Artemis II lifts off: four astronauts begin 10-day lunar mission

Re:Artemis II lifts off: four astronauts begin 10-day lunar ... by mikestorrent on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @07:30PM (#47607993)

I understand your side to some extent. It helped watching my 11yo watch the launch - for him it's more meaningful, more imminent than it can be for a jaded person like myself.

I don't think it's mutually exclusive with food aid, though. If anything, it's taking money that probably would have gone into bombs and aeroplanes instead if we didn't have a space program. Honestly, it feels like we could redirect the entire military-industrial complex into space travel... retain the same pork spending but use it for rockets that aren't designed to land on our neighbours. Nice compromise.

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Re:Artemis II lifts off: four astronauts begin 10-day lunar ... by general_reveal on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @07:39PM (#47608099)

Yeah totally. Ideally, I’d like it if we feed the kids that need the food, educate them, and have them build the rocket and have them take the glory of that achievement (the glory being we as a society uplifted ourselves, literally … to the moon).

Right now it feels like the privileged are being sent to the moon. Many babies and young adults are on battlefields right now.

But thank you for reminding me how important it is for the child to see something magical.

The truth is definitely quite deep.

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Re:Artemis II lifts off: four astronauts begin 10-day lunar ... by ksaj on Thursday April 02, 2026 @11:30AM (#47615814)

You're asking the US to act with a bit of socialism. Trump's made it pretty clear he thinks social anything is a gateway drug to communism. He even got Fox calling Canada "next to communism" because Repuglicans hate the concept so very much.

Yea, he's an idiot. But he's the boss for now.

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