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But nothing interesting has really happened on the moon since the initial landings, so it’s not surprising that interest has dried up. There’s no colony, no spa
by keiferski 3y ago
But nothing interesting has really happened on the moon since the initial landings, so it’s not surprising that interest has dried up. There’s no colony, no space casino resort, nothing that is a big leap from the initial achievement.
The simple fact of the matter is that no one really cares about robots exploring the universe. Humans care about humans, not probes.
- robg 3y agoThat’s neither simple nor a fact. Space exploration has almost all been robots, telescopes, probes, etc. The interest has been self-sustaining with an endless stream of discoveries, discoveries including still Voyager.
- keiferski 3y agoAnd the average person has almost no interest in it, except for world-history events like the first landing on the Moon. The first landing on Mars would be a similar event.
- robg 3y agoSustained funding for 60 years shows the continued interest in there, to use one of the “reasons” you cite for Apollo.