Topic: Earth gains a moon this month
Anonymous A started this discussion 1 year ago #120,848
We'll have two moons starting on 29 September
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 35 minutes later[^] [v] #1,322,220
Is the other moon someone's fat arse?
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 13 minutes later, 49 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,322,223
boof joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 42 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,322,228
that's a lot of moons!
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,322,230
Nothing says "we definitely went to the moon using 1960s technology" quite like the repeated failed attempts to recreate it with 2020s technology 😂
Meta !Sober//iZs double-posted this 1 year ago, 41 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,322,231
Also what about the ISS, all the satellites, etc, are they not "moons"?
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 17 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,322,233
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Perhaps Dictionary's do not always get it right.
"the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun."
Not all Satellites are reflective. Globalstars for instance.
Perhaps Dictionary's do not always get it right.
"the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun."
Not all Satellites are reflective. Globalstars for instance.
Anonymous B replied with this 1 year ago, 5 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,322,280
@1,322,230 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
The technology that was used in the Apollo missions is so obsolete that even the factories that made them don't exist any more. Therefore the saying "We don't have the technology to go to the moon. We destroyed the technology."
This means that any neo-Apollo effort must start from the ground up, which is an expensive proposition and the reason why we haven't seen anything so far. The white elephant we called the space shuttle took all that money for the longest time.
The technology that was used in the Apollo missions is so obsolete that even the factories that made them don't exist any more. Therefore the saying "We don't have the technology to go to the moon. We destroyed the technology."
This means that any neo-Apollo effort must start from the ground up, which is an expensive proposition and the reason why we haven't seen anything so far. The white elephant we called the space shuttle took all that money for the longest time.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 10 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,322,281
@1,322,231 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Artificial bodies are not usually considered to be moons. But good thinking, we actually have at least 3 moons right now since there are 2 astronauts trapped on the ISS. We will have FOUR moons in about a week!
Artificial bodies are not usually considered to be moons. But good thinking, we actually have at least 3 moons right now since there are 2 astronauts trapped on the ISS. We will have FOUR moons in about a week!
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Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,322,283
@1,322,280 (B)
thats a pretty shitty excuse, ngl. everything made for the space race was custom fabricated rather than assembly lined, so hardware is not a problem.
the old punchcards that contained the programming is probably around somewhere, so software isnt a problem either.
also, this excuse for mediocrity completely ignores the fact that japan, US, russia, china, even india has successfully landed robots on the moon since then.
thats a pretty shitty excuse, ngl. everything made for the space race was custom fabricated rather than assembly lined, so hardware is not a problem.
the old punchcards that contained the programming is probably around somewhere, so software isnt a problem either.
also, this excuse for mediocrity completely ignores the fact that japan, US, russia, china, even india has successfully landed robots on the moon since then.
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 12 hours later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,322,317
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 59 minutes later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,322,322
@previous (A)https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2021/03/journey-mars-how-our-collaboration-jet-propulsion-laboratory-fostered-innovation
