[HN Gopher] Artemis II lifts off: four astronauts begin 10-day l...
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       Artemis II lifts off: four astronauts begin 10-day lunar mission
        
       Author : Philpax
       Score  : 73 points
       Date   : 2026-04-01 22:38 UTC (21 minutes ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | reimertz wrote:
       | watched this with teary eyes. it truly shows what we can do when
       | we come together and challenge ourselves for the greater good of
       | humanity.
        
         | anonymars wrote:
         | A real bright spot compared to lately. The messages of
         | positivity and comradery in the live stream were a nice
         | contrast
         | 
         | (That being said, I can't believe they cut to people on the
         | ground during SRB separation!)
        
       | xeromal wrote:
       | I don't think I'll ever not get chills when watching a crewed
       | launch. Godspeed!
        
       | 0xffff2 wrote:
       | I do hope the doomers who think that the entire US government has
       | been completely gutted will take note of this. The government
       | workforce is in a bad spot for sure, SLS is far from a perfect
       | program, but this still demonstrates that we are doing some real
       | work still.
        
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