# 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:** 47
**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 17, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/922 "2026-04-17T17:29:24Z")
Try crossing the ocean on a liner before the days of commercial jet travel. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/923 "2026-04-17T19:48:47Z")
Even Lord Nelson suffered from occasional seasickness. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/924 "2026-04-17T19:55:42Z")
Horatio Hornblower once got seasick in port. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/925 "2026-04-17T21:53:22Z")
Charles Darwin was seasick for almost all of the entire 5-year voyage of the Beagle. That he was able to do the work he did on that trip while suffering from seasickness is pretty amazing. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/926 "2026-04-17T22:28:50Z")
Scientists like him are practically extinct! šŸ˜‰ ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/927 "2026-04-18T01:32:28Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Was she even in space long enough to acclimate? ā€¦ or get pregnantā€¦ ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/928 "2026-04-18T01:45:55Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Thereā€™s also a difference between ā€œMy stomach is feeling less than ideally happyā€ and ā€œIā€™m on the verge of throwing up every second of every dayā€. > > Three days in freefall is probably trivial for group 1 and a severe test for group 2. I think thatā€™s the case. Having never been an astronaut nor even experienced the famous Vomit Cometā„¢ or anything more than a roller coaster, I can only relate the few things Iā€™ve read and related to. Becoming weightless, or nearly so, is extremely disorienting for some short period of time, possibly just minutes ā€“ depends on the individual. The vestibular sensors in your inner ear that are attuned to motion and gravity go nuts in the absence of gravity, prompting nausea and even vomiting in some people. Thereā€™s probably a correlation with susceptibility to seasickness. Most adjust to it eventually, as most qualified astronauts seem to, and regard floating around weightless as ā€œfunā€. But I can well imagine that some donā€™t. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/929 "2026-04-18T01:53:54Z")
I could get a woman pregnant in about 45 seconds. Tops. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/930 "2026-04-18T03:02:14Z")
In the days of the Shuttle, someone had pointed out that NASA typically didnā€™t release video of the crew in the first ~24 hours of a missionā€¦ because some of the astronauts needed time to get their stomachs settled. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/931 "2026-04-18T04:36:45Z")
He was in poor health for the remainder of his life. There have been multiple speculations as to what was wrong with him, the most common theories being Chagasā€™ disease, Meniereā€™s disease, or even a still poorly-understood disorder called cyclic vomiting syndrome, believed to be related to migraines. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/932 "2026-04-20T16:02:46Z")
Another record set during the Artemis mission: [Artemis 2 and Tiangong space station astronauts set record for farthest distance between humans | Space](https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/artemis-2-and-tiangong-space-station-astronauts-set-record-for-farthest-distance-between-humans) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/933 "2026-04-20T16:05:42Z")
This is a record I wouldnā€™t even have thought about, but itā€™s impressive nonetheless. ETA: and itā€™s significant that the Tiangong station beat the ISS only by 60 meters. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/934 "2026-04-20T20:01:14Z")
Thatā€™s some precision locating! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/935 "2026-04-20T20:43:15Z")
Yeah, at that scale it seems in the range of a rounding error, especially for this mere EE who knows and has had to live with systematical inaccuracies when measuring things and always could cut some slack. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/936 "2026-04-20T20:54:16Z")
Umm. I think the difference was about 60 kilometers, not meters > Blockquote On April 6, as Integrity flew around the moonā€™s far side, it got a maximum of 260,754 miles (419,643 kilometers) from Tiangong, according to McDowell. The max Integrity-to-ISS distance, meanwhile, was 260,715.5 miles (419,581 km). ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/937 "2026-04-20T20:55:16Z")
Oh, shame on me, I misread the source and was off by a factor of 1k. ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/938 "2026-04-20T21:04:09Z")
1 amp, 1000 amps, whatā€™s the difference? Close enough, thisā€™ll hold up just fine. šŸ¤Ŗ ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/939 "2026-04-20T21:06:31Z")
Thatā€™s the spirit! šŸ˜‚ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/940 "2026-04-23T20:47:53Z")
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**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 24, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/941 "2026-04-24T15:55:37Z")
Not sure if itā€™s been mentioned, but NASA has confirmed itā€™s working on Rise plushes (and other Rise merch) to sell to an eager public. I will be getting one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432.md?page=48)