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> It did result in a number of smaller-scale advancements across the field, AFAICT, from radiation-hardened electronics to material science. Has it though? The
by runarberg 4y ago
> It did result in a number of smaller-scale advancements across the field, AFAICT, from radiation-hardened electronics to material science.
Has it though? These are requirements for our normal earth orbit satellites, surely these would have advanced at a similar pace without the moon mission.
> We can't even build a Saturn-V any more.
Isn’t that a demonstration of the fact that the moon mission was an engineering dead end?
- ben_w 4y ago> Isn’t that a demonstration of the fact that the moon mission was an engineering dead end? Dead end, yes; engineering, no. More: we didn't need it for so long that everyone who was responsible has since gotten old/died. And even then, only a dead end given the scientific and industrial position at the time; those can change to turn dead ends into open ends.