Back to the Moon - Part 1 | VOANews

After the Apollo program ended, the US took a long hiatus from lunar exploration. What happened during this time, and what has NASA been doing? This documentary by the Voice of America's Russian service explores the multiple attempts to return to the Moon.
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[@Vector_Ze]

Of course, I agree that things shouldn't be rushed to the point of failing safeguards. But... I viewed an Orion capsule mockup at the KSC Visitor Center in 2011, over a dozen years ago. Since then, there have been two Artemis flights, both unmanned, one to the Moon. And apparently, the first manned flight is several years down the road. I don't want a disaster, but I am 70 years old. I recall the first Mercury flights, and naturally, I remember Apollo. I want to live long enough to see our return to the Moon. The Shuttle kept us in LEO for three decades. I should say that the lack of funding from Congress did. It was long overdue for retirement when it finally was. It always had too much of its mass to orbit as vehicle mass (Starship is worse in this regard) and never lived up to its supposed purpose of cost-effectiveness and fast turnaround. SRBs for crewed flight are a horrifying standard, and, sadly, they are being used for our newest projects. I witnessed the last three Apollo and a couple of Shuttle launches from the vicinity. All of the Apollo launches were awesome, but the night launch of Apollo XVII was especially indelibly burned into my memory. These guys talk as though there's a hurricane in every location in Florida every other Thursday. Comically, some residents talk that way, too. It ain't true, folks. 48:50 I thought hand off to Houston came when the vehicle cleared the tower. Let's go, Artemis III! I don't carry a "phone in my pocket". But, my dual 12-core hyperthreaded Xeon processor desktop with a couple thousand GPU cores will run circles around any smartphone to date.

[@ncprimetime]

tike to upgrade that old pc my friend

[@Vector_Ze]

@@ncprimetime Oh? Is it out of style, or something? I've never been a fashion slave.

[@codymoe4986]

"2 Artemis flights"?? When was the second one? Artemis 2 was scheduled for 2023, and has been moved to September, 2025, at the earliest. Artemis 1 was launched in November of 2022. P.S. several---more than 2, but not many. About the only thing you got right!

[@KrustyKlown]

@@codymoe4986 technically, there have been two test flights: Dec 5, 2014 Orbital test flight of Orion using Delta IV Heavy, and Nov 16, 2022 Lunar Orbital test flight using SLS Block 1.

[@Vector_Ze]

@@codymoe4986 Well, you're certainly full of yourself, aren't you? Actually, I only got ONE thing wrong, referring to the Orion Capsule as Artemis.

[@RobertMacDonald-dv8rs]

I remember as a child looking up at the full moon and my sister saying to me it’s hard to believe people are walking around up there and I thought it’s amazing alright How could Nixen cancel such a wonderful program ? And fund a war that was un winnable

[@daniellartey7898]

Taking us through history is very great, I am enjoying the Voice of America narration.

[@mr.invisible3770]

I remember Columbia. Challenger I was 3. When Discovery retired I lost hope. We need to be exploring. It’s the final frontier.

[@SheriffofYouTube]

they only ever went 300 miles from the ground. to the space station in LOW EARTH ORBIT; the moon is 300.000miles away, was not possible in 1969

[@codymoe4986]

@@SheriffofKZbin LEO extends out to an altitude of 1200 miles, not 300. And the average altitude of ISS is 248 miles, not 300. And the Moon sits at an average of 239,000 miles, not 300k. P.S. The Hubble Telescope, orbits at 340 miles, outside of your set "300 mile" limit. How did the Shuttle deliver it to, according to you" an unreachable destination? Troll harder....

[@maxprescott9371]

@@codymoe4986 “SPACE” is infested with fakery ✨and they have already indirectly admitted that they Never went to the Moon 🌚🚀NASA is a fantasy money pit

[@2147B]

Personally i think it's the infinite frontier.

