The moon, Mars and beyond… the space race in 2020
Not since the 1960s have we witnessed such appetite for space missions. Here’s what to expect in the year ahead, from commercial launches to Chinese ambitions
[theguardian.com]
I think people just want to get off the planet of the Morons
lol. Maybe would could hope that Elon Musk would go to Mars and take Kanye West with him
@dermot235 That's president elect West to you bucko, at least that's what he thinks
@LenHazell53 President of MARS. I could live with that. lol
This (2hr) 2013 Nova Episode is one of the best :
Back then is was the Soviet threat. The mindset was, if they can send a rocket in to space before we do, the may have better weapons than us. That's what the space race was all about. Once we got to the moon, we had nothing else to prove. If you realize what they did 50 years ago, it's pretty amazing.
It was. The computer in the landing craft had a 1 megabite hard drive. About the same as a hand held calculator now. And it froze during landing. Armstrong had to take over manually. By the skin of their teeth they got there.