Artemis I Launch Tests NASA’s Mission to Return Humans to the Moon | WSJ

NASA is gearing up to launch its Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon for the first time in decades. WSJ explains the challenges behind this historic mission, and why it’s a critical step in getting humans on the moon by 2025.
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[@justynegreenlaw6840]

We just launched . Amazing time to be alive

[@priyanshu7698]

yeah i saw it live too it was damm good

[@StephyUchiha]

So excited for this. Science, technology and discovery is what brings us together!

[@pcmountaindog]

It's very cool but I don't see it getting America out of our current civil war. I wonder if the money would have more impact on nuclear fusion and fission research to create more power which will help more people? Hard to know. Yet to hear anything about living on Mars which is something we need to do. I would prefer to see my tax money go toward something else. To each his own but, it is cool.

[@robtk3]

It really irks me when they mention costs. The DoD is getting $777,700,000,000 for 2022. By comparison, NASA gets the equivalent of what's in the penny jar on the checkout counter at your local convenience store.

[@lebski6033]

It really irks me when they mention, "first person of color and first woman". Who gives af. Just send people who are qualified. Everything comes back to race and gender and it's annoying.

[@mikehunthurst6953]

It really irks me that people don’t see this as a waste along with DOD spending. I don’t care how you try to twist it to make it seem that it is not that much.

[@proanalysts]

Where does all that money go? Oh lies and corruption, got it. Yup approved, please keep us entertained and fighting each other.

[@robtk3]

@@proanalysts Where does all that money go? The private industry contractors that fund both political parties. You do know that the US government doesn't manufacture anything. Everything, from the printing of money to building aircraft carriers are done by private, for-profit contractors. The same contractors that contribute to republicans and democrats alike (of course, mostly republicans in the case of defense contractors) to keep their business dollars flowing. Fear of a foreign enemy is what keeps the plebs defending the DoD expenditures when in actuality the fear is mostly unwarranted. Defense is absolutely necessary but targeted and flexible funding would far more effective than just simply building an eleventh aircraft carrier for $14 billion. Currently our concern should be foreign hacking of national infrastructure rather than a "Red Dawn" scenario. Does NASA contractors have costs overruns and waste? No doubt they do just like all the private contractors that depend on government contracts (to be fair, some NASA contractors and DoD contractors are the same companies). But at least in the case of NASA, the goal is to further the understanding of science. The DoD is mostly about chest-thumping bravado.

[@malaythakkar8772]

@@lebski6033 cringe

[@technogeek8594]

@4:14 "Contractors costs are so high, because they developed a new rocket, but once we start transitioning to production from development, they will begin streamlining, and costs will come down" Wasn't the whole argument for SLS to use ready equipment from Shuttle/SRBs to save on development costs, price per launch?

[@spacehomer9269]

Thats what they want you to think but the real reason is so that they could still use the old system of manufacturing in multiple states so each one gets federal funding and the politicians will approve a $2 billion waste

[@BongaChonga]

4 billion per rocket and they don't even have any suits to eva or set foot on the moon. Yeah this is just so those states get government funding. And nasa just put up a vid titled "we're ready" AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SUITS. Probably why they turned off comments lol.

[@824nd]

@@spacehomer9269 exactly. This rocket is literally a Saturn 5 made from shuttle hardware. Should be easy. But because the government is in charge, all these manufacturers will charge as much as they want and no one is there to check them. It’s corruption and bureaucracy at its finest. There is no excuse to have this rocket be so expensive and most importantly take over 20 years to develop. Especially when a company in your country already has a rocket that is capable of lunar orbit…. (Spacex falcon heavy)

[@bobthemagicmoose]

Yeah, this is a jobs program so that various congressmen and congresswomen can bring money to their districts. Having costs go down defeats this purpose...

[@nullifiedrisks]

@@spacehomer9269 One SLS rocket costs $4b. The US federal budget is roughly 4.7 trillion, looking at receipts from '20. That's 0.085106383% of the budget. Go look at other programs to cut if you want to lower the budget. Touch NASA and the entire space industry in America will instantly collapse (including SpaceX, which gets most of its budget from NASA.)

