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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Long as we have to depend on chemical propellants, the moon is as far as we'll ever get

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Well the solar panels all deployed and are charging, but yeah using chemical burns isn’t good for much beyond orbital movement

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Still need a reliable method to convert the power gained from solar into propulsion with enough force so that it won't take a decade to get anywhere

[–] melfie@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 hours ago

SLS has gotten a lot of well-deserved hate for being an expendable money pit. All that aside, damn, it lifted off with humans in it and off to the moon! There’s no other currently available rocket that can do that, including Starship.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 25 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

This seems like a pretty big deal, why am I only now finding out about this

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 3 points 2 hours ago

Probably because all the horrible shit trump does takes up all the space.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

I don't know, we need to do a better job of advertising this stuff if a lot of people don't know about it. This is one of the few decent things the U.S. is doing.

[–] Xell22@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I caught it through NPR maybe a couple weeks before it happened, and some science YouTubers were hype about it, but other than that I caught very little coverage. Not a lot mentioned on here that I saw til the day of or the day before. Not that it wasn't talked about here before that, but just what I noticed.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

I wonder how Flatearthers are going to explain this one.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

I've already seen "it's AI generated".

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Same way moon landing deniers do.

"The whole thing is staged! Nobody actually flew anywhere! They just put some guys in costumes and filmed them on a sound stage in Hollywood!"

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 17 minutes ago

Yet another legacy sequel.

[–] TastyWheat@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I had a guy come into my shop yesterday and we started talking about the launch, and he said the exact same thing to me. We ended up having a good laugh about flat earthers and having a good ol fashioned space chat. Good bloke!

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Please don't let it be cancelled and returned early because of a toilet That would just be too much. This is the first thing that has made me legitimately excited since having to unexpectedly say goodbye to my soul-dog last month. I need this, dammit.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago* (last edited 4 minutes ago)

How exactly do you think they'd return prematurely? Hit the reverse button?

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (24 children)

Can't we get a single article without mentioning how shitty the U.S is right now? Half of the comments here aren't even ontopic.

Going back to the moon is still an engineering feat, even if we've done it before. That was a generation ago, and all of those engineers are retired or about to.

[–] melfie@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

AFAIK, the service module is European, built by the ESA, so this is not 100% an American accomplishment.

[–] ThisGuyThat@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

This gives mission me hope. A diamond in the rough.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Can’t we get a single article without mentioning how shitty the U.S is right now? Half of the comments here aren’t even on topic.

My friend, the toilet was clogged on the rocket.

Toilet= shitty

Seems on topic to me

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