[ExI] NASA: go Go GO back to the moon

Giulio Prisco giulio at gmail.com
Sat Feb 25 18:49:55 UTC 2017


On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 7:35 PM Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:23 PM, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So was Apollo ("flags and footprint"ish). But it inspired a whole
> > generation of dreamers, scientists and engineers who built great
> > things, including the internet.
>
> Apollo as a whole did.  Apollo 1 just inspired better safety measures.
> I'm not saying the whole SLS series should be unmanned; I'm saying the
> first full mission should be

As a former aerospace engineer and manager, and as a person with some
practical common sense, I guess I have to agree. But the yoong science
fiction fan in me (he's still here you know) wishes to see some bold,
irresponsible move to space, to compensate for the dullness of the last few
decades.
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