YES! 🌖 🚀 We have Moon!

[underpants]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218711404

[hlthe2b]

1. Cool! I have to admit that William Shatner looked really good (interviewed on CNN)...

Good on him. But, how terrific for that successful moon landing.

[underpants]

2. I said the same thing when he came on

That astronaut lady got dropped.

[SocialDemocrat61]

3. Shatner is 94

Apparently CNN doesn’t have a problem with his age.

[Tree Lady]

4. No pictures of them landing?

I watched as a child in the 60's them land on the moon!

[llmart]

5. This was not a manned mission like 1969.

Artemis 2 is supposed to land a crew sometime in 2025 if the program moves along as scheduled. I believe this will be the first time a woman is the launch director.

[Tree Lady]

6. Woman director now or 2025?

[llmart]

7. Both.

She's currently the launch director on the Artemis 2 program, but that doesn't launch until 2025. Right now they are in heavy simulation mode where all groups involved in the next launch come together for intense simulation exercises to make sure everything is "working" and to fix any bugs found. My son is a software engineer for NASA at Kennedy Space Center and he said there are long days of every team coming together to run through simulations. She heads that up also. So, yes, she's the launch director now - that is her title for Artemis 2. The launch director is the ultimate say as to if a launch is a go or no-go, even down to the countdown.

[electric_blue68]

8. Good for her. Cool, your son is working on this!