"We choose to go to the moon..."

[JimHow]

I think it's going this time, David, what are you uncorking to celebrate?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouRbkBAOGEw

All these cupcakes with their "conflicted" emotions.... Jesus Christ....

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/opin ... temis.html

Gene Kranz's head must be exploding.....

Let's light this candle!

[Chateau Vin]

I don't know why they left the rocket outside during the storm/hurricane. Hopefully we won't have any surprises in terms of the rocket's integrity...

[DavidG]

People questioned the expense and value of the Apollo program, yet it paid huge dividends in spirit and knowledge as well as financially. I’m excited. Not a 10 year old boy type excited, but I’m no longer a 10 year old boy (Peggy might disagree).

We’re such a polarized country that I suspect the spirit part will not be as widespread with Artemis. To the conflicted worriers:
1. No we didn’t do this before. Not like this. Who knows what we’ll learn? Where is your sense of exploration?
2. We didn’t stop having sex because “Oooh, so many more consequences now.”

[JimHow]

It’s interesting, they changed the title of the op-Ed on the NYT website, they went from “we’re conflicted” to “we’re excited.”

[JimHow]

I was actually looking for the NYT front page from the day before in July 1969, when the headline announced that Apollo 11 had established a lunar orbit. The anticipation took my breath away, still does to this day.

On Hand for Space History, as Superpowers Spar
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/scie ... ticleShare

[JimHow]

That was fantastic live reentry video from Orion David!

[DavidG]

Yes, coverage was outstanding. Looks like they’ve got a viable system.