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NASA’s Artemis II Crew Launches to the Moon (Official Broadcast) (plus.nasa.gov)
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[–] 11 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Yes, but this is really the first step of a manned mars mission. Once we had been to the moon, it didn't really have much value doing it more, it's just a dead rock.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I thought those rocks were usable as fuel?

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  • [–] -4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    2022 wants it's comment back, SpaceX failed on this project and burned $30B tax dollars while doing it. Oh well, who needs healthcare anyway, I feel fine.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Yeah I wouldn't say this has been rolled out well. I just saying why we stopped going to the moon, and why is might have value now as part of a long term mars project. The original space race propelled science and engineering forward incredibly - it probably indirectly helped your healthcare a lot. I don't know if this effort will be quite as useful. But we should be able to fund space exploration as well as healthcare - it's just a political choice.

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