Jacob Pinter

What was that like?

Like, what were you feeling?

This is going to be probably an impossible question, but it's my job to ask it anyway.

Has there been like one moment or one experience or one photograph or one radio message from the astronauts that has just stuck with you more than the others?

So I want to show you a post that I saw on social media.

I gather that maybe you've seen this before.

For people who can't see this, describe what we're looking at.

Why do you think this mission captured so much attention?

Like, why do you think people who aren't normally paying attention to NASA latched onto this one?

Just on a personal note, I've been blown away by how captivating Artemis II has been for so many people.

You know, during the mission, I was reading comments on the internet and social media of people who said that they were playing NASA's live stream basically 24-7, sometimes even when they went to sleep.

I saw people treating it like a TV show, and they just want to know when the next season is coming out.

And so many people have latched on to the concept of moon joy, inspired by the warmth and skill of people involved in this mission.

Not just the astronauts, but the many, many people who made this mission possible.

When we interviewed the astronauts before the mission, there was this one thing that Jeremy Hansen said that stuck with me.

He said, and this is a quote, I do hope that the globe will pause when there are humans who have left the planet and are on the far side of the moon.

I hope that we all pause during that timeframe.

I think that would be good for us as a human race.

And, you know, at the time, to be honest, I don't know if I really believed that that would happen.

But I've been overwhelmed by just how many people did pause.