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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home Explore Notifications Chat Grok Premium Bookmarks Creator Studio Articles Profile More Post Sairaj @sairajsk Article See new posts Conversation Christian Keil @pronounced_kyle Antarctica, and the extreme logistics of human exploration 14 38 176 102K Yesterday, four astronauts ventured farther from Earth than any humans have gone before. Their extraterrestrial home is Orion, a 330-cubic-foot capsule, which, for the last six days, has provided them with water, food, air, and a fair bit of luxury: the astronauts have iPhones, exercise equipment, five kinds of hot sauce, and a view of the cosmos never before seen by human eyes. That's plenty of entertainment for a ten-day mission. But imagine if Artemis II was instead designed as a 1000-day mission to Mars and back. Making the trip a few years long instead of a few days might make the capsule seem a little less hospitable — the crew would go crazy in such a small

Christian Keil @pronounced_kyle Article Antarctica, and the extreme logistics of human exploration Yesterday, four astronauts ventured farther from Earth than any humans have gone before. Their extraterrestrial home is Orion, a 330-cubic-foot capsule, which, for the last six days, has provided them... 3:45 PM · Apr 7, 2026 127.5K Views :host{display:inline-block;direction:ltr;white-space:nowrap;line-height:1}span{display:inline-block}:host([data-will-change]) span{will-change:transform}.number,.digit{padding:round(nearest, calc(var(--number-flow-mask-height, 0.25em) / 2), 1px) 0}.symbol{white-

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