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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2024 20:02:09 JST Ars Technica

   Here’s how to revive NASA’s Artemis Moon program with three simple tricks

   To get somewhere, Artemis must avoid going nowhere.

   https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/10/heres-how-to-revive-nasas-artemis-moon-program-with-three-simple-tricks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Daniel Marks (profdc9@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2024 21:56:54 JST Daniel Marks

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     @arstechnica The grim truth is that the only thing that motivated a genuine effort to reach the moon and produce the ICBMs was existential fear of a worldwide takeover by Communism. With that not very likely anymore these programs just become pork barrel grift. So many military "moonshot" programs: F35, Zumwalt, Littoral Combat Ship become expensive boondoggles because success is not an option.