Boris Beria
Wonder of ScienceThese two photographs are separated by only 66 years.
Mike Nelson PeddeWilbur and Orville's first flights were 112 and 120 feet respectively, shorter than the wingspan of a 747. The 4th (and last) flight of the Flyer was 852 feet.
Harry Smart@wonderofscience
66 years which included two world wars, the Korean war, many, many colonial wars, and the rise of the industrial defence complex
that's a lot of impetus for technological innovation
There's a direct line from that second shot back to von Braun's missile research in the 1940s
66 years which included two world wars, the Korean war, many, many colonial wars, and the rise of the industrial defence complex
that's a lot of impetus for technological innovation
There's a direct line from that second shot back to von Braun's missile research in the 1940s
🇵🇸 Panino, o Moço 🇮🇷@wonderofscience This is a wrong comparison to make IMO.
You should compare with photos from early rocket enthusiasts.
You should compare with photos from early rocket enthusiasts.
Emil Jacobs - Collectifission@wonderofscience Yet, I doubt we'll hit the moon again before 2035 (the next 66 years).
Call me pleasantly surprised if we do.
Kevin RussellThat is not just our science, but our capacity to creat, assemble and build.
The above is just as true for our society, _poverty is now fake, a _construct, built _around people. It _costs EXTRA to maintain poverty.
AccordionBruce@kevinrns @wonderofscience
If you look at the change in tax structure and growth of wealth inequality it might be used to explain a lot of this stagnation
Not that I honestly think manned space exploration is particularly worthwhile as more than a vanity project for the species
Arlon@wonderofscience Thanx, Alberto Santos-Dummont!
Endy@wonderofscience Amazing to think about in relation to the lack of exploration since.
Passwordsarehard4@egoldblatt @wonderofscience we’ve been to the bottom of the deepest part of our ocean and mapped out the building blocks of life on microscopic scales. Not all exploration is outward.
"Mediocre Bunny" Evelyn@wonderofscience You mean the first manned flight/Wright Flyer thing at Kitty Hawk was faked, too?
/s/
*wait, are all the airplanes fake?
**tell me quick, before I have to put away my laptop to prepare for landing
Jeff Phillips@wonderofscience I remember watching the Apollo 11 moonwalk with my grandmother in her house and realizing she had lived through the entire age of human flight. That blew me away, and it still does.
Edward Champion@wonderofscience So does that mean we get flying cars and teleportation by 2035?
Joe Alexander@wonderofscience held together by the USA. USA! USA! USA!
rouxdoo √Ummm, you mathed wrong - it was 53 years apart and we are now that far along from the second now as the first was from the second.
All we have to show for it is the iPhone. Our early promise has rewarded us with good stuff - no doubt, but the scope of human progress since the moon landing is a tepid cup of tea at best by comparison.
@rouxdoo @wonderofscience
The iPhone comparison though is more like:
1940s Calculate trajectories of artillery and every banking transaction mechanically
2024 not even that rich kids have super-computers on their wrists
Tsch3t Blue@wonderofscience mind blowing isn’t it?
Big Kumera Energy@wonderofscience 66 years after the moon landing we won't have a single glacier left :/
MemphisDaPlaya 🎲🎲Amazing! I watched it on TV with my grandfather who was born in 1890, the horse and buggy days.
Tofu Golem@wonderofscience
It's been 55 years since the bottom picture, and air/space travel have not significantly improved since then.
Planes are a little safer and a little more fuel efficient. Low Earth orbit is more cluttered. Other than that, not a big change.
Juho MäntysaloGetting the plane to fly more than few metres to having it fly intercontinential was a work of 20+ years (1927), and getting from that to passanger flights took another ten years (1938).
Then followed pressurised cabins which allowed quadrupling the flight height from 3 km to 12 km; faster speeds with Concord et al, bigger payloads etc.
In a way, the flight industry's pivot to solar and electric motors is a return to the problems of Wrights: miniaturisation!
I'm using this to point out that Wrights didn't just pop out from the sea, but that they stood on the shoulders of others.
The missing piece was their skill as bicycle manufacturers to bring the weight of the components down.
There are stories of unthethered flight before Caley, but as the saying goes: inventor is the one who invents something last (eg. writes their method down and demonstrates use worth copying the method), not the one doing something first.
Not to mention that aeroplanes themselves as we know it are a conglomeration of solutions to several problems, our understanding of natural world, and the change in our priorities.
🐜@wonderofscience and 2024?
ketan1905@wonderofscience Wow, what an incredible testament to human ingenuity and progress! It's mind-blowing to think that in just 66 years, we went from taking to the skies for the first time to setting foot on the moon. This truly shows the power of innovation, determination, and dreaming big. Imagine what the next 66 years could bring!" 🌍✈️🚀🌙
Christian Surrey@wonderofscience Thats quite a lovely perspective on mankind. Dr. Who would appriciate.
CodeByJeff@wonderofscience amazing what you can accomplish when 50% of the people haven't decided to worry about whether or not going to the moon is "woke"
Leshy@wonderofscience This reminds of something that's been on my mind lately.
During this period of rapid development of aerospace tech we believed that we'd have colonies on Mars in years. Yer shortly after the progress seemingly stalled. Problems have become more difficult.
In the recent decades we've seen similar progress, but with information tech. And it is obvious that the growth we've seen is over. All the easy problems have been solved. And the recent crypto and AI bubbles are just copium.
✨ Xucaen ☮️🌌🧠💨@wonderofscience it's as if we're still climbing out of the dark ages
Lord Tom Klopf of CZ 
@wonderofscience well the 2nd one was taken in a film studio, not sure why it’s a big deal
RejZoR@wonderofscience And almost same period from moon landing to now and we can't really go to moon again today.
Gregg Alley@wonderofscience @alice The gentleman in the bottom photo is the most famous person I have ever met, or ever will meet. 😄
@wonderofscience Yikes what's next
Stoneface Vimes@wonderofscience quite amazing isn't it. Was it Neil Armstrong's father who saw the Wright brothers fly and later saw his son walk on the moon?
Spaceflight 🚀@wonderofscience these videos are separated by 7 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ
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