FL - NASA to launch Artemis II crew on flight around the moon this week - April 2026

[Lebowski]

Look how small the Earth is getting. That must be a very weird feeling to see that.

no one's seen the earth that small in 54 years

gotta be scary being in a tiny craft with a few people heading off into deep space. the feeling that you're on your own must be overwhelming. i am a big and tough guy, and there's a good chance i would be whimpering and awkwardly asking to cuddle with my crewmates.

and it's crazy to see a scale image of how far away the moon really is. our intuition from seeing it in the sky and cartoon diagrams in school doesn't really capture this.

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[IceIce9]

lol, how on earth do those come up in OSHA and CPR classes?

anyway, if flat-earthers are out there, there's going to be people who believe pretty much anything. as a late relative of mine used to say, "takes all kinds of people to make

I see lots of references to flat earthers. But I have never met one, never talked to one. I see many sites, but that means nothing. That is just a couple of people. I think the joke is on the massive number of people responding to this. You are trolled. Just stop. The only ones talking about "flat Earth" are people wanting to debunk the flat earth theory. It is mostly a false narrative. Go fight your imaginary dragons somewhere else.

I had never talked to one until I started teaching adult classes. Now I’m amazed at the number of people who believe the Earth is flat, and that we have never been to space.

They have an answer for everything too, they try to overcome every objection. Some try to use Bible verses to support their belief in a flat earth, there are four verses that they commonly use. They talk about a firmament over the earth among other things.

As far as the fake moon landing go, the most common thing they talk about is the picture of the American flag blowing in the wind after it was planted on the moon. And of course there’s no wind on the moon.

As for how these topics come up in the classes I teach, in several of the classes we discuss gravity. That gives the opening for conspiracy theorist to say they don’t believe in gravity, and then the discussion takes off from there.

Of course, I try to get the class back on track right away, but sometimes it’s difficult if I have several conspiracy theorist in the same group,

 

[PrairieWind]

no one's seen the earth that small in 54 years

gotta be scary being in a tiny craft with a few people heading off into deep space. the feeling that you're on your own must be overwhelming. i am a big and tough guy, and there's a good chance i would be whimpering and awkwardly asking to cuddle with my crewmates.

and it's crazy to see a scale image of how far away the moon really is. our intuition from seeing it in the sky and cartoon diagrams in school doesn't really capture this.

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The note from NASA yesterday that this was the first time in 50 years that humans had connected to the Deep Space Network. Sure its only going to the moon, but it is humans leaving our orbit again. Soo amazing.

 

[IceIce9]

The note from NASA yesterday that this was the first time in 50 years that humans had connected to the Deep Space Network. Sure its only going to the moon, but it is humans leaving our orbit again. Soo amazing.

They are traveling farther into deep space than man has ever gone before, so that is exciting in itself.

 

[Ontario Mom]

I had never talked to one until I started teaching adult classes. Now I’m amazed at the number of people who believe the Earth is flat, and that we have never been to space.

They have an answer for everything too, they try to overcome every objection. Some try to use Bible verses to support their belief in a flat earth, there are four verses that they commonly use. They talk about a firmament over the earth among other things.

As far as the fake moon landing go, the most common thing they talk about is the picture of the American flag blowing in the wind after it was planted on the moon. And of course there’s no wind on the moon.

As for how these topics come up in the classes I teach, in several of the classes we discuss gravity. That gives the opening for conspiracy theorist to say they don’t believe in gravity, and then the discussion takes off from there.

Of course, I try to get the class back on track right away, but sometimes it’s difficult if I have several conspiracy theorist in the same group,

As to the bolded, that's pretty amazing. I would have never guessed that. Thanks for explaining.

 

[Ontario Mom]

They are traveling farther into deep space than man has ever gone before, so that is exciting in itself.

To be the first 4 people to set a record for your local sports team is pretty cool.

Being the first 4 to set the record for all of humanity is mind boggling.
It's really hard to get my head around that in the coolest way.

 

[Vaderman]

I've been watching NASA's live stream tonight. Does anyone know what I'm looking at?

Is the crescent earth? Is the orb center right the moon? Vice versa?

 

[Lebowski]

looks like the main engine is pointed at it, so my guess would be crescent earth

 

[LittleSeaTree]

To be the first 4 people to set a record for your local sports team is pretty cool.

Being the first 4 to set the record for all of humanity is mind boggling.
It's really hard to get my head around that in the coolest way.

Seeing them interviewed tonight was such a thrill-their SMILES