SO..... NASA has been cleaning out their attic and basement, and collecting all of the leftover Shuttle bits - and they're trying to pollute the Atlantic Ocean with most of them. Bets? Go or No-Go?? The Googles say that the WX is 80% go mission for today.
Supposed to happen mid afternoon west coast time. Far cry from the original Apollo missions, more of a RoboCab?
It will be the first time that one of our Northern neighbors have left the planet - ish. I'm sure some drive-by 'scientist' will point out that the Moon is in orbit around the Earth and the Artemis 'fly by' won't count for leaving the planet all the way behind them, but THOSE critics will staying on the ground instead of being the "SPAM in the can." - a REALLY OLD can built by the lowest bidder, using left over re-warmed parts from what is widely considered one of the least safe human spaceflight programs. Either way? They will go further away from home than any other humans thus far. GOD Speed Artemis II!