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

Artemis goes from playing drums in Skynrd to blasting off in a rocket. The dude is a legend 🙌

[@LisaAnn777]

In mythology Artemis is a woman.

[@pequod4557]

@@LisaAnn777 Men better

[@LisaAnn777]

@@pequod4557 sure maybe but Artemis is still a woman.

[@pequod4557]

@LVB🦅 sure maybe but Men better

[@WalkerOne]

The fact that these rockets aren't recoverable is mind blowing to me.

[@RealShaktimaan]

I was under the impression that they were using space x rocket for moon mission.

[@truthwillprevail8629]

@@RealShaktimaan same here. At this point I give up on any major space achievements in our lifetime. Complete joke

[@RealShaktimaan]

@@truthwillprevail8629 Google says development was started in 2011 so it was well before SpaceX had working rocket.

[@WalkerOne]

@@RealShaktimaan i think this makes it worse, so space X developed and executed a technology while nasa had a 60 year head start and still gave us disposable rockets.

[@andrewford743]

I think you got mesmerized when you first heard about recoverable rockets and missed the more important factor.... Recoverable-reusable rockets cost 3x as much as launching brand new ones.

[@quippy8402]

Is the SLS system recoverable/reusable and does it come back to Earth in a controlled descent manner?

[@freduinst4333]

No, the boosters are the shuttle ones so they are recoverable and refurbish able, but not like the falcon nine.

[@freduinst4333]

I do think they are gonna try to refurbish the capsules though.

[@noahtanzell4543]

@@freduinst4333 the boosters arnt actually recoverable from the orion, as they lack parachutes. They decided to ditch the reusability because it ultimately saved no money compared to just making new boosters, as the boosters are basically metal tubes filled with solid fuel, and are as such very easy to make.

[@Skiesaremine]

@@freduinst4333 it costs more to refurbish one than build a new one, so they changed it.

[@penonpaper3132]

They have been mandated by congress to use old familiar technologies with old workforce. You Elon Musk fanboys are really exhausting.

[@TWO4Lyfe]

Kubrick doing this one too?

[@matthowell8985]

Why would we need to test all these things out if we did this 60 years ago and we have the benefit of over a half a century of technology upgrades.

[@1peanut]

because 50+ years ago was a lie.

[@du-me-Utube-1975]

Makes you WONDER if the U.S. really went to the moon 60 YEARS AGO…or NOT!! 😂

[@Bk6346]

You need to relearn. 50 years is a long time and to see if today’s technology works.

[@jmdatrain4245]

@Matt Howell I like how you think..

[@definetlyachessmaster]

@@du-me-Utube-1975 how exactly would it be possible for NASA to fake it 50 years ago

[@StrongerThanBigfoot]

We need 24/7 live feed video from multiple angles inside and outside the space ship to and from the moon. FULL TRANSPARENCY since we’re paying for it

[@JJTIP_TOE]

Transparency keep dreaming lol.

[@proanalysts]

Unfortunately cannot afford the proper live stream 'image' due to budget cuts with aid to UKRAINE, wouldn't want Putin to send images first. Trade offs ya know. Just believe what they tell u, it's not like they have ever lied before. Great track record. That serpent tongue says it all.

[@mastersonogashira1796]

You are also paying for those cameras, lol

[@badger_actual8249]

@@JJTIP_TOE that mind set has gotten this country where it's at

[@titooyus6788]

It will never happen, mate

[@jemalseideabdi9439]

Thank you very much

[@influencingthemindsofmillions]

Gil Scott Heron's beautiful poem comes to mind.

[@nunayobiz]

😆🤣

[@trigsim]

I don't get why this is so difficult when we did it with much lower tech decades ago. Either we didn't do it, or they've dropped the ball hard and lost everything on how they did it.

