US commits to landing an international astronaut on the Moon - This decade::This ticket to the Moon will probably go to a European or Japanese astronaut.
I’d prefer a commitment to universal healthcare.
They’re not mutually exclusive. There’s enough money already spent on healthcare to pay for single payer
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Earlier this year, NASA named a Canadian astronaut, Jeremy Hansen, to the Artemis II crew training to fly around the far side of the Moon, a mission that will likely launch sometime in 2025.
On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced an international astronaut will land on the Moon during one of NASA’s Artemis missions.
The inclusion of foreign astronauts on US missions also repays partner nations who make financial commitments to US-led space projects with a high-profile flight opportunity for one of their citizens.
NASA managers dole out crew assignments on the International Space Station based on each partner’s financial contribution to the operating costs of the US-led segment of the complex.
ESA funded the development of the service modules used on NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which will ferry astronauts from Earth to the Moon and back.
Canada is building a robotic arm for Gateway, but a Canadian astronaut already has a seat on NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission, albeit without a trip to the lunar surface.
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Is this still an achievement? When did the first person land on the moon? Like 30 years ago? 40?
More than half a century ago
Why?
Hah, it definitely wont be via SpaceX, if they manage to pull it off at all.
Yeah, it won’t. It’ll be during one of the Artemis missions, which is a NASA run mission.
Pretty sure they’re using the Falcon Super Heavy for at least one of the Artemis missions.
Some one is going to inform Tim Dodd at some point that no, he is not going to the moon.
