To the Moon!

How did I NOT know this was happening?

Artemis II launched at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida yesterday.

And not just some unmanned probe being shot into space but a rocket with actual people.

Here is the team in Artemis II: Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, of Canada,, Pilot Victor Glover, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch.

Real people in a real rocket really going into real space?

I'm not kidding! I did not know this was happening!

Am I so caught in the maelstrom of a world spirialling into ignorance, fear, hate and chaos that I totally missed a truly wonderous thing happening?

Humankind venturing once more into space! 

Artemis II is going to the Moon! We're not landing or anything, it is just a fly by but still.... damn! Since it's been over 5 decades since we last went to the Moon, just driving by to wave high at the moon is a pretty damn big deal.

And somehow....  I did not know it was happening. 

How? How did I not know of such a momentous thing was taking place?

For whatever the reason, I just hope things go well and wish for the crew of Artemis II to have an amazing adventure and to safely make it back home.