[@tjellis1479]

hard to believe not since 1972....sounds like a scam to me. Maybe drop MARS rover on the moon to clear up this mess.

[@du-me-Utube-1975]

Makes you WONDER if the U.S. really went to the moon 60 YEARS AGO…or NOT!! 😂

[@Moose803]

It was announced years ago that the plans for going to the moon had been lost somehow. No explanation 😕

[@jmdatrain4245]

@@Moose803 🤣🤣🤣🤣 And you believed it...? I bet they would have been kept even safer than the formula for building an atomic bomb...if they'd had them.

[@Moose803]

@@jmdatrain4245 do you not believe they ever existed?

[@MikeOmmends]

So I'm watching this 4 days after the upload, on the launch day. Guess what happened.

[@mihransorbit]

Am I allowed to use some of the clips from this video for my own presentation and videos?

[@oooieee]

Im much excited to see moon in colourful pictures 🖤

[@AndyCutright]

Super excited 💯💫Getting up early for the launch Monday morning!

[@ioodyssey3740]

Just like the first Star Wars movie!

[@Gacha_owl_playz]

Best birthday present ever.

[@Travisharger]

Stoked

[@garymyambo4176]

That lander designed by SpaceX looks great.

[@StPiter111]

Did they really expect us to believe that NASA were on the Moon 60 years ago? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🌍

[@du-me-Utube-1975]

@Mr. Sun ….Russia is BUSY fighting the needless WAR the U.S. has created….or have you forgotten that???!!

[@chrismartin5870]

Agreed....the Soviet uniom never really recovered from losing the race to the moon. Still, they did manage to inspire America to show them what a great nation could really do...and the tech that came from the space race ensured US global dominance for the next 50 years.

[@JenA2145]

50 years ago. And if you don't believe that humans went to the Moon already, then why are you watching videos of it?

[@sissy8710]

Had they been....there wouldn't be any issue now...50 years to learn and still can't get it right.

[@komarevo]

@Mr. Sun No, real Soviets rulers are (were) in the same team as ours. Fascism won WW2 and conquered the World we are living in. Game is staged for our eyes to create false beliefs.

[@TheShowerofSlime]

I hope they find a Mass Relay on their way 😉

[@bitcoinski]

YES!!!

[@giovannicalderon1913]

i love this video!

[@israeldiegoriveragenius2th164]

Do they have the film studio ready?

[@fanbutton]

Yep...ready and able. They say that they won't have the first crew on the pad until 2025. By that time half the world's population should be wiped out according to "Agenda-21, and by 2030 they will have obtained their goal of a 90 percent population elimination, according to "Agenda-30".

[@roberthak3695]

CGI this time friend. the father of Lies has other tools at his disposal to keep the bovine citizens happy and complacent... hoppium is the ultimate drug.

[@theflysubjecttv1308]

😂

[@420bandit]

They would turn this into a virtual signalling trip, who care what race nationalty or gender they are, as long as they can do the job and do it right and they are the best option there is.

[@roberthak3695]

It will be as fake as Apollo. They gave as excuse "lack of money/funds" for not going back. Now they reinvent techno we supposedly had used multiple times with Apollo. Why waste more moeny for new techno, if money was the reason we didn't go back in the first place for like 50 years? Is this in order to hide the fact that we never went there and no such technology ever existed? I think so... Who is the Great Deceiver? The Father of lies?

[@iqbang9236]

Agreed, you know they're playing politics when they emphasize black and female astronauts. Does that mean we should now reserve Nobel awardees for Black and Female people? What about Northern American Native Aboriginals?

[@sanbruno6010]

PEACE LOVE PROSPERITY BONANZA FREE THINKING GOOD HEALTH HUMANITY UNITED HONESTY OPTIMISM

[@carterrussell5888]

It’s not virtue signaling. Women and poc of color have been over looked in the space program for decades, wasn’t until 80s when changed started to happen. NASA is just simply stating that they are no longer overlooking certain racial and gender groups and they are working to correct their discriminatory past.

