here on earth FIRST!!!
ReplyDeleteThey've did that time and time again all over the Middle East. Iran just blew them ALL UP.
DeleteAll those billions of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ spent, and they have not figured out yet HOW they're going to land on the moon and come back from there.
ReplyDeleteA Congress boondoggle for sure.
Launching on April Fool's Day. You can't make this up. Don't fall for it AGAIN.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the "Space Launch System" has already been tagged by graffiti artists
ReplyDeleteMark in PA
All that diversity worries me. Diversity hires haven't done so well in the past.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen DEI improve anything. I have seen it destroy 2 Fortune 500 companies.
DeleteDEI doesn't matter in this case. These are the guinea pigs on a "hope this stuff still works" mission.
ReplyDeleteHopefully they will be able to send us some pictures of the back side of the moon, dispelling the rumors that it is just a hollow space as the moon is just a half globe.
ReplyDeleteJust another DEI mission with NASA trying to justify it's pathetic existence on tax payers money. Elon Musk has done more to advance space travel in 5-years than NASA has in 50.
ReplyDeleteAnd this mission is such a joke. Astronauts? LOL! No, just passengers. They could have sent up the same morons who went up in Blue Origin since the mission will have exactly the same results.