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dreamedio t1_ir8y7av wrote

Reply to comment by h40er in The last few weeks have been truly jaw dropping. by Particular_Leader_16

Still can’t get over the fact we made planes and went to the moon in a 57 year span

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cjeam t1_ir9r8d2 wrote

But we're going to end up having not been back to the moon for longer than that. Some fields stagnate, and hardware is a lot harder to progress.

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cbearmcsnuggles t1_irb0r8s wrote

Also, we had what we thought were good reasons to go in the 60s (to beat the other guy). Nobody else has been really trying to surpass the feat

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dreamedio t1_irb782w wrote

Maybe China should try so that we can spark that race again

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HyperImmune t1_iraz15l wrote

And went to the moon using basically a room sized calculator, something orders of magnitude less powerful than your smart phone.

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