This is the Artemis II Game Thread
Posted by ATL
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Do the Artemis astronauts now pat the top of the heads of other astronauts?
Posted by bbonb
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Probably not because ISS tenants have shown to be taller upon returning to earth*
Posted by timmer
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Beautiful….
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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are they out of the capsule yet?*
Posted by lcubed
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Front porch, front porch? Front porch! Front porch front porch*
Posted by shua
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No. Navy forgot to pack a can opener. *
Posted by doubledown
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Should’ve just wrapped them in foil*
Posted by DocWalk20
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I miss the elegance of the Space Shuttle.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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like the Challenger, when Christa McAuliffe asked
Posted by bbonb
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Eye color?
Posted by osklister
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What did she tell husband before she left for space?
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Remember Apollo 13 movie: Jack covers separation switch with a "NO" sign
Posted by Potomac
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Money well spent. That was dope*
Posted by illini21
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Hell yes. I wish we had a NASA budget that looked like DOD’s. The amount of science…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Cf. bunker busters are pretty cool*
Posted by bbonb
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As long as the astronauts are happy*
Posted by Stu
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pretty cool to do something we did 55 years ago: next up: recreate the horseless carriage*
Posted by bbonb
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I don’t know what chance there is that we drop a nuke on someone …
Posted by doubledown
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Hell yes*
Posted by illini21
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how long will it take them to go through customs?*
Posted by bbonb
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And how long will ICE detain the Canadian for?*
Posted by ATL
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I’m sure they sprung for Extraglobal Reentry so should be a breeze.
Posted by DocWalk20
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Glad to see they rolled out the 70s era cameras to capture this footage*
Posted by shua
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Hey chorizo
Posted by ATL
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Hey chorizo
Posted by ATL
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That plane has hemorrhoids.
Posted by DocWalk20
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How could Trump let this woke crew go?
Posted by Stu
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Splashdown happened just now. They’re bopping along in the ocean. They have contact
Posted by ATL
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I'm pretty sick of the coverage on this
Posted by Stu
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What else should they talk about? What's happening now that didn't happen 50+ years ago?
Posted by doubledown
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if they hadn't broken the distance record by an insignificant amount (yawn), nothing much*
Posted by Potomac
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Would like to hear more about that; how much further, and why?
Posted by osklister
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Uh, the science?*
Posted by Stu
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What amazing sciencing are they doing in a week and a half? *
Posted by doubledown
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Shaking down the navigation, communication and life support systems
Posted by Stu
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Apollo had a few flights that could be considered primarily engineering tests*
Posted by Potomac
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tbh, I've barely seen any coverage.
Posted by EffinIllini
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I wasn’t aware that the heat shield of Orion was still an issue
Posted by ATL
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yeah that article gave me anxiety*
Posted by cpsteine
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Yes; they altered the return trajectory to reduce the impact on the heat shield*
Posted by Stu
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Thanks for the link.
Posted by EffinIllini
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the two statements are basically the same with "should" doing a lot of work there*
Posted by torinese
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Incredible Color Image from The Far Side….
Posted by timmer
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If it’s the dark side of the moon, how do they even see it to know it’s there?*
Posted by bbonb
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There is no dark side of the moon really
Posted by GrandmotherPearlsJam
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Does this count as a "great gig in the sky"?*
Posted by Potomac
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The intro to Money is unmistakable. *
Posted by doubledown
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"Time" could be the board's theme song
Posted by Potomac
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About to break the Apollo record
Posted by ATL
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Michael Collins and other CM pilots have a surviving record
Posted by Potomac
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There is no cm in this post*
Posted by timmer
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Just broke it. These people are as far away as anybody has ever been from Earth.*
Posted by ATL
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Um, hello…StarTrek?*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Without getting probed.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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that you know of*
Posted by DocWalk20
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so much for the champagne toasts each year*
Posted by bbonb
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I'm trying to decide if the number of people responding to Artemis pics from space with....
Posted by Illiniphil
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Video of Artemis launch from the air
Posted by ATL
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I haven’t seen it reported, but what is the objective of this mission*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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NDT answers this question
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Obliterate Moon Men’s nuclear capability.
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Visiting some basketball recruits*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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If man's reach does not exceed his grasp, then what separates us from the common ape?*
Posted by Sammich
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The ability to manufacture pharmaceuticals from ordinary household products. *
Posted by doubledown
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To find a cute little rock alien friend*
Posted by ATL
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amaze! amaze! amaze!*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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Jinx put Max in space. Jinx and Max: Friends Forever!*
Posted by shua
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iunderstoodthatreference.gif
Posted by VIV
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Ultimate goal I hope is to be able to mine 16 Psyche as much as we can
Posted by timmer
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to go where no man has gone before 1968 *
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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To help Coop/Murph transmit quantum data through the black hole*
Posted by UofIL6
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they should just try using gravity
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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To test and refine the tech to allow us to establish a moon base
Posted by DT
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TO STEAL THE MOON!!!*
Posted by shua
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Lulz…this is probably the movie our household quotes most often*
Posted by PapaDels
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To re-open the Straight of Hormuz.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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I thought it was to keep the moon from developing nuclear weapons*
Posted by Stu
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Manned space flight is cool and an incredible technological achievement
Posted by DT
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We are spending hundreds of billions to develop AI and robots to take all our jobs
Posted by DT
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Let's focus on SPACE, DT! The United States of SPACE! Cause I ain't stoppin' at the moon!