[@maxprescott9371]

@@2147B Disagree,, it’s a finite money pit, has done next to nothing for mankind and the world 🌎 when you look at the Cost $ over the last 60 years,, what has it actually achieved 🚀💩

[@Frankthetank-zr5mc]

I was also at Stapleton (the old Denver International airport) when it came in for the night. Not the life changing event like for Jeremy, but it was an awesome sight. Dad was an Air Force/ANG/Airline pilot flying C-130's out of Cheyenne with the Wyoming ANG and B-727's out of Denver with United Airlines so I knew about airplanes. This beast was like nothing I ever imagined. There were no scheduled 747's flying into Denver then, so that was a sight in itself, but the shuttle on its back was like Star Trek.

[@phil20_20]

I watched the whole Apollo program in grammar school. We had a G.I.Joe model of the Gemini capsule. He fit right in there, spacesuit and all. We're still at stage 1 of the Sphinx Riddle. We were incredibly lucky. I think space will always be dangerous, just as it always has...

[@Frankthetank-zr5mc]

Man, that GI Joe has to be worth thousands! Do you suppose Mrs. Cook still has it?

[@matthiasgrunwald895]

Where is part 2 ?

[@jimslade9277]

Bravo.

[@josecarlosvitorinoBORBA]

GRATIDÃO. OBRIGADO. EMOCIONADO.

[@ohheyitskevinc]

Skylab had a lot more than is mentioned here. It was an observatory and had a spectroscope and hundreds of experiments. Also, the docking mechanism wasn’t Gemini - it was Apollo… The Shuttle’s main problem was it was an air force project. Designed by them. They abandoned it and left NASA with a “space truck” design and the air force hardly used it and went back to Titan rockets for satellite launches. A space station wasn’t part of the plan for the shuttle. That was only planned 23 years after the first shuttle launch - in September 1993…. So after Apollo - we abandoned Skylab and dumped NASA with something useless. I’m only 10 minutes in, but this isn’t going well so far.

[@winstonsmith6204]

Docking was Gemini also first space walk

[@codymoe4986]

@@winstonsmith6204 The docking mechanism on Skylab, wasn't a holdover from Gemini. Also, the first spacewalk was performed by cosmonaut Alexi Leonov, during the Voskhod 2 mission.

[@winstonsmith6204]

@@codymoe4986 I stand corrected. . . You're 100% right. First space walk for humanity was Soviet

[@genebohannon8820]

SLS is like building a car from NOS (new old stock) parts. They put stickers over the STS badges.

[@mrsplashventures]

OMG, the music....goodbye

[@its_jahcore]

Where's part 2

[@alvinmoir4137]

This was great, can’t wait for Part 2 baby…😎👍

[@brianwolent9593]

I'm 64..... Saw it all from the beginning. It's been toooo long.

[@ShawnRitch]

I agree, moon missions should have never ended. We could have had a fully functioning base on the moon by now -- that is no exaggeration. Also, the knowledge we could have gained about low gravity vs micro-gravity in comparison to the ISS and the moon is more than most people realize. Moreover, I believe that we are going to find that low gravity is much better for the human body than no gravity at all.

[@seanmchugh2866]

@@ShawnRitch you know SpaceX is building something far more impressive, right? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWK6l3aMj6uNhtEsi=WzGfoljGD_1QSdel&t=42

[@Frankthetank-zr5mc]

Ditto Breaux.

[@jameswhitfield1850]

The last time we went to the moon they told us we don't belong here don't come back so if they attack us it's our fault 🤔

[@Funk_Reactions]

I went to all of the first 3 Artemis scrubbed launches and I told my wife I’m not going to the 4th launch and they had a night launch lol. But went to see Starship last week and experience my first rocket launch.

[@robertarnold9815]

and a failure to meet minimal test milestones (all three times).

[@Micheal-jo1sl]

3rd terrific failure!

[@Frankthetank-zr5mc]

I took my son to one of the last shuttle launches. I won't go into details but we ended up in the family and close friends section for launch. The launch had been delayed so many times that most of the "VIP' designated people went home, opening their section to a few of us lucky mere mortals. It was worth the 18 hour drive and something neither of us will forget.

