Space stuff...

[fillyboy]

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That's a sobering thought. 66 years.

 

[Brigadier]

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And the tech hasn't fundamentally changed since apollo (reuse ability excepted).

 

[IT Minion]

About 7000x that of the moon landings.

Pipe dream. And not just because of the money. Mars is just too far to transport a human.

Where do you get that from?

 

[Brigadier]

What's a little cancer in exchange for landing on Mars?

So why haven't "we"?

 

[MNW67]

I don't get the excitement about the moon pass. They did the same thing in 1968.

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:

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[Highway Man]

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.