Artemis II crew to be announced.
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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/03/science/artemis-nasa-news
NASA on Monday will introduce four astronauts who are headed to the moon. The four — three Americans and one Canadian — will be the crew of Artemis II, a 10-day mission occurring no earlier than the end of 2024 that will travel around the moon before heading back to Earth.
The crew will join the pantheon of American astronauts who have visited the moon from 1968 to 1972 during the Apollo era.
Artemis I.
The mission, with no astronauts aboard, launched to space on Nov. 16 at 1:47 a.m. Eastern time. While there were hiccups in the months leading up to the launch — two scrubbed launch attempts, hurricane-related delays and a last-minute visit to the launchpad by three technicians with a wrench — the flight was nearly flawless once the massive Space Launch System rocket was ignited.
“I’m telling you we’d never seen such a tail of flame,” Bill Nelson, the NASA administrator, said after the flight in November.
The Artemis I mission lasted 26 days, with the Orion capsule orbiting the moon before returning to Earth and splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 11.
NASA had three primary objectives during the flight:
Demonstrate that the new giant Space Launch System rocket worked to deliver the Orion crew capsule into orbit.
See how well Orion operated for three weeks in the vacuum of space, pelted by radiation.
Verify that Orion’s heat shield could survive the re-entry thought Earth’s atmosphere, arriving at a velocity of 24,600 miles per hour. As it slammed into the air, the heat shield reached temperatures up to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
The mission was a success, although not a perfect one. There were some minor glitches with the capsule’s systems. Orion’s heat shield performed well enough to protect the spacecraft as it re-entered the atmosphere, but not as well as designed.
“We had more liberation of the charred material during re-entry before we landed than we had expected,” Howard Hu, manager of the Orion program at NASA, said during a news conference in March.
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@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
That oughta be a DEI bonanza.
I'm such a misogynist racist h8r. I hadn't even considered that. Thanks for putting me back on track @horace !
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@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
That oughta be a DEI bonanza.
I'm such a misogynist racist h8r. I hadn't even considered that. Thanks for putting me back on track @horace !
@George-K said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
That oughta be a DEI bonanza.
I'm such a misogynist racist h8r. I hadn't even considered that. Thanks for putting me back on track @horace !
I'm just curious whether there'll be one white male, or zero.
Education is extremely important.
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@George-K said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
That oughta be a DEI bonanza.
I'm such a misogynist racist h8r. I hadn't even considered that. Thanks for putting me back on track @horace !
I'm just curious whether there'll be one white male, or zero.
@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
I'm just curious whether there'll be one white male, or zero.
How white is "white?"
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@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
I'm just curious whether there'll be one white male, or zero.
How white is "white?"
@George-K said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
I'm just curious whether there'll be one white male, or zero.
How white is "white?"
The Canadian.
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The Asian guy is pretty cool. Decorated Special Forces that actually fought, came back and got his DMA from Harvard and is now a NASA astronaut.
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@George-K said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
That oughta be a DEI bonanza.
I'm such a misogynist racist h8r. I hadn't even considered that. Thanks for putting me back on track @horace !
I'm just curious whether there'll be one white male, or zero.
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They mentioned "climate change."
Because...that should be on everyone's mind when you talk about going to the moon.
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They mentioned "climate change."
Because...that should be on everyone's mind when you talk about going to the moon.
@George-K said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
They mentioned "climate change."
Because...that should be on everyone's mind when you talk about going to the moon.
It's morally questionable for humans to break out of our quarantine on this planet, considering how badly we take care of it.
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Mission Specialist is a white woman.
There'll be at least one black woman, so that leaves two up for grabs.
@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
Mission Specialist is a white woman.
There'll be at least one black woman, so that leaves two up for grabs.
2 white guys. I guess I need to recalibrate my DEI cynicism.
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@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
Mission Specialist is a white woman.
There'll be at least one black woman, so that leaves two up for grabs.
2 white guys. I guess I need to recalibrate my DEI cynicism.
@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
Mission Specialist is a white woman.
There'll be at least one black woman, so that leaves two up for grabs.
2 white guys. I guess I need to recalibrate my DEI cynicism.
Are they gay?
The Brad
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@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
Mission Specialist is a white woman.
There'll be at least one black woman, so that leaves two up for grabs.
2 white guys. I guess I need to recalibrate my DEI cynicism.
Are they gay?
@LuFins-Dad said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
Mission Specialist is a white woman.
There'll be at least one black woman, so that leaves two up for grabs.
2 white guys. I guess I need to recalibrate my DEI cynicism.
Are they gay?
I'm not even sure if they're guys, to be fair.
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@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
@Horace said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
Mission Specialist is a white woman.
There'll be at least one black woman, so that leaves two up for grabs.
2 white guys. I guess I need to recalibrate my DEI cynicism.
Are they gay?
@LuFins-Dad said in Artemis II crew to be announced.:
Are they gay?
Three men and a woman (I AM a biologist).
Do the math.
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Hmmm, I was told yesterday that this guy was going to be one of the 4:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Kim
Navy Seal, served in Iraq with distinction. Silver Star for rescuing injured Iraqi soldiers in the face of enemy fire.
Went on to get his BA In Mathematics and graduated Harvard Medical School before joining NASA.
