00:00There's not an astronaut on the planet who wouldn't want to be in one of those four seats.
00:14Artemis is hugely exciting really because it is, as I said, our return to the Moon from all those years
00:20ago when the Apollo missions were going on.
00:22We barely scratched the surface of the Moon during those six landings that we had in the Apollo era.
00:38We built the European service module which powers the Orion spacecraft that provides all the electrical power, the life support
00:46systems, the propellant, and so Europe is heavily involved in the Artemis program.
00:53We can be very proud in the UK that we are part of this Artemis mission.
01:03Having that emotional attachment to friends who are sat on top of that rocket will be incredible but there's not
01:11an astronaut on the planet who wouldn't want to be in one of those four seats.
01:14When they actually transit to the Moon, they're going to have three to four days and I think at that
01:19point, you know, they'll be able to just, the pace will ease off a bit, they'll be able to reflect
01:24and then the Moon will just be getting bigger and bigger in the window.
01:27So I think there's going to be several moments during the mission which are going to be quite profound for
01:33them and we'll all be wishing them, you know, well on their journey and for a safe and successful mission.
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