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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 242 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (56 children)

And fifty years later we still mope around in low earth orbit. Progress has slowed down a lot since the billionaires took over.

[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The problem is time.

You're just considering human spaceflight. Keeping humans alive and equally importantly sane for years is very different to sending a probe somewhere, and we've been getting better at the latter

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's why getting to the moon permanently is so important. Once we get in situ resource utilisation going, the rest of the solar system becomes much more accessible.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago

KSP taught me that, shame we don't have a lower mass minty moon.

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