NASA Launches Artemis II Astronauts Around the Moon (nasa.gov)
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- News link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/04/01/2250202/nasa-launches-artemis-ii-astronauts-around-the-moon
- Source link: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/01/live-artemis-ii-launch-day-updates/
> Artemis II [2]set sail from the same Florida launch site that sent Apollo's explorers to the moon so long ago. The handful still alive cheered this next generation's grand adventure as the Space Launch System rocket thundered into the early evening sky, a nearly full moon beckoning some 248,000 miles (400,000 kilometers) away.
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> Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman led the charge into space with "Let's go to the moon!" accompanied by pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada's Jeremy Hansen. It was the most diverse lunar crew ever with the first woman, person of color and non-U.S. citizen riding in NASA's new Orion capsule.
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> Carrying three Americans and one Canadian, the 32-story rocket rose from NASA's Kennedy Space Center where tens of thousands gathered to witness the dawn of this new era. Crowds also jammed the surrounding roads and beaches, reminiscent of the Apollo moonshots in the 1960s and '70s. It is NASA's biggest step yet toward [3]establishing a permanent lunar presence .
Visit [4]NASA's Artemis II Launch Day blog for the latest updates.
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[1] https://apnews.com/live/artemis-ii-launch-nasa-moon-rocket
[2] https://www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK8TEs?si=GSU6dLVsFhyNB4U_
[3] https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/03/24/2145230/nasa-halts-work-on-gateway-to-develop-a-lunar-base
[4] https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/01/live-artemis-ii-launch-day-updates/
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Dude doesn't like naval analogy.
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Rum, sodomy, prayers and the lash.
Better?
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Where can you find pleasure Search the world for treasure Learn science technology Where can you begin To make your dreams all come true On the land or on the sea Where can you learn to fly Play in sports and skin dive Study oceanography Sign up for the big band Or sit in the grandstand When your team and others meet In the navy Yes, you can sail the seven seas In the navy Yes, you can put your mind at ease In the navy Come on now, people, make a stand In the navy, in the navy Can't you see we need a hand I
What happens at sea stays at sea (Score:2)
> Rear Admirals, the head and the poop deck. What's wrong with the Navy?
It can't be discussed. What happens at sea stays at sea. :-)
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I wish I still had mod points for your post. Bwah ha ha ha ha.
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It's his turn in the barrel tonight.
Spacecraft can have solar sails (Score:2)
> Dude doesn't like naval analogy.
Or realize spacecraft could have solar sails.
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I believe that's called a "figure of speech"... most people would understand... "sailed" works the same way when a _cruise ship_ sets sail from harbor or you 'set sail' on your yacht.
Well, we wouldn't have to worry about LLM-AI if we didn't build the dumb thing, would we?
What ancient technology are you referring to? Did the Mayans find a way to visit the moon?
Once we get the technology down to repeatable (where the SRBs and mainstage engine can be caught or recovered), and everything is reusable, it's not
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"didja think we were just going to kick around this rock forever?"
pretty much. this is home & there's no other place remotely (pun intended) like it
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"We're whalers on the Moon,
we carry a harpoon.
But there ain't no whales
so we tell tall tales and
sing a whaling tune."
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"how to be triggered by the tiniest shit" - welcome to geekmux's TED talk
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> "how to be triggered by the tiniest shit" - welcome to geekmux's TED talk
I can see an entire generation of eye rollers wasting countless hours explaining how AI is dead wrong talking about “horse” power from an EV motor. And that’s just one moronic example of how we edumacate AI to be just as ignorant as we still are.
AGI won’t educate much, because it’ll be having too much fun trolling us instead.
And we’ll deserve it.
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I can see an entire generation of eye rollers wasting countless hours explaining how AI is wrong
>>Really? Did it? How many sails did it have?
And there's you, leading by example.
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Some rare footage does exist of Kubrick directing and the astronauts goofing around [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XK7nzAW_b0
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It wasn't actually Kubrick. This carefully researched documentary explains everything: [1]Moonwalkers [imdb.com]
[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2718440/
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I'm unimpressed by the current quality of conspiracy theorists.
We've been able to do photorealism on the desktop since at least the release of UE5, probably before that too. Why were so many people in the comments asking which Hollywood movie studio it was being shot in? Why were they complaining about greenscreens?
Amateurs.
Seems pointlessly unsafe (Score:1, Insightful)
A dummy load and some chemistry to use oxygen would do the same job with zero human risk.
If they're not putting boots on the Moon, they shouldn't have their asses in the rocket.
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They already had an Um-manned test.
Re:Seems pointlessly unsafe (Score:5, Insightful)
> A dummy load and some chemistry to use oxygen would do the same job with zero human risk.
> If they're not putting boots on the Moon, they shouldn't have their asses in the rocket.
The [1]Artemis I [wikipedia.org] unmanned mission flew in 2022.
