Comment by hermannj314
2 days ago
A diverse and inclusive crew, a publically-funded mission, an emphasis on science and discovery, and government investment in a long-term strategy, not a quick politcal win.
This current administration has made sure these things never happen again, Artemis is very much the swan song of an America that has died. I am not interested in watching our corpse twitch and calling it life.
> an emphasis on science and discovery
Sorry, what science and discovery is that bringing?
I mean it's technically really cool, but I fail to see the science and discovery there.
From NASA
>> Under Artemis, NASA will send astronauts on increasingly difficult missions to explore more of the Moon for *scientific discovery*, economic benefits, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars.
Yeah fuck me for thinking this was about that that.
Do you think they would say "with the same budget we can obviously make better science with unmanned missions, but people find the manned ones cooler"?
Why don’t you look it up instead of guessing? I mean even on the surface level, for me, exploring space is the most “science and discovery” thing you can do!
Curiosity, Perseverance, Rosetta. Those are science and discovery.
Sending people in space? Mostly cool engineering.