Artemis Documentary Series Anounced
National Geographic Orders NASA Series ‘Return To The Moon’, Variety
“National Geographic has commissioned event series “Return To The Moon” (working title), which will chronicle NASA’s historic Artemis program that will see a woman step on the lunar surface for the first time. … The series will track the Artemis program right up to the moment NASA lands the first woman and the next man on the moon. Shooting across four years, from now until the lunar landing launch, it will follow the progress of the mission, through Artemis I’s orbit of the moon, Artemis II’s crewed flight around the Moon and ultimately Artemis III’s lunar landings and return to Earth.”
A series on Space X would be both more interesting and more relevant to future endeavors. Ambitious NASA plans that are traditionally not followed through with are not credible.
Absolutely.
There are documentaries on SpaceX on Netflix, but they only explore SpaceX in bits and pieces. There is one on Musk’s vision for Mars, another on the first Falcon Heavy test launch, etc. Someone should make a documentary that fully explores the history of SpaceX from the Falcon 1 to the present development of Starship.
SpaceX is a private company, probably not get much info from them in same manner don’t get much from Apple except for product releases. For me I get most of my SpaceX activity news from Scott Manley videos.
What makes you think the Space Launch System rockets that are being built and the Orion Crew Modules and ESA Service Modules that are being built won’t be flying to the Moon? The only missing parts of the plan are the Lunar Gateway which NASA has selected contractors to build. They will be ready by 2023. The last piece that is needed is the Human Landing System which is being competed by three top aerospace companies. In other words NASA will be buying them. They are reviewing the updated proposals that the three just delivered. A lot of money has been spend on the HLS. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told the 8th National Space Council meeting a few days ago that thanks to strong bipartisan support from Congress the Human Landing System is fully funded. He thanked Congress for their support.
So given all that do you really think it’s going to be cancelled?
Excuse me – who said it was going to be “cancelled”? At least try and respond to what people actually say.
“Ambitious NASA plans that are traditionally
not followed through with are not credible“ implies it will be cancelled. That’s what not “following through” means.
What else do you think that is referring to?
The program continuing?
You were putting words into someone’s mouth. Please don’t.
…“With extensive access to this history-making mission, we can once again inspire the world with a story of courage, imagination, passion and self-sacrifice through the eyes and the hearts of the Artemis team.”
– I hope so. More of this is needed (best promotion of Education and Public Outreach for NASA).
SciFi..
The final chapter comes in 2050.
You usually don’t see documentary series that last 10 years.
even star trek based TV shows have the good taste to stop filming after 7 years….
I tol’ Wilbur an’ I tol’ Orville an’ I’m tellin’ you…it’ll never get off the ground! Of course, NASA could always assign the crew to fly with SpaceX.
The show will run for more than 4 years.
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Reminds me of the old commercial, ‘is it real or is it….’ I thought NatGeo was into science, not SciFi? Artemis is so far a program with no mission. Maybe it will do ok as a SciFi series?
Artemis will be cancelled the day after Biden takes office. Instead we’ll launch satellites that stare at the Earth telling us Global warming will kill us all if we don’t raise taxes.
And your source for this prediction is …?
The left has never supported manned space flight. Even Kennedy wasn’t that interested in space flight.
Excuse me – where on Earth do you get such idiotic notions?
Might I suggest you pick up a few books on the history of the space program. Until Trump tried to turn NASA into a photo op, the space program has been primarily bipartisan.
Except for the fact Biden’s first budget will not be until a year from now.. the new President’s first year runs on the last president’s last budget.
Also all Biden can do is PROPOSE a NON BINDING budget.
Most Administrations get a budget delta enacted. Given the lack of pandemic package and on going troubles with the pandemic and the economy they will be fiddling with budgets non stop. I doubt NASA is going to be an issue while vastly larger things are dealt with.
Artemis may be delayed, but there it no proof that it will be cancelled by the new administration. As GAO has pointed out, the program has many challenges and would probably not make the 2024 goal anyway.
I give Bridenstine a lot of credit for shepherding through the international obligations and contractual entanglements (such as this) that provide an expanding constituency for crewed spaceflight beyond LEO.
With all these obligations, Artemis becomes more of a supertanker than a speedboat – a lot harder to move off course. The hardware that’s eventually used is a lot less important than the expectation that *something* will be used and our obligation to fulfill our commitment to an ongoing human presence on the Moon.
Bridenstine took Trump’s need for personal praise and used it to the advantage of crewed spaceflight. Well done.
The first 36 episodes will cover from the start of the senate signing off on SLS and will take us up to the green test.