I have literally been waiting for the first crewed Orion mission for 21 years

@winter where do those go
@fiore @winter the moon, in theory
@dangerdyke @winter oh and like . whats the point of the missions
@fiore @dangerdyke I could literally talk about this for hours
@winter @dangerdyke oh i bet , and i love it
@fiore @dangerdyke this mission is really interesting since it’s the first crewed flight of the Orion the new most advanced and capable spacecraft in service today (China may well change that soon but for now) which they have been developing for 25 years through two failed programs it was intended for and on the smallest budget congress can get away with paying them, they trickled drop by drop the development of a new translunar spacecraft and super-heavy launch vehicle to completion some fucking how that’s NASA for you, they play the long game, they have the 50 year plan, if they get funding and autonomy they cannot be stopped, the state fears them, the power of the spacelings, the spectre of newtypes, the fear of being left behind to die on the planet they killed, but nothing will stop Artemis 2 Fiore that lesbian will transition to translunar space
@fiore @dangerdyke as for what the mission actually does, it will enter a high orbit for one day (an orbit exactly 24 hours long) and then perform the best spaceflight maneuver there is Translunar Injection, and in four days travel to the Moon, enter the Lunar sphere of influence, flyby the farside of the Moon not seen with human eyes since 1972, and return to Earth in four days on a free return trajectory, meanwhile validating and testing everything this spacecraft can do
@winter @dangerdyke the far side of the moon .. thats where the cia keeps their super secret base… careful..
@winter @fiore @dangerdyke Finally, there will be injected trans on the moon