Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it.
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
yup, the #USA fucking sucks
that dampers enthusiasm for #Artemis #Artemis2 #ArtemisII
i say:
be happy for #JeremyHansen, first Canadian in deep #space
and his mission patch was designed by #Anishaabe artist #HenryGuimond, referencing the Teachings of the Seven Grandfathers
"Hansen asked Guimond to design a personal patch for his flight suit after participating in a vision quest at Turtle Lodge Centre of Excellence"
Manitoba Anishinaabe artist designs patch for Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen ahead of Artemis II launch | CBC News
A patch designed by an Anishinaabe artist from Manitoba is set to travel into deep space during the upcoming Artemis II mission as astronaut Jeremy Hansen prepares to become the first Canadian to orbit the moon.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
@Gargron Same.
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
@Gargron As an American I also feel the same.
For one of my posts I did draft and delete a comment saying something similar, but didn't want to feel like a downer. I respect the honesty.
The other side of it is that the current US budget means NASA is killing science missions to ensure putting humans back on the moon is it's #1 priority. In 2026 I don't believe the scientific value is there to choose the least economic way to study the moon.
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
@Gargron missed opportunity to persuade a certain individual that space travel is very bigly great and see how far a human can actually go
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
It's not an honest U.S. American Moon mission, without a cruel war going on that was initiated by the USA.
Vietnam... Iran, what's a few geopolitical details among friends?
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
tell the truth, you're sad about the strikes in Novorossiysk
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
@Gargron You might be surprised to learn how many parts of the Artemis missions are actually from Europe via ESA and other parts of the world. The US doesn't like to share that, but it's true

Example: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Orion/European_Service_Module
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@Gargron missed opportunity to persuade a certain individual that space travel is very bigly great and see how far a human can actually go
@sarble Give a septuagenarian a chance to be the first man on the Sun?
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tell the truth, you're sad about the strikes in Novorossiysk
@buzz Why would I be sad about that?
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
@Gargron Same...and I'm an American.
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
@Gargron It's not the astronauts or the NASA team putting this all together bombing Iran though.
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You can point out that the US regime sucks and hope they get their ass handed to them, and yet still be excited about this mission.
There is a trend of sweeping generalization, in lots of other areas as well, killing all nuance. I watch this with worry. -
Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
@Gargron
I wish I had the energy to muster more enthusiasm for this historic mission. But as the world is burning, my mind and priorities are elsewhere. -
Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
@Gargron I just think of it as nasa doing it and not US. Plus it wasn't nasa alone, it was nasa + esa + other countries. They just launched from US
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
@Gargron I put it like this: "Every dollar spent for a space mission is a dollar not spent for war"
It helps me at least
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
@Gargron i would like to abolish national states and travel as humanity to the moon

But at this point i would root for china to make it to the moon before the US -
@buzz Why would I be sad about that?
@Gargron
cause you're a russian asset -
@Gargron
cause you're a russian asset@buzz And this is because..?
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
@Gargron Do they have to kiss the ring upon returning?

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@buzz And this is because..?
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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
@Gargron My feelings exactly, Sir.