In its war with Iran, the White House is displaying a country that is small, mean, and ugly When the Artemis II lunar mission launched on Wednesday evening at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Time, it marked humanity’s first foray to the moon in over 50 years. “We are going for our families,” said Victor Glover, the Californian who is the spacecraft’s pilot. “We are going for our teammates,” said Christina Koch, a mission specialist from Michigan. “We are going for all humanity,” said Jeremy Hansen, the first Canadian astronaut aboard a lunar mission. “All right Charlie, your Artemis II crew is go for launch. Full send,” said Reid Wiseman, the mission commander, originally from Baltimore. Two minutes later, NASA mission control monitored as the mission’s twin solid rocket fuel boosters separated. Six minutes after that, the rocket core finished its burn, and also separated.…