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Is it me or is this article so poorly written that the main point of the article -- where the thing is -- is not even described coherently?

cyberferret 7y ago
I was disappointed in the lack of details too (as well as the mis-spelling of Gene Cernan's name). Is the LM in orbit around the sun? In an extended orbit around the Earth's orbital plane? Trapped in orbit around another solar body? That was what I was looking for from the article...
- RawChicken 7y ago
  The lack of knowledge in news articles regarding space topics is astounding. If you want to learn more about Snoopy, Scott Manley makes a great video about it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXVYZm9epmU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXVYZm9epmU The orbit description starts at 3:30 but the rest is worth a watch, full of interesting footage and data!
keyle 7y ago
- Make this headline get clicks! - I have no idea what I'm doing <labrador>
codewritinfool 7y ago
Agree. I was screaming inside my head the whole time, "Where is it?" IMO, this article is very poorly written.
stcredzero 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect As noted below, Scott Manley does a much better job covering it. YouTube is a much more efficient tool for connecting the knowledgeable and passionate with the interested learner. If anything the "imprimatur" granted by legacy media brand names gets in the way on topics where the public is generally badly informed, or where there is a lot of false knowledge floating around the culture. The downside, is that knowledge has to compete with falsehood, so the complete elimination of falsehood is problematic, and it may take some time for the real knowledge to rise. I think it's better overall, more democratic and pro-freedom, if people participate by making their own choices to find the truth.

cyberferret 7y ago

I was disappointed in the lack of details too (as well as the mis-spelling of Gene Cernan's name). Is the LM in orbit around the sun? In an extended orbit around the Earth's orbital plane? Trapped in orbit around another solar body? That was what I was looking for from the article...

RawChicken 7y ago
The lack of knowledge in news articles regarding space topics is astounding. If you want to learn more about Snoopy, Scott Manley makes a great video about it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXVYZm9epmU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXVYZm9epmU The orbit description starts at 3:30 but the rest is worth a watch, full of interesting footage and data!

keyle 7y ago

- Make this headline get clicks! - I have no idea what I'm doing <labrador>

codewritinfool 7y ago

Agree. I was screaming inside my head the whole time, "Where is it?" IMO, this article is very poorly written.

stcredzero 7y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect As noted below, Scott Manley does a much better job covering it. YouTube is a much more efficient tool for connecting the knowledgeable and passionate with the interested learner. If anything the "imprimatur" granted by legacy media brand names gets in the way on topics where the public is generally badly informed, or where there is a lot of false knowledge floating around the culture. The downside, is that knowledge has to compete with falsehood, so the complete elimination of falsehood is problematic, and it may take some time for the real knowledge to rise. I think it's better overall, more democratic and pro-freedom, if people participate by making their own choices to find the truth.