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LorenDBtoday at 5:31 PM3 repliesview on HN

It's been 54 years since humans last visited the Moon. Hopefully, in a few years we will get boots back on the surface.


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CoastalCodertoday at 5:36 PM

Out of curiosity, why do you see this as a worthwhile endeavor?

My personal perspective is that the resources are better used for other purposes, but it's possible that I just haven't encountered some compelling reason yet.

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dotancohentoday at 5:48 PM

Hopefully, in a few years we will figure out that hydrogen rockets can not reliably launch on time and we'll switch to less leaky fuels. Then maybe we won't need to pull 40 year old engines out of museums to dump in the ocean.

I'm all for human spaceflight, but the Senate Launch System seems the best argument for shutting down human spaceflight programs.

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risc_takertoday at 6:08 PM

NASA is risking the Astronauts lives, and could have done the mission uncrewed to test what is being tested for the first time with humans:

Artemis II is not safe to fly - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47582043

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