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by hermannj314 61 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.
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palata 61 days ago
> 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.

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whackernews 61 days ago
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!
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palata 60 days ago
Curiosity, Perseverance, Rosetta. Those are science and discovery.

Sending people in space? Mostly cool engineering.

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hermannj314 61 days ago
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.

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palata 60 days ago
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"?
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