HOUSTON—Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman told reporters that he hoped his upcoming historic mission around the moon would be ultimately “forgotten” due to it successfully opening the door for more impressive, historic missions.
“I hope we’re forgotten,” he said on Sept. 24. “If we are forgotten, then Artemis has been successful. We have humans on Mars. We have humans out on the moons of Saturn. We are expanding into the solar system.”
Wiseman’s comment summarized the whole crew’s consensus that, despite the historic nature of their mission, their passion and focus remained strictly on their mission objectives, and their success was ultimately tied to Artemis III’s success. Artemis III is set to be the first of the program to land on the lunar surface….