The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

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Propaganda is propaganda.

That message in the current world state of play is not for anyone interested in saving the world and clean energy.  Its a statement to show the world how much further ahead the USA is than they are.

The Artemis mission to the moon came from nowhere, and all of a sudden they are orbiting the moon and splash down.

[member=105]Thryleon[/member] Yes, the poltical stuff just shows you where the US public headspace is at, even if the polticians are not the same it's clear evidence they know the US public has a parnoia.

FYI, Artemis itself has been around for over a decade it's hardly an overnight occurrence. It was initially announced back in Obama's era, and formally funded a few years later initially as Exploration Mission-1, built on the earlier Ares, SLS and Orion programs some of which are more two decades old.

Often the media tout these big projects as the latest and greatest tech, but in reality by the time they fly projects like Artemis, JWST, and others are already obsolete or superseded, most of these missions started planning and technical design back in the 90s.

As an IT person you'll not be surprised to hear they still use "space hardened" versions of 90s era CPUs and Chipsets in these machines, PowerPC, x86, etc, etc.. The most critical thing for them is reliability and predictability, using tech they have an intimate knowledge of already, they rarely use "new" in developments like this.