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[–] GatekeeperOnTurdMountain@programming.dev 2 points 53 minutes ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago)

Cold War 2.0 with a dash of other conflicts and a sprinkling of posturing, pagentry and bravado. The will to power!!! Whip it out boys this is not our first rodeo. This pot hole riddled heap of a dog still has its bite.

I just can't get out of my head the dual purpose of things like this. They say it is for the betterment of humanity but yet they are weaponizing space. I am pretending to be naive by the way. Like I don't know... hahaha I sure hope they suceed. Fingers crossed. No challenger PLEASE.

[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I get 1968 vibes, there's a war on and civil rights are being stomped on, and then we send a rocket to the moon.

[–] brackled@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

And this time throw in a dash of potential disaster... https://idlewords.com/2026/03/artemis_ii_is_not_safe_to_fly.htm

Tldr: NASA does not seem to have fully addressed the heat shielding issues from Artemis I mission

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Launch thread with all the livestreams :)

[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 hours ago

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