So many people commenting about Spacex and such but I feel they're missing the point. This marks the end of an era where publicly funded science was driving the frontiers of human knowledge faster than ever before.
We went from having never left the ground under power to the moon in 65 years.
65. Years.
And in the subsequent 51?
We've gotten really good at making cheap electronics and our consolation prize is a low cost-to-orbit with no concrete plans to do anything extraordinary with it. Cool.
We went from having never left the ground under power to the moon in 65 years.
65. Years.
And in the subsequent 51?
We've gotten really good at making cheap electronics and our consolation prize is a low cost-to-orbit with no concrete plans to do anything extraordinary with it. Cool.
This feels truly like the end of an empire.