Ep 277: NASA Remembrances and New Hopes — AFRS™ BBSH™ Bob Luzenski on the Impending Artemis II Launch

America's Favorite Rocket Scientist™ and Big Brain Smart Head™ Bob Luzenski joins Rafe to discuss NASA's official remembrances during this time of year and hopes and aspirations for the upcoming Artemis II launch.  After some solemn discussions of the fallen astronauts from the Apollo 1 fire of 1967, the Challenger accident of 1986, and the Columbia accident of 2003, discussion turns to the Artemis project to return people to the moon.  Artemis II has half-a-dozen open launch windows over the next several months and NASA is planning some aggressive space flight tests with this next launch to set the stage for a human footprints again on the lunar surface in the next couple of years.  Bob details the plans for the mission while providing needed context to what happened in the late 1960s with the Apollo flights.Post-production note:  Bob mentions in this episode a previous Buf episode in which we discussed his witnessing the Challenger disaster of 1986.  That episode is Episode 19, "Slipping the Surly Bonds of Earth", originally released January 26, 2021; it can be found in the list of previous episodes of the Buf.*****As always, you can reach the Buf at [email protected]*****As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast.  As such, some of you have asked how you can help out.  Well, here's the answer: support us on Buy Me a Coffee:https://buymeacoffee.com/bufnagleOn this page, you can do a really nice thing like send us a couple dollars to help cover the cost of recording and hosting and microphones and research and all that.  Any little bit really helps!  Thank you in advance!!!