[@deussivenatura5805]

Why are you even bringing that up, who cares? I just wanna see people on the moon

[@dehenfila5513]

Canlı yayın ne zaman başlayacak

[@JA238979]

An organization that makes plans for itself - with contractors and ambitions to prepare to do things one day - is a client. A strategy is more than a plan, adapts to popular demand, and is usually more successful. In the case of these tests, NASA is the customer.

[@taskfroce80th95]

To infinity, and beyond!

[@markmuteti9578]

Buzz light year 😂

[@FlyingGuillotine]

I have friends who worked on this. They’re super stoked

[@SpyderBlackOfficial]

Lol 😂 😂 😂

[@chrischungy]

The most science I've done was mixing vinegar and baking soda in a little volcano.

[@IndianSummer1982]

At last they are gonna do this again, for real this time:)

[@healthiswealth77711]

IYKYK 😂😂

[@floorskin1]

They will be able to pick up the camera they there last time.

[@bouwah85]

This is telling me they haven’t been there before 🤓

[@Mike36555]

🤦🏻

[@jaypaint4855]

Stanley Kubrick directed Apollo, but it’ll be Christopher Nolan this time around, and Hans Zimmer will compose

[@jamestaylor8650]

“To return astronauts to the moon” 😂😂😂😂😂….

[@nunayobiz]

Exactly.

[@jackofalltrades200]

Like they've been there before.. you know I feel like school lied to Us. About moon landing. There's a lot of conspiracy about that. Anyway

[@SweatyMobileGamer]

What

[@SquizzMe]

I can only imagine what a moon landing in the age of Social Media will be like. The livestreams, the marketing, the cringey geek 'debates', the trolling, the MEMES. Ugh, I can't wait.

[@SpyderBlackOfficial]

And the cgi

[@KARLOS121]

Flat earthers.,Moon landing deniers. Cancel generation will say the rocket is not woke enough and feminsists will say the name of the rocket is to masculine.

[@gamesharkme]

Wow

[@jan_mustang]

To the Moon and back!

[@richardthetroll6758]

To the Moon, and Boom 💥.. will be nice to watch it exploded..

[@jurassictheory6494]

@@richardthetroll6758 weirdo

[@Triple070007]

Come on guys, Neil Armstrong did it in a tin foil wrapped cylinder and lived to tell the tale. Sheesh you’d think it has never been done before Lol

[@AndyCutright]

And Lovell, Haise, and Swigert made it home by the skin of their teeth. Space flight is always a risk.

[@roberthak3695]

It will be as fake as Apollo. They gave as excuse "lack of money/funds" for not going back. Now they reinvent techno we supposedly had used multiple times with Apollo. Why waste more moeny for new techno, if money was the reason we didn't go back in the first place for like 50 years? Is this in order to hide the fact that we never went there and no such technology ever existed? I think so... Who is the Great Deceiver? The Father of lies?

[@willrobinson9767]

@@AndyCutright The biggest risk is survival without a bathroom......

[@Schnoz42069]

It’s a new rocket

[@mikehunthurst6953]

In a Hollywood basement.

[@hurithinkbefore1340]

NASA is NASA! What a logo!

[@824nd]

Price will come down once they are in production mode? That is hilarious! That ain’t ever going to happen😂

[@JohnShawOhio]

Go NASA!

[@teamtryxgg281]

Go where?

[@akshaypathak5612]

@@teamtryxgg281 NASA !

[@prateeknegi997]

@@teamtryxgg281 NASA!

[@definetlyachessmaster]

@@teamtryxgg281 NASA!

[@ChaseStricklandjax]

I know they haven't built a rocket in a while but isn't that why they are using pre existing engines and components?

[@saahiliyer11]

You still need to know how it works in order to service it, make improvements, and see what areas will be under the highest stress. Skip that and you’re just asking for an Apollo 13 but no one knows what the hell’s wrong with it.

