I mean I kinda see manned missions as pointless. I would like us to remotely create destinations before going through the added expense of people and I think the technology gains would be bigger.

AFAIK, the service module is European, built by the ESA, so this is not 100% an American accomplishment.

This gives mission me hope. A diamond in the rough.

I'm surprised that Trump didn't sign an EO declaring that it was now the Trump space mission rather than Artemis II.

I don't see the point of sending people to the moon or Mars. It will always be insanely expensive to do anything there, always. What is there to discover that can't be done with robots? Doing it for the poetic sake of doing it--"going where no man has gone before"-- seems impractical and wasteful.

Yes, we've done it in the past, exploring, that doesn't mean we must keep doing it as it becomes more impractical, and with what benefits, exactly? Exploiting whatever resources are there? Is that really what we should be doing?

Can’t we get a single article without mentioning how shitty the U.S is right now? Half of the comments here aren’t even on topic.

My friend, the toilet was clogged on the rocket.

Toilet= shitty

Seems on topic to me

I hope it goes smoothly. I read some troubling things about it, but time will tell.

Can’t we get a single article without mentioning how shitty the U.S is right now?

So you concede this is all about distraction.

Let's discover antibiotics again!