Artemis II crew cleared to depart Earth orbit, head for moon

I can't imagine living in a one bedroom apartment with 3 other people and a non-working toilet IN SPACE.

They also had [two Outlooks running](https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/artemis-ii-astronaut-finds-two-outlook-instances-running-on-computers-call-on-houston-to-fix-microsoft-anomaly-puzzled-caller-describes-two-outlooks-and-neither-one-of-those-are-working). Let's hope Windows doesn't randomly update.

Do you think they have bags as a contingency? Like doo doo, and pee pee bags?

So number 2 news was in fact the number 1 news.

I think one of the astronauts said when exlanig where the water comes for the coffee that if you work hard and study a lot you too can be forced to drink your own piss. The point is that with enough founding astro auta would not need to resort to such solution and just keep pumping up resources for a comfort they SHOULD deserve.

RELEASE THE UN-REDACTED EPSTEIN FILES!

They have all been educated and I’m sure many of them had good educations. There is something else happening with these people that is countering their upbringing and educations.

You cant educate people out of a religion. Plenty of nutjobs have impressive school resumes

Nah, let’s make sure they can all vote /s

I’d prefer to load a few hundred select people on a shuttle on a one-way trip to Neptune myself.

As others have said, that isn't a dream of mine. Living in a cramped space for 10 days, hurtling away from Earth and hoping everything goes well, especially when the unmaned Artemis I had issues on re-entry in December 2022. The heat shield's protective Avocat material, instead of gradually melting and evaporating as designed, chipped away or sheared (after being charred) off in more than 100 locations. Scientists believe a slight difference in the angle of re-entry and everything will be fine this time, but how do you test it again without the same conditions of a full-scale capsule reentering at 25,000 mph? I'd be bloody terrified.

NASA: "Yeah, with how things are looking we might need to start planning to live on the moon for a while."

Even though its a wish of me to space travel, the current way is isn't really appealing considering: No "artificial" gravity on board you're basically always strapped in. Hygiene, showering is not possible, eating "liquid" food from bags through a straw mixed with water, pooping or peeing (urine is filtered to be used as water for drinking) is not really comfortable/fun imo. As long its not possible to live normal on board its not really much cun to space travel. Also upon return on earth astronauts cannot walk and it requires days perhaps weeks to adjust.

Speak for yourself

And yet when we start mining in space, 5 years on and 1 off, it will be almost impossible to fill those positions

Nothing comes close to this pale blue dot that we all live. Not even remotely close.

Sounds pretty insane to me but hey somebody gotta do it

Not me, man. I saw Gravity.

Im a really big fan of planet Earth. Its the only home I know and its pretty great.

Amen, sister.

Nan, our planet is extraordinary beautiful and rich, it's the people the issue, specially does in charge.

First Canadian to the moon too since all humans to the moon previously have been American

But mostly canada

Yep

But not full?

They won't land in this mission. It tests a series of key systems and procedures. They will orbit the Moon in a fly-by. A landing will be made in the Artemis III mission, although the date of that mission is rather uncertain due to problems with the HLS, the object that will land them on the surface. It was meant to be SpaceX's Starship, but delays made NASA, open bids again. If I'm not mistaken it will be Blue Origin lunar lander. NASA targets 2027 for Artemis III and 2028 for Artemis IV. But it will likely depend on the landers.

Listnook is not a place to ask questions. You need to do research, discover the popular Listnook opinion, and then parrot that back in a mostly grammatically correct comment.

It's a logical assumption to make. There is no rational explanation for why people are celebrating a less impressive mission than was performed 60 years ago.

The key play is to ask the question, then log in with your alt account and give a wrong answer. You will be inundated with the correct information. Oh. And probably because this info was in the article >The Artemis II flight is seen by NASA as a trailblazer, demonstrating the Orion crew ferry ship can safely carry astronauts to the moon and back on a regular basis while setting the stage for one, and possibly two, landings near the moon's south pole in 2028.

they're not landing.

The 17 astronauts who died in their vehicles would like a word. 

Musk is an idiot but this take is strange. One of my earliest memories is watching Colombia blow up on live TV.

The Masters teach you to hate government, and want you to have nothing to do with it. It’s a grift for the wealthy.

What are you on? Plenty of “government rockets” have blown up - with people inside them too. Private sector brings in new innovations and ideas. Otherwise we’d still be fishing unsuable rocket parts out of the Atlantic Ocean. Artemis II is using SpaceX parts no?

Yeah show me the govt catching and reusing rockets. Show me how many rockets Elon and successfully put over the past few years compared to govt. Your feign for Elon is disgusting

I hate the little Nazi, but this isn’t even remotely correct. The Falcon 9 is one of the most reliable and capable rockets ever built. Starship is somewhat troubled from a reuse perspective, but the SLS is a complete shit show on cost. I will always prefer the chaotic, but boundary-pushing, designs of SpaceX over the committee-designed pork-subsidizing ultra-conservative designs mandated by NASA. SpaceX is the only company right now that is really trying to fight the tyranny of the rocket equation. Everyone else is building rockets like it is the 1970s.

you know the problem that’s the hardest part. now just let yourself be happy for a few thinking about it. try to find a few minutes of peace fellow earthling.

Never. They just pass behind the moon once and then return straight to Earth

Precisely, it’s a test phase to prepare for a moon landing in 2028. Testing performance and diagnostics and how the hardware performs. It’s all a plan to prep for a systematic method to get to the moon, then followed by landing, then followed by beginning to figure out how to establish a permanent foothold on the moon. However the cool thing is during the slingshot orbit around the moon the crew will likely become the farthest travelled from earth in history

Being built

It's currently on its way to the moon in rehearsal for doing exactly that.

Well, with Kubrick dead, we wont be able to match it

Thank you for my first reward u/Simple_Mastadon9220! Im over the moon!🚀🌚

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SpaceX currently has the federal contract for future manned Mars missions. I doubt Elon care about lunar missions at this point.

Well… twenty-four people anyway.

… and hopefully return.

Fistfight with aliens and smooch with a green chick?

To boldly go almost (but not quite) as far as 12 people did 60 years ago

Hopefully not at all this trip as they have no way to land.

They're not landing, but rather traveling around the dark side of the moon, the first time since the Apollo era.

Short answer: We’re going to the Moon to learn how to live and operate off Earth before trying Mars. Longer answer: * Test long-term life support, habitats, and surface operations * Understand radiation, dust, and low gravity over time * Practice launches, landings, and resupply missions * Validate technology needed for Mars missions * Potentially use resources like water ice for fuel later Mars is much farther with no quick bailout. The Moon is close enough to mess up, fix it, and try again. It’s basically a training ground, not the end goal.

They're still departing their current Earth orbit. Don't be that guy.