Artemis II

I went on a school cruise around the Baltic, including St.Petersburg (then Leningrad)and Moscow, and the day after we returned to school we witnessed Neil Armstrong make that small step onto the Moon. So for me this Artemis is a little underwhelming, but understand how amazing it must be for people who were born after 1969.
 
Bournemouth Blue said:
I went on a school cruise around the Baltic, including St.Petersburg (then Leningrad)and Moscow, and the day after we returned to school we witnessed Neil Armstrong make that small step onto the Moon. So for me this Artemis is a little underwhelming, but understand how amazing it must be for people who were born after 1969.
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Did you go by train from St. Petersburg to Moscow?
 
Bournemouth Blue said:
I went on a school cruise around the Baltic, including St.Petersburg (then Leningrad)and Moscow, and the day after we returned to school we witnessed Neil Armstrong make that small step onto the Moon. So for me this Artemis is a little underwhelming, but understand how amazing it must be for people who were born after 1969.
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Alright Sargent Buzzkill.

I get that the original Apollo missions were mind blowing and I wish I could experience that collective moment. But I’m not a FOC.

Personally though I literally shed a tear watching the launch and it was vividly apparent to me that this was a moment I’d remember for the rest of my life.

I’ve been to the Kennedy Centre in the 90s as a kid and I’ve watched the Shuttle on tv, including the 2003 disaster.

It’s amazing to see NASA doing NASA things again. I’m sure they’ll gather loads of important data from this mission but their biggest achievement will be inspiring future generations of kids to get involved in science.

It’s fucking amazing and I say that as just some bloke in his late 30s.

I went round to see my mum last week, she’s in her 70s and has no background or big interest in science or space travel. We got talking about the launch and she told me she watched it and cried.

This stuff touches people in a way that’s really hard to articulate. It’s a distillation of everything that is good and inspirational about collective human endeavour.

NASA should run the yank government, the world would be a better place.

And don’t take my little insult to heart, I’m only taking the piss pal :)
 
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Johnny Mars Bar said:
Alright Sargent Buzzkill.

I get that the original Apollo missions were mind blowing and I wish I could experience that collective moment. But I’m not a FOC.

Personally though I literally shed a tear watching the launch and it was vividly apparent to me that this was a moment I’d remember for the rest of my life.

I’ve been to the Kennedy Centre in the 90s as a kid and I’ve watched the Shuttle on tv, including the 2003 disaster.

It’s amazing to see NASA doing NASA things again. I’m sure they’ll gather loads of important data from this mission but their biggest achievement will be inspiring future generations of kids to get involved in science.

It’s fucking amazing and I say that as just some bloke in his late 30s.

I went round to see my mum last week, she’s in her 70s and has no background or big interest in science or space travel. We got talking about the launch and she told me she watched it and cried.

This stuff touches people in a way that’s really hard to articulate. It’s a distillation of everything that is good and inspirational about collective human endeavour.

NASA should run the yank government, the world would be a better place.

And don’t take my little insult to heart, I’m only taking the piss pal :)
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Great post, I’m so pleased people found the lift off as emotional as I did. Weirdly, I was also as nervous as hell, why the hell was I feeling like that? I’ve watch the astronauts everyday just for a few minuets find out what they’ve been doing. Looking at the photos they’ve sent etc.
I was seven when Apollo II mission took place but all I remember is being shouted from my bed by my Mum that a man was going to be on the moon. I don’t remember anything else.
I’ve seen other shuttles take off and land but nothing has gripped my imagination like this mission. It’s been incredible.
 
normskih said:
Great post, I’m so pleased people found the lift off as emotional as I did. Weirdly, I was also as nervous as hell, why the hell was I feeling like that? I’ve watch the astronauts everyday just for a few minuets find out what they’ve been doing. Looking at the photos they’ve sent etc.
I was seven when Apollo II mission took place but all I remember is being shouted from my bed by my Mum that a man was going to be on the moon. I don’t remember anything else.
I’ve seen other shuttles take off and land but nothing has gripped my imagination like this mission. It’s been incredible.
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I felt the same watching the launch. It was unexpected, I never thought I’d get so emotional watching it. Like I said it’s a moment I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life.

In a world of shit this felt like something truly innovative and inspiring.

Going to try and stay awake for the landing tonight but it’s unlikely tbh!
 
Excited about this and I am going to try to stay up and watch the re-entry and landing, these people have been the furthest any human has been before that's quite a thing as things go.
 
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