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Jeebo

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2. Andy Weir's novel "Artemis"

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 10:40 PM

Apr 2020

I'm sure it's not a coincidence that Artemis Base Camp has the same name as Andy Weir's novel "Artemis", about an established and thriving lunar colony named Artemis. Did the NASA people get that name from the Andy Weir novel, or did Andy Weir get the name of his novel from a name for a proposed lunar colony that was already in the works around NASA? Just wondering.

In any event, I think this is way overdue. I think we should have had a permanent manned (and womanned) lunar colony for at least 30 years.

-- Ron

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