NASA Moves Moon Landing Deadline Back to 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/science/nasa-moon-2025.html

by infodocket • 5 years ago

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h2odragon• 5 years ago

We do these things, not because they are necessary, but because they are expensive

k0dede• 5 years ago

I wonder do astronauts have choices on which vehicle they want to get on.

garmaine• 5 years ago

Since there is only one vehicle for Artemis, no.

nsf39k• 5 years ago

I wonder whatever happened to the goal of humans on Mars by the mid-2030s.

simonblack2• 5 years ago

"Pie in the Sky"

Too expensive at the moment for anybody in the world to do.

simonblack2• 5 years ago

Like fusion power has been "20 years away" for the last 60 years, NASA returning men to the Moon will be "4 years away" indefinitely.

The US no longer has the money available for such an expensive undertaking. Nor does it have the underlying manufacturing skills that would be necessary.

The only country in the world at the moment that has the necessary cash and manufacturing skills is China. They will reach the Moon before NASA does.

NASA Moves Moon Landing Deadline Back to 2025

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