I wonder how much pressure that NASA is getting from the White House to get Artemis II launched this Wednesday?
When Apollo 8 was announced as going for Lunar orbit, instead of a high earth orbit, some eyebrows were raised. But it launched from an America in turmoil, the Vietnam war was causing great anguish, civil rights demonstrations were becoming commonplace, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were assassinated, so having Borman, Lovell and Anders reading from Genesis in Lunar orbit, made it a very special Xmas day.
Now we have Artemis II ready to launch, to reach the Moon in Easter weekend.
Will the Astronauts read from the New Testament this time, hoping to take everyone's mind off the chaos on Mother Earth?
By the way, its Full Moon on Thursday, so when they swing round the Moon, there will be precious little of the far side lit, missing a grand oppurtunity to get some decent new pics.
Or am I missing something?