Despite difficulties, the U.S. space agency NASA on Oct. 22 announced the months scheduled for launches of the James Webb Space Telescope, and Artemis 1, the first of four planned Moon-Mars mission launches which lead to the beginning of a permanent settlement on the Moon. The Webb telescope is scheduled for launch in December after long delays and recent “woke” attempts to abandon its naming after former Administrator James Webb. For the sweeping scientific importance of this telescope, see an article in the Oct. 29 issue of EIR.
Space.com reported the Artemis announcement. Artemis 1 is the launch of an uncrewed space capsule, atop the Space Launch System rocket, to travel around the Moon and return. There has been sabotage by lawsuits from the vainglorious Amazon and Blue Origin CEO Jeffrey Bezos; delays from the side of the deindustrialized Boeing Company; and funding for a new lunar lander withheld by the Senate. But a launch of Artemis 1 is now scheduled for February, tentatively President’s Day Feb. 12, 2022. (https://www.space.com/nasa-sls-megarocket-artemis-1-moon-launch-february-2022)
