Live telecast of Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing

Re:Live telecast of Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing by dotnet00 on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @06:57PM (#37242993)

It isn't really the gotcha you think it is when you see Falcon 9s flying and landing multiple times a week, the most advanced conventional rocket engines ever being mass produced, two scifi-esque lunar landers under serious development and all the other things.

The American space program is far and away the world leader by a huge margin, while almost 2 decades ago things were dicey, the current Ameircan space program is definitely befitting of its glory during the mid/late 19th century.

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Re:Live telecast of Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing by cpursley on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @07:20PM (#37243207)

I agree with everything you wrote. But you missed my point - America has an incredible space program despite their wars. If wars were the cause of space program degradation, Russia would actually be ahead.

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Re:Live telecast of Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing by goku12 on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @09:28PM (#37244051)

I'm not a supporter of war mongering by any country. And what I hoped for Russia is what I hope of the entire world. But the assumption that the impact of their war efforts on their economy are similar is completely wrong. Russian economy is in shambles due to it while America goes on as usual.

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Re:Live telecast of Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing by cpursley on Thursday August 24, 2023 @08:09AM (#37247871)

This is objectively not true, their economy is actually experiencing growth which has been widely reported:

- https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/Issues/2023/04/11/wo...

- https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD?locat...

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Re:Live telecast of Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing by dotnet00 on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @08:10PM (#37243565)

Ah, yeah not much arguing with that.

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