[@grahammukuyu4660]

​@@robertarnold9815 maybe you are too damn to understand what space x is doin

[@codymoe4986]

@@grahammukuyu4660 Holding up humanity's return to the Moon?

[@henryjraymondiii961]

18:20 I think it is important to contrast the "willingness to wait" to achieve a balanced pressure to comitt to launch, with the (perhaps) monetarily funded (not entirely by accident) and detached attitude those whom may actually benefit by keeping their status as well paid "professionals", by a procrastination that abounds with words and phrases like "I (am or am not) comfortable...[read this last word in italics]. YES we would assume that NASA knows this in spades. Human being is difficult.

[@pauldannelachica2388]

Space mining and colonization exploration must be the top topic of humanity

[@SuperTreemendus]

Why?

[@user-tm6nq3ou1v]

Why not use the manta space craft the mil has had for some time , it goes there and other places .

[@josecarlosvitorinoBORBA]

Sempre me deu uma tristeza Presidente Kenedy nao ver os astronautas na Lua

[@joserafaelgarciamorales8724]

Imagine all we humans can achieve if we put wars aside and combine all that technology into exploring space we will be real real ahead of what we know already peace on Earth 🌎🌍.

[@ratratrat59]

Horse hockey. You are dumping those beautiful motors in the ocean.

[@Frankthetank-zr5mc]

Not Elon

[@ToxicNets]

Go dive for them. Finders keepers

[@rob935]

Starship has already dumped 117 engines in the ocean... More than the space shuttle used in 30 years of service and more than the sls will ever use. ​@@Frankthetank-zr5mc

[@TanksInSpace_]

So? They will become a great place for Marine life. SpaceX has also dumped a few hundred engines in the ocean. 👍

[@andrewwilliams9419]

@@Frankthetank-zr5mc kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKmqYYp3rNylfc0

[@keithharris1672]

This thing ain't gon never liftoff with a crew didn't they roll the schedule back another year ?

[@HardRockMiner]

Back to ??

[@Jbbs95]

Starship is going to change everything

[@averageatom]

The music is great in this

[@vavilovasvetlana9044]

Impressive video!!!

[@MichaelMiller-op8fe]

This whole documentary is trying to make the SLS look good when all they did was recopy a capsule, build a computer that controlled the craft and put it on top of a shuttle platform with no cargo capacity at all whatsoever. Seems like about two steps back to me.

[@davidE.90151]

why does it say apollo space program above the title

[@Frankthetank-zr5mc]

It's a great hook and, uh, the Apollo program actually made it to the moon? 7 orbiting missions (8, 11, 12, 14-17), 6 landing missions (11, 12,14-17) and 1, well 180 degree turn and home (Apollo 13)...the title isn't quite click bait but I agree it smells fishy. However, the balls it took to make it to the moon 55 years ago gives Apollo the right to be highlighted anytime going to the moon is mentioned. There is no way they would approve taking the risks they took today, but the the Apollo program wasn't about science or space exploration, it was a deadly contest between communism and capitalism, winner take all. That was 'war' and wartime risks were acceptable. Once they start fighting over the resources on the moon, not just science things will speed up.

[@codymoe4986]

@@Frankthetank-zr5mc Apollo 13 didn't execute a 180 degree turn, they flew by the Moon and back to Earth on a planned trajectory...

[@ArthurDelmora]

Firmament

[@planetsec9]

So, so, much SLS apologism in this video you'd think you were watching a Boeing commercial. They praise everything that's wrong with the SLS (friction stir welding, 5 segment SRB's, fully expended vehicle and engines, liquid hydrogen ISP) basically everything oldspace that leads to delays, astronomical launch costs and rockets that fly so rarely and infrequently that every flight might as well be a test flight. I'm looking forward to Part 2 where they throw even more shade on Starship and Starship HLS while praising SLS Block 1B and the EUS as something revolutionary.

