One doesn\u2019t have to look too far or wide on the internet these days to find conspiracy theorists and their theories.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ve always existed, of course, but they enjoyed a huge boost in their capabilities with the advent of global super-interconnection. Put simply, anyone doubting a huge moment in history, or of the opinion that some sort of cover-up has taken place, can now spread their views and evidence (or lack of, as the case may be) across the world at a few clicks of a button.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hardly a surprise, then, that the naysayers have been out in force during the current NASA Artemis II mission. Part of the mission\u2019s significance is that it has surpassed the record for human spaceflight\u2019s farthest distance from Earth, previously set by the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.<\/p>\n
NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and the Canadian Space Agency\u2019s Jeremy Hansen launched on Wednesday (1 April) aboard a 322-foot rocket, beginning their journey beyond Earth\u2019s orbit.<\/p>\n
After spending their first 25 hours circling the planet, during which they described the views to mission control as \u201cphenomenal,\u201d the crew set course for the Moon.<\/p>\n
The plan with Artemis II was not to land on the Moon\u2019s surface, but rather conduct a flyby. Nonetheless, it is viewed as a critical step toward future Moon missions.<\/p>\n