Artemis II is unlikely to be the cultural touchstone Apollo 8 was, and that's OK
arstechnica.com
NASA has struggled to deal with the widespread sentiment that NASA has “been there, done that."
  • IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip
    82·
    7 days ago

    Why are we still going to Antarctica if we’ve already been there? /s

    Idk who Eric Berger is but he should probably go read a book sometime.

  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
    94·
    7 days ago

    I think this misses the mark. We’re going to the moon because there is a cadre of decrepit old farts in power that hate themselves and see this as their chance of hating themselves a little less and maybe even leave a mark in history before they spring their mortal coil.

    They also have no ideas of their own, so instead of seeking something with substance, they just replicate what their child selves saw other people praise. It’s magical thinking, “they did this thing and are remembered today. I’ll repeat the incantation and get the same results”.

  • moroni@lemmy.ca
    4·
    7 days ago

    I think the political goal is to build a base in the Moon surface and start exploring resources. Whoever gets there first can claim territory and start exploring its resources, send material back to earth and sell it at a premium to other nations. It’s a colonialism mindset.