[@TanksInSpace_]

That's because It's not a video about Starship but about SLS, Einstein ... to see starship you need to watch other videos on this channel .. In 10 to 15 years they gonna praise Starship too when it manages to deliver its first people safely to the moon.

[@user-ri9hb6th1w]

Its about time we are going back!

[@leelunk8235]

GOING BACK LOL WE NEVER WENT GOOFY

[@scaramonga]

@@leelunk8235 Yup, never even been there. Hell, they cant even get a simple 'lander' to sit straight there now, with a thousand times more tech than what the 60's had (un-manned). I can understand why they staged it, the 'space race', the Cold War, Russia vs the USA, etc. I do, however, look forward to whoever sets foot on the moon, and hope it's done in the time I have left here @ 60 years of age now.

[@leelunk8235]

WE NEVER WENT IN THE 1ST PLACE WHAT YOU MEAN GOING BACK

[@user-ri9hb6th1w]

@@leelunk8235 only a complete moron would make a stupid statement like that . we went to the moon and we are goimg back again and we sure as hell dont need people like u to do it ...

[@scaramonga]

It's about time we even did!

[@user-if6eu6ys2n]

The worst thing about living on the moon..... there's no wal mart.

[@RuralJuror420]

The dollar general will be fully staffed and operational by Artemis 4 ❤

[@fredricful]

Uansett jeg dom betaler så ja e jer me fan .

[@Frankthetank-zr5mc]

Yea, what he said.

[@ThomasSmith-rf2rk]

To me, the rocket has a 'Russian' appearance with the two side boosters. Compared to NASA's success in capturing the attention of America, NASA is failing with Artemis and returning to the Moon. To NASA, the Moon is a step stone and not a destination. Arrogance.

[@nonegone7170]

You do realize those are pretty much Space Shuttle boosters? "To NASA, the Moon is a step stone and not a destination." Because it is... There's only so much to do on the Moon, and it costs about as much Delta-V to reach Mars.

[@TinLeadHammer]

There is nothing Russian in using two huge SRBs. NASA and its subcontractors want to re-use Space Shuttle hardware instead of developing new one. This is a space equivalent to the Boeing 737 MAX.

[@codymoe4986]

Ehh, name a Russian launch system that uses 2 gigantic SRB's...

[@vavilovasvetlana9044]

Interesting to know about"Back to the moon"

[@gregorybyrne2453]

Lets hope the non gravity on our super conductor moon trapped between the two energies of the Earth's double torus fermie cells magnetosphere reacts differently this time 😅

[@rador3573]

Starship, New Glenn, Neutron is the future. Reusable rockets ftw

[@franklynfosu]

Wow I really enjoyed this.

[@Jason-ho8wr]

8:08 Wow, unfortunate name

[@annabelloftime4210]

Thanks

[@RickScidmore]

could the Space Shuttle ignite its RS 25s and climb to orbit?

[@MrCrystalcranium]

When President Obama cancelled the Constellation program saying NASA needed to work with private industry to broaden their technology aspirations and goals, I lamented that decision and often said the country needs a national space program with manned flights. Given NASA's aerospace manufacturing assets at its disposal, private industry would never be a significant player in NASA's future or the nation's space future. Now, my view has spun 180 degrees. This colossal boondoggle of a rocket program with a launch schedule and goal forecast spreading decades will never do anything but waste the taxpayer's money and be a jobs program for the aerospace industry. SpaceX puts NASA to shame. They will be ready to land on the moon with super heavy and Starship years ahead of this program. The embarrassment ahead for NASA as SpaceX moves closer to going without them is going to put this stuck in the 1970s bureaucracy into the scrapheap of history.

[@codymoe4986]

Hmm, Artemis 1 already launched, and helped put a man rated craft, into lunar orbit. Meanwhile, SpaceX is holding up the show with the colossal boondoggle that is Starship. The same Starship that hasn't even made LEO... Not to mention, NASA has literally explored the whole of the solar system, while SpaceX hauls groceries and taxi fares to the ISS. NASA should be ashamed? Absolutely, for expecting a snake oil salesman like Musk to deliver on his promises...

