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This is exactly what NASA has had on its timeline since the Obama era ("Constellation"). Trump #1 didn't like the slow timeframe (get to the moon faster - "Arte
by ckemere 2y ago
This is exactly what NASA has had on its timeline since the Obama era ("Constellation"). Trump #1 didn't like the slow timeframe (get to the moon faster - "Artemis"). Current plan from Trump/Elon ("let's scrap the space station and the moon and go to Mars ASAP") sounds like an even more accelerated abandonment.
- Robotbeat 2y agoOn the contrary, Constellation is from the Bush era. Obama tried to cancel it (with good reason, to be fair!), and then Trump started an accelerated Artemis, which basically combined both the Obama program of record with Constellation.
- gosub100 2y agoI think a moon colony would be awesome. We could watch them in near real time. Learn what it actually takes to maintain a habitat while still having a safety net. Yes I know NASA and others have been researching that since the 60s anyway, but it needs a dress rehearsal with modern technology. Go to moon, prove we can sustain N humans, process the waste, recycle the water, make O2, etc. Do it on the lunar surface, then go big. I do see Trumps side, that if they take decades to get anything done, maybe the project should be scrapped. But space-x has proven they can launch rockets reliably and cheaply, I believe we should use their innovation but to the moon before the red planet.