Mastodawn

It's crazy that this image looks so 'still' but in reality, the object on the left is essentially falling faster and faster into the blue world on the right. So fast that it will be going 39,688.37 km/hr when it enters the atmosphere and we all hope and pray that the engineering was sound and everything goes well.

#ArtemisII #Physics #Astronomy #Earth #TheyGoFast #Falling #Gravity

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Danneau

@chris Dredging up memories of following the first shuttle return, including a period of being out of communication and a heap of speculation about the thermal tiles on the underside of the shuttle. Also had beer and burgers with our Berkeley hosts and watch re-runs of Leave It To Beaver. Not sure Dame Erica was terribly impressed.