Explaining the most important Artemis II photos

[Hassin Bin Sober]

Just something to keep my mind off the idea of digging a bomb shelter…



In this video, Hank Green explores the artistry and technical significance of the photographs captured during the Artemis II mission. The mission, which launched on April 1st, 2026, marked the first time humans had left low Earth orbit since 1972, with astronauts Reed Weissman, Victor Glover, Christina Cook, and Jeremy Hansen traveling around the far side of the moon

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[3Hotdogs]

1. Still a waste of money.

[Trueblue1968]

2. Exploring space is NOT a waste money. What a kooky remark. My opinion anyway.

It was been my dream since the 1950s the us to explore space. I am so excited we are doing this.

[Melon]

5. Can you imagine if man wasn't inquisitive...wasn't driven to learn and explore

Our history is what our future is. We aren’t exploring the West or new lands, it will be new worlds.

[calimary]

6. Nicely put!

[Disaffected]

8. You are correct - exploring space is not a waste of money.

The waste of money lies in taking humans along (having a bang for the buck about 1/10 that of unmanned).

This becomes evermore the case with the continued and rapid advances in robotics and AI.

BTW, the vid starts out wrong in claiming the Artemis rocket is "the most powerful rocket ever flown" - that honour goes to the Starship booster by about a factor of two.

[Crowman2009]

9. I'm for exploring space, but NASA won't get very far with its current propulsion systems.

Plus letting Elon Musk anywhere near the space program is a bad idea, along with starting a colony on the moon. The only thing feasable I can see happening on the moon with be astronomy telescopes that could research the sun on the light side and the rest of space on the dark side. No more would we have to worry about atmospheric or radio interference.

[misanthrope]

12. If Trump and his ilk are hyped about lunar exploration

It is about one thing apart from scientific knowledge: resource extraction. They don't give a damn about anything unless it stuffs their pockets.

[NNadir]

10. Robots do it better cheaper and more cleanly.

My dream is that we pay attention to the ongoing destruction of the planet on which we were born and stop with dog and pony shows.

[wackadoo wabbit]

7. I wish DU had downvoting like Reddit . . . n/t

[BWdem4life]

13. No you don't

Unreccing was tried. It turned real nasty real quick.

[wackadoo wabbit]

14. I do remember that

But there are occasions . . .

[fujiyamasan]

3. Thanks for this!

I love the audio when Anders and Lovell were taking the original earth rise photo back during Apollo.

[msongs]

4. lovely, thanks. showing us what we would never otherwise see nt

[summer_in_TX]

11. The economic benefits of all the inventions that took

us to the moon are well documented. The innovation and scientific discoveries were enormous. I feel sure the current space flights will do likewise.