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PeaceWave

(3,447 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 02:07 PM 22 hrs ago

You can only imagine the view from space the astronauts aboard Artemis II will see upon reapproaching Earth...

On Friday, April 10th, when Artemis II is scheduled to complete it's mission to the moon, the astronauts aboard that spacecraft will get a glimpse of the Earth at war. As the orb below them continues to spin, the Middle East will come into view. What image will these four space travelers receive and how much will their home planet have changed during the brief time they were away? Man, from the time he first acquired consciousness, has been a creature of both curiosity and savagery, the footprints we leave on other worlds always trampling and erasing those from past conquests. And this, for lack of better comprehension, limited by our small window on the universe, we call progress.

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You can only imagine the view from space the astronauts aboard Artemis II will see upon reapproaching Earth... (Original Post) PeaceWave 22 hrs ago OP
How ironic would it be if Trump tacos out on nuking Iran only to have the Artemis reentry trigger a nuke war Blues Heron 22 hrs ago #1
For good reason they brought along cameras... Kid Berwyn 21 hrs ago #2
They may not like what they find shelshaw 21 hrs ago #3
Trump was bombing Greg_In_SF 21 hrs ago #4

Blues Heron

(8,869 posts)
1. How ironic would it be if Trump tacos out on nuking Iran only to have the Artemis reentry trigger a nuke war
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 02:13 PM
22 hrs ago

Greg_In_SF

(1,287 posts)
4. Trump was bombing
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 02:40 PM
21 hrs ago

Iran before they left earth, and will still be bombing Iran when they return on the 10th. Nothing will have changed.

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