From what reference frame?

Fair enough. Just bill me on the date of the appointment.

No apology necessary. What you said is exactly what Trump was trying to do. I believe turning NASA into an air circus is exactly the plan. I hope that plan fails.

Yeah, usually the Lizard people select world leaders from different clutches of eggs to ensure maximum competition and division among the human nations under them. Due to a malfunction in one of the incubators, Nixon’s egg hatched about seven years after Brezhnevs. During that time the same incubator hatched a separate clutch, among which Nixon was counted, which is why he was allowed to become the US president. Having not grown up together, they were still competitive, but little moments like the moon landing concession still occurred from time to time. Now that might sound unconvincing, but that’s only because I’m not an actual conspiracy theorist. I don’t have access to the deep lore and twisted logic therein.

https://www.commerce.senate.gov/press/dem/release/science-survives-existential-threat-from-trump-budget-as-senate-rejects-gutting-nasa-nsf-nist/

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R43419

https://ourplnt.com/budget-of-nasa-year-by-year/

Don’t get me wrong. I still haven’t found a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than the GOP. It’s more likely that Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Airbus, et. al. reminded then who’s writing the checks to PACs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program

The Artemis program infrastructure is mostly stuff advanced by Obama and Biden era Congresses and Administrations.

The loop is a well precedented procedure for testing components that have not been used for a mission before. They did the same for the Apollo program.

No joke. If I ever tour a Lockheed Martin facility, I’ll make sure to use the bathroom before I go.

Don’t even get me started. The worst part is that if the writers call for a disaster episode, they have to actually kill the actors, like in Apollo one. In all seriousness, the hoax conspiracy is especially unhinged, even as conspiracy theories go.

Exactly, and the so-called “exhaust” is just a fog machine and light effects.

He’ll definitely take credit, but he also tried to cut the budget for NASA. Congress insisted.

Sometimes I think about how there’s probably not life at this scale for very many light years in every direction.

I’m not actually superstitious, but if I wrote a fantasy about this idea, it would be that The Garden of Eden was prophetic rather than historical or legendary/mythological. I really hope we don’t get kicked out of Earth for eating all it’s fruit and cast into a galaxy of relative hardship (or worse).

Anyway, I’m going to go touch some grass, pet a dog, and feel gratitude for the experience.

This is true but also an obstacle to the joke I wanted to make. If I had been more forward thinking, I should have included that very important footnote. It says a lot about his character.

It’s entirely possible that his mane is covering a plethora of gold chains.

Good one. Reminds me of Arrested Development.

Bold of you to assume Mike isn’t paying for the privilege.

Even when possible, it’s often inadvisable as we learned from the monkapotamus in Drew Carey’s famous documentary: https://youtu.be/BLbJC7LeC8E

Scientist 1: “How are things coming along with our test subjects?”

Scientist 2: “I don’t know, it’s about time to check back in with them.”

Scientist 2: “Hey, Mike? How’s it going?”

Mike: “Not too bad. There have been some challenges, but I think we got a few things worked out.”

Scientist 2: “Oh…my. was that it’s–”

Mike: “No, I don’t think so, but it seems like it was mutually enjoyable, though, so write that down.”

[Trilling noises in the background]

Dendrologists: [heavy breathing]

In all seriousness, isn’t it pretty unlikely that alien life could interbreed with terran life even if they also used DNA with the same bases?

They’re less likely to have shit on them, too.