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> The decades of the space program that lead up to (and included of course) Apollo 11 represented, I think, the highest level of optimism we could have mustered
by Thrymr 1y ago
> The decades of the space program that lead up to (and included of course) Apollo 11 represented, I think, the highest level of optimism we could have mustered for the future
It was less than 11 years from the creation of NASA to Apollo 11 landing on the moon.
It has now been well over 50 years since the last astronauts landed on the moon.
- mrguyorama 1y agoIt cost over $250 billion dollars inflation adjusted to do that, in a much much much poorer country. Are you ready to pay that? SLS cost about $32 billion so far to regenerate similar capability and people are freaking out. Also Apollo was never really that popular, except for the few days Apollo 11 was literally on the moon.