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make_it_suretoday at 3:30 AM1 replyview on HN

Why this was such a big deal? Haven't people reach the moon so many years ago? By this time we should have lunar bases, not cheer so much that we got past the moon at a few thousands miles away.


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freeone3000today at 3:47 AM

Because we haven’t had translunar manned flight in fifty years, and this is the precursor to start it up again