Re:First Private Moon Landing Gears Up for Launch by Year's End
by wccrawford on Monday June 05, 2017 @02:15PM
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I read it as him saying that it's considered too expensive and difficult for a private company at this point. In other words, "impossible".
Likewise, people thought the 4-minute mile was impossible until it was done, even though there were probably some people who knew it would eventually be possible as our diets change and people grow up stronger and healthier.
> "It will be the space equivalent of the four-minute mile. I think we're going to redefine the possible," MoonEx co-founder and CEO Bob Richards tells Popular Mechanics. "We've seen this throughout history—everybody thinks something is impossible until they see it done."
I'm skeptical there are many people left in the space industry that think a private moon landing is impossible. It's expensive and difficult. It's also a question of time at this point; as whether it's a company like SpaceX or Blue Origin that does it, it's going to happen relatively soon.