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(DIR) Post #B53LNaKwkljjH2Caw4 by Gargron@mastodon.social
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
(DIR) Post #B53LV9UkR1FSLFOXpI by mast0d0nphan@beige.party
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@Gargron #FuckAmerikkka
(DIR) Post #B53LW3t8lW2BF7Eoca by krautnapped@mastodon.world
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@Gargron TBH, most Americans are feeling the same. Even the people who I know love this stuff don’t really seem too enthused about it here in the US.
(DIR) Post #B53LcUO59hGlAKm96e by 64bithero@mstdn.games
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@Gargron your choices for Space on this level is either US , China, Russia or India none of which are being very nice right now … Oh or a Billionaire and we know how lovely they are
(DIR) Post #B53LfcjkZJsBviPBoW by gartmor@mastodon.social
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@Gargron I'm feeling exactly the same way 😐
(DIR) Post #B53LjQP0N1VQpiVxFA by ntnsndr@social.coop
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@Gargron It feels the same way from here in the US.But: It was really wonderful to see my kids excited to watch the launch, and to have something to be proud of in our country that is not attacks on other countries and raids on our neighbors.
(DIR) Post #B53Lwc08YbegZTAe36 by Martranslations@mastodon.social
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@Gargron Same.
(DIR) Post #B53MF1rn83XI0I36ae by ErikUden@mastodon.de
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@Gargron every day I'm glad being on this social network compared to anywhere else. Thank you!
(DIR) Post #B53MVd0CpKgFoMtr4C by dnkboston@apobangpo.space
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@Gargron I could not care less about Artemis II right now, and I don't care what that makes me.
(DIR) Post #B53MfQ6ZdLRWhtY0lU by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@Gargronyup, the #USA fucking sucksthat dampers enthusiasm for #Artemis #Artemis2 #ArtemisIIi say:be happy for #JeremyHansen, first Canadian in deep #spaceand his mission patch was designed by #Anishaabe artist #HenryGuimond, referencing the Teachings of the Seven Grandfathers"Hansen asked Guimond to design a personal patch for his flight suit after participating in a vision quest at Turtle Lodge Centre of Excellence"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-indigenous-artist-artemis-ii-patch-9.7148013#Canada #Indigenous
(DIR) Post #B53MgFyCnhe9Z023wO by MFennVT@mastodon.world
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@Gargron Same.
(DIR) Post #B53MkrqdufX8CMh3rM by chris@nutmeg.social
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@Gargron As an American I also feel the same.For one of my posts I did draft and delete a comment saying something similar, but didn't want to feel like a downer. I respect the honesty.The other side of it is that the current US budget means NASA is killing science missions to ensure putting humans back on the moon is it's #1 priority. In 2026 I don't believe the scientific value is there to choose the least economic way to study the moon.
(DIR) Post #B53N9T2lGyM6VZ5lyK by datenwolf@chaos.social
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@Gargron It's not an honest U.S. American Moon mission, without a cruel war going on that was initiated by the USA.Vietnam... Iran, what's a few geopolitical details among friends?
(DIR) Post #B53NYiLJWm5jCIoBfM by jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net
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@Gargron You might be surprised to learn how many parts of the Artemis missions are actually from Europe via ESA and other parts of the world. The US doesn't like to share that, but it's true :)Example: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Orion/European_Service_Module
(DIR) Post #B53NZOLRMh9FSrBsh6 by Gargron@mastodon.social
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@buzz Why would I be sad about that?
(DIR) Post #B53OJyp44cqNv3GJpA by stinerman@mastodon.social
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@Gargron Same...and I'm an American.
(DIR) Post #B53ObPsIkOkCk85fRw by lefteristrip23@mastodon.social
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@Gargron I just think of it as nasa doing it and not US. Plus it wasn't nasa alone, it was nasa + esa + other countries. They just launched from US
(DIR) Post #B53OzP1bYijf3asatk by Agonio@vivaldi.net
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@Gargron I put it like this: "Every dollar spent for a space mission is a dollar not spent for war"It helps me at least
(DIR) Post #B53P4Fx4igxeMi4j7w by bookstardust@bildung.social
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@Gargron i would like to abolish national states and travel as humanity to the moon 🙄But at this point i would root for china to make it to the moon before the US
(DIR) Post #B53P9D0D74sofKu48W by Gargron@mastodon.social
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@buzz And this is because..?
