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    Default Back to the Moon ...50 years late.

    ...better late than never, even if it is just for crash test dummies but if this goes wrong then it will probably take many years more.

    Was originally planned for 2016:


    So this is the most important 'first step' ...fingers crossed.

    Live stream just in case somebody wants it:




    Last minute issues, hydrogen leaks are always a problem.
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    Successfully achieved the 17th FAILED attempt.

    Too expensive, too many complicated procedures, TOO MANY TEAMS ----> too much goes wrong.
    Again one can not praise the abilities of the engineers enough, 50 YEARS ago with slide rulers and a rope memory computer with 0.032 MB of RAM, clocked at 0.043 Mhz.

    Two trailed and tested Falcon Heavy rockets would have actually got done the job years ago for a fraction of the cost but the bureaucrats didn't want to hear about that.
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    The west threw space away even before Apollo was finished.

    Too many short sighted and power hungry people wanted their fingers in the fiscal pie and kiboshed the whole thing. Still happens every day.

    And yes Fester, what was accomplished was remarkable.
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    ...Strike 2 ..... going for the hat-trick?....or third time's the charm for a RUD?..... =)

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    It's better to be on the ground wishing you were in space rather than in space wishing you were on the ground.

    We've learn this lesson before. Everything is 100% or it's a no go.
    One doesn't release the brakes on a $10 billion piece of equipment unless they know exactly how it will perform.
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    The problem is the $10 billion... yet still not capable of fitting a fuel line after 50 years.

    Nope I would not want to leave the ground on that thing either.
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    I wanted to continue this thread with the only Lunar project in 2023 worth noting:


    A possible soft landing tonight around 22:30 with a Rover capable of discovering actual ice near the Lunar South pole.
    And that for the price of making a movie.
    In case anybody wants to watch the movie:


    If the Indians actually can safely set this down and it discovers 'ice blocks', that would be the biggest thing since Apollo 11.
    Actually all future missions including the Uber-bureaucratic Artemis should depend on it.
    No way would I be going there without having a whiskey on the Moon rocks to celebrate the First Return.

    I am astonished the USA is doing nothing of the kind to find actual usable water sources first before even thinking of setting down a manned team, at least I can't find any missions here:


    ...but Artemis 3 seems mainly just about putting a female and a black person on the MOON, not ensuring that they are near a water source that can be truely analysed towards usability for future missions and possible life forms.
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    Well India has 'conquered' the South Pole, allegedly.
    Why on Earth did they not show the velocity screen and the actual ground facing camera image in the last gradual 100m meter of descent and touch down?
    Instead we had to put up with the Prime Minister and a fake computer image of the lander.
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    I suppose this is the wrong forum to discuss whether we've actually ever been to the moon then, or whether it's something that can be landed on. Not trying to annoy anyone. Just thought that everyone knew the moon landings are a hoax. My opinion of course.

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    Quote Originally Posted by securityalarmguy64 View Post
    I suppose this is the wrong forum to discuss whether we've actually ever been to the moon then, or whether it's something that can be landed on. Not trying to annoy anyone. Just thought that everyone knew the moon landings are a hoax. My opinion of course.

    Of course Moon landings are REAL !!!
    Look, even Rammstein is playing on the moon and there is atmosphere, don't believe all the fake news that there is none. The wealthy just want to keep it all for themselves.

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