Awe for Artemis II

For this week’s bonus episode, Dan Kois, Dana, and Steve take a moment to salute the astronauts of the Artemis II who went farther away from Earth than any human has before and, in the process, made space travel wondrous again. After grossly capitalistic and egoist endeavors from the likes of Musk and Bezos, NASA’s Artemis II provided a rare opportunity for collective awe for the vastness of space and an appreciation for publicly-backed science. In addition to the incredible photos from their space craft, the crew of astronauts inspired a wonderfully reverent piece from Ruth Graham on the front page of The New York Times and produced a truly great internet dog video.