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".
Yup.
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I never see any of the "I'm just excited about space progress and science!" crowd celebrating any of the Chinese space flight accomplishments.
They were silent when China landed a robot on the moon a few years ago. Silent when China landed a rover on Mars. Silent about the Chinese space station that's orbiting the planet. Silent about China's crewed mission to Mars that is on schedule to depart on 2033.
When they talk about space and science and exploration being "humanity's accomplishments," it's pretty clear who they're viewing as humanity. There's an era of cold war nationalism that feels yucky.
@mekkaokereke @davidnjoku I concede the point, although from my perspective I've had my interest in space absolutely shattered by the Expanse-esque competition from the billionaires.
I did watch Tiangong launch, and the first set of astronauts to go up. Kinda wild how the feed gets flagged as "state media" in a way NASA (and perhaps ESA?) doesn't, to your point.
Trying not to "not all Artemis enthusiasts" about this. I definitely am trying to latch onto an accomplishment that feels multi-national and worthwhile, particularly as it would rekindle my life-long love of space. There was a time when I was retweeting the goings on of every fledgling launch provider (I remember watching RocketLab back when it was literally just a cheap web cam pointing at the pad). Just can't these days, Musk has put paid to that.
Not sure I had a overall point sorry, just wanted to provide some context for anyone in the same, ostensibly silent boat as myself.
I saw an article earlier about the potential collapse of the video game industry (possibly on Aftermath), and their point was along the lines of "yeah but that giant free-to-play game in South Korea that you've never heard of doesn't care if Call of Duty sales nosedive". I guess we all have our blind spots to things going on elsewhere.
@tehstu @mekkaokereke @davidnjoku Not-specific-to-any-country-summary:
(disclosure: I watched too many launches while working at Blue Origin)
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