re: Godspeed the crew of Artemis II...Re-Entry takes place tonight

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Imagine the smell when they open the capsule

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Won’t be able to tell if that fish smell is from the ocean or the woman

Tell me about it. My tracker was very detailed but it seems they weren’t clear on timezones.

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I missed most of reentry because I thought it was around midnight.

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Bruh, why did you think that? You’ve been geeking out over this thing for a week. That sucks.

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Can you imagine if they are able to live stream the entire time they're on the moon???

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One of their tests was a new tech that was used for most of the video: using a laser uplink rather than radio for improved bandwidth

I guess these Astronauts have gone through much worse. But I'm sitting here thinking about how sick I'd get bobbing around out there for a half hour.

I heard our astronauts discussing this topic at last night’s conference

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This is what is was like to live in peak America isn't it?

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It’s being a little undercut at the moment because they can’t get in touch with the recovery team and NASA flat out asked if they pressed the push to talk button on the radio.

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I find it interesting we abandoned the space shuttle and went back to 50s capsule tech for reentry.

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Imagine how advanced we’d be if they never abandoned deep space exploration for the low-earth barely in orbit obsession.

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I find it interesting we abandoned the space shuttle and went back to 50s capsule tech for reentry.

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SpaceX is doing the same with Dragon that ferries astronauts to the space station and back. A capsule with a splashdown or a landing in Russia is the keep it simple option.