Godspeed the crew of Artemis Ii
 

What a day to be alive.

Let us hope for a successful mission, and that when we look upon the images they take of the small blue sphere of a spacecraft that we all share, that we will pause to remember that we're all in this together, and that the Earth is the only home we have.

I feel like we just decommissioned the shuttle with no lift vehicles, and only outsourcing on the horizon…

And then I’ve blinked and here we are again where NASA has a big ass rocket and is back to dominating space.

Maybe the politics and b*llsh** of the last ___ years has been getting to me more than I realized. I used to love space, and NASA, and the boundless optimism of the last frontier and its just been beaten out of me by adulthood, partisanship, and bitterness.

It’s so phenomenal to see NASA lighting off that big*as candle again

The pale blue dot. Probably one of the coolest quotes out there.

I am dissapointed I didn't know this was coming. I would have been ay home watching lift off on my 100" TV! I am a big fan of space travel and exploration and am frusterated we haven’t even landed on the moon in my lifetime ( I am NOT young either). Will get home later and watch some replays.

https://www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...bmoE7UUd8Ydg25

Live stream onboard. They'll apparently be livestreaming the whole time they're up there. Been watching them testing the manual maneuvering and simulated docking.

This is such a historic event that seems to have been missed by many. I've been a space dork my whole life and have been obsessed with early NASA, especially Apollo stuff. I've always wanted to be able to see humans go to the moon, and it was incredible watching the launch on TV (Even though the broadcast direction was awful!).

My 9 yo eyes witnessed Neil & the boys blast off from the banks of the Indian River because I happened to live nearby. There is no life on the moon. The stated goal is to change that on a full time basis. Is such a thing even remotely feasible, dare I ask?

Hard to believe me and Victor (pilot) were on our nugget cruise on the JFK together 24 years ago. (Same airwing, different squadrons)

I admit that I got a little teary eyed during the launch.

Maybe I am the odd one out on this forum, but I thought the launch was rather lackluster. SpaceX has really changed the game for live launches with the video feeds all the way up and into space. There were several points when the cameras couldn't even track it and the launch went off screen. I dont know, just shows how much more can be done with modern tech. Starlink is a game changed in this regard. I couldn't help but chuckle a little when NASA put up their little computer image of what was going on, when in contrast, SpaceX gives you live views of it actually happening.

I am glad NASA is getting back on track, but it shows how bloated, bureaucratic and behind the times it really has been. Blessings to the brave crew and I cant wait to see what's next.

Yes they are a government agency. But I was actually impressed that everything worked fine, it's a very complex system (if not technologically out-of-the-box).

I was just happy to see it go, been a long time.