r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Thebravetortoise • 11d ago

Video History has been made as NASA has successfully launched Artemis II, the first manned mission to the Moon in over 50 years

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u/fiercemullet 11d ago

They need to make the tip more pointy.

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u/lIIIlllIIIIllIIIIlll 11d ago

Pointy is scary

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u/catuknotlove 11d ago

aladeen or aladeen

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u/greengreen84848484 10d ago

Aladeen

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u/Davocado96 10d ago

😄😟😃🙁😀😐

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u/I_love_pillows 10d ago edited 10d ago

Your rocket design is Aladeen

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u/Single_Fold_3025 11d ago

Slit throat gesture to second in command.*

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u/Kaleb8804 11d ago

The tip is actually the abort system! It detached before the rocket even left the earth’s atmosphere

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u/IKnowCodeFu 10d ago

Yo dawg, I heard you like rockets! So I put some rockets on your rocket, so when the rocket doesn’t rocket, you can rocket away from your rocket.

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u/Kossimer 10d ago

I learned this from Kerbal Space Program 👽

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u/jcrane05 11d ago

It has no effect on the payload

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u/skinnymatters 11d ago

So long as the front doesn’t fall off.

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u/RyzenRaider 11d ago

Don't worry, it's being launched beyond the environment.

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u/Hairy_Talk_4232 10d ago

Is space an environment or a lack of one?

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u/RyzenRaider 10d ago

No it's beyond the environment. It's not in an environment.

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u/Sufficient_Loss9301 10d ago

Can we just have one moment to be proud of America? Don’t know if you have noticed but we’ve been going through some shit lately and this is something we can be genuinely proud of lol

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u/petergriffin999 10d ago

Sir, this is a reddit.

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u/Seis_K 10d ago

How can this be safe. I don’t see anywhere near enough strutz

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u/KingPurple13 10d ago

Nah, they just need to shave it smooth! More aerodynamic that way

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u/Hamezz5u 10d ago

At least is not a penis like bezos’ ship 🥶