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Space, DT. It's the final frontier. *
Posted by VIV
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*I don’t believe you .gif here* *
Posted by voiceofreason
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It seemed like a small unifying moment for the world when those moments are sorely lacking
Posted by OrangeSox
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You could say instead “I don’t know about the benefits to humanity that space flight has created
Posted by meanjeans
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It's also hard to detach how much the program helped advance tech
Posted by Potomac
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I’ll admit zero was an exaggeration. Cost that far far far outweigh the benefits is more accurate *
Posted by DT
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And the folks that talk about space colonization are idiots.
Posted by DT
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Why isn't Gregg Phillips in charge of NASA?
Posted by ghost_of_clt
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it's like $100 per taxpayer*
Posted by John Coctostan
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OTOH, they bring long term brain damage to the astronauts due to cosmic ray tracking
Posted by Stu
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Were you an astronaut, Stu?*
Posted by Illiniphil
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I'm shocked that you are capable of thinking of such clever things*
Posted by Stu
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Just saw that on an episode of High Potential.
Posted by Tuscy
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She always looks like she's a step away from being a redneck crack whore
Posted by ibdoc
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I mean, that's half the apeeal! *
Posted by Tuscy
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It's got absurd plotlines, but the show is a fun watch, esp with Kaitlin and her legs. ;-)
Posted by Kajagoogoo
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I thought that, then toured Kennedy and saw the benefits gained from the space shuttle (see inside!)
Posted by ibdoc
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tell me DT says dumb things without telling me DT says dumb things
Posted by bbonb
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Nah, I wish we'd spend more*
Posted by illini21
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Why do you hate Tang?*
Posted by ATL
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He drove K-State basketball in the ground*
Posted by KCWildcat
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Two instances of outlook?
Posted by ATL
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Artemis Poo
Posted by bbonb
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huge, if true
Posted by MC
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I’ll take ‘Places Smush won’t go’ for $500, Alex*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Low flow?*
Posted by ATL
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What happens when the poo leaves the butthole?
Posted by complainant
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yes, and one could debate the semantics of the definition of a toilet, perhaps*
Posted by Potomac
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When do the get to put their tray tables down?*
Posted by biclops
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Meh
Posted by timmer
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are they at the moon yet? Otherwise what is there to say?*
Posted by Potomac
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There is one woman and three guys who will be in blackout on the far side
Posted by Stu
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Heads up, seven up?
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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Not until 2028*
Posted by shua
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I count "at" as being in orbit; ok I guess the blah flyby counts, too*
Posted by Potomac
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NYT says equivalent of Apollo 8. No, those guys orbited*
Posted by Potomac
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Wait until they tell him one of the astronauts is Canadian *
Posted by shua
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It’s crazy that in 20 minutes they’ve already passed the farthest distance…
Posted by shua
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there's an argument that the space shuttle was a mistake
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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That was awesome*
Posted by illini21
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haha the CNN guy just called it a perfect symphony of space*
Posted by assassin
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Camera views have been trash for this*
Posted by shua
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CBS missed the liftoff because they kept the view on the pad for too long
Posted by RVA
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NepoBaby TV falling down *
Posted by ATL
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That was the same feed NASA YouTube had*
Posted by shua
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Yeh I really needed to see that fatass Trump supporter drinking beer*
Posted by Stu
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I used to watch the Mercury launches on a little black an white
Posted by Stu
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I went to a ticker tape parade in Chicago for John Glenn
Posted by Potomac
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My brother got locked in John Glenn’s office one night
Posted by Stu
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What year?
Posted by TarheelIllini
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I watched the challenger blow up in 3rd grade and then they told us to go back to class
Posted by ATL
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Mike Hopkins on the CBS News stream*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Good time to rep the O&B.
Posted by osklister
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He came right up to me a couple years ago when he saw my orange Illini polo*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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FYI for anyone else like me who is captivated with this stuff. CNN actually has had some great
Posted by voiceofreason
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CGI has really benefited from AI. It all looks so real now*
Posted by bbonb
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Please don't blow up. *
Posted by doubledown
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If it does, guess whose fault it will be*
Posted by Stu
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Is it biclops?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Why would Biden do this to us? *
Posted by doubledown
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on April 1st? Right. Nice try NASA*
Posted by bbonb
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$20 says the crew thanks Trump for his tremendous achievement
Posted by timmer
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