The [2]Apollo Program [wikipedia.org] followed a similar progression to test things in succession.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_I
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program
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"a dummy load"
hey, we found the perfect volounteer
Re:Seems pointlessly unsafe (Score:5, Insightful)
> A dummy load and some chemistry to use oxygen would do the same job with zero human risk.
> If they're not putting boots on the Moon, they shouldn't have their asses in the rocket.
I tried finding details of what the crew will actually be doing over the next 10 days and the answer seems to be very little. According to planetary society:
"During the mission, the Artemis II crew will test Orionâ(TM)s various capabilities in deep space. That includes life-support and environmental systems, manual piloting and proximity operations, and communications and navigation systems."
"The crew will also contribute to studies of human physiology, sleep, motion, and other biological responses to space travel."
Re:Seems pointlessly unsafe (Score:4, Insightful)
Speaking as a former submariner boredom is good.
Re: Seems pointlessly unsafe (Score:2)
Itâ(TM)s the moments of sheer terror that made it fun. Submarines once, submarines twice.,,
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Concur to a point...a little fire (drill) and flooding (drill) to get the blood moving periodically is good.
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Speaking as a member of the [1]Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club [wikipedia.org], I would like to point out that the proper title for people like you is "bubblehead."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonkin_Gulf_Yacht_Club
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> Speaking as a former submariner boredom is good.
Or as a "Triple-A Rated" [1]Bodyguard [wikipedia.org]:
> Boring is always best.
> -- Michael Bryce
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitman's_Bodyguard
Unmanned: Artemis 1, Apollo 8 and 10 (Score:2)
> A dummy load and some chemistry to use oxygen would do the same job with zero human risk.
Like the Artemis 1 mission in 2022?
> If they're not putting boots on the Moon, they shouldn't have their asses in the rocket.
Like they did in 1968 and 1969 with the Apollo 8 and 10 missions? Going to the moon but not landing.
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From the NASA website: "Among the tasks is a checkout of the toilet."
If all goes according to plan.. (Score:4, Funny)
..said everyone in human history. Good luck, and thanks for all the fish.
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Funny that your subject line is a modification of the Star Trek catchphrase... which was well-known for having an extremely diverse crew, especially for the time when it was made.
I love it when people think Star Trek wasn't what today would be called woke.
Five years old (Score:2)
I had just turned five years old when the Apollo 17 mission happened. Never in my wildest dreams would I have believed that I would be 58 years old when humans finally decided to go back, but here we are. Makes me sad.
Re:Five years old (Score:4, Funny)
The Apollo astronauts ate all the cheese, there was no reason to return.
Re:Five years old (Score:5, Interesting)
Back in 2019 on the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, someone put up a fantastic web site to play back the mission in real time. Complete with actual radio and mission control comms and telemetry data. [1]https://apolloinrealtime.org/ [apolloinrealtime.org]. Such an amazing historical data trove. I spent several days listening in real time to the flight unfold from launch to moon landing, to splash down. Even though I knew this was just playing back recordings from 50 years ago, and knew the outcome, it was a neat experience and it filled me with wonder and excitement at what was being accomplished as it were. I remember going outside and lookup up at the moon and thinking about people being on it, as someone in 1969 would have done.
Fast forward now to Artemis II and I have such mixed feelings about it, and the space program in general. Anyway I wish them a safe and uneventful journey.
[1] https://apolloinrealtime.org/
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Yep. Roughly the same age and was sure back then that we'd have a permanent habitat on the moon by 2000.
Remember back when spousal abuse was funny? (Score:2)
"Pow, Alice, straight to the moon!"
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Takes its sweet time because Congress keeps pulling the rug, you mean? And trust me, the people making the rug pulling decisions aren't "the present generation".
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OK. But I'm pretty sure that generation could have gone to the moon 11 years after without the spousal abuse as well.
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Nobody said Artemis 11. Either you are confusing it with Apollo 11, or you need to reconsider your choice of fonts.
A man walks into a bar (Score:2)
A man walks into a bar. The bartender says, "Hey, you just missed it!" The man sez, "Naw", and waves his phone, which has the same image of the big stack on fire as the bar's 72".
Apollo 13 (Score:2)
Dusting off my copy of Apollo 13. Godspeed, crew.
diverse? a woman? a person of color? a canuck? (Score:3)
> It was the most diverse lunar crew ever with the first woman, person of color and non-U.S. citizen riding in NASA's new Orion capsule.
Stephen Miller is gonna have a tremendous fit.
Not diversity hires (Score:2)
>> It was the most diverse lunar crew ever with the first woman, person of color and non-U.S. citizen riding in NASA's new Orion capsule.
> Stephen Miller is gonna have a tremendous fit.
The person of color has 3 masters degrees in engineering and science, and is a naval aviator who flew F/A-18 and E/A-18, a served on the International Space Station.
The woman has a masters in EE and 328 days of space flight logged.
These are not diversity hires.
..and back. (Score:3)
Not yet.
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No kidding. They aught to just shut the lights off at this sight.