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Re:China prepares mission to land spacecraft on moon's far side by Tepix on Friday December 07, 2018 @08:52AM (#18627598)
I'd rather see them spending it on NASA than on the military.
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Re:China prepares mission to land spacecraft on moon's far side by jniedrauer on Friday December 07, 2018 @11:38AM (#18629084)
Ironically, these were mostly the same thing during the space race. I watched a USAF training video on re-entry mechanics[0] a while back that really drives this home in an almost dizzying context switch. It goes from the mechanics of delivering a thermonuclear payload in one sentence, to returning humans to earth in the next.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_bkY7-9c8s

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