With all of the sketchy devices and services involved (but it should all work out, minus the dignity), perhaps it's finally dawned on them (and everyone else) that Artemis II is supposed to be a 10-day comedy tour. At that price...
(A little levity for the entire planet to enjoy, because that's how Abraham's God rolls. Why else would the commander be a veritable Wise guy?)
“I appreciate you wanting to get people interested in rocket science, but maybe don’t broadcast that the PIN to unlock the tablet on the rocket is either 9393 or 3939,” one viewer wrote on X.
It's all in the timing -- just ask a Jewish comedian. Where do people think they got that from?
Artemis II launched ~ hour before sundown at the beginning of Passover (the birthday of the Hebrew nation), setting the splashdown NET time for
April 10, 5:21 p.m. PDT (local time)
In a responsum to a community that had inquired as to the rationale behind the observance of Isru Chag, Yosef Hayyim (1832–1909) cited Isaac Luria (1534–1572), the founder of Lurianic Kabbalah, to the effect that Jews connect the day after the holiday to the holiday itself due to the remaining “light” of the holiday: in other words, so that the sanctity of the holiday will be extended.[2]
Every word adds up. It's an intrinsic property.
278:
to Abraham [לאברהם] = one seed/ ['זרע א] = seed [זרעא] (Aramaic) =
Isru Chag [אסרו חג] = Ohr HaGanuz, the hidden light [of Creation] אור הגנוז = the spirit of revelation/discovery [רוח הגילוי]
For anyone keeping track of the key data points, Hebrews [עברים] = 322:
NASA's SLS moon rocket is a towering rocket, the space agency's largest since the Saturn V moon rocket of the Apollo program. It stands 322 feet tall, reaches higher than the Statue of Liberty, and requires 750,000 gallons of propellant to fly.https://www.space.com/news/live/artemis-2-nasa-moon-mission-launch-updates-april-3-2026
Artemis II [ארטמיס ב\2] = 322
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a 10-day comedy tour
This engine burn is a key manoeuvre that nudges the spacecraft out of Earth's orbit and on its trajectory towards our lunar neighbour.
But 20 minutes after the burn the team received a terrifying 'cabin leak' emergency message.
'We did get a warning message for "cabin leak suspected",' astronaut Hansen said in the crew's first live interview from space.
'This grabs your attention because…
If you ever start in on punning, I'm afraid we're all doomed.