That's a sobering thought. 66 years.
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That's a sobering thought. 66 years.
And the tech hasn't fundamentally changed since apollo (reuse ability excepted).
Where do you get that from?
So why haven't "we"?
Apollo 8 went all the way round the moon and back to earth for the first time in 1968. That's all they've done so far this time.
More exciting things are planned in future. But so far it's just a repeat. Here at 2 minute mark:
1.6M views · 50K reactions | Orbitting the moon twice before landing safely is still impressive ngl #Friends | TBS Network
Orbitting the moon twice before landing safely is still impressive ngl #Friends
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Not too impressive seing is I do that most days in my cherry picker and only takes a fraction of the fuel to get me up there.Apollo 8 went all the way round the moon and back to earth for the first time in 1968. That's all they've done so far this time.
More exciting things are planned in future. But so far it's just a repeat. Here at 2 minute mark:
1.6M views · 50K reactions | Orbitting the moon twice before landing safely is still impressive ngl #Friends | TBS Network
Orbitting the moon twice before landing safely is still impressive ngl #Friends
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Time between our first powered flight* and our first spaceship: 58 years
Time between our first spaceship and today: 65 years
* OK - disputed - I'm using the Wright brothers.
Artimis 2 is going further away from Earth that anyone has gone before, a bit over 6000km further away from Earth than Apollo 13 did, but only because the moons orbit is further away from the Earth at the moment than it was during the Apollo 13 mission.
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Mine was a rhetorical question.
To demonstrate that you're arguing with yourself, and agreeing with those you're purporting to be arguing with.
As some of us are saying, technically possible, but so unlikely - for so many reasons - as to be to the point of ridiculousness.
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It's not the tech thats missing, its the business case.
In reality, it's both.
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If you look back to the 60s, though, the business case was solid. Nothing is more important than not being beaten by your "enemy".
