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		make_it_sure 33 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Artemis II safely splashes down Why this was such a big deal? Haven't people reach the moon so many years ago? By this time we should have lunar bases, not cheer so much that we got past the moon at a few thousands miles away.

freeone3000 33 days ago [–]

Because we haven’t had translunar manned flight in fifty years, and this is the precursor to start it up again

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