@fiore @dangerdyke this mission is really interesting since it’s the first crewed flight of the Orion the new most advanced and capable spacecraft in service today (China may well change that soon but for now) which they have been developing for 25 years through two failed programs it was intended for and on the smallest budget congress can get away with paying them, they trickled drop by drop the development of a new translunar spacecraft and super-heavy launch vehicle to completion some fucking how that’s NASA for you, they play the long game, they have the 50 year plan, if they get funding and autonomy they cannot be stopped, the state fears them, the power of the spacelings, the spectre of newtypes, the fear of being left behind to die on the planet they killed, but nothing will stop Artemis 2 Fiore that lesbian will transition to translunar space