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[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 68 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 49 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You're too late, they already left.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago (3 children)

This seems like a pretty big deal, why am I only now finding out about this

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 8 points 5 days ago

Probably because all the horrible shit trump does takes up all the space.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

I don't know, we need to do a better job of advertising this stuff if a lot of people don't know about it. This is one of the few decent things the U.S. is doing.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 51 points 6 days ago (4 children)

most elaborate April fools joke this year

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

If they can fake the moon landing they can fake a launch.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (6 children)

If they can fake launch, can they fake dienner, too?

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[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 41 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I have now seen 2 moon launches live. Will I live to see them actually set foot back on the moon again. Who knows.

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (12 children)

America, fast going backwards, has today reached ~~1969~~ 1968 (assuming that this mission succeeds).

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[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They go in search of human rights

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Oh what's next, will Spain send three wooden boats to the New World, take a few pictures, and come back?

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[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Very often, I was like "I don't think I need to watch this shuttle launch, they might have to scrub it" and then they'd actually launch and I was was like "damn, I should have watched that shuttle launch".

So I was like "naaah, I don't think I need to watch this launch, they might scrub it" and now it looks like they've launched and I was like "shit, I fell for that again, I'm really stupid"

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[–] aeharding@vger.social 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I forgot I received this a few years ago from volunteering… let’s go Artemis!

Portrait signed from Victor Glover

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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 23 points 6 days ago

It was a beautiful launch

[–] melfie@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 days ago

SLS has gotten a lot of well-deserved hate for being an expendable money pit. All that aside, damn, it lifted off with humans in it and off to the moon! There’s no other currently available rocket that can do that, including Starship.

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

In 1969, the cold war filled the hearts of the world with dread. Today, we live in times that echo this sentiment.

The launch of 1969 was made with the hope of a better future, and though we cocked it up a drainpipe the first time, maybe we'll take the right path and echo the sentiment "for all mankind".

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 39 points 6 days ago (29 children)

This launch included a bunch of “American superiority” drivel, and was done on a rocket that is unsustainable and uses leftover parts from the last millennium.

I wish they’d gone with “for all mankind” — instead they went with “America America” even though one of the mission specialists is Canadian and the module was made in cooperation with the ESA.

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 15 points 6 days ago

Yeah I kinda cringed on that "god bless america" speech before the launch. Isn't there 2 Canadians on board and a big part of the Orion was made/designed by ESA? All they got "and our partners around the world" in that speech.

I'm happy that "we" are going back there but this propaganda sillyness is disappointing. I know its always been a part of governments doing space projects, after all I think the only reason "we" are going back there is because the Chinese are going back there. The disappointing thing is that when I was a kid I really thought we would be over ourselves by now, but turns out that seems to be impossible and we are just going back to throwing rocks at each others. Plaaargh.

Anyway. Cool launch, that thing jumped off the pad as if someone kicked it in the nuts. Impressive stuff.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It could be worse. It could be Trump claiming all the glory for himself and jinxing it to miserably fail like everything else that orange pedophile clown touches.

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Trump said they’re going further than we’ve ever gone before! Checkmate Apollo moon landing believers!

[–] zombyreagan@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 days ago (18 children)

Technically he is right about this.

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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

God speed!

(As an atheist, and just thankful despite Elon and Trump's best efforts)

I'm glad there is diversity and Canadian representation, btw!

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 days ago

As an atheist

It's ok to say God speed without clarifying religious denomination. I'm not sure many people here care.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Long as we have to depend on chemical propellants, the moon is as far as we'll ever get

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[–] Jayve@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

They went to hide the Epstein files on the far side of the Moon.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago (5 children)

I wonder how Flatearthers are going to explain this one.

[–] percent@infosec.pub 2 points 4 days ago

I would guess they'd explain it the same way they explain other rocket launches.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

whew. i've rolled the dice on my life, but i've never gotten on a boeing spacecraft. and the shitter's already clogged.

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[–] JATtho@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

They launched the integrity of the USA off the planet, so it won't bother them anymore for a few days.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Soon we will be able to sing again "Whitey's on the moon"

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Please don't let it be cancelled and returned early because of a toilet That would just be too much. This is the first thing that has made me legitimately excited since having to unexpectedly say goodbye to my soul-dog last month. I need this, dammit.

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