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The new US administration is forcing a rethink among international partner space agencies, by suggesting plans for lunar exploration are a waste of time, and the Artemis program should be dropped. (europeanspaceflight.substack.com)

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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is someone still going to get those stranded astronauts down during all this chaos?

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i sure hope you're kidding

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope they're still up there

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The vehicle they will ride down in is already up there. Nothing extra needs to be done to bring them home.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh! Thank goodness.

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

in fact it's been up there since September. and the latest delay is because of spacex having trouble with the dragon capsule they're producing for crew 10