It's also hard to detach how much the program helped advance tech
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NASA prompted significant advances in communications and in computing as two examples. Did they really matter? Hard to say. Sure, we would have gotten there eventually, and maybe almost as fast.
Nobody can really argue we wouldn't have instant worldwide communications in 2026 if we hadn't gone to the moon.
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 This is the Artemis II Game Thread - ATL April 1, 2026, 9:22:24
- I'm trying to decide if the number of people responding to Artemis pics from space with.... - Illiniphil Yesterday, 7:51:36
- Video of Artemis launch from the air - ATL Yesterday, 4:56:29
- I haven’t seen it reported, but what is the objective of this mission* - TarheelIllini April 2, 2026, 9:10:05
- NDT answers this question - TarheelIllini Today, 7:40:20
- Obliterate Moon Men’s nuclear capability. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 6:34:14
- Visiting some basketball recruits* - IlliniRunner April 2, 2026, 14:03:57
- If man's reach does not exceed his grasp, then what separates us from the common ape?* - Sammich April 2, 2026, 13:46:27
- To find a cute little rock alien friend* - ATL April 2, 2026, 12:49:04
- Jinx put Max in space. Jinx and Max: Friends Forever!* - shua April 2, 2026, 12:44:58
- Ultimate goal I hope is to be able to mine 16 Psyche as much as we can - timmer April 2, 2026, 12:17:39
- to go where no man has gone before 1968 * - ijustkrushalot April 2, 2026, 11:04:45
- To help Coop/Murph transmit quantum data through the black hole* - UofIL6 April 2, 2026, 10:58:56
- To test and refine the tech to allow us to establish a moon base - DT April 2, 2026, 10:08:29
- TO STEAL THE MOON!!!* - shua April 2, 2026, 9:48:07
- To re-open the Straight of Hormuz.* - Warrin'_Illini April 2, 2026, 9:29:16
- Manned space flight is cool and an incredible technological achievement - DT April 2, 2026, 6:09:47
- We are spending hundreds of billions to develop AI and robots to take all our jobs - DT April 2, 2026, 11:06:42
- Let's focus on SPACE, DT! The United States of SPACE! Cause I ain't stoppin' at the moon! - Carl Spackler April 2, 2026, 9:27:58
- Space, DT. It's the final frontier. * - VIV April 2, 2026, 9:10:43
- *I don’t believe you .gif here* * - voiceofreason April 2, 2026, 8:53:41
- It seemed like a small unifying moment for the world when those moments are sorely lacking - OrangeSox April 2, 2026, 8:39:51
- You could say instead “I don’t know about the benefits to humanity that space flight has created - meanjeans April 2, 2026, 8:33:43
- it's like $100 per taxpayer* - John Coctostan April 2, 2026, 8:29:33
- OTOH, they bring long term brain damage to the astronauts due to cosmic ray tracking - Stu April 2, 2026, 8:21:45
- I thought that, then toured Kennedy and saw the benefits gained from the space shuttle (see inside!) - ibdoc April 2, 2026, 8:06:21
- Nah, I wish we'd spend more* - illini21 April 2, 2026, 7:47:31
- Why do you hate Tang?* - ATL April 2, 2026, 7:37:40
- Two instances of outlook? - ATL April 2, 2026, 5:32:14
- huge, if true - MC April 1, 2026, 19:50:04
- When do the get to put their tray tables down?* - biclops April 1, 2026, 17:58:53
- Meh - timmer April 1, 2026, 17:57:20
- It’s crazy that in 20 minutes they’ve already passed the farthest distance… - shua April 1, 2026, 17:56:35
- That was awesome* - illini21 April 1, 2026, 17:43:09
- Camera views have been trash for this* - shua April 1, 2026, 17:40:13
- I used to watch the Mercury launches on a little black an white - Stu April 1, 2026, 17:32:25
- Mike Hopkins on the CBS News stream* - ECEIllinois April 1, 2026, 17:10:52
- FYI for anyone else like me who is captivated with this stuff. CNN actually has had some great - voiceofreason April 1, 2026, 10:17:06
- Please don't blow up. * - doubledown April 1, 2026, 9:54:34
- on April 1st? Right. Nice try NASA* - bbonb April 1, 2026, 9:49:33
- $20 says the crew thanks Trump for his tremendous achievement - timmer April 1, 2026, 9:26:27
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