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AverageOldGuy

(3,962 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:03 PM Friday

Watching the Artemis return

Watching the Artemis return is much more pleasant with the sound muted. That way I don’t have to listen to the damn anchor run off at the mouth while the experts sit there silent. Unmute when the experts talk.’

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Watching the Artemis return (Original Post) AverageOldGuy Friday OP
I like watching it on NASA's youtube channel. chowder66 Friday #1
Me too. Recommend! hlthe2b Friday #2
53 years. One ending... and one beginning. 🌊🚀 LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #3
I had forgotten what pride in my country felt like. NT Happy Hoosier Saturday #4

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,417 posts)
3. 53 years. One ending... and one beginning. 🌊🚀
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:16 AM
Saturday



In 1972, Apollo 17 touched down in the Pacific — marking the final chapter of humanity’s first journey to the Moon.

For decades, the silence that followed left one question hanging:
Will we ever go back?

Now, more than half a century later, Artemis II is writing the next chapter.
Not as an ending…
but as the start of something bigger.

This time, it’s not just about reaching the Moon.
It’s about staying, exploring deeper, and preparing for what comes next.

Same ocean.
Same splashdown.
Different era.

History didn’t repeat itself —
it evolved. 🌑✨

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