[@LoudPipesSavesLives]

Why not build a electric space shuttle?? 4 electric turbine motors with big lithium batteries.. hell even add a few electric turbos to it

[@nerdvana101]

Like button moon we'll be back soon

[@agrigorulez]

Buck Rogers

[@youerny]

I am really doubtful about Artemis. Not enough money, choppy schedule, old hardware. It would suffice to read the plan in details of Apollo and compare it to the current one to realize they are at best lagging beyond. They don’t have a lander yet and they don’t have a vector to reach llo with the weight needed by an average moon mission. The elliptical orbit theory are willing to adopt is not “better then Apollo” it is just what they can achieve with that brick of SLS: lack of dv results in a two weeks orbit around the moon. It means that any emergency on the surface will result in a tragedy because the impossibility to launch a dock on Orion. Oh, and there is also that detail about the launches, 15 launches per single mission is a huge hole the program, because of reliability, security, and any practical common sense. Boh

[@615taz]

Yip watching this. Earth & water is where i feel compatible. Ain't gotta worry about me going to space on a rocket. That might go boom.

[@seans9986]

Back to the moon?

[@genebohannon8820]

NASA can have their astronauts stay at an Elon hotel when they get to the Moon.

[@codymoe4986]

How's Elon going to build anything on the Moon, when he hasn't even achieved LEO with the vehicle he intends to use?

[@nicktatters7523]

Brilliant achievement, but this rocket does not have the stylish look of the Saturn V rocket

[@Frankthetank-zr5mc]

I agree the Saturn V was awesome, but it didn't have the look of the Starship. It's ironic that Elon's machine looks so much like the Flash Gordon era spaceships, not Mercury/Gemini/Apollo.

[@dantyler6907]

nasa. Meaningless. SpaceX is the real space transport!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@Martin-117]

Wow. 56 minutes of trying to justify the SLS's existence.

[@andrewwilliams9419]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKmqYYp3rNylfc0

[@marbasfpv4639]

43:40 Hydrogen was developed as a rocket fuel propellant. lol wtf hydrogen is an element. XD

[@marmaly]

Foolish waste considering SpaceX cost.

[@skyemac8]

Spacex will fail

[@XellithUS]

It will be a long time until we get back to the moon. SpaceX is not going to work for Artemis. The rockets they are designing are not fit for purpose.

[@johncamp7679]

Who remembers seeing the first launch of the shuttle? I was sure the main booster was all white at one time.

[@GordonTurnerr]

they stopped painting it to save weight!

[@geoffallan3804]

That was the external tank, and yes it was painted.

[@randallolson7630]

I recorded the first launch of the space shuttle Columbia in 1981 on my VCR. Still have the tape. I remember how excited and animated John Young was as he was walking around it, looking at the tiles, and moving his arms in excitement. He had already walked on the moon on Apollo 16, then he and Bob Crippen were the first shuttle crew.

[@manifold1476]

A quick replay of an old video will show you that. It sure beats relying on an aging memory.

[@codymoe4986]

That "booster" was the external fuel tank. No motors...

[@mercerconsulting9728]

Sorry, but it just seems like the same old idea, i.e. tanks and nozzles that are thrown away after every launch, and a capsule.

[@fredricful]

Du vet du som sitter nå og hacker min tellefon. Du hvem utbetaler deres lønn?

[@BoycottChinaa]

🎵 For yourrrrr eyesss onlyyyyy so much to see, so much to see that's.. 🎵

[@ph11p3540]

This rocket and the space shuttle are the reason why I don't like hydrogen powered cars.

[@TinLeadHammer]

This rocket and the Space Shuttle are the reason I don't like SRBs.

[@mikeg0802]

SpaceX is the only way we’re getting back there…

[@robertarnold9815]

Well, yes since the SS is part of the current landing scheme. However, NASA is going to get tired of this failure and move on to a rational lander approach. SS is just a money pit that is nothing but a delay for a successful landing.

