bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦
I truly struggle to get excited by the #artemis2 moon mission, but it may be good to know that once in space, the European Service Module provides air, water and propulsion for the mission. So this is a European project as well. Not too many people (even in Europe) have noticed this though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Service_Module
European Service Module - Wikipedia

Apr 2 at 5:48pmWeb
Show thread65dBnoise1d ago
@bert_hubert
They have indeed mentioned it several times in their live coverage.
Show threadbert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦1d ago
@65dBnoise I stand corrected! I've updated the post, thank you. I based this on how much work I had to do to confirm the ESM was actually used for Artemis 2.
Show thread65dBnoise1d ago
@bert_hubert
Oh, you are right to have assumed that. The way they are praising their own and the Dear Leader, while neglecting crediting others, or maybe doing it in some small print lost somewhere, is characteristic of this administration. But interestingly, not so much of this Artemis mission. They seem to me like good ol' NASA.
Show threadSiegfried.1d ago
@bert_hubert Yes, it is build in Bremen, Germany.
Show threadThe_Roman1d ago
@realSiegfried @bert_hubert
By a European Company. I Like Germany, but even more admire the European Spirit
Show threadSiegfried.1d ago
@The_Roman @bert_hubert Definitely! It was built by esa (European Space Agency). The construction took place in Bremen, but of course, it is an European achievement! (Greetings from Darmstadt, home of the ESA Control Center.)
Show threadTubemeister1d ago

@bert_hubert Funny I feel the same way. Been somewhat of a space geek all my life, my dad's a space geek too. Got a Lego Saturn V on my desk and all, so this _should_ really excite me.

And yet, somehow: Shrug.

Show threadProf. Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️1d ago
@Tubemeister @bert_hubert You are me, Tubemeister. Young me would have been thrilled. 60-year-old me just hopes they make it home safely.
Show threadweebull1d ago

@Tubemeister @bert_hubert I'm similar. I think it's a few things.

1. The drive to go is unclear.
2. The project has been chopped and changed so often, it feels cobbled together, and so not about excellence.
3. That doesn't inspire confidence and I, for one, am fearful something horrific could happen.
4. The inclusion of private space firms in the project, built by billionaires, taints the project.
5. The American Flag is something a lot of people aren't comfortable cheering right now. In the US and out.

Show threadhnapel1d ago

@bert_hubert

I did...

https://mastodon.social/@hnapel/116334418136370357

Show threadChancerubbage1d ago

@bert_hubert @AkaSci

It makes the capsule roomier. And even Apollo did a bit of this. But it could be a major oops if they got cut off from this lifeline. There is probably some redundancy in the capsule itself.

This is really a reboot, using what we have learned, of a thing we did 50-60 year back. Getting back on the bicycle.