Have you always be fascinated by space and its exploration?
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@mina May I give you the facts about the NASA budgets: https://ourplnt.com/budget-of-nasa-year-by-year/ (1958-2024). And please don't forget the budgets of ESA and CSA.
Economically, the earnings are mostly indirectly: with the first moon landing it was the "birth" of the modern computer industry and the hegemony of the US in these areas. We feel the consequences today in our dependence!
ESA + CSA are connected to this program also for more independance, even if this might sound contradictory.That's a great statistic!
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@mina For your prophecy I linked to these 3 books ...
We shall see.
Also, I'm going to look which of the three, I'm going to order first.
After all, I still have a sweet spot for all things spacey.
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@mina
It should be unmanned. Between a core launcher that leaks and a heat shield that can't actually take the heat, this is a PR disaster waiting to happen. -
@mina
The fundamental difference between Apollo and Artemis is: Apollo was literally impossible before it was done in 1969.
The rest of Apollo was replicating results, proving it was not just one lucky shot.Artemis does what Apollo did, just with today's technology. Great. We know the computing power is available, we have powerful enough rockets.
IMHO Artemis just proves we can still write software good enough to land on the moon.
Which is honestly something I'd doubt, with AI slop around…I reckon, the main challenge today is the organization.
Back in the day, NASA did a great job, bringing all the talent and the industrial resources together to build something amazing.
With today's tech, it should be a piece of cake, but it still isn't.
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I reckon, the main challenge today is the organization.
Back in the day, NASA did a great job, bringing all the talent and the industrial resources together to build something amazing.
With today's tech, it should be a piece of cake, but it still isn't.
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@mina
It should be unmanned. Between a core launcher that leaks and a heat shield that can't actually take the heat, this is a PR disaster waiting to happen. -
I reckon, the main challenge today is the organization.
Back in the day, NASA did a great job, bringing all the talent and the industrial resources together to build something amazing.
With today's tech, it should be a piece of cake, but it still isn't.
@mina
The tech is likely not the problem.
Reliability is a different matter.There's no truck stop in space. And a blank navigation system is not an option.
Current chips are surprisingly susceptible to (cosmic) radiation, an issue simply non-existent in the 1960 due to structure size.
Yes, we do have the tech.
Making it work at 100% reliability in space is a different matter. Especially with CEOs whose primary target is to get rich, not to the moon.Today's rocket science: Making CEOs work.
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