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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWatching the Artemis return
Watching the Artemis return is much more pleasant with the sound muted. That way I dont 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
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chowder66
(12,329 posts)1. I like watching it on NASA's youtube channel.
hlthe2b
(114,107 posts)2. Me too. Recommend!
LetMyPeopleVote
(180,417 posts)3. 53 years. One ending... and one beginning. 🌊🚀
Link to tweet
In 1972, Apollo 17 touched down in the Pacific marking the final chapter of humanitys 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, its not just about reaching the Moon.
Its about staying, exploring deeper, and preparing for what comes next.
Same ocean.
Same splashdown.
Different era.
History didnt repeat itself
it evolved. 🌑✨
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, its not just about reaching the Moon.
Its about staying, exploring deeper, and preparing for what comes next.
Same ocean.
Same splashdown.
Different era.
History didnt repeat itself
it evolved. 🌑✨

Happy Hoosier
(9,549 posts)4. I had forgotten what pride in my country felt like. NT