[@saahiliyer11]

And with something as delicate as an engine, you definitely don’t want to just transplant one that’s a few decades old into a new rocket and expect everything to be a-okay. It doesn’t take much for that engine to become a veritable bomb.

[@corey2232]

You've watched how many different tests SpaceX has done with their series of rockets, most recently Starship right? Just because they did something 50 years ago, doesn't mean starting over with many new systems & a lot of future goals this needs to achieve going forward will just go perfectly. Think about those Starship tests & how many revisions they're burning through. NASA doesn't have that luxury being a public, government organization using taxpayer money, so they have to get almost everything right the first time. They can't just keep pouring resources into iteration after iteration & go through trial by fire. Artemis 1 is the best chance they'll get to iron out & test all the things they need to know, & hope it's all settled by Artemis 2.

[@chimwalatembo7088]

Nice one

[@cow77cow]

What about the Van Allen belt?

[@yummyroll509]

I hope they attach a camera on the bottom so we can see an uncut unedited video of our blue globe as its launched and flying out into orbit towards the moon. I want to see the entire planet and all the stars and the sun.

[@kenmann7406]

I hear “cut costs” and get concerned for another Apollo 1 situation. North American Aviation anyone?

[@AstroemmaYT]

Algún día viajaré al espacio estoy seguro de que lo lograré

[@epicgaming4946]

You would thinking if you could do it 50 years ago with the technology of a patato we could do it now days with relative ease

[@aorusaki]

That's true but I think they want to do it safer this time. Remember there were accidents and deaths in past missions

[@1peanut]

0:33 Landing people on the moon by 2025 ? I thought they did that 50+ years ago ? (rolls eyes)

[@du-me-Utube-1975]

Makes you WONDER if the U.S. really went to the moon 60 YEARS AGO…or NOT!! 😂

[@eapleitez]

they did, and they're doing it again

[@NeilPeelParanormalPeepShow]

Just check out the falling regolith from the Apollo astronauts feet as they skip along. That tells you they did not actually get there.

[@1peanut]

@@NeilPeelParanormalPeepShow Great piont. I notice this too.

[@bakovichivan2705]

@@eapleitez I belive if I tell you that u are invisible you will belive me

[@elcowboytv]

People you gotta understand it’s no easy to go to the moon for the first time 😂😂😂

[@stevenlee7394]

Exactly Right! Human never been to the moon.

[@du-me-Utube-1975]

1000% GOLD!!! 😂😂😂

[@readthestreets]

What speed dose the moon teavel around earth?

[@Schnoz42069]

Like 3,700 km per hour

[@jholid6y]

Why they keep saying the first, testing, finding? Have they not been there?

[@Michael-cb5nm]

I’m not confident that they can pull this off. It should be much easier than 50 years ago, but this is not the same United States.

[@stefanavic6630]

Yeah, all those German rocket scientists are dead now.

[@FalconFlyer75]

Modern Scientists are superior, the respect they receive has gone down, if everyone stays out of their way they can pull it off

[@FalconFlyer75]

@@AndreaOlivieri87 they went like 9 times, if they were faking it they would have faked it once But cut them a break they haven’t done a manned mission to the moon in over 50 years, most of the people who worked on the Apollo program are retired if not deceased, they basically have to redo it from the ground up using old notes and designs that weren’t made for modern technology (many of the old parts don’t exist anymore and they have to work around it)

[@Agent77X]

It is much more corrupt and no objective way to find out the truth from the news media!

[@reentrysfs6317]

I mean back then apollo had 10 times the budget

[@gameshark3199]

A quote from Space Force on Netflix "It's good to be black on the Moon."

[@mldboytk960]

Today is 16 November 2022 Wednesday 8:30 am GMT5+ Today is a big day, we will launch to reach to the moon

[@heyneken2156]

"Apollo Program" Producer: Walt Disney deceased at that time. Co-producer: Wernher Von Braun. Director: Stanley Kubrick Art Director: John Hoesli. Writer: Arthur C Clarke. Photographer: Geoffrey Unsworth. Total cost = 169.51 billion current dollars...

