Farah 🖖🏼🧶🏳️‍🌈

Not that anyone asked, Artemis, the moon goddess, is the twin of Apollo, the sun god, in Greek mythology. She’s also the goddess of hunting, maidens and interestingly, childbirth. Her Roman name is Diana.

What I find interesting is that it took them over 50 years to get the name of lunar mission right #space #greekMythology

Apr 4 at 4:59amWeb
Show threadjiub   4d ago
@farah lol i never thought of that but now apollo is going to bother me forever
Show threadFarah 🖖🏼🧶🏳️‍🌈4d ago
@jiub It bothered me so much! I’m a bit of a mythology nerd, so that tracks I guess
Show threadFlaki4d ago

@farah a bunch of people in leadership played Hades so it was much easier to convince them this time 🙃

(I joke, but, erm...  )

Show threadlizzzzard4d ago
@farah couldn't name a mission after a woman in the 60s.
Show threadStephen Borrill4d ago
@farah And if you want to know more about Artemis from a feminist perspective, have a listen to Natalie Haynes:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021j1m
BBC Radio 4 - Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, Series 10, Artemis

Predator, hunter, archer, daughter of Zeus, queen of wild creatures: the goddess Artemis.

BBC
Show threadAnother Jen * 25473d ago

@farah "Mercury" made sense, even tho that wasn't where they were going; it was the fastest and farthest anyone had traveled.

"Gemini" had two people in the capsule. OK, I can follow that.

I agree -- "Apollo" bothered me for decades.