Mastodawn

Even though I am generally interested in science and technology, I have found it impossible to get excited about Artemis II.

I'm not quite sure. Maybe it's because America isn't exactly my favourite country these days because ... well, you know why. Or maybe it's because, contrary to what I'd always assumed, these things are a lot more jingoistic than I thought. It's not "Mankind is going to the moon", it's "America is beating China to the moon".

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Shar(yna)Tran/Shark(aeopteryx)

@davidnjoku This part. It feels impossible for me to overlook the way aeronautics research has been used for nationalistic, surveillance, and war purposes*, especially now when it's literally happening and there's nothing I can do about it. And this is coming from someone who fundraised with their graduating class so we could go to Space Camp.

*this part is for any nation, they all do this, it's how they get government funding to start with