I love how someone brought their plushie of Artemis the cat from Sailor Moon into mission control during the Artemis II mission.

[ttimo@mastodon.social]

@plasma ah! Thanks - I had seen the cat but didn't make the connection.

[f4grx@chaos.social]

@plasma I've seen that stream for 3 hours and did not notice that lol

[f4grx@chaos.social]

@plasma Also I would definitely print an Orion instrument panel somewhere if I had the files!

[plasma@woof.tech]

@f4grx the plush started showing up the day after launch, so I'm sure a lot of people missed it

[f4grx@chaos.social]

@plasma It was during the TLI, I think the plush was already there.

[zenheathen@beige.party]

@plasma These very human moments are some of my favourite things about the whole mission.

[lemgandi@mastodon.social]

@plasma Every damn one of these people is a hero. Also lovin' the Personal Touch.

[beccadax@soincredibly.gay]

@plasma One of the CAPCOMs sitting in front of him yesterday was wearing a Sailor Moon lanyard, so it might have been his.

[gcvsa@mstdn.plus]

@plasma At least they didn't bring in Kyubey!

[frantasaur@mastodon.ie]

@beccadax @plasma wait, you see nerdy stuff at nasa and you be assuming it’s all from one person? I have news for you…

[lewie_kong@retro.pizza]

@plasma One of the staff there also had a Sailor Moon lanyard on too.

[fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk]

@plasma there is probably a whole internal history of traditions linking sailor moon to moon launches, and we don't know about it.

i'm worrying that no–one pissed on the bus tyre…