Space and Zen: Lessons from Artemis II for the Modern Motorcyclist

Space and Zen: Lessons from Artemis II for the Modern Motorcyclist

April 16, 2026 · 12 min · Season 4 · Episode 149

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The episode discusses the perspective shift experienced by astronauts during Artemis II and its implications for motorcyclists and mindfulness.

Four humans loop the far side of the Moon, splash down in the Pacific, and then say something that stops me cold: the most overwhelming part wasn’t the Moon. It was Earth. After Artemis II, Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen describe a perspective shift that’s hard to unsee, especially when Koch talks about the blackness of space and how Earth feels like a lifeboat hanging in the universe. That image turns “planet” into “shared home,” and it quietly raises a bigger...

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Host: Ron Francis

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Places: Moon, Pacific, Earth, universe

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