Select-Owl-8322 t1_jeano1e wrote
> The rover will fly on a private rocket carrying 14 payloads to the moon, which includes Iris, projects for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as well as some humans.
Are they saying that they will send "some humans" to the moon on a private rocket?
robertmdh t1_jeap94v wrote
NASA is sending people to the moon with the Artemis project but will not land until a further date.
passengerpigeon20 t1_jeazf24 wrote
Why bother? They can actually render the fake footage in a very reasonable time with post-1969 CGI! /s
link2edition t1_jebqa5d wrote
They don't want to hire Kubrick again. He only films on location and is a perfectionist. Apollo 11 landed on the moon 157 times before he was happy with it.
also /s
passengerpigeon20 t1_jebr6dr wrote
"If we'll need to actually build the rocket to stop people from asking questions, maybe we could just... pop to the moon and fake the footage over there."
amitym t1_jecsycx wrote
But... what if people found out??
Available-Camera8691 t1_jedacyb wrote
Kubrick died, and it is the only reason they wouldn't hire him again.
I know he is dead. I was at his funeral, where Belgian techno anthem Pump Up the Jam was played five times, back to back.
link2edition t1_jeetl9l wrote
Kubrik faked his death on a sound stage
/s
SnooWords6686 t1_jedrunk wrote
What is the problem to land in moon? Dust ?
ChefExellence t1_jee3mjs wrote
The new moon landing program, (called Artemis) currently has a working space capsule (called Orion) and a rocket that can launch it to lunar orbit (called SLS), so can send humans to lunar orbit on Artemis II.
The lander (called Starship HLS) and suits (called AxEMU) are not scheduled to be ready until Artemis III because they did not receive contracts and funding until very recently.
robertmdh t1_jedtb1p wrote
Gotta work your way up 🤷♂️
BlueLaceSensor128 t1_jeaq6yo wrote
We can’t afford to send everyone yet. There aren’t even enough chairs.
mfb- t1_jee35a1 wrote
In May!
The only Moon-related launch scheduled for May (sort of) is Vulcan's maiden flight with the Peregrine lander (and two Earth orbit satellites for Amazon) as main payload.
No humans on board obviously. Vulcan is never expected to fly people to the Moon.
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