EPISODE · Apr 7, 2026 · 4 MIN
Artemis II is Actually a Time Machine: (And I Can Prove It) : Episode 13
from All The Things · host Travis
NASA launched Artemis 2 — four astronauts, ten days, around the moon and back. Cool. Historic. Fine. But here's what nobody's leading with: when those astronauts splash down, they will physically be younger than everyone who stayed on Earth. Not a metaphor. Not a rounding error. Actual, measurable, Einstein-approved time dilation. And somehow, my animated alter ego Travikiss managed to sneak onto the spacecraft and call me from space to explain it.This episode breaks down special relativity the way it should've been taught — through an argument with a cartoon. We cover why speed slows time, how we've already proven it with atomic clocks and GPS satellites, what happens to time dilation at 10%, 50%, and 90% of light speed, and why Artemis 2 is technically humanity's slowest time machine.600 milliseconds. Not zero. Never zero.
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NASA launched Artemis 2 — four astronauts, ten days, around the moon and back. Cool. Historic. Fine. But here's what nobody's leading with: when those astronauts splash down, they will physically be younger than everyone who stayed on Earth. Not a metaphor. Not a rounding error. Actual, measurable, Einstein-approved time dilation. And somehow, my animated alter ego Travikiss managed to sneak onto the spacecraft and call me from space to explain it.This episode breaks down special relativity the way it should've been taught — through an argument with a cartoon. We cover why speed slows time, how we've already proven it with atomic clocks and GPS satellites, what happens to time dilation at 10%, 50%, and 90% of light speed, and why Artemis 2 is technically humanity's slowest time machine.600 milliseconds. Not zero. Never zero.
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