(DIR) Post #B53PNw0SaOZUIV2emW by mnf@mastodon.social
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@Gargron Do they have to kiss the ring upon returning? 🤢
(DIR) Post #B53PPCWOfWSpo8aGOG by Madmonkey@mastodon.uno
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@Gargron, I follow @buzz, and is really funny. He is sarcastic, I guess.
(DIR) Post #B53PUn6A6WeyhFyiAq by Eetschrijver@mastodon.social
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@Gargron My feelings exactly, Sir.
(DIR) Post #B53PWhhp7mtoYEVSG8 by Gargron@mastodon.social
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@Madmonkey @buzz If it's a joke, it doesn't come across that way.
(DIR) Post #B53Qx7OYKqnDhxeTJY by EvoScale@c.im
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@Gargron There are multiples more concerns Earth bound, so wasting more vital resources on even further value spaces, is amateurish at best.
(DIR) Post #B53QyCH5g7dN8DfxU8 by haaflife@ohai.social
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@Gargron any scientific advancement from this mission would immediately find its way into the military industrial complex and be used against innocents in the next genocide. Thankfully, the scientific value of the mission is very limited. I'm just angry that us Europeans collaborate with the fascists on this mission
(DIR) Post #B53R8XeJ404kJqT3AG by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@Gargron @Madmonkey @buzz it's not funny nor a joke, unless someone considers casual bigotry "a funny joke"
(DIR) Post #B53RmdGra4SdL2cQlc by LilPecan@mastodon.social
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@Gargron I live here and feel the same.
(DIR) Post #B53SIZrrlkXc3B9wKu by kabutor@infosec.exchange
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@Gargron same here, I should be super pumped and I barely care.
(DIR) Post #B53SMDSV1mXFhx1sAq by markmalowany@mastodon.social
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@Gargron Hey there's a Canadian on board. Hold onto that.
(DIR) Post #B53UwWB76dCy6CKpSC by openrisk@mastodon.social
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@Gargron for as long as our affairs down here on Earth are such a deteriorating mess it feels frivolous to pursue such vanity projects. There isn't much science or relevant technology to be had with insisting to roundtrip frail human bodies in deep space. If we have to, robotic missions much more to the point. But such is the power of projecting hegemonic strength. The Chinese also keen to make headlines. Like peacocks wasting enormous energy to demonstrate fitness... 🦚
(DIR) Post #B53X2RvO29MWYIw1OS by feyter@mastodon.gamedev.place
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@Gargron man currently I wouldn't even signup for a US lead space mission... Who knows if Trump decides to stops funding NASA half way to moon and replacing mission control with ICE agents...
(DIR) Post #B53XBvufuGAkAN7kv2 by hadon@mastodon.social
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@Gargron Most articles don't mention a very important detail:"Artemis II: “Without the European Service Module, the mission is impossible”"https://www.rfi.fr/fr/science/20260331-artemis-ii-sans-le-module-de-service-europ%C3%A9en-la-mission-est-impossible
(DIR) Post #B53XFHdVb41yPMgz2W by pa27@mastodon.social
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@Gargron Felt sorry for the poor buggers on board being waffled at by Drumpf last night...
(DIR) Post #B53XGp0921aKB50u0m by hadon@mastodon.social
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@Gargron Without ESA (the EU), Artemis II wouldn't be happening! But everybody gives credit only to NASA. Let's change that!
(DIR) Post #B53XPSUo4l00z6TRa4 by hadon@mastodon.social
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@Gargron Europe will be providing the power that makes the journey possible thanks to ESA’s European Service Module, the propulsion heart of the Orion spacecraft. The module supplies air and water for the astronauts, provides electricity through its four solar arrays, controls the spacecraft’s temperature, and delivers propulsion for key manoeuvres in deep spaceBuilt by European industry led by ESA, the European Service Module was assembled by Airbus in Bremen, Germanyhttps://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/Europe_powers_Artemis_II_mission_to_the_Moon
(DIR) Post #B53XblqTxahOTHU1nU by Leafy_Greens@mastodon.social
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@Gargron I feel the same way. Obviously I hope the crew makes a safe return home, but I do wish they had instead wasted the effort bringing back the rocks stored in whichever Martian rover they're in, that may or may not contain fossils....but of course that was cancelled.
(DIR) Post #B53XdY9lpHUIaxLz8K by Brynawel@mastodon.social
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@Gargron I feel the same. Usually I am very enthusiastic about stuff like this. But this time: nothing. I feel nothing.
