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unfinishedtoast3 Apr 11, 2026 +32

government literally cut funding to NASA while Artemis was approaching the moon.

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BOPSurfcasting Apr 11, 2026 +8

Yep, gotta find money to support Trump's stupid pointless war.

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exoriparian Apr 11, 2026 +1

oh so THAT'S why they left on Apr 1

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Tonaia Apr 11, 2026

The executive branch does not set the budget. Congress does.

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solidus610 Apr 11, 2026 +9

Someone should explain that to congress then.

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Tonaia Apr 11, 2026 +4

Considering congress rejected a similar cut last year, I think they are aware.

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BOPSurfcasting Apr 11, 2026 +4

Trump's Congress..

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exoriparian Apr 11, 2026 +1

Congress is controlled by his cult.

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TriXter69 Apr 11, 2026 +14

Watched it live, they made history

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WaffleHouseGladiator Apr 11, 2026 +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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Deriniel Apr 11, 2026 +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_dare Apr 11, 2026 +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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wunphatbois Apr 11, 2026 +13

what we can achieve when humanity focuses on the right things.

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Crivos Apr 11, 2026 +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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exoriparian Apr 11, 2026 +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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whyuhavtobemad Apr 11, 2026 -5

Wasn't rocket technology developed from missle knowledge

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LongjumpingBase9094 Apr 11, 2026 -2

What does this flu by solve?

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SnooLobsters6766 Apr 11, 2026 +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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ozrocket Apr 11, 2026 +4

Good news, I actually thought under Trump's watch it would end in disaster. Well done America

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StaticSystemShock Apr 11, 2026 +5

Luckily NASA still runs by actual experts and not celebrity idiots like the government...

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GeorgeWardlawsmum Apr 11, 2026 +6

Head of NASA was put in by Trump in December...

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Tonaia Apr 11, 2026 +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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StaticSystemShock Apr 11, 2026 +3

I meant the actual people, the astronauts and engineers who make it happen, not administration of NASA.

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BOPSurfcasting Apr 11, 2026 +1

Far that was quick, around the moon in 10 days, thought it takes months. What about Mars next?

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ThunderChaser Apr 11, 2026 +11

It takes around 3-4 days to reach the moon. It takes around 6-7 months to reach Mars.

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freakdageek Apr 11, 2026 +1

Wow, they almost did that thing that they did 60 years ago.

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