Artemis II...

[rootabaga]

The new spaceship is set to launch in about a half hour. This mission is essentially a replica of Apollo 8 in December, 1968.

Who's following the mission?

 

[olbriar]

I geek out on all things space. Growing up as the space program was growing up, I can't imagine not being fascinated. My interest sparked an interest in my children as well. I invested in an 11" Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain go to telescope that we spent countless nights together in pure admiration of space. We managed to get our signatures on the Cassini signature disk that studied Saturn and it's moons for 20 years. Our signatures were deliberately crashed into Saturn's atmosphere to end Cassini's mission. Space is fascinating. It might well be man's promising future. I doubt anyone in the beginning had a clue what the discovery of the Americas would do for mankind.

 

[olbriar]

The vastness of space is mind blowing.

 

[cbsewell]

Like Apollo 8 in that they are going to cislunar space, unlike Apollo 8 in that they are not going into lunar orbit. It's actually more similar to Apollo 13 minus the problem.

 

[olbriar]

 

[rootabaga]

Like Apollo 8 in that they are going to cislunar space, unlike Apollo 8 in that they are not going into lunar orbit. It's actually more similar to Apollo 13 minus the problem.

My mistake, I thought they were going to orbit the moon. Thanks for the correction.