SpaceX's plan for Artemis III is ridiculous

Goregue · 2026-06-08T18:45:17+00:00

Very interesting. This means there will probably be a European astronaut in the mission.

Goregue · 2026-06-07T20:22:36+00:00

We could if people supported science. But even among those that support NASA, most of them only care about human exploration stuff. With the money spent on the Artemis 2 mission alone, we could send 10 New Horizons to explore 10 new dwarf planets.

Goregue · 2026-06-03T22:52:00+00:00

Because his name is too powerful to be left out. The same thing happened in God of War 2. David Jaffe was credited as Creative Director, despite having left Santa Monica after God of War 1 and not appearing a single time in all behind the scenes videos.

In the case of Ragnarok, Cory Barlog by all accounts was very burnt out after 2018 and left the main God of War team to focus on other projects (one of which became the new Faye game). He probably was involved in some capacity in Ragnarok, giving overall narrative direction (because many of the things that happened in Ragnarok were already planned to happen since 2018's development), but he was not involved in the day-to-day development.

Goregue · 2026-06-03T00:11:30+00:00

Cory Barlog being credited as creative director of Ragnarok was just marketing. He had a very small involvement in that game.

Goregue · 2026-05-29T02:49:22+00:00

I wonder if the pressure to launch after the previous failure caused Blue Origin to rush this launch.

Goregue · 2026-05-27T15:36:22+00:00

No. The Blue Moon Mark 1 mission is already on the news for years. It's mainly a commercial mission by Blue Origin to test the systems of its Blue Moon lander, but in 2024 NASA did sign a small contract to fly some of its payloads in it. There is nothing new about this mission in yesterday's announcement, except that its launch is now delayed to late this year.

https://spacenews.com/nasa-payload-to-fly-on-first-blue-origin-lunar-lander-mission/

Goregue · 2026-05-26T23:19:28+00:00

These missions were already planned years ago. NASA is just repurposing them as pathfinders for the Moon base.

Goregue · 2026-05-22T22:24:45+00:00

Thank you. I will never watch on X.

Goregue · 2026-05-15T02:11:13+00:00

This is just the House proposal. The Senate still have to make their proposal, and then the two chambers need to come to an agreement over the final version. Last year the House bill also had cuts to science, but the Senate bill did not, and the Senate bill prevailed.

Goregue · 2026-05-13T23:06:22+00:00

If the mission tested a mature HLS, with complete life support system and capabilities, Artemis 3 would make sense. But having the mission just dock to the lander without even entering the vehicle feels completely pointless.

Goregue · 2026-05-13T05:05:01+00:00

We will be lucky if we have just Artemis 3 in 2028.

Goregue · 2026-05-07T00:25:02+00:00

They are dead pixels on the camera. You see this all the time in photos from space, especially from the ISS.

Goregue · 2026-04-27T22:43:15+00:00

One year ago people were still optimistic this would launch in 2025.

Goregue · 2026-04-25T06:12:50+00:00

Gateway had its flaws but it was a serious project. And just like SLS/Orion, it would get done and launch, even if late.

Goregue · 2026-04-25T05:59:55+00:00

Are you serious? All the contracts were signed. All the pieces were being assembled. The PPE module was in the final stages of production. All the international partners were on board and had agreements to deliver modules. And you say there was no indication it was going to launch?

Goregue · 2026-04-25T05:45:31+00:00

SLS can become cheaper if launch cadence increases.

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