I'll believe it when I see it! In fact, I won't believe it when I see it! With CGI and AI assistance, it would be so easy to fake this stunt today, like Kubrick did with the first "moon landings," that it will be impossible to take seriously. Recall, they still haven't figured out how to pass humans through the deadly Van Allen Radiation Belt! And 50 years without a moon trip suggests something was rotten in Denmark all along. This is a PR stunt, pure and simple. SFZ
They're not going TO the Moon next year, they're going around it. It's an Orbital flight, with a wide arc on the far side, taking the astronauts further from the Earth than ever before. They won't land on the surface ! It's like an advanced Apollo 8 flight. They don't have a finished or tested lander yet, so it'll be a couple more years, at least, before they actually return to the Moon.
I want to see this happen, but science is no longer a priority in the US. There doesn't seem to be much appetite for extended research, just publicity stunting. If they don't get the lead out of their saddlebag, the next feet on the moon will belong to the Chinese or Indians!
Good, if true but I'm not convinced they have the funding. We did this in 1968 and only now are trying to do it again?
ReplyDeleteI'll believe it when I see it! In fact, I won't believe it when I see it! With CGI and AI assistance, it would be so easy to fake this stunt today, like Kubrick did with the first "moon landings," that it will be impossible to take seriously. Recall, they still haven't figured out how to pass humans through the deadly Van Allen Radiation Belt! And 50 years without a moon trip suggests something was rotten in Denmark all along. This is a PR stunt, pure and simple. SFZ
ReplyDeletehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt#:~:text=The%20belts%20endanger%20satellites%2C%20which,and%20harmless%20dose%20of%20radiation.
DeleteThey're not going TO the Moon next year, they're going around it.
ReplyDeleteIt's an Orbital flight, with a wide arc on the far side, taking the astronauts further from the Earth than ever before.
They won't land on the surface !
It's like an advanced Apollo 8 flight.
They don't have a finished or tested lander yet, so it'll be a couple more years, at least, before they actually return to the Moon.
Is the arc so wide that they wouldn't have to leave the ground???🤣
DeleteAt least it is a first step, and we need that. A new beginning.
ReplyDeleteI want to see this happen, but science is no longer a priority in the US. There doesn't seem to be much appetite for extended research, just publicity stunting.
ReplyDeleteIf they don't get the lead out of their saddlebag, the next feet on the moon will belong to the Chinese or Indians!