The deafening silence of the USA returning to the moon

We can’t have nice things anymore.

I’m 100% glad we restored NASA to its primary purpose instead of monitoring climate change and systemic racism or whatever the hell the neo Marxists had it doing.

I think our priority needs to be ridding ourselves of those Neo Marxists who want to destroy me, steal my wealth and replace our nation with a globalist totalitarian hellscape so that’s kind of where I focus most of my attention politically these days.

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What are you blabbing about? I think every major news broadcaster carried it live and looking at social media, international news stations and media outlets have something about it on their pages

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I was a little kid when man first went to the moon, but I can remember quite vividly how much news coverage was devoted to it well prior to, during, and afterward, as well as the subsequent return trips, and this with only three stations and a single newspaper to go on. The difference is quite remarkable, especially considering this is a precursor to a trip to Mars, and we are venturing further in space than man has ever been to.

It would get a ton more coverage if there wasn’t a huge global oil crisis happening right now.

Only a victim mentality blames the boogeyman.

And to the "TDS" is what's causing the lack of interest statement...

Just went to CNN and Foxnews' websites... One has a dedicated tracker to the mission and one doesn't. Guess which one has it?

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Well the first time doing something is a lot different than what, the 8th time doing it now? Yes, 50yr gap, but its been done.

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It’s never lost it’s luster with me. It’s still an enormous human accomplishment, fraught with much risk and danger, and especially since most have no recollection of experiencing this thrill, yet most were not even aware of it happening. That to me speaks to the political polarization that had taken precedence over anything and everything in life these days.

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It would get a ton more coverage if there wasn’t a huge global oil crisis happening right now.

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Yeah, not much going on in 1969, besides Viet freaking Nam

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It’s never lost it’s luster with me

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That’s you, so why are you expecting everyone to be as excited as you?

I was excited and made my kid watch it, but I understand why others may not be. But to say TDS is reason is just comical. Every news outlet covered it and CNN currently has a static mission tracker on their homepage.

I went to the beach to see the launch. Couldn't make it to the beach because of traffic. I found a park on the intercoastal and got one of the last parking spaces, even though I was there over an our before the launch. This was 70 miles south of the launch in Sebastian, FL.

People were coming from all over to see the launch.

I had my elementary age son and daughter watch it with me. Neither knew it was happening and both were fascinated by the launch.

That being said, it is concerning that it was not something discussed in their schools, but then again there is something to be said about waiting till the launch was successful before exposing it to a school of elementary kids…

Technology is moving so fast that many people do not understand or appreciate what a monumental of an achievement this is or how impactful this could be to the US and the globe. Just the idea that proving that H3 is readily available on the moon as a harvestable resource should should excite all fusion researchers. The potential long term impact of this and other mineral resources could have significant impacts on material science.


Instead it just another rocket launch (which it isn’t) and nothing special because they aren’t landing on the moon….