Post #1456216
2026-04-06 19:16 UTC
@_thegeoff @clusterfcku
I feel the need to make a snarky reference to "the wisdom of the ancients" here, where "the ancients" means "the original Apollo project organization."
What a sorry lot we are if we cannot manage a repeat performance, with all the improved tech we've managed in the meantime.
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@_thegeoff@mastodon.social 2026-04-06 19:35
@n1xnx @clusterfcku The other thing to take into account is the Cold War, Apollo was effectively a military and propaganda exercise, and deaths were more politically tolerable. Today's missions are far, far more risk averse (and probably for the better, in the long term).