[@Micheal-jo1sl]

Elon burning through his money from the federal government And no Trump won't help him.

[@seanmchugh2866]

@@robertarnold9815 question - why do you have an irrational hatred of StarShip? To call it a failure is ridiculous.

[@salarrue78]

wrong answer

[@robertarnold9815]

@seanmchugh2866 Its a rational concern about the wasted NASA funding that ultimately will delay the moon landing schedule, the scamming of investors' money, general affront to good engineering practices, unneeded damage to the environment, wasting the FAA's time (and your tax dollars) to clear the airspace for their misadventures, etc. Shall I go on? I’m not even worried about you sycophants babbling endlessly about how great Musk is when clearly he is just a con man.

[@brianbee2869]

Artemis is a flawed program.

[@Funk_Reactions]

I agreed. They are using the same technology that waste money and resources.

[@robertarnold9815]

SLS succeeds, SS explodes. So which approach is flawed again?

[@CaptainBuzzBee]

Artemis 3 will require an unspecified number of SpaceX Starhip launches​ (15 is the estimate) and on orbit refueling (new technology) to be able to land on the moon. @robertarnold9815

[@mjh7609]

Nice presentation drama, but new, old hardware. Lead, follow or get out of the way of progress. We have had enough of money sucking stagnation in space exploration.

[@stratcat3216]

It only took 30 years to orbit the moon again.. smh

[@GilbertoFerreira]

There is no reusability in the SLS! This is awfull!

[@RickySingi-xc7sc]

Is there wind in the moon's atmosphere? What a coverup. Looks like Arizona at night.😂

[@robertmcnearny9222]

The ending was super dramatic for NASA using 1970s tech

[@marsspacex6065]

For those who don’t know sls was mandated by congress to keep the shuttle companies employed. It’s totally outdated and insanely expensive. Starship will replace this easily.

[@robertarnold9815]

HA HA, right now SS can't even meet its meager test milestones let alone hope to replace the SLS. Frankly the failure which SS is will delay the moon landing missions of Artemis.

[@marsspacex6065]

@@robertarnold9815 meager goals?. You mean the most ambitious space project in the history of man. Starship has already launched successfully the largest flying object in history and is now pushing the cutting edge in to the unprecedented realms of full reusability.

[@robertarnold9815]

@@marsspacex6065 no, the milestones that they set up like not blowing up before meeting a target goal.

[@Micheal-jo1sl]

Straight has failed to meet any of its major goals. Running through NADA money fast.

[@codymoe4986]

@@marsspacex6065 How do you call exploding 3 times, and failing to even reach LEO, a success? Here's an example of an actual success...SLS, successfully putting Orion, a man rated spacecraft, into lunar orbit, during Artemis 1.

[@tanthiennguyen9308]

Es geht um Patientieren bitteschön.........................! Schneller Bundesraten darüber Informiert bitteschön...........! Es ist nicht gratis.....

[@jeffhunt367]

Faf

[@DLContent-AIL]

"60 years is not a long time from a technology development perspective"...I disagree with that statement very much. in 60 years we went from airplanes not existing to airlines. Everything is hard when one first starts. The point is to keep going and getting better till its not difficult.

[@joseeduardobolisfortes]

In 60 years we went from building-size computers to smartphones too.

[@maxprescott9371]

@@joseeduardobolisforteswell said !! From the Wright brothers first powered flight, to the German V-2 Rocket 🚀 took… 38 years 👈✨

[@madreep]

2

[@joethorn5015]

Back to the moon? At what price? For what purpose?

[@evrydayamerican]

Such a waste of money. 4 BILLION or More dollars per launch just into the ocean

[@joywest8411]

And they are Still getting away with it .. past & present Tall Tale / blatant Theatricks. People are addicted to their Globe-indoctrination;Disney Space Adventures! 😃😮 🐵🤗🐸🐒👽🙃 It is Criminal Fraud / Theft. But enjoy kiddies...

