Humanity Pauses To Watch NASA Burn Through 6000 Litres Of Fuel Per Second

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Those with a bit of time on their hands have today taken a moment to watch something kinda cool, if you are in to that thing.

Those with an interest in space, science and pyrotechnics have paused to watch the National Aeronautics and Space Administration burn through like 6,000 litres of fuel a second, in an effort to send people into space but not land on the moon.

The churning of what could effectively be Australia's entire fuel supply in a matter of seconds, saw Nasa launch a rocket called Artemis II on a historic crewed mission to the moon.

The 10-day test flight, which won't actually land on the moon, includes the milestones like first woman and first person of colour to fly into cislunar space.

Rather than the name of some cool nightclub, Cislunar Space is the area between Earth’s orbit and the moon.

Artemis II’s Orion space capsule could also potentially fly them farther from Earth than any human being before them.

Which yeah, is sick, kinda, if you don't have to worry about how you are going to put food on the table or pay your next power bill - or you want distraction from that.

More to come.