China will beat the USA back to the moon, but 2030 is a little ambitious.

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    2030 is a little ambitious.

    ehh we were a lot further from landing on the Moon than China is right now when Kennedy set the deadline at 1969. The major slowdowns to space progress in the US right now are all artificial, which is why a company like SpaceX which doesn't have to deal with a million different contractors the way NASA does can throw out multiple launches a week but there's a huge delay in between every step in the Artemis program.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      Strap some bombs to the bottom of a submarine how hard can it be?

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      1 year ago

      SpaceX which doesn’t have to deal with a million different contractors the way NASA does can throw out multiple launches a week

      They can launch rockets as quickly as they can build launch pads.