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Famous quotes from NASA mission comms:
- Apollo 11: "The Eagle has landed"
- Apollo 13: "Houston, we have a problem"
- Artemis 2: "We are still updating Outlook so everything but email is go"

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Andrew Faden 20h ago

Thanks to @quephird for noticing this on the NASA feed: https://tech.lgbt/@quephird/116353383035378497

Danie🏒🏒e is officially a PWHL fan (@[email protected])

OMFG… I just heard Mission Control tell Artemis II literally, “Everything but email is go” LOLSOBBING MY ASS OFF NOW

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Andrew Faden 50m ago

Some good ways to watch the moon flyby today, starting ~1pm:
- NASA live stream https://www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK8TEs
- NASA app has an interactive 3D view (AROW) https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-app/
- timeline https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/06/artemis-ii-flight-day-6-crew-ready-for-lunar-flyby/
- another nice timeline view https://charbonzickpean.com/artemis2mission.html

My partner: Just the other day, we thought "Wow, they're up there with the same technology as us! 😀" ...now we're all "Wow, they're up there with the same technology as us? 😬"

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Andrew Faden 13h ago

@Daveography Ha exactly, they were troubleshooting issues with their GoPros too. So weird to see them just using regular consumer tech, but I guess it makes sense for some things rather than developing specialized hardware and software in house.

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Andrew Faden 13h ago

@Daveography Also it really struck me how addicted to smartphones we are a species when I saw that they designed a special smartphone pocket in their space suits.

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Martin Vermeer FCD 5h ago

@faden @Daveography I unearthed this early unintended effect of using COTS products in space:

https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/server/api/core/bitstreams/f70983c0-6999-4e1a-a3c3-595690607148/content#Hfootnote.231

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Baloo Uriza 12h ago

@faden Also Artemis 2: "Shitter's clogged."

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John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺12h ago

@faden

Apollo 10: "There's a turd floating through the air."

https://archive.ph/6KsEH

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Reinald Kirchner 10h ago

@faden for years and years Microsoft was stating in their EULA not to use their software for mission critical systems. Did they remove it? Or is Nasa violating terms of service?

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