Although Reid is the mission’s commander, he takes care to include his crew.<\/p>\n
“When I look at Victor, Christina and Jeremy, they want to go do this mission, they are keenly driven, they are humble to a fault. It is so cool to be around them.”<\/p>\n
Reid is widowed and despite a distinguished career as an astronaut, he considers his time as an only parent as his “greatest challenge and the most rewarding phase” of his life.<\/p>\n
In one of the very few interviews Neil Armstrong ever gave, I asked him in 1996 whether the dream of humans living and working on the Moon and going on to other planets would ever come back. His reply was:<\/p>\n
“The reality may have faded, but the dream is still there, and it will come back in time.”<\/p>\n
He would have been heartened to have heard these words from each of the Artemis II crew.<\/p>\n
Christina: “We are ready.”<\/p>\n
Jeremy: “We are going.”<\/p>\n
Victor: “To the Moon.”<\/p>\n
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