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This mission is Artemis II. Is Artemis III the one with a lander?

• JumpCrisscross 6mo ago
  > Is Artemis III the one with a lander? Not anymore. Artemis III is now a LEO systems check [1]. Comparable to Apollo 9. (Side note: when did we switch from Arabic to Roman numerals?) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
  • fluidcruft 6mo ago
    I don't know but the rockets and missiles have done that (Saturn V, Minuteman III, etc)
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  • xattt 6mo ago
    There’s definitely “notation-fluidity” in Apollo mission patches. 10 is Roman, 11 is Arabic, 12 & 13 are Roman again.
    • FabHK 6mo ago
      Which is weird, because "X", "10", "XI", "XII", "12", "XIII", "13" are all unambiguous, while "11" could be read as "II" = 2 depending on the font. In other words, they switched exactly as to maximise ambiguity.