As Twitchy mentioned earlier, the news media were particularly excited about the first lunar mission in more than 50 years having such a diverse crew: a woman, a person of color, and a Canadian.
FOX: Among the crew are the first woman, first person of color and first Canadian on a lunar mission. There's a lot of firsts happening. pic.twitter.com/TrTVpmmIdl
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 1, 2026
The Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969 left a plaque on the moon reading, "We came in peace for all mankind." A Sky News reporter seems to have taken issue with that working, saying that the Artemis II astronauts are going "for all humanity this time," seeing as the Apollo 11 mission was "all white men."
WTF?! “Apollo was all white men..”
— Voice of Reason (@brexitblog_info) April 1, 2026
Disgusting to watch Sky reporter Thomas Moore bring race into the launch of the Artemis Moon mission. As if the original astronauts weren’t doing it on behalf of all mankind.
One truly despairs at the woke mind virus. @elonmusk @Iromg pic.twitter.com/t8IEQ8ncFP
Sky News Reporter says that the Apollo missions to the Moon didn't represent humanity because "Apollo was all white men..."pic.twitter.com/xuvLEeWFOu
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 2, 2026
Even the pilot set another reporter straight who asked a question about race:
🚨 WOW! Artemis II pilot Victor Glover gives the PERFECT response to a leftist reporter asking about skin color
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 2, 2026
"I hope we push that one day...it's about human history, humanity, NOT 'black history,' not 'women's history,' but that it becomes human history!"
RIGHT ON!… pic.twitter.com/XpY1HcWR7U
I guess his broadcast also doesn't represent humanity.
— Jay Miller (@NatrlBornMiller) April 2, 2026
The implication here is that national accomplishments only matter so long as they are achieved by someone who looks like you.
— 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠 (@GregoryEck) April 2, 2026
What a horrible way to live.
Everything is race to these psychos
— Echo4Whiskey (@Echo4_Whiskey) April 2, 2026
White men are part of humanity.
— Jo Symon (@AmericaJoJo) April 2, 2026
And yet these white men achieved something that no one else had. They never talk about the Russians only employing “white men.”
— C Kay (@Ckimoo) April 2, 2026
Someone somewhere is always going to find something to bitch about because they didn’t get enough attention as a child.
— Don Foster (@donny3452) April 2, 2026
If you're the one talking about race all the time, you're probably the racist.
— rhombus10 (@rhombus10) April 2, 2026
If race is so important, how about we celebrate the accomplishments of these white pioneers with all the right stuff?
Newsflash to @SkyNews, if white men hadn’t gone to the moon in ‘69, no one would’ve gone to the moon. You’re welcome.
— pigwithwings (@PigWithWings82) April 2, 2026
Exhausting. It has to be exhausting to have that mindset.
— Awake yet? (@not_today_junya) April 2, 2026
Well, if others from other nations have the brains and funding, maybe they could send their own people to the moon.
— Freedom Quotes (@VoiceRw) April 2, 2026
Doesn't he feel underrepresented because they don't have a British astronaut on the crew?
That @SkyNews reporter is a jackoff. Did the Apollo missions not represent humanity because none of the astronauts were black Muslim female trans people who were neurodivergant and were deaf and blind? Fuck that guy.
— Nutty Squirrel (@NuttySquirrel_8) April 2, 2026
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