# Back to the Moon! Artemis program follow along (it's finally happening!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432 "2022-08-27T12:25:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/561 "2026-04-01T22:38:45Z")
Saw it from my house. Now I have to wait a couple minutes to hear the launch personally too. Unlike middle of the night landings I will be expecting it. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/562 "2026-04-01T22:38:45Z")
Look at those boosters! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/563 "2026-04-01T22:39:36Z")
Well, I’ve raised a glass. Have a great trip, folks! ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/564 "2026-04-01T22:41:00Z")
Beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/565 "2026-04-01T22:42:21Z")
Off they go… ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/566 "2026-04-01T22:42:47Z")
Incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/567 "2026-04-01T22:46:01Z")
$105bn budget, but with the computer graphics of an entry level games console. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/568 "2026-04-01T22:46:12Z")
DId I tear up a bit? Perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/569 "2026-04-01T22:47:47Z")
Any better and the crazies would say that the entire mission is CGI. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/570 "2026-04-01T22:48:48Z")
And the sound is agricultural too. Microphones must be expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/571 "2026-04-01T22:49:42Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > DId I tear up a bit? Perhaps. The air here is a little salty too. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/572 "2026-04-01T22:55:36Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Canadian on that rocket too. Which makes me happy. Me too. Did you see them on Stephen Colbert? Jeremy Hansen joked that NASA wanted a Canadian on board so that if anything went wrong they’d have someone to blame. Funny stuff. Added — you can find that on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/573 "2026-04-01T23:09:16Z")
Gotta say, now, that was a fine launch, may it be ten uneventful days of everything going to program. > [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > But it was all go! Couple of the stations apparently forgot to mute their speakers and go to headset, or turned up their headset really loud, had noticeable feedback. ---
**Author:** ![stopnonstop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@stopnonstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stopnonstop)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/574 "2026-04-01T23:19:16Z")
Goosebumps. People brought together through curiosity, adventure, science and technology. This will have my attention for the next ten days - not politics or any other negative. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/575 "2026-04-01T23:20:52Z")
Been enjoying the Spaceflight Now feed. I admit to being a trifle surprised they made it to ~900 miles without obvious anomaly. I also find naming the capsule “Integrity” to be real incongruous in the current era. The name certainly predates the current criminal regime. It’s classic high-minded NASA PR. But it sounds badly off-key in the current scruffy era. Good luck to them all. I hope they have a nominal experience and come home with some great pix & stories. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/576 "2026-04-01T23:24:23Z")
I’d be curious about the demographic split of Dopers who saw Apollo and those who didn’t. Pretty much anyone born after 1968 or so would have no recollection. Anyhow, I’m fully excited. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/577 "2026-04-01T23:29:35Z")
The first around the moon mission was Apollo 8 in Dec 1968. The first Moon landing was Apollo 11 in July 1969 & the final Moon landing (and mission) was Apollo 17 in Dec 72. If we assume most kids only remember stuff from age 4+ a kid born after 1964 would not remember the first around the moon mission and, as you say, anyone born after 1968 would remember nothing of any of Apollo. A kid born after ~2022 won’t remember this mission. So that’s a 58-year interval between initial lunar loop-arounds. I’m old enough to remember Gemini as it was happening, but not Mercury. I can recall going out in the yard one evening to look at the Moon while Apollo 8 was outbound towards it and halfway there. And 11, and 13, and all the rest as they occurred. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/578 "2026-04-01T23:33:37Z")
The feed commentary was doing good until the commentator noted that the cryogenic fuels were kept at “thousands of degrees below Fahrenheit.” OK then! That’s definitely cold! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/579 "2026-04-01T23:35:00Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I’d be curious about the demographic split of Dopers who saw Apollo and those who didn’t. I was born in March of 1965; as a four-year-old, I was very excited about the space program, and I remember watching coverage of Apollo 11 on the moon (though I don’t remember watching the first step onto the moon). That led to a lifelong interest in the space program: I followed all of the subsequent Apollo missions, Apollo-Soyuz, Skylab, the Shuttle, etc. During Apollo, my dad was working for a division of North American Rockwell; another division had made components of the Apollo craft. He was able to get for me a big glossy book about the Apollo program, and a set of shoulder patches for Apollo 11 through 17 (through the company store, I am guessing). ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/580 "2026-04-01T23:35:28Z")
Which channel were you watching? NASA, Spaceflight Now, some traditional news network, or ESPN 🤪 'Cuz jocks are bad at physics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432.md?page=30)