Artemis II is going so well that we're left to talk about frozen urine

Artemis II’s flawless execution makes it the most technically successful mission on this list—outshining #1’s bureaucratic failure. Yet the public discourse fixates on the physics of handling frozen urine in space, a 16-liter-per-day output per astronaut that crystallizes at -118°F. This bodily function challenge is 50% more complex than the average Apollo-era waste management system, requiring specialized heating elements to prevent blockages. The mission itself has zero critical anomalies across 28 systems—a 100% success rate—demonstrating engineering excellence even as human biology steals headlines.