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riversedge

(81,013 posts)
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 01:02 PM Saturday

Let's not forget who set the Artemis II lunar trip into motion, President Biden. This was before Canada hated us. I shou




Let’s not forget who set the Artemis II lunar trip into motion, President Biden. This was before Canada hated us. I should have known. Biden met the Astronauts: NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen.


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SheltieLover

(80,997 posts)
1. I was just thinking about this and how slobby will, without a doubt, try to take credit for another of Joe's many
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 01:04 PM
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accomplishments!

maxrandb

(17,449 posts)
3. I was surprised the parachutes didn't have Donnie Dipshits name on them
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 01:19 PM
Saturday

"They were the best gold parachutes. Nobody's ever seen any parachutes like them."

SheltieLover

(80,997 posts)
4. Slobby's minions slipped up.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 01:41 PM
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Hopefully, in a year for the next mission, kraznov & his coconspirators will be but a memory of our collective nightmare.

Spazito

(55,661 posts)
2. That is important to repeat...
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 01:15 PM
Saturday

as often as necessary given trump will lie and take credit for it if he hasn't already.

Great photo too!

spudspud

(655 posts)
6. Technically it was Obama who set things in motion.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:40 PM
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The NASA authorization Act of 2010 mandated development of the hardware needed for what would become the Artemis mission. The heavy launch rocket, the SLS; continued development of the Orion crew capsule into the MPCV, and the first test flight of the unmanned Orion crew capsule.

Gaugamela

(3,545 posts)
7. The Artemis 2 crew were present at Trump's SOTU address, but he didn't acknowledge them in his
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:53 PM
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speech. When Trump spoke to the crew during the flight he went on about Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky, who is a Trump supporter, trying to butter up the Canadian astronaut, Jeremy Hansen. The American astronauts united with their teammate to snub Trump by refusing to reply. Instead they laughed and played catch with the microphone.

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