Artemis and the moon

Good news about Artemis II and the Orion crew and their fantastic loop around the moon. They are on the way back, having been further than any human has before. They recorded their observations as they went around the dark side, and took a lot of photos.

Space travel shows us truths about ourselves on this planet. Look, we are small and those astronauts are so very brave. I look forward to all the space photos that we have not seen in decades and new ones besides.

While governments and their leaders down here seem to be hellbent on ruining the planet we live on and destroying places we call home, the space flight reminds us of how beautiful and fragile it all is. Our blue and green lovely home. We should be working on keeping it safe and secure, not wrecking it. Let’s face it, if we can have whale populations rebounding after many years of hunting them, then perhaps other areas of our globe can be improved as well, with some work.

I also enjoy the songs the astronauts are woken up to every day. This morning it was a voice note from the late Jim Lovell of Apollo 13, passing on the torch to the current crew, whereas on day four it was Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club.

Meanwhile, the giant that is India in dairy and most other human endeavours is waking up too, with the news that Amul has passed one trillion rupees in turnover, with its 1.6 million farmers (as if Estonia decided to have every one of its inhabitants be a dairy farmer, and add in Iceland as well). The second White Revolution is underway in India, and as Amul starts an export push to markets in the US and elsewhere, it shall be of interest to see how this affects the global markets.

• Suzanne Christiansen, editor, Dairy Industries International. Keep in touch via email: [email protected] Twitter: @dairyindustries Linkedin: @dairyindustriesinternational