[@harambetidepod1451]

if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants

[@uTubeismyTivo]

This is 400x more expensive per launch than Starship lol

[@rinsedpie]

Cant contained my excitement for the long-awaited commercial activities on the Moon

[@n2bfw884]

Send them all.

[@joshuaquezada3088]

We supposedly did this already yet we need to do so much testing to do it again 40 years later somethings fishy

[@Schnoz42069]

It’s a new rocket you clown. The first one of its kind evert built

[@definetlyachessmaster]

you act like the apollo 1 mission went straight to the moon without any incidents

[@ianrotten4453]

Yep. Representation is all that matters when it comes to space exploration! Sounds about right. I say, just rely on SpaceX.

[@bigzed7908]

Don't pay attention to it. The science and the achievement is what's important. I hope the astronauts get the training they need and get there and back without any lethal drama.

[@all2jesus]

@@bigzed7908 We're criticizing them for paying attention to these things. Its just horrible. We should send the best of us, not the worst.

[@bigzed7908]

@@all2jesus Who's the worst?

[@bhashuvbr]

can't we have 8 shaped orbital that can move into both earth and moon orbit one after the another and v can call it as trans-orbital system to carry crew and other equipments from moon to earth and earth to moon.

[@weareparamore1597]

Imagine if Russia,china,US and other countries team up for this kind of missions? But geopolitical BS is more important than the progress of humanity, and when i say humanity all of us

[@iqbang9236]

Blame it on NASA Administrator Nielsen, who is more of a politician than a scientist.

[@Andre_Jordan]

Well it was the original space race that got us there in the first place.

[@Redsoxking]

I'm not a fan Dicators so no Russia or China(untill the CCP loses power).

[@nimozuz2109]

Why they team up? US allegedly did it alone 50 years ago, with advanced technology and wealth we should be going there on daily basis by now

[@Andre_Jordan]

@@nimozuz2109 A̶l̶l̶e̶g̶e̶d̶l̶y̶*

[@Mooseracks]

What's incredibly interesting is that this Artemis spacecraft CANNOT locate any of the ALEDGED APOLLO landing sites. 🤔

[@wosupbro]

Will they also send the first transmephodite?

[@WhollySchiit]

Didn't we already do this back in 1969? Why does it sound like we are doing it for the first time? Why is it critical to send men to moon by 2025?

[@realcarlspartacus]

FIRST TIME FOR REAL! UHUUU ... FINALLY.

[@Schnoz42069]

The moon landing wasn’t faked. If it was then Russia would have proved it was by now. Cope harder

[@imrick3771]

didn’t we do this before? And we’re struggling now?

[@titooyus6788]

Exactly

[@charleswest6372]

Staged in 69.

[@Vetkiller]

The way they have spoken about landing on the moon I’m starting to believe we really never did land on the moon. How is it 50 years ago they had no issue but with todays tech it’s nearly impossible.

[@Th3Bishop3]

The difference is they are developing technology to help us get to and remain on the moon. 50 years ago it was a quick stop and go.

[@MadaviAmruth]

Science ❤️

[@CosmicD]

4:50 hehe, "gateway station" from Space 1999 also orbited the moon and was smashed when it was blasted out of orbit :)

[@MrACOUSTICPETE]

As someone who witnessed the first moon landing it will be great to see the Artemis landing . I never thought I would have to wait this long ! Let's hope we don't lose the momentum to go further this time ! Best wishes to one and all !

[@rondigittyprepper3900]

you did not witness anything except for a fake video of a fake space vehicle

[@SpyderBlackOfficial]

You witnessed a staged event

[@MrACOUSTICPETE]

Hi there " rabbit ears " good to know you're still alive ! Take the " red pill " next time !😂

[@nimozuz2109]

If man walked on the moon 50 years ago, we would be going there for weekends by now, how was it achieved at that time and now with all the advanced technology and wealth we did not visit again, think about it

[@ketsueki8511]

you witnessed it some studio in Hollywood

[@ansh6848]

Prayers are with you NASA..Really excited to see humans back on Moon..!!

