May 27th, 2017: China Moon

glatt · 05-27-2017, 07:10 AM

It's kinda painful to see the US being passed by other countries. I remember when we had a manned spaceflight program. That was cool.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-27-2017, 09:10 AM

Passed? They're doing what we did 50 years ago with less computing power than a smartphone.
They're getting higher resolution pictures because of higher technology now but that's just more proof that it's not necessary to send people to get the information. The manned program was exciting but so was flying in it's time. Even the later manned launches didn't draw that much attention from the general public.
Now Trump will build a wall more expensive than China's wall.

Pi · 05-31-2017, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

It's kinda painful to see the US being passed by other countries.

Why is that, in this case a problem?

glatt · 05-31-2017, 07:12 AM

As an American, I'm proud of America's accomplishments in science and technology. We are being passed by other countries not because they are so great but because we have stopped trying so hard.

The pace of innovation used to be a lot faster. That was better for all of us on Earth.

05-27-2017, 09:10 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Passed? They're doing what we did 50 years ago with less computing power than a smartphone. They're getting higher resolution pictures because of higher technology now but that's just more proof that it's not necessary to send people to get the information. The manned program was exciting but so was flying in it's time. Even the later manned launches didn't draw that much attention from the general public. Now Trump will build a wall more expensive than China's wall. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-27-2017, 07:10 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's kinda painful to see the US being passed by other countries. I remember when we had a manned spaceflight program. That was cool.

05-31-2017, 07:12 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	As an American, I'm proud of America's accomplishments in science and technology. We are being passed by other countries not because they are so great but because we have stopped trying so hard. The pace of innovation used to be a lot faster. That was better for all of us on Earth.

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