Post #1086816

2026-04-12 04:13 UTC

I don’t like to share Substack articles, for, well reasons. But this is a great one and really encapsulates what I’ve been feeling for the entire #Artemis2 #ArtemisII experience. The whole time from launch to splashdown I’ve been feeling pretty emotional about it and I really couldn’t understand why. The just general awe and inspiration I’ve felt from the crew. The sense of wonder and exploration that I’ve not felt since I was a kid. It made me feel insignificant in all the right ways, not in the way that I don’t matter, but in reminding me that the scope of my problems can feel huge and be simultaneously nothing in the grand scheme of things. I didn’t know I needed this mission, but I am coming out of it a better person because of that crew. To sum the article up, this statement resonated with me the most but I highly recommend reading the entire thing. the feeling of watching something go right and realizing, somewhere deep in your body, that you had forgotten things could go right. Because when something actually goes right, when the people in charge do their jobs well, speak in full sentences, make decisions that protect people instead of endangering them, the reaction can feel strangely emotional https://lizplank.substack.com/p/artemis-ii-is-competency-porn-and #Space #NASA

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@syntaxseed@phpc.social 2026-04-12 04:38

@therealahall This is right on the money. Thank you for sharing. 🎯

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@mollysinless@layer8.space 2026-04-12 04:57

@therealahall Thanks for sharing it! >The last time humans went to the moon, women could not have their own credit card. It's crazy how much we have evolved as a society, but it's even crazier knowing that in the past few years we have pushing backwards what we have fought for. I want to agree with Victor Glover. I hope that in 50 years this discussion will be feel old and out of place for the young generation of that time. But I'm more scared than ever.

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@valentine@flickering.style 2026-04-12 07:12

@therealahall This is such a fantastic article, and captures SO MANY of the things I was feeling this past week! I like this part about awe. It's something I've been trying to center in my own fiction, for reasons given here -- that I didn't even know were true until I read this: "Psychologist Barbara Fredrickson’s research tells us that emotions like awe and wonder do not just feel good in the moment. They literally broaden our thinking and build long-term psychological resilience. People who regularly experience awe are more creative, more connected, and less susceptible to the feeling that everything is about to fall apart. Awe is a biological reset button, and four humans went to the moon and pushed it for all of us, and your body knew what to do with that before you maybe had words for it."

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