[@HardKore5250]

Until Artemis 3

[@charleswest6372]

You mean the first time-!

[@choleswarsa5496]

nice to hear that once again NASA send humans to Moon, but this mission is going to be costliest space exploration ever.

[@mred419]

no pre-flight for Apollo missions

[@definetlyachessmaster]

there...was... did you not look it up.

[@zahryl]

I'm surprised nothing was mentioned about NASA's previous moon-landing programs, as if you guys are doing this for the first time. With all the knowledge and experiences from the Apollo program plus today's tech, this should be a breeze.

[@titooyus6788]

Second to that, totally agree

[@Mangaka-ml6xo]

I wonder how much it will actually help them this time, technologies changed so much and is so much more weak to radiations and electromagnetic waves. Our knowledge also got a massive level up since last time, I suppose they would aim to make the whole trip and missions a lot safer for the people that will be going over there. The biggest help the previous missions will provide, is likely regarding the Moon's surface itself, they will be better equipped and ready against it compared to the previous missions.

[@itstime3723]

It's only been 50 years since we went to the moon at that rate should see mars by 3000 lol

[@charleswest6372]

If we don't destroy earth first.

[@turdferguson1021]

Hey Astronauts- Bring a flashlight and point it towards Earth on April 29 2025 @ 1700 EST so we know you are on the moon walking around. Thanks

[@definetlyachessmaster]

or as an alterative you could point a laser at the reflectors we put on the moon 50 years ago. however you would need a pretty good laser

[@ShosinMelotic]

This is truly a second space race.

[@S_Heavens]

Strategically moved launched time since the competition (Russia) is busy waging war.

[@rchristie5401]

What in Gods name would make this mission 42 days long??? 5 days to the Moon some orbits, then 5 days back.

[@chrisk246]

They are testing long term life support. This rocket is a potential platform for a human Mars mission. They need to see how it holds up to radiation.

[@vrclckd-zz3pv]

I hope they gave them an extra gimbal this time

[@martinbrandom2654]

Not going well is bit.Got the plans for saturn 5? That seemed reliable enoug.h.

[@YasinNabi]

vYou can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. --Steve Jobs;

[@ladadog3977]

I certainly hope they are using an electric rocket.

[@aeginsilverblood2070]

I’m confused why they’re having to test all this. Didn’t we figure out how to go to the moon back in the 60s ? If anything it should be a lot easier now.

[@davekim1027]

Right on. So the conspiracy theory was I think true

[@bordedup546]

@@davekim1027 apollo 8 did the same thing in 1968 before the proper landing in 1969

[@timstoltzfus8408]

Never lànded in '69

[@du-me-Utube-1975]

Makes you WONDER if the U.S. really went to the moon 60 YEARS AGO…or NOT!! 😂

[@Bk6346]

You haven’t done something in 50 years you need to relearn.

[@lewispeaks1518]

They claim to have been to the Moon 60 years ago, and yet are struggling to even send an un-manned rocket to the Moon.

[@bossjohnny6355]

its been like what 50 years since the last launch to the moon most of those who worked on those launches are either dead or retired. there basically using outdated notes not ment for modern use and the parts for those rockets used in the launch may no longer exist or stopped being produced since the program was stopped 50 years ago so cut them some slack. i do really hope this succeeds. since this is gonna be a historic moment in human history which people in the future might remember as the program that kickstarted the age of manned space exploration

[@bernardridesagain5722]

@@bossjohnny6355 I get what you are saying but I'm not buying it. There is no way they did this in the 60s.

[@sydanas7564]

thats exactly what was thinking, I was under the impression that this mission is going to put men on the moon but no that's not even happening till mission 3. it's like doing it from the scratch- I am starting to be skeptical about previous moon landing.

