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In the span of ~50 years, we've gone from "sending men to the Moon" to "barely sending an empty rocket to the orbit". Isn't science great?
by wheelerof4te 3y ago
In the span of ~50 years, we've gone from "sending men to the Moon" to "barely sending an empty rocket to the orbit".
Isn't science great?
- kbenson 3y agoI'm confused by your stance here, because it's like you aren't aware that the Falcon 9 rocket by SpaceX has launched 80 times this year so far, and 60 times last year, and those are all commercial launches with payloads. Thats hardly what I would barely sending an empty rocket to orbit. Just because some new version is being tested using different technologies and methodologies of building and isn't fully functional doesn't indicate that we can't or don't regularly exceed what you say we're barely accomplishing as a people.
- wheelerof4te 3y agoYeah, I guess you're right. This is a thread about SpaceX, and I'm just hijacking it for my selfish reasons. SpaceX is cool, I really hope they get to the Moon one day.