Artemis: How are we Returning to the Moon?

Dive into the future of space exploration with "The Arrow of Artemis"! Explore NASA's ambitious Artemis Program, from lunar missions to Mars gateways. Join the journey to unlock the mysteries of space!

[dereks]

You forgot to mention that, in Greek mythology, Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo --- a nod to the original manned missions to the Moon.

[distinguishedcolleague]

I love that every few months I discover a new channel of Simon's

[poppyrider]

That was a very optimistic look at Artemis. I hope you're right.

[hackerchn]

This is the best non-business Blaze channel in the Whistleverse

[Mikey_Likes_It_Too]

One of the best (and least biased) takes on the entire Artemis campaign, thank you Simon (and Arnaldo)!

[aaroneiland]

Love all your channels Simon! Always have to listen at 0.75 though!

[BillyOrBobbyOrSomething]

I love all the “engineers” in the comments who apparently know better than the thousands of actual aerospace engineers working on this project. Legends.

[BURDYMAN]

Finally!! Now start doing more Science Unbound videos! I miss when it was called science of science fiction, but either way, we need more of them.

[brewtank]

Gonna be crazy to get 2025 quality video of humans on the moon. Crazy.

[anhedonicauthor]

Oh boy, a Simon channel I hadn't heard of before with 6 months of content to binge watch!

[madmick]

This is such an exciting age of exploration

[felipaorfr]

Anyone interested in Artemis should watch SmarterEveryday's video about it. He raises serious concerns and asks really good questions about it. Starship, for instance, may need a dozen or more launches to refuel just for a single moon landing. The reason for the Gateway is not for science, it is because SLS with Orion doesn't have the delta-v to go straight to the moon's surface like Apollo did. The program seems to be messy with a lot of overcomplications.

[joeker]

Cost is kind of subjective, hour per hour on the moon will be about 100 times cheaper than Apollo. Apollo 17 was on the moon for 27 hours while Artemis 3 will be there for more than a week. So, for the first landing of Artemis they will be on the moon around 6 times longer than the last landing of Apollo. As Artemis progresses it will be on the moon for 2 weeks then a month and a half and so on.

[linesided]

At this point picking on Artemis is like beating the cripple. It's just not a fair fight.

[debott]

Thanks for the summary. This is actually a new space race in the making.

I would like to point out a few inprecise factoids from the video:
1. @0:00 Apollo 17 was correctly mentioned, but then a SpaceX Falcon 9 is shown in the background for some reason.
2. @7:34 the acronym ICPS stands for "Intermin Cryogenic Propulsion Stage" not "Space". It is correctly shown @7:45
3. @14:06 you mention a JAXA owned SLS rocket, but SLS is purely a NASA vehicle.

Keep up the great work. But please check for these minor mistakes next time. :)

[RogerM]

Imagine the incredible Scientific research NASA would have access if instead of Artemis, the budget was use for a large Space Telescope as LUVOIR, probe missions to the icey moons, a lander probe to Europa, a drone mission to Titan, and a Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon.

[JackMott]

There is zero percent chance the Artemis moon landing happens as currently planned.

[jtfyodr]

Isn't the SpaceX Starship the most powerful rocket in the world?

[bobbleczar]

I love how many channels you have. Your voice is great.

[robertlee]

Darkside of the moon is just a point of view from Earth.
The"dark side" receive as much sunlight as the side we look at.