government literally cut funding to NASA while Artemis was approaching the moon.
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BOPSurfcasting2 days ago
+8
Yep, gotta find money to support Trump's stupid pointless war.
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exoriparian1 day ago
+1
oh so THAT'S why they left on Apr 1
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Tonaia2 days ago
The executive branch does not set the budget. Congress does.
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solidus6102 days ago
+9
Someone should explain that to congress then.
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Tonaia2 days ago
+4
Considering congress rejected a similar cut last year, I think they are aware.
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BOPSurfcasting1 day ago
+4
Trump's Congress..
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exoriparian1 day ago
+1
Congress is controlled by his cult.
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TriXter692 days ago
+14
Watched it live, they made history
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WaffleHouseGladiator2 days ago
+8
I had the Orion Livestream on one of my monitors the entire time. Now Flerfers are spouting off about how it was all a giant hoax that accomplished absolutely nothing.
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Deriniel1 day ago
+1
could you explain why they made history? I'm not against space exploration, but from what little i gathered this mission was just flying around the moon and back,while in the past we actually landed on it.
So what's so important about this? (Genuine question,not being sarcastic)
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trout_or_dare1 day ago
+1
It was a higher orbit than Apollo so these astronauts hold the title of 'people who have been farthest from earth'.
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wunphatbois2 days ago
+13
what we can achieve when humanity focuses on the right things.
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Crivos2 days ago
+7
Completely agree. America could be headlining in every aspect of science yet here we are putting all our resources into killing each other.
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exoriparian1 day ago
+1
meanwhile the US just spent about 10x what we'd need to pay for college for the entire country over a month's time while losing a pointless war.
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whyuhavtobemad2 days ago
-5
Wasn't rocket technology developed from missle knowledge
-5
LongjumpingBase90942 days ago
-2
What does this flu by solve?
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SnooLobsters67661 day ago
+3
I’m old and it’s extremely difficult to get excited about a live splashdown when we used to watch them live in elementary school, on a black and white tv rolled in on a cart (with rabbit ears).
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ozrocket2 days ago
+4
Good news, I actually thought under Trump's watch it would end in disaster. Well done America
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StaticSystemShock2 days ago
+5
Luckily NASA still runs by actual experts and not celebrity idiots like the government...
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GeorgeWardlawsmum2 days ago
+6
Head of NASA was put in by Trump in December...
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Tonaia2 days ago
+4
Issacman is a giant human exploration fanboy, and has been to space before as well. I'm not particularly worried about him messing things up.
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StaticSystemShock2 days ago
+3
I meant the actual people, the astronauts and engineers who make it happen, not administration of NASA.
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BOPSurfcasting2 days ago
+1
Far that was quick, around the moon in 10 days, thought it takes months. What about Mars next?
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ThunderChaser2 days ago
+11
It takes around 3-4 days to reach the moon.
It takes around 6-7 months to reach Mars.
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freakdageek1 day ago
+1
Wow, they almost did that thing that they did 60 years ago.
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