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Re: (Movie) Mission to Mars
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Tue, 14 Mar 2000 12:36:06 GMT
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In lugnet.space, John J. Ladasky, Jr. writes:
> The United States was in a race with the Soviet Union for bragging rights.
> The USA landed on the Moon first, thereby winning the pi**ing contest. The
> USSR bowed out of any further space competitions (in fact, claiming that a
> manned moon landing was never one of their goals!), thereby taking away the
> Americans' will to strive for more. We humans have this problem -- it's not
> as much fun to achieve something, if you're not simultaneously BEATING
> someone.
Carl Sagan observed in an interview about 10 years ago that the "Space Race"
was over, and that the U.S. had lost. In the grand scheme, the moon landing,
though great propaganda, was less significant than the long-term manned
missions of the U.S.S.R.
Dave!
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| Arguably, we went to the moon about 10 years too early using the man in a can technology. DynaSoar would have been a much better way to go and we'd now have a big industrial infrastructure in LEO and commercial flights from NY to Tokyo in 5 hours or (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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