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> Sirangelo’s ouster was sealed by increasing skepticism that 2024 was a realistic deadline for moon landings This. Trump wanted a return to the Moon by the en
by dreamcompiler 7y ago
> Sirangelo’s ouster was sealed by increasing skepticism that 2024 was a realistic deadline for moon landings
This. Trump wanted a return to the Moon by the end of his second term, but it's just not possible. NASA doesn't even have a human launch vehicle capable of low-earth orbit (LEO) at the moment. It will in a few years, but getting to the Moon is significantly harder than LEO and getting people back from the Moon is 10x harder still. And we no longer have an existential cold war with Russia to motivate us.