[@tanthiennguyen9308]

Was denken Sie sich gerade...........? Wenn ich es um Gefährliche Neurologie Anfallen Heilen schneller können werden.........?

[@johncamp7679]

That guy was right when he said, going to the moon was our pyramids. No one knows how either was done.

[@nonegone7170]

German engineering leading the way over American practices, that's how they got to the Moon. Without the Operation: Paperclip scientists they wouldn't have gone anywhere.

[@NewCastleIndiana]

Today no one knows how simple math is done or most anything else. I’m not saying that about NASA. I’m just saying that about compared to back then the general population.

[@johncamp7679]

@@NewCastleIndiana yeah!! I try to help my kids with their homework and you can’t just add 2 + 2. It has to be complicated

[@codymoe4986]

I may not be a rocket scientist, but I can "build" a pile of pretty rocks...to claim the second is an unsolvable mystery is ridiculous...

[@williamdodds1394]

They never went to the moon its was a holywood movie ye saw.

[@michaelsaint7325]

Back in the day I was to all 14 lunches including redstone there's nothing nothing I mean nothing is amazing I seen that 400 ft candle throw itself against the Deep Purple cloth background and 5,000 ft you could see Neil and Buzz waving out the window all I can think of was please close the window please close that window 15 in which they were going in the windows open we create such a draft and all the very hard labor massive Ground School went into it I pointed out the window I think it was bus seem to understand what I was saying and quickly hop back down with the window secured behind him and the rest is history

[@J.Knox46]

What is hilariously sad it that America took Kennedys goal and with nothing less than determination and miracles we not only invented the needed technology but made it ALL come together in less than a decade.. Also BEFORE the U.S.S.R. Fast forward to George Bush Jr. Presidency (not sure if the program was spoke about before Bush Jr. but I'm positive he spoke of Artemis and Americas return to the moon... Which has been EMBARRASSINGLY long ago. Still not there. Now in my useless opinion is this.... NASA is historically always slow and behind schedule. No surprise.. however the main culprit 9:54 here is Boeing.. Boeing won the contract to build the capsule . Boeing and our government has a long history of being over budget and behind schedule . Congress approves the money everytime. That's Boeing's business model I think. If Boeing got shut down when they asked for more money. They wouldnt be the company we know today. At this rate Space X will go to Mars before Artemis gets to the moon..

[@codymoe4986]

Artemis has already put Orion, into lunar orbit. And Starship is still exploding into a million pieces, without even reaching LEO. What are you even babbling about?

[@Rswipes83]

CGI is far more advanced now. They won’t need Kubrick

[@justimagine2403]

Such a cold war era goal.

[@mark33545]

Is this thing already obsolete with starship now proven to be able to get to orbit?

[@toucheturtle3840]

It has not made orbit. 3 launches, 3 failures.

[@surf2257]

​@@toucheturtle3840it reached as expected slightly below orbital speed for safety reasons and the rocket is not expected to survive anything yet while collecting data. I guess you didn't notice the progression of every test flights.

[@toucheturtle3840]

@@surf2257 I’m watching. Elon is full of empty promises. We landed on the moon in 1969 up to 1972. Then we stopped. A population of 3 billion. Now we have a population of 8 billion…where do you think those resources should be allocated?

[@toucheturtle3840]

@@surf2257 NASA has launched 1 of its Artemis missions. A complete success even with budget cutbacks. I know which rocket I would rather strap myself into if I was going to the moon. Which one would you choose?… One with a proven history of space flight, or one with a proven history of empty promises?

[@surf2257]

@@toucheturtle3840 GTFO. Empty promises: 🤡 : 😂

[@limabravo6065]

Yup back to the moon in a rocket thrown together from shit we had laying around. And over half a century on from apollo and the use of a capsule with an ablative heat shield we now have a super advanced capsule with an ablative heatshield, but it has much better computers oh and the craft uses solar panels for electricity. Look going out to the yard and grabbing used albeit very powerful engines is fine for hotrods and such built in the garage, but NASA?!?! Really this is embarrassing

[@Desperado070]

I'm still waiting till we go to mars ... jokers

[@chiefauditor1683]

So sad to see NASA fail. So much time wasted on diversity which we know delivers shit outcomes. Best person for the role always wins.

