One thing that makes me so elated was the world getting to experience the joy the aerospace community feels in our tiny bubble yet astronomical world #Artemis
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Religion did not make people stupid. Stupidity made people stupid.
Victor Glover is the pilot of Artemis II. One of four human beings who just flew 452,000 kilometres behind the Moon and came back safely. To do that job you have to understand orbital mechanics, physics, mathematics, and engineering at a level most people cannot begin to access. He is not a man who stopped thinking.
And from behind the Moon, with Earth disappearing from view and radio communication about to cut out completely, here is what he chose to say.
A man at the furthest point any human being has ever been from home, quoting Christ on love.
Faith and intelligence have never been the opposites we pretend they are. Some of the greatest scientists, mathematicians, and engineers in human history were deeply religious. Bonhoeffer, who gave us the most precise definition of stupidity we have, was a theologian who died for his beliefs.
The question is not whether religion makes people stupid. The question is what you do with your mind, whether you surrender it or sharpen it.
Victor Glover sharpened his all the way to the Moon. And he brought his faith with him.
Both made it back.
Artemis II is now entering a solar eclipse that will last for about an hour as Orion, the Moon and the Sun align. During this phase, the crew will see the Sun disappear behind a mostly darkened Moon.
An incredibly touching moment on board Orion as the Artemis II crew calls down an unnamed crater that they have observed on the Moon, asking to name it 'Carroll', after Carroll Wiseman, Commander Reid Wiseman's wife who tragically passed away in 2020. ❤️
LIVE: Watch with us as the Artemis II astronauts make their closest approach to the Moon, traveling farther from Earth than ever before. https://t.co/Zpy7GdTqA8
The entire Artemis crew can say I love you to the moon and back and mean it literally 😭😭
“Hey Babe,
I love you from the moon”- Astronaut Pilot Victor Glover
After a successful launch, Crew-12 is en route to the @Space_Station, scheduled to arrive at about 3:15pm ET (2015 UTC) on Feb. 14.
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Crew-12 will launch to the @Space_Station no earlier than Feb. 13.
Liftoff is scheduled for 5:15 a.m. EST (1015 UTC), and coverage begins here at 3:15am ET (0815 UTC).
Live now from @NASAKennedy: Watch the members of NASA’s @SpaceX Crew-12 mission discuss their upcoming launch to the @Space_Station. https://t.co/VtFBcyp3Xb