What cheeses me off

[Pushka]

Is it just me or do others find the Artemis II mission a bit of a yawn?

Just you

I admire the technology, not just this mission but going back to the 'basic' technology that got man on the moon plus the missions that required recovery.

 

[Dmac59]

Is it just me or do others find the Artemis II mission a bit of a yawn?

Agreed, given it was a loop around and not a landing.

 

[Quickstatus]

Is it just me or do others find the Artemis II mission a bit of a yawn?

The program is not any more advanced than the Apollo missions 60years ago and are using rocket technology that are left overs from the Space shuttle program. They can't even reuse the solid rocket boosters which were reusable during space shuttle So yes it's a bit Meh..

 

[JohnM]

It's not a science mission; that's mere pretence.

It's a repeat of 1950s-style political posturing. Last time - beat the Russians; this time - beat the Chinese.

 

[MARTINE]

I stopped watching after Challenger

 

[TheRealTMA]

It's not a science mission; that's mere pretence.

It's a repeat of 1950s-style political posturing. Last time - beat the Russians; this time - beat the Chinese.

And there was just far too much US style "Glory to God" rubbish from the astronauts.

 

[VPS]

The washing on the line was almost dry and had visitors over. They just left and it's bucketing down.

Never mind - the rain and cool is good

 

[JohnM]

And there was just far too much US style "Glory to God" rubbish from the astronauts.

And someone in the future will write a follow-up of this: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/0199313520?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_au
about this latest boondoggle.