The Artemis II crew is scheduled to return to Earth today (Friday, April 10), splashing down off the coast of San Diego, California. As the Economist reports, they are “returning to a planet they have cheered up.”
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From traveling further into space than any humans before, to naming an unrecorded moon crater for the mission commander’s late wife, to picturing an astronaut silhouetted by a luminous view of Earth, the article notes that “emotion, in the capsule and among millions watching from the ground, has been a significant part of the whole affair.”
We have needed to be “cheered up,” to be sure.
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The recent two-week ceasefire with Iran announced on April 7 postponed what the Wall Street Journal called the “threat [that] gripped the world.” However, Iran stopped oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday in response to Israel’s strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Jim Denison and originally published by the Denison Forum. Used with permission.
