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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 Gagarin1917 »

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?

Do you honestly only ever talk about how your country has been destroyed and how shitty your life is compared to your parents?

If so, I’m genuinely sorry for you. I hope you can find joy somewhere everyday. If you do already do that, then why not Artemis as well?

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

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Post by Gagarin1917 »

palata wrote: post #11

I grew up admiring the Apollo mission and the likes. Nowadays, I recognise that it is heavy engineering, but I am not so impressed by the fact that we are throwing so much resources at something that we already know we can do. In fact, we have had humans surviving in space for decades now. It's costing a lot, it's not bringing much. But more than that: we have much more important problems to solve, starting with our…

I’m not sure I’m following. Do most people not care because of the environment? Because that’s certainly not the case. Most people don’t care about the environment either.

Plus, do you not have any other interests besides the state of the world? No interest in entertainment or sports or tech news at all? I doubt that if you’re on HN.

My bet is that you wouldn’t care even if the world was objectively better than ever. You’re just coming up with excuses for why you don’t care. It’s fine if you don’t care, but it’s certainly not because of the state of the world. Otherwise you wouldn’t have any interests at all, including HackerNews.

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

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Post by trackone »

Zanni wrote: post #17
oconnor663 wrote: post #5

I question the choice of the phrase "to the Moon". I get it, it's technically true, but ~100% of normal people hear that and assume it means boots on the ground. Every single time it gets mentioned, it's immediately followed by a clarification that disappoints the audience. This isn't the sort of marketing choice that a self-confident program makes.

Exactly. I'm happy to see NASA get back in the game, but this is basically just a test flight. I'll get excited for the next one. ("Hey, kids! We're going to Disneyland! We're going to drive all the way around it before we head home!")

Even the next one isn't landing on the moon. It is still a test flight. Good that they are testing things obviously, but it is hard to get excited about testing...

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

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Post by tetrisgm »

I’m probably going to get downvoted, but two things: Firstly, I thought ok great we’re sending people there again. Finally. I mean we did this in the 60s but cool that we’re resuming I guess.

Secondly I found out we aren’t even try that yet.

It’s really difficult for me to care at this point. I would love to see exciting new developments and sustained efforts.

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

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Post by ribs »

0xf00ff00f wrote: post #24
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.

I know we're not really supposed to say stuff like this on HN, but: hells to the yeah

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

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Post by _DeadFred_ »

greenavocado wrote: post #25
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

You might want to dig a little on this guy. He' himself professor but he isn't, and believes the Jesuit Illuminati runs the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSiS-8Msn1I

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

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Post by wewtyflakes »

greenavocado wrote: post #25
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

Very large, critical, assumptions were made in that video ("US/China/Europe will collapse!") and then he hand-waved away when pressed for evidence ("because its obvious!").

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

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Post by yabutlivnWoods »

wewtyflakes wrote: post #77
greenavocado wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Very large, critical, assumptions were made in that video ("US/China/Europe will collapse!") and then he hand-waved away when pressed for evidence ("because its obvious!").

IMO these nut jobs aren't really saying anything novel, just obvious stuff in alarmist tones.

Generational churn makes him right in a way.

The olds will die and policy will change.

Google examples of Olde English. We don't write and talk like that. That English Empire "collapsed" in that its population vanished.

The alarmism is unhinged because, well, yeah. That's how it goes. Will they call themselves Chinese or whatever still? Who knows!

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Post by JohnTHaller »

breve wrote: post #34

> The Apollo program was the triple-back-handspring exclamation mark on a century of American technological transformations, during which Americans had electrified their cities, filled their streets with cars and their skies with airplanes, split atoms, and invented digital computers. And look at America now. Erratic, belligerent, applying tariffs on a whim, threatening to annex Canada and Greenland, threatening to l…

Don't forget blowing up boats we think might be drugs and then purposely killing the survivors on the orders of the self-proclaimed US Secretary of War. "no quarter, no mercy"
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