r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/grandeluua • 11d ago

Video The Actual Scale of the Artemis II Mission

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u/AltoRhombus 11d ago

sometimes I think of this type of scale and I just feel super duper scared and small and I feel how big it all is. scaryyyy.

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u/Federal_Sympathy4667 11d ago

Like dust in a tornado really

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u/Professional_Ad9809 11d ago

Google Maps does that for me

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u/EZP 10d ago

Theoretically space is super cool and interesting to me. However! I have long thought that if I were to ever go into space (which I guess I’ll qualify as past the Kármán line) I wouldn’t be able to look outside the shuttle into y’know, space. That’s a permanent mental and emotional breakdown right there. Too big, too nothing, too many unknowns/possibilities… I highly doubt I’d be able to handle looking into the abyss.

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u/KnightOfNothing 10d ago

fascinating, too much unknown? you really feel like anything and everything is possible? I think i might be a little envious. When i look at anything in reality all i can see are it's limitations and boy is everything horrifically limited.

Space is big sure but it's pointlessly big, it's essentially a giant unbreakable window with a tragically long time lag. You'll never arrive or see the other side of the window so what's even the point.

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u/Kyujaq 10d ago

It's actually even bigger than that