CosmicRamiFirst PoC and first woman to go around another world.
Don't stop talking about this point.
It's important.
๐ธ NASA
EyeAnd they're both such seasoned astronauts in their own right!
Bravo to both ๐๐
Great photo!
Bienvenue Integrity !
ChookMother ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ@CosmicRami About feckin time!
Jon F@CosmicRami It is important and I celebrate it, but I worry that Artemis is also a project of oppression and inequality. It is in league with Nazi Musk. It is opening a path for capitalist exploitation of space. Unlike Apollo, it comes in the midst of a climate emergency here on earth. All my enthusiasm for space is erased by this dissonance.
St. Hottus die Pfeife@AvonVilla @CosmicRami This should not be the case. Space exploration has brought us technologies that are key to fighting the climate catastrophe, like heat insulation, solar energy, LEDs and water purification systems.
It's also important that, in a time where people seem more divided then ever before, we showcase that working together is key to reaching goals, not like in Apollos time, a race against an enemy. The mission hardware and crew showcase this very much.
It's also important that, in a time where people seem more divided then ever before, we showcase that working together is key to reaching goals, not like in Apollos time, a race against an enemy. The mission hardware and crew showcase this very much.
@hotte @CosmicRami Working together, you say? I'm showcasing the fact that it's "working together" with a nazi.
Also I think you're overselling the scientific by-products of the space program.
I would like to see NASA concentrate on the superb work it has done on climate science, but human exploration should be a much lower priority.
I don't discount the value of "inspiration" per se. But compared to Apollo, Artemis gives very poor return on investment. Today's circus is mostly just a re-run of Apollo 8. It will be forgotten very very soon. Crossing the finish line 58 years after the winner is not that great.
@AvonVilla @CosmicRami By just focusing on Musk as a person, you talk over all the international effort that went into this mission and all the coming ones. Focusing on one person that until today has done nothing for the Artemis program yet is an insult to the international team that made something that was war driven in 58 Years ago possible in the name of science.
But seems like you are one of those people that think focusing one one problem only somehow solves it...
But seems like you are one of those people that think focusing one one problem only somehow solves it...
@AvonVilla @CosmicRami ... What you seem to forget is that most of the technologies that we have today that help fighting the climate catastrophy are byproduct that got invented for a completely different purpose in the first place.
Flipper ๐ฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐@CosmicRami i, for one, am going to celebrate and bask in their triumphant achievement. Humans, as @blogdiva might say, are punk af. Forget the orange menace for a day, love the heroes in orange for a bit.
Makoto@CosmicRami Victor Glover and Christina Koch. their names are important too
Disturbed90@CosmicRami It's such a shame ppl are still thinking in colors and genders. Who cares? They are just humans.
@Disturbed90 @CosmicRami that's dangerously close to "I don't see color". take it from a guy who used to think himself that that was a valid stance.
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@Disturbed90 @CosmicRami It would be nice to not have to think about it, but if we don't, we'll just forget about not seeing any black people or women, and instead only cishet white dudes everywhere. Not acknowledging people of color and not-male people of any kind is extremely dangerous, as it will erase them from the public, as they were before.
Our world is racist and sexist, so we must push every form of breakup in the status quo and celebrate it until it's normalized.
Our world is racist and sexist, so we must push every form of breakup in the status quo and celebrate it until it's normalized.
Frans Super ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ FKNZS๐ป@CosmicRami Yes and no. PoC and women arenโt trained monkeys who youโd not expect to deliver such a great achievement. The world has been a jerk for ages, ignoring that PoC and women are no different.
Jonas@CosmicRami This gives โrebel allianceโ vibes while ICE stormtroopers give โgalactic empireโ vibes
David PFWIW the orange suits are known colloquially as "pumpkin suits".
These ones are a modified version of the Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES), called the Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS).
Monsieur_Lepetit@CosmicRami
Also they all shared the same toilet (that that woman repaired btw) and nobody batted an eye
So that was never a problem, was it?
Also they all shared the same toilet (that that woman repaired btw) and nobody batted an eye
So that was never a problem, was it?
ProjektionsytaI didn't even think about it when I saw that picture, a normal portrait of members of a normal space crew. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ But of course, historical!
s10n@CosmicRami
I hate how dystopic this actually is, when you think about it.
This is news in 2026 and not from the 1960ies.
I hate how dystopic this actually is, when you think about it.
This is news in 2026 and not from the 1960ies.
Judge Yuri ๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธ@CosmicRami Good for her! Finally! 
Too bad the other one's the dipshit who pulled the "nO aThEiStS iN sPaCe" 
horseshit. ๐
Quoted by the "lovely" people at Focus on the Family, even. Gross. ๐คฎ
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@CosmicRami and yet somehow the Universe survives... ๐
MacBalance@CosmicRami Also the whole project was an example of international collaboration to my understanding.
Michelle HughesWhat's that coconut-looking thing she's holding?
Ash-Miw-Re@MegaMichelle @CosmicRami Looks like a helmet.
BrisWombat@Ashmire @MegaMichelle @CosmicRami When they emerged from Integrity, the awaiting naval team on the "porch" inflatable platform, fitted them with safety gear for being winched to/traveling in the chopper. This included the helmet she is holding in the pic.
In the NASA stream, after touchdown you can see Glover remove his when he is seated in the same position as he is seen in this pic.
In the NASA stream, after touchdown you can see Glover remove his when he is seated in the same position as he is seen in this pic.
Josh Grosse@MegaMichelle looks to me like a vented helmet. @CosmicRami
Mark Prior@CosmicRami I'm more impressed with the Canadian, who I notice was missing from the TV coverage of the crew's return to Earth on SBS news.
Maria Langer | ๐๐ฅ๏ธ๐@CosmicRami @rpmik What's sad is that we had to wait until 2026 for it to happen.
รscar@CosmicRami
No. It's not important. We're in the 21st century, being black or a woman is no longer a handicap in the West (greetings, Mr. Obama). Glover and Koch are consummate professionals with a wealth of experience, not tokens.
The issue, if anything, is that Trump's cancellation of diversity programs might mean they end up being the last ones.
Bebef ๐ฆฆ๐ช๐บ๐ดโโ ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐๐ผ๐ฅฆ๐ฉ๐ด@CosmicRami I wish I lived in a world where this wasn't something out of the ordinary.
Lizzie@CosmicRami I was SO happy to see them smiling and waving from the "front porch". Astronauts were my heroes as a kid, I watched from the BEGINNING, like Sputnik., and they still are. How wonderful to see these shining faces represent the USA.