[@newforestpixie5297]

my having got home it’s back to the moan 😮

[@trtr-tl8li]

なんで今になって月なんだよ～。怪し過ぎるよ。NASAは火星の方に一生懸命だが月の方が簡単だろうに。怪し過ぎるよ。

[@zackatwood2867]

Reach for the stars, it’s better than digging holes to fight in 🇺🇸

[@PatrickPannunzio]

It’s terrible. But before we condemn the actions of the world population we need to understand that drought is a Common feature throughout history. The great rivers of the world have been changing course for many years and for many populations. The Nile river has changed course many times over the past. Unfortunately the freshwater rivers and lakes will continue to change. We must adapt to the changes. Especially if fixing them is not feasible.

[@RuralJuror420]

They’re making it so complicated this time around. Just keep it simple. Why take one vehicle there, transfer to another, go down, come up, transfer again? Just take HLS fully and cut your losses on the other vehicle. China is keeping their plan simple, and they’re actually hitting their benchmarks and dates. We are delaying.

[@IbnBahtuta]

Well, as Jim Free from NASA stated, the reasons for the delays now are because SpaceX "failed to hit the technical milestones". he should know, right?

[@rkr9861]

China is also launching on two separate vehicles, and their end result won't be much more capable than the Apollo lander.

[@rkr9861]

@@IbnBahtutaTo be fair, SLS started development in 2017 for the rocket, and Orion started development in 2011. They launched together for the first time in 2022, after 11 years of development. Starship wasn't funded for HLS functions until 2021, and then they spent an entire year in litigation because the other bidders were sore that they didn't win the contract. So after two years Starship has just made it to space--a fete that took only 1/5th the time SLS took. Imagine if they'd been allowed to start even a year earlier...

[@IbnBahtuta]

@@rkr9861 Well Jim Nelsons worst fears could happen as Russia and China declared the cooperation to build a moon base together with a nuclear power plant as the cherry on top of their new territory.

[@Asterra2]

Spends an hour talking about the return to the moon and particularly about returning for good. Doesn't mention SpaceX even in passing. By the time we put boots back on the moon, there will be serious talk about dropping SLS in favor of Starship for every remaining mission. So this seems shortsighted.

[@scaramonga]

Yeah, and my long post got mysteriously deleted for speaking out, go figure.

[@codymoe4986]

SLS? The launch system that has successfully placed a man rated craft into lunar orbit? Meanwhile, Starship can't even make LEO without exploding into a million pieces? You Muskrats, truly are delusional...

[@davidinfante8542]

We never went to the moon

[@daveycrocket4873]

NASA home of past glories that no one has a clue of how they even happened

[@davehester7349]

It's about time were going to the moon

[@leelunk8235]

VAN ALLEN BELTS SO IMPOSSIBLE GOOGLE IT

[@joywest8411]

It Is Impossible. but shhhhhh... Great Lies generate perpetual Billion$.

[@fransschepens3]

What a fake

[@maxprescott9371]

Yes totally

[@Joe-xj2tb]

You mean to the moon as we have never left earths atmosphere!

[@codymoe4986]

So much for GPS satellites, communications satellites, etc, huh? LOL! P.S. A good pair of binoculars will get you a view of the ISS flying by....

[@scaramonga]

There is no 'BACK' ;)

[@robertsullivan8045]

....lol...listen guys, we have technology that is better than what is being shown here. WE are further out in space than the MOON. Tell your kids to JOIN SPACE FORCE and to be specific when it comes to the food they need to get in their contracts. I have a friend who's son is out there on a deep space craft today ...and that is all I can say.....Just tell your kids to specify real beef, not lab grown imitation protein. The Military is trying to cut costs on these shipments to space with drones that resupply these deep space craft with food. GET them to specify the food they want before signing any contracts with OUR TOP TIER space travelers.