Another moon landing will take more than rocket science
The first lunar landing took place more than 50 years ago, and there are myriad reasons America has struggled to do it again despite the technological advances
YOU don’t hear the phrase, “If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we…” much anymore. Perhaps that’s because it’s not clear that 21st-century America can put a person on the moon again.
The Wall Street Journal resurrected the expression in 2018, in a story about the cost overruns and bureaucratic snags hampering the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (Nasa) Artemis programme. The headline read, If We Can Put a Man on the Moon, Why Can’t We Put a Man on the Moon?.
It’s a valid question, considering the first lunar landing took place more than 50 years ago during the Apollo 11 mission, the realisation of a vision launched by president John F Kennedy. Kennedy couldn’t have imagined the technological advances that have occurred since then. A common USB-C charger today has more computing power than the Apollo 11’s computer.
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