(April 3, 2026 at 1:53 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(April 3, 2026 at 1:46 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: I'm not too excited, but I'm not against it. The thing is, they spent a lot of money and CO2 just to see the Moon from above. Needless to say, I'd be much more excited if this money went toward the sample return mission from Mars, which I believe would be a game-changing mission that would exponentially expand human knowledge. Or if the money went to robot exploring caves on Mars or robot exploring surface of Venus.
When it comes to landing on the moon itself, that won't happen at least until 2028, and that is very questionable since they are still counting on Elon Musk's Starship as a component to achieve that, which won't happen. Maybe they changed the plan in the meantime, but you see how it all looks rather unserious.
A robot exploring the surface of Venus had better be pretty damned robust. 900F is pretty hard on electrical components of any sort.
'Ha! Look at what Earth calls "acid raid". I got yer acid rain, bitches!' - Venus, after a few drinks.
Boru
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