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NASA Begins Planning the First Human Mission To Cislunar Space (blastingnews.com)

Posted by timothy on from the so-awesome-they-have-to-use-tax-money dept.

MarkWhittington writes: With the first launch of the heavy-lift Space Launch System drawing nigh (for no later than November 2018), NASA is already trying to plan the first crewed space mission beyond low-Earth orbit for the early 2020s. However, budget uncertainties plus a couple of congressional mandates are causing uncertainty for the launch manifest for the SLS.

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  1. Let's take back the words co-opted by SocJus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    "cis" is a Latin prefix that roughly translates to "on this side of".

    It doesn't matter if it was co-opted by some academic leftist tyrants.

    We should take back the words they've co-opted.

    They only have power when they're allowed to corrupt language.

    If we deny them that ability, then they are powerless.

    So I think we should use the term "cis" as the Romans wanted us to, and in this case "cislunar" is a perfectly good use of it.

    By using the prefix "cis" properly in this case, the social justice movement has actually been dealt a blow.