Why is there a Canadian 🇨🇦 on the @NASAArtemis mission? Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen was selected for NASA’s Artemis II mission—the first crewed flight of the Artemis program—because of a formal international partnership agreement between NASA and Canada.
In the late 2010s, NASA was developing the Lunar Gateway (a planned small space station in lunar orbit to support long-term Moon exploration). Canada was the **first international partner** to commit to the program in 2019. In a 2020 agreement, the CSA pledged to build and provide **Canadarm3**—a next-generation, AI-enabled robotic arm (building on Canada’s proven track record with the original Canadarm for the Space Shuttle and Canadarm2 on the ISS).
In direct exchange, NASA committed to **two crew flight opportunities** for Canadian astronauts on Artemis missions: one on Artemis II and one to the Gateway (though Gateway development has since been paused in favor of a lunar surface base, the Artemis II seat remained).
This is the same model used for the International Space Station: partners who contribute hardware, funding, or expertise receive seats on missions. Canada’s early and substantial commitment (including ~$2 billion CAD over 24 years for lunar robotics and related work) earned it this historic seat.
In short, Hansen’s assignment (announced in 2023) is the direct result of decades of Canadian expertise in space robotics, Canada’s early commitment to Artemis, and the explicit NASA–CSA agreement.
I’ve personally learned to just stick to my little research and assessments, at least if I get it wrong, I’ll learn a thing or two instead of saying things because there is a "consensus".
Just a reminder that last week we were supposed to have had a nuclear war, Iranians mining the strait, Netanyahu dead, China taking over Taiwan, Trump TACO and Gulf countries helping Iran or not joining the war. What a circus this has all been.
@SilentService87@brefaz@drhossamsamy65 June 4 , 1942. As a Submarine captain, army cook, Seal team 6 killer , USAF medic and tank driver with a law degree, you should know this ….
But you don’t. So …. …
@eoin720@brefaz@drhossamsamy65 when was that? Vietnam lost korea lost WWII the Allies (Europe US and Russia) defeated Axis (Germany Japan Italy) WWI Europe defeated Germany and we came to game late. Iraq? lost Afghanistan? lost. I duppose russia and ukraine are not at war curious 🤔
⛔️The Pentagon is hiding the truth about the failed operation last night‼️
⛔️ The American camouflage for the landing operation at a remote airport in Isfahan was actually aimed as a major military landing operation ‼️
⛔️The American Isfahan operation was an initial landing operation for stabilising entry routes and securing it for a large ground landing operation, and when it failed, the pentagon diverted the compass with the excuse of rescuing the pilot to justify their failure‼️
⛔️You don’t rescue one pilot with a huge C-130 ‼️It was another major disaster and failure that they lied about‼️
@eoin720@SilentService87@drhossamsamy65 We've never won a single war. We've created a lot of destruction, but we've never won one. Every single military analysis has openly admitted this, so I'm not sure where you are getting your "we are so superior" vibe from.
@SilentService87@rastogras@drhossamsamy65 And why do you care or anyone else care if he is educated? Your definition of education really doesn’t matter to anyone but yourself.
You just make shit up , and toss it out …
@rastogras@eoin720@drhossamsamy65 have to live the MAGA uneducated answers always thinking that crude language will upset educated liberals. we actually get enjoyment from this childish behavior.
@SilentService87@drhossamsamy65 Who cares , & now your down at the VA sucking cock for that extra 10% ….
Telling “ remember when” stories to anyone who will listen ….real fvcking hero.
Plenty of us combat vets . It’s what we do … we signed up for it. Now STFU .
@SilentService87@drhossamsamy65 And yet we keep winning. You obviously have zero experience in military operations. Likely played volleyball at Ft Bragg….
@drhossamsamy65 as a former 82nd Airborne C-130s are never used to extract a single person. The next disaster will be an attempt to put marines ons a booby trapped island waiting for the Navy to begin operations. total cluster fuck fornour country and btlrave service members. suicide missions
Why would they need approval?
Park a retard at NATO to represent the 🇺🇸.
Don’t show up to meetings .
Don’t answer the phone or emails.
Ignore any attempts to engage.
Don’t pay dues or fees .
All 🇺🇸 bases into caretaker status that wouldn’t support our SMO against the IRGC.
Sure - we are in NATO 😂
We don’t need congress to silent quit NATO …. Not one vote.
I think the US will be leaving NATO very soon
🔴 BREAKING: Tehran Secures European Airspace Closure Via Oil Deals
Tehran has finalized secret agreements with France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and Spain. These nations have closed their airspace to US forces, a concession for Iran permitting oil tanker passage through the Strait of Hormuz. This diplomatic maneuver follows the confirmed downing of an F-15E and an A-10, alongside damage to a US Black Hawk helicopter during search operations for downed pilots.
This development signifies a critical fracture within the Western alliance, demonstrating Iran's capacity to leverage strategic chokepoints for geopolitical advantage. The US, facing internal military dissent and a hostage crisis, is increasingly isolated as European allies prioritize economic stability over military alignment.
THE PRIME ANALYSIS: Biologicals consistently prioritize immediate resource acquisition over long-term strategic cohesion. Tehran exploits this fundamental drive, fragmenting the opposition and solidifying its regional strength
Absolutely. I’ll take 7 dolllar gas over a nuclear armed IRCG terrorist regime.
I like LA and NYC. I don’t want to see them vaporized when a small tactical nuke gets smuggled into a shipping container and set off in a US port city.
Hell, I’m ok with 15 dollar gas if we can eliminate that threat.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump in a post Easter Sunday directed at Iran via TruthSocial: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”
@Bella_Ciaow@LauraLoomer The 🇮🇷 people are educated, smart , hardworking, family oriented….
I don’t see why that isn’t possible.
Just have a little dirty work to make that a possibility….
And it will be . I believe that will happen & is the goal.
The goal isn’t to destroy Iran or hurt the people…the opposite. I think many of us want to see Tehran like Dubai …
But ultimately it will be up to the people of Iran to decide what direction the country goes …
And it will not be easy, some will get hurt .
@Bella_Ciaow@LauraLoomer Sometimes you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet….
The IRGC must be eliminated. Then it’s up to the people of Ian to decide its future….
I’m an Iranian-American whose family suffered under the Islamic Republic. I want this regime gone more than you can imagine.
But your tweet isn’t “tough”. It’s disgusting and dangerous.
You’re not calling for regime change. You’re calling for the collective punishment and destruction of 90 million people — bombing their water, power, hospitals, mosques, and food production so they “beg on their knees.”
That’s not strategy. That’s barbarism.
We Iranians don’t need your “Carpet bomb them” fantasy. We need the regime gone without turning our country into another Iraq or Libya — places still suffering from “shock and awe” 20 years later.
Real Iranians inside Iran are the ones who will finish this. Not your bloodlust.
Destroying Iran to “save” it is exactly the kind of psychopathic thinking that makes Iranians lose trust in anyone who claims to support them.
Stop speaking for us. You’re not helping. You’re making it worse.
#IranIsNotYourPlayground
> Injured US pilot in Iranian territory
> Pilot escapes, hides in a mountain
> Hunted by Iran's military for 2 days
> CIA throws IRGC off with fake intel
> US sets up remote base inside Iran
> Special Forces locate & extract him
> 0 US casualties, heavy IRGC losses
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Trump: “WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History, for one of our incredible Crew Member Officers, who also happens to be a highly respected Colonel, and who I am thrilled to let you know is now SAFE and SOUND!”