I've come to realize today, on the dawn of our first return to the Moon in over half a century, how wrong I've been about space policy for the past decades. Seeing the majestic Space Launch System with its mighty SRBs sitting on the pad now, poised to once again take men to the…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) April 1, 2026
Happy April Fools Day to you too.
It’s a monument alright, and all of it will be tossed into the sea never to be used again. But you may say “the capsule will comeback!” Yes, and land in the sea. It will then be studied for all the defects then put into a museum, never to be used again. It will be all that remains of this monument.
The Least likely outcome: Challenger
The most likely outcome: Apollo 13
The fantasy outcome: Apollo-8 light
They are deliberately going to follow the flight path taken by Apollo 13, which only followed it because it was the one flight that failed.
But I do wish them success, so we can put this dead-end behind us and get on with a real programs with real landings.