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Why Doesn't Anybody Realize We're Going Back to the Moon?

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Re: Why Doesn't Anybody Realize We're Going Back to the Moon?

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Post by gedy »

PaulRobinson wrote: post #9

$93 billion over 13 years doesn't feel like a great deal for a program that has started to align around a single person's ego, when most of the US is struggling to make ends meet. I think Artemis will be cancelled by the end of the year, unfortunately. If the heat shield doesn't hold up as some observers fear/have warned, perhaps by the end of April. I hope I'm wrong.

We handed out 300 billion in cash payments alone for COVID stimulus, this is not that crazy especially if you factor in the knowledge and skills put to work and retained.

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eigenrick wrote: post #12

So we're re-creating the Apollo 8 Mission 60 years later. 60 years after swinging around the moon, we are going to attempt the feat again. I'm having a hard time getting excited... Especially when some say it may not survive reentry because of politics ( https://idlewords.com/2026/03/artemis_ii_is_not_safe_to_fly.... )

This is the first time humans go beyond LEO in my lifetime, so personally I'm pretty excited.

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Post by greenavocado »

happytoexplain wrote: post #8

Everything that has made my country great has been or is being destroyed. The life I have tirelessly worked for is a shadow of the life my parents and grandparents had. I realize we're going to (orbit) the moon, and I think it's great, but I'm tired. Why would I even talk about this thing?

It's going to get a lot worse over the next 20 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrmERlHUqBk

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Post by mikelitoris »

Avicebron wrote: post #3

We do. But the relative purchasing power and command over purchasing essentials for a middle class life from 1969 to now has shifted so dramatically people are not comfortable enough to care.

I don’t know why this is down voted but I think this is the answer for the majority of people.

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Post by whackernews »

eigenrick wrote: post #12

So we're re-creating the Apollo 8 Mission 60 years later. 60 years after swinging around the moon, we are going to attempt the feat again. I'm having a hard time getting excited... Especially when some say it may not survive reentry because of politics ( https://idlewords.com/2026/03/artemis_ii_is_not_safe_to_fly.... )

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