# 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:** 46
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/902 "2026-04-11T18:52:03Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > The idea being that feces are a part of our body that gets separated from the rest of it. Or maybe the Proto-Indo-Europeans consistently needed a poop knife. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/903 "2026-04-11T19:34:33Z")
I’ll admit I haven’t followed Artemis II in great detail, so a picture in the local paper has me wondering about how it was made. It shows the capsule separating from the service module prior to reentering. The angle it was taken from seems unusual. It’s from the side and, based on the pixelation at boundaries, is obviously a capture from a video. But how did they get a video camera out to the side? Was there one on a boom sticking out from the service module? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/904 "2026-04-11T19:40:07Z")
I think they had a camera on a solar panel boom. Brian ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/905 "2026-04-11T19:43:19Z")
Ah, that makes sense. I was wondering why they would add a boom just for a video camera. But puting it on a boom meant for other purpose seems more likely. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/906 "2026-04-11T19:51:56Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Michael Collins came out of an astronaut’s body? And was left on the moon? well, I mean they made a movie out of it later on with Ms. Weaver. - so there is that ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/907 "2026-04-11T21:00:01Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > I think they had a camera on a solar panel boom. Yes, and I’m pretty sure that was the same camera that showed the moon growing larger and larger as they approached it, with a bit of some part of the spacecraft on the left of the image. The placement of that camera was very well worth whatever it took to make it happen! ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/908 "2026-04-11T22:08:33Z")
I each panel has, I believe, a 4k GoPro. The low resolution during the moon approach was due to limited transmission bandwidth available because it was taken up by more pressing data. [This video on reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceporn/s/IWljVT3E5n) is all four camera feeds stitched together during launch. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/909 "2026-04-11T22:59:19Z")
Interesting video (30 min) on the photos/videos from Artemis (and Apollo). [Explaining the Most Important Artemis II Photos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaXRREHVkHo) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/910 "2026-04-12T04:16:01Z")
Okay, sorry I didn’t express myself 100% clearly. Neil and Buzz probably collected Michael’s, ahem, garbage before they disconnected the ships, so they could leave it behind on the moon. It’s not like the EPA has jurisdiction over it, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/911 "2026-04-12T04:34:06Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Okay, sorry I didn’t express myself 100% clearly. Neil and Buzz probably collected Michael’s, ahem, garbage before they disconnected the ships, so they could leave it behind on the moon. That wouldn’t really make sense. The most precious fuel at this stage of the mission was for the descent engine of the lunar module. In fact, they very nearly ran out. Why burden it with extra mass? Also, FTR, Alan Sheppard didn’t actually bring a six-iron golf club to the moon. He brought the head of a Wilson #6 iron and improvised an attachment to a lunar sample scoop handle. He did bring two golf balls. Even that was ill-advised as it attracted a lot of criticism for “playing golf on the moon” while people on earth were suffering from inadequate food and shelter. The frivolity was really not a good look. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/912 "2026-04-12T22:15:34Z")
This would have been, what, 5 or 10 pounds at the most? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/913 "2026-04-13T01:33:48Z")
I’m sure the mass of the Lunar Module ascent stage and everything put inside it was weighed to the gram. ---
**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 15, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/914 "2026-04-15T22:25:04Z")
Reentry views: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nkFFhbaxalc/maxresdefault.jpg "Artemis II Integrity Crew Reentry View from Orion & U.S. Navy Recovery | Epic Orion Splashdown") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkFFhbaxalc) ---
**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 15, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/915 "2026-04-15T22:39:28Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > This would have been, what, 5 or 10 pounds at the most? The head of a 6-iron, and two balls? A pound, at the most, and probably less. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/916 "2026-04-15T22:42:02Z")
I was referring to the non-recycled body waste produced by Michael Collins en route to the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/917 "2026-04-16T14:52:22Z")
That makes sense _after_ Eagle returned to Columbia from the surface just before it was abandoned in lunar orbit filled with EVA suits and other weight no longer needed for the mission. My grandfather was a NASA contractor and there was a cheeky yet still earnestly enforced ban on mentioning the bodily functions of the Astronauts. I would ask how they went to the bathroom, and would always be told, “They don’t”. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/918 "2026-04-16T22:25:15Z")
There some space-sickness scenes in “Apollo 13.” That’s definitely one thing “THEY” didn’t talk about, and as for one of my childhood heroes, Valentina Tereshkova, she never acclimated to space and begged to be brought back more than once because she was so sick. Some people have wondered if she was pregnant; if she was, she lost it because her only child was born a little more than a year later. ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/919 "2026-04-17T15:07:18Z")
Was she even in space long enough to acclimate? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/920 "2026-04-17T15:27:29Z")
Tereshkova’s mission was not quite three days. That seems to be on the low side of potential acclimation. ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/921 "2026-04-17T15:46:44Z")
There’s also a difference between “My stomach is feeling less than ideally happy” and “I’m on the verge of throwing up every second of every day”. Three days in freefall is probably trivial for group 1 and a severe test for group 2. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432.md?page=47)