https://theprogressnetwork.substack.com/p/blue-marble-redux
"The four-astronaut crew of Artemis II is on its way back to Earth, due to
reenter our atmosphere tomorrow and splash down somewhere off the coast of San
Diego, California.
It’s the first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years, but it is
already historic in its own right.
The mission brought us deeper into space than humanity has ever been, 252,756
miles away from Earth, as it looped around the moon. The foursome passed at
just the right distance away to make them the first humans ever to see certain
features of the moon’s far side with the naked eye.
Before Artemis II, only 24 people—as well as several turtles and some mice—had
ever left low-Earth orbit, and all of them were white men. This time, a woman
and a Black man (not to mention a Canadian) rocketed away.
Much else has changed since the last time we went to the moon, during the
Apollo missions of the late ’60s and early ’70s."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
