The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 9 days agoIt's just a beautiful thinglemmy.worldimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down18
arrow-up1314arrow-down1imageIt's just a beautiful thinglemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareElting@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·9 days agoWhen the challenger exploded and the space age ended, so too should have been dispelled the mirage that space travel would mean infinite resources for capitalism to exploit.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 days agoShuttle was always a Low Earth Orbit craft. It was never designed or capable of even a flight to the moon, much less another planet. infinite resources for capitalism to exploit. That is potentially still alive with robotic missions for orbital asteroid capture and mining.
minus-squareElting@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoOur moon is very local and worth discovering more about.
When the challenger exploded and the space age ended, so too should have been dispelled the mirage that space travel would mean infinite resources for capitalism to exploit.
Shuttle was always a Low Earth Orbit craft. It was never designed or capable of even a flight to the moon, much less another planet.
That is potentially still alive with robotic missions for orbital asteroid capture and mining.
Our moon is very local and worth discovering more about.