return2ozmaPrivately built lunar lander makes history with successful moon touchdown
NocturnalMorningI work in the space industry. I feel like I should be celebrating this, but I just find it hard to be enthusiastic about the commercialization of space.
I didn’t get into this to build hotels, and mine asteroids. I feel like as a species we should continue to explore, and push the boundaries.
I just can’t get behind private industry on the moon. This is a bad move for humanity overall.
While I agree, isn't the end goal setting up a base on the moon?Hopefully it will be science first and tourism later. I wish I could just fast forward to star trek time :)
Probably, and as much as I love the science fiction of space travel, real life me isn’t so into have space truckers hauling dorritos to the moon.
This stuff creates environmental damage, tons of space debris, and the more activity there is in near earth orbits, the more possibility there is for conjunctions, which means moving your satellite and wasting fuel. It’s just not that smart.
But we’re gonna do it anyway.
They had a lot of luck on Venus…
Overzeetopcreates environmental damage, tons of space debris, and … wasting fuel.
So, pretty much, the things that humans excel at.
Mid-term goal is to have a base near the moon to use as a staging point for interplanetary trips.