(DIR) Post #B53YLAqTrEJz2S8H7A by rlv@mastodon.ie
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@Gargron As well as a litany of direct assaults on human life, dignity, and freedom, these are indirect assaults on all that is good: exploration, knowledge, cooperation, care, kindness, truth, shared reality, you name it... Self-inflicted hubris is one of the most formidable enemies of the fascist megalomaniac. That, and people that never stop engaging in resistance, direct or indirect.
(DIR) Post #B53Z7W3YIcXgisIX4q by luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place
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@Gargron Rejoice, the ones flying bombing missiles have curtailed funds to the ones flying around the moon. The next Nasa mission will be flying around the block.
(DIR) Post #B53aMefqdoYXkQzdg0 by darwinwoodka@mastodon.social
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@Gargron right there with you.
(DIR) Post #B53aX35IjpZOLrr3lA by anna@mathstodon.xyz
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@Gargron imagine being the first woman to fly around the moon and then having to talk to DJT right after
(DIR) Post #B53asMvm93SXz9Z7S4 by ienvision@mastodon.social
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@Gargron exactly. Gill Scott Heron sang about it in the 60s.https://music.apple.com/us/album/whitey-on-the-moon/1621377689?i=1621378283
(DIR) Post #B53b1zOmUYnHthihPM by barryallen2023@mastodon.social
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@Gargron Real Americans agree
(DIR) Post #B53bN2HowzdOw1V4Eq by notthatkindofdoctor@mastodon.social
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@Gargron All I can think is why the fuck are we excited about being in space again when a bunch of people just lost insurance, SNAP, jobs, freedom, etc and the plan is to just continue polluting space forever? Maybe watching Challenger explode live dampened my enthusiasm for these things but the authoritarianism eliminated it completely.
(DIR) Post #B53bnvAhVlRQgfzQ4u by the_q@mastodon.social
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@Gargron You're gonna be really disappointed with the first moon missions then... and also EVERY ASPECT OF AMERICAN CULTURE DATING BACK TO ITS START!
(DIR) Post #B53cjMTydtkDtfOb0y by Sonofasailor@mastodon.social
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@Gargron It's very much tainted for me to, and I live here. 😕
(DIR) Post #B53eHRbODMDdZhg86i by dusana2255@mastodon.social
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@Gargron It makes complete sense why you’d feel that way — when people see or hear about civilian infrastructure being hit, civilians killed, and threats that could amount to collective punishment, it triggers a deep moral reaction, especially against a country that often frames itself as a defender of democratic values.Here’s what is actually substantiated in the reporting on recent events in the U.S.–Iran war (as of April 7, 2026)
(DIR) Post #B53fLccfHYAaropaEa by vlakicas@mastodon.social
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@Gargron What moon mission? Where? TV studio or AI 3d. Both virtual.
(DIR) Post #B53fie1qDjCtt8aL5s by grishka@friends.grishka.me
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Well Russia can't fly to the moon because our space program has seen very little advancement since the fall of USSR, and it's also at war =/
(DIR) Post #B53gD6Y2kamZ1kAiPI by migtorr@mastodon.org.uk
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@Gargron
(DIR) Post #B5409xW3sB59EI1RMe by obscurestar@mastodon.social
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@Gargron Yeah. Plus it was really just a hardware test. Not a lot of science happening. Regardless, the only thing the mission is going to be known for is that the defective latrine aboard the craft was overshadowed by the one sitting in the offal office.
(DIR) Post #B541lG2A5SXxKWO048 by constantind@mastodon.social
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@Gargron Damw here, I was actually unexpectedly excited that Russians launched a rocket, even if it is a cargo to ISS.
(DIR) Post #B5432eXuIyVSEJ5qtM by IzzyChambers@vivaldi.net
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@Gargron I agree, and I am a US citizen.
(DIR) Post #B544x5Jy2hRDRU2u80 by gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu
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@Gargron maybe, when the astronauts land, they will be greeted by a different president. One can still hope.
(DIR) Post #B5482K1982bYKhQnSK by Tattered@vivaldi.net
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@Gargron Exactly!The flags on the uniforms are the same.
(DIR) Post #B56l97MOs4sHdIWXWy by dancingtreefrog@mastodon.social
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@GargronI'd rather the missions be to some place useful, like asteroids!
(DIR) Post #B5GMUzR2Skd29PcqC8 by ErikUden@mastodon.de
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So @Gargron uhh... yeah... my excitement is... limited.