gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: China has been planning a manned moon-landing for 2030.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: I do not understand why it is so hard to send a person to the moon.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: The United States did it in 1969.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: Twelve men have walked on the moon so far, all of them American.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: The first was Neil Armstrong in 1969.
gregorynyssa[asciilifeform]: The last was Harrison Schmitt in 1972.
signpost[asciilifeform]: points to what foolishness it was for us to shut that program down.
signpost[asciilifeform]: we *might* get another landing done now about 6 decades later.
signpost[asciilifeform] despises the american need for nemesis most of our cultural failings.
signpost[asciilifeform]: gotta keep these things operational as repositories of technical understanding, if nothing else.