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Voyager, Apollo, and Hubble. Everything else NASA has done is a distant 4th place. And it's not like 4th place is trash, it's just that the big 3 are just so

Voyager, Apollo, and Hubble. Everything else NASA has done is a distant 4th place. And it's not like 4th place is trash, it's just that the big 3 are just so impressive.

pja 7mo ago
James Webb Telescope is up there with Hubble.
- hparadiz 7mo ago
  The rovers on Mars as well and New Horizons that went to Pluto. That is also at escape velocity so it will leave this solar system and most likely no human will ever lay eyes on it again. Voy 1 and 2 are still faster but hey they're all going in different directions so it's not exactly a race.
  - bigiain 7mo ago
    I'm really impressed by Ingenuity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenuity_(helicopter) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenuity_(helicopter) It was sent to Mars with a plan for 5 flights and a total of 7 or 8 minutes flight time. It ended up flying for over 2 hours in 72 seperate flights before it damaged itself with a bad landing. Not quite the "this thing is still doing science almost 50 years later" that Voyager can claim, but impressively engineered so it lasted way beyond it's initial mission plan.
  - Valakas_ 7mo ago
    Never is a long period of time. Most likely we will, unless we go extinct.
  - ac29 7mo ago
    > The rovers on Mars as well Curiosity was intended to operate from 2011-2013 and is still active now, just shy of 5000 days after landing. Really impressive.
throwaway27448 7mo ago
I don't think Apollo was very interesting or useful beyond cold war propaganda. Yes, we're capable of amazing things—but putting a man on the moon pales in comparison to basic healthcare funding. Why must we insist on wasting billions on histrionic braggadocio when we can't perform the basics of a modern society? https://youtu.be/otwkXZ0SmTs?si=DqEyklYpEbUO69HL https://youtu.be/otwkXZ0SmTs?si=DqEyklYpEbUO69HL
- aorloff 7mo ago
  Which country do you think got basic healthcare funding right ?
  - throwaway27448 7mo ago
    Relative to what, the US? I'd say the thirty wealthiest countries on the planet... except us.
    - indecisive_user 7mo ago
      How do you define wealthiest countries? Picking from top GDP per capita, I'm not sure that UAE or Qatar are countries to look up to.
      - Gud 7mo ago
        At least they have a better healthcare system
      - eru 7mo ago
        You only asked about healthcare.
  - stx5 7mo ago
    China
  - skilled 7mo ago
    Norway

Voyager, Apollo, and Hubble. Everything else NASA has done is a distant 4th place. And it's not like 4th place is trash, it's just that the big 3 are just so impressive.

pja 7mo ago

James Webb Telescope is up there with Hubble.

hparadiz 7mo ago
The rovers on Mars as well and New Horizons that went to Pluto. That is also at escape velocity so it will leave this solar system and most likely no human will ever lay eyes on it again. Voy 1 and 2 are still faster but hey they're all going in different directions so it's not exactly a race.
- bigiain 7mo ago
  I'm really impressed by Ingenuity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenuity_(helicopter) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenuity_(helicopter) It was sent to Mars with a plan for 5 flights and a total of 7 or 8 minutes flight time. It ended up flying for over 2 hours in 72 seperate flights before it damaged itself with a bad landing. Not quite the "this thing is still doing science almost 50 years later" that Voyager can claim, but impressively engineered so it lasted way beyond it's initial mission plan.
- Valakas_ 7mo ago
  Never is a long period of time. Most likely we will, unless we go extinct.
- ac29 7mo ago
  > The rovers on Mars as well Curiosity was intended to operate from 2011-2013 and is still active now, just shy of 5000 days after landing. Really impressive.

throwaway27448 7mo ago

I don't think Apollo was very interesting or useful beyond cold war propaganda. Yes, we're capable of amazing things—but putting a man on the moon pales in comparison to basic healthcare funding. Why must we insist on wasting billions on histrionic braggadocio when we can't perform the basics of a modern society? https://youtu.be/otwkXZ0SmTs?si=DqEyklYpEbUO69HL https://youtu.be/otwkXZ0SmTs?si=DqEyklYpEbUO69HL

aorloff 7mo ago
Which country do you think got basic healthcare funding right ?
- throwaway27448 7mo ago
  Relative to what, the US? I'd say the thirty wealthiest countries on the planet... except us.
  - indecisive_user 7mo ago
    How do you define wealthiest countries? Picking from top GDP per capita, I'm not sure that UAE or Qatar are countries to look up to.
    - Gud 7mo ago
      At least they have a better healthcare system
    - eru 7mo ago
      You only asked about healthcare.
- stx5 7mo ago
  China
- skilled 7mo ago
  Norway