Post #1074563

2026-04-11 02:30 UTC

A reminder Artemis II was a relic of Obama&#39;s term and this mission was a success in spite of trump, who defunded and harmed the success of NASA his entire time in office. Kudos to NASA and especially the Artemis crew who focused on the wonder and curiosity of the human spirit, on sharing feelings of what it&#39;s like to see the moon&#39;s dark side, and reminding us that love and hope are still possible even in this increasingly scary and fascist world. #Artemis #spaceflight

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@Aaidanbird@disabled.social 2026-04-11 02:32

Also, it's nice to hear GOOD news for once. The endless bad news is psychologically exhausting (which is what the Fascists want for us). So receiving nine days of good news that inspire wonder and hope? As we fight to end fascism, we need moments where we rest from the pain and exhaustion fighting entails. Artemis's wonderful journey to the moon gave us that respite. #artemis

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@lynfox@aus.social 2026-04-11 03:37

@Aaidanbird #Artemis #spaceflight Yes, but I'm sure any minute now trumpet dumpty will be claiming full credit for the whole thing (while we all sit back and laugh at him).

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@vgoller@nrw.social 2026-04-11 05:21

@Aaidanbird not only started this project under Obama; it is a project of cooperation with Canada and the EU, who’s ESA designed and build the services module for Orion. #uspol #Artemis #artemis2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Service_Module

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@carl@chaos.social 2026-04-11 05:43

@Aaidanbird ❤️

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@haineux@mastodon.social 2026-04-11 06:15

@Aaidanbird I heard a reliable rumor that NASA's libraries were dumpstered. When will this hit the mainstream media?

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@better_tomorrow@mastodon.online 2026-04-11 08:18

@Aaidanbird But they went to the dark side of the moon just to return to the dark side of the earth … what a message could it have been had they made their landing near the shores of europe …

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