NY Times: Around the Moon and Back in 10 Days
NY Times: Why Artemis II Won’t Land on the Moon
Rebuttal by
On "April Fools Day" NASA allegedly just launched four astronauts — three from the U.S. and one from Canada — on a 10-day trip around the moon and back. The first question that comes to mind -- for someone even mildly astute -- is simply this: Why are the alleged astronauts only doing a "drive by" and not a landing as was done 57 years ago? Can't they do a quick pit stop and bounce around a bit while taking selfies -- just to shut up the Moon Landing deniers who have existed since 1969? NASA allegedly landed astronauts on the moon five additional times since, the last one in 1972. So why is it that in 2026, with technology being far superior now, that the crew of the Artemis II not landing on it? One of the Times articles gives the profoundly unsatisfying answer:


