Sam Allen

Um, basically when Artemis circled behind the moon, there was a communication break for 40 minutes.

I remember we were, can remember that we were like sitting in the car and as soon as, um, they came back around, um, astronaut Christina, uh, Coke, uh, said this.

Okay.

Yeah, like the same.

I think like she's on the other side of the moon and they're looking back at Earth.

Like that's our home.

That's home base.

And it's so easy to get discouraged by the world right now.

And yet we are living in a time where four humans are...

passing the moon.

And that is so cool.

And we just need to be just thankful and enjoy like finding the joy in how cool it is to be in this time in this world where we have the choice.

I want to talk about the inspiration of this particular mission.

And I think I, I think when we talk about the original moon landing, a lot of those men were like put on a pedestal and they're heroes.

And I'm not saying they're not, there's been something really beautiful about these four astronauts and us learning about them, learning about their families, what kind of hobbies they have that they're like, Oh, those are humans.

they're smarter than me, but like we are the same.

Um, and so I want to talk about what I think was the biggest viral moment as of now from this trip was when commander Reed Wiseman named a bright crater on the moon after his late wife, Carol, who died of cancer in 2020.

I for one cried multiple times.

Every time I've seen the clip, him naming it, the four of them hugging.

Um, I guess it's just like, how did that make you feel?