Astronomers now say the rocket about to strike the Moon is not a Falcon 9 (arstechnica.com) 49 points by viniciosbarros 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] aaron695 4y ago ↗ So how did everyone fuck that up? Zero checks and balances? Trust the science?Every chance to jump on SpaceX is cool, how did we get to this? [1]For years some shitty art students have hated space, now it's the 'nerds' as well. Ohhh satellites are bad, Star Trek should only be on TV.[1] A rocket hitting the moon is awesome and also good for science, but we've hit such a fairy tale world it's spun as a bad thing.
[–] londons_explore 4y ago ↗ Mistake gets lots of clicks and and revenue for a lot of newspapers and journalists.Correction doesn't cost anything.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 16.6 ms ] threadEvery chance to jump on SpaceX is cool, how did we get to this? [1]
For years some shitty art students have hated space, now it's the 'nerds' as well. Ohhh satellites are bad, Star Trek should only be on TV.
[1] A rocket hitting the moon is awesome and also good for science, but we've hit such a fairy tale world it's spun as a bad thing.
Correction doesn't cost anything.