[@kennethgrantham5092]

Why so many delays causing the next moon mission to occur in 2025? If memory serves me correctly, the Apollo flights were maintained by the equivalent of a Commodore 64.

[@Emdee5632]

You still need to build the hardware , and test it, test it and test it again. Nasa's budget was several times higher in the 1960s than it is now. During 1 or 2 years they got a staggering 4.5% of the annual federal budget. In the 21st century it's a meager 0.5%.

[@povertyspec9651]

Ever see the movie Capricorn One?

[@Emdee5632]

I LOVED it. Great movie! The moment they knew their lives were over if they did not escape right now. The menacing black helicopters. The joke about the family member climbing on the roof. But Apollo was real, and people will walk on the surface of the moon again in a couple of years.

[@the.trollgubbe2642]

not impressed, supposedly they did this half a century ago

[@blackperl6677]

So is it true that NASA lost critical documentation and information on how the original rockets were built thus the need to re-engineer everything....???

[@codetech5598]

They only need to re-engineer everything if they want men to walk on the Moon for real.

[@mikehunthurst6953]

Does this surprise you?

[@maskonfilteroff3145]

No, that's just something conspiracy theorists like to say.

[@marybyrom2319]

Way to go Nasa.Been waiting since 2017, Elon ,you

[@kangmeowrin]

FASTER PLEASE. IM GONNA DIE SOON. :((

[@adamcrookedsmile]

@2:00 - too bad deputy administrators at NASA engage in identity politics. About ten years ago I started following science news more closely because that was the only news section in the newspaper that wasn't politicized like the news, culture and columnists. It was like an escape capsule of sorts. Ah those were the days.

[@Agarwaen]

you mean... like how no minority or women was allowed as an astronaut in the 60s? that sort of identity politics?

[@rbspider]

I don't care what color or gender . We have the first black woman VP , how's that worked out? We want the best , stop the affirmative action program.

[@johnmatmanivong9407]

Successful launched system 100%

[@du-me-Utube-1975]

Makes you WONDER if the U.S. really went to the moon 60 YEARS AGO…or NOT!! 😂

[@mikehunthurst6953]

Hollywood technology was great on the 60s.

[@titooyus6788]

Yes they did it 6 times, they even find a cocacola bottle on the moon

[@du-me-Utube-1975]

@@titooyus6788 .....Source: trust me bro!! 😂😂😂

[@charleswest6372]

NOT

[@nunayobiz]

Stanley Kubrick has passed on, how are they gonna pull “another” moon landing off?

[@roberthak3695]

CGI. Kubrick used frontsecren projection. Now they will use CGI. Watch movies like Gravity, interstellar. They have been perfecting it...

[@Schnoz42069]

The moon landing wasn’t faked. If it was then Russia would have proved it was by now. Cope harder

[@daxmarshall4969]

@@roberthak3695 Insanity usually sounds confident.

[@roberthak3695]

@@daxmarshall4969 non sequitur. ad hominem. get good bot.

[@xuryiq_1]

0:43 when you eat too much taco bell

[@kxkxkxkx]

SLS = Sistah Launch System 🌚

[@decem_unosquattro9538]

If they can get to the moon that would really be something. To build the infrastructure to get from the earth to the moon another great feat. I think talking about going to Mars is way to premature. Just getting to the moon will be a monumental step for mankind.

[@hunsadersrockinranch]

just imagine the radiation on the moon. this all seems far fetched

[@decem_unosquattro9538]

@@hunsadersrockinranch I agree.

[@alexthai4957]

Why monumental? About 50 years ago, we put men on the moon 6 times. Should be comparatively simple with today's advanced supercomputers and AI simulators.

[@bornonthebattlefront4883]

@@alexthai4957 fr People still believe it didn’t happen As if 16k men and women from various different backgrounds just kept it all a secret Heck, The USSR themselves congratulated the US and Streamed the landing in Russia

[@decem_unosquattro9538]

@@alexthai4957 Bro that was bs. U.S didn't go to the moon. I'm sorry to have to inform you. It was staged.