I realize that my comments were a bit aggressive toward you, personally. Sorry for that. I get a bit tired of reading all of the pro-SpaceX propaganda when a lot of folks outside the industry don't realize how much help Elon has received from NASA and indirectly from all of the companies that they disparage. When NASA contracts ULA, Boeing, Lockheed, etc. they end up sharing all of that knowledge with other competitors for future contracts. Combine that with an aggressive risk posture for cargo missions and you get companies advancing quickly (SpaceX, Blue Origin). Human Spaceflight takes time, hence the delays to the mission. We can't fly crew on Artemis-I because SLS is unproven. Artemis-I was delayed because of SLS delays. I think a lot of the mission gets discredited for the fault of one company and all of the other companies supporting the launch take the flak. The idea behind the moon is that we need a lot of unproven technologies to get us to Mars. Living and having a base on the moon allows us to experience all of those problems and solve them while being relatively close to home. Similar to ISS. I wish we still had the budget that NASA once had, we would be so much farther along than we are now.

Regardless of whether you agree or not, I wish you happy holidays.

The reason Im not responding is because you are the type of person who shifts the conversation when confronted or corrected. There is no point discussing this further. But know that I am choosing not to continue because of your responses, not based on my lack of knowledge. I say this as someone who has worked on Artemis for the past ten years, as someone who has discussed topics like this with executives and as someone who has hardware on Artemis-I as we speak.

Your post history would suggest otherwise. Your comment was a jab at the mission that we are only paying for photos, but now you are changing your argument. Your ignorance in the industry doesnt even justify a response, someone else can feed this troll.

I dont think photography is the primary mission objective here