• ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    NASA is going down the drain under the new regime. If you’re interested in space exploration, shift your gaze over to the ESA or CNSA.

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        2 days ago

        The Artemis program never had any legs. The entire thing was being done in the most stupid way possible simply so that NASA could use SLS, a rocket that was completely incapable of actually fulfilling it stated mission. It was like the Apollo missions but without the lander.

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        2 days ago

        Same thing that was always going to happen to it: It’s not gonna fly. It’s been canceled or clean sheet restarted at least once by every administration since inception, and frankly that rope has been pretty thoroughly pissed up.

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          Gods dammit, and after Artemis I was so succesful! I was looking forward to Artemis II… And seeing humans once again on the moon in my lifetime.

          I won’t get it. Mars is, resource poor. Don’t get me wrong; having humanity set foot on another planet would be an amazing achievement, but… Since everything is so profit-driven, why not support a return to the moon!?

          There’s potentially Helium 3 up there. And the moon has a bunch of surface-minerals.