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3825-87867

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1. Really Sad when...

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:35 PM

Feb 3

65 years ago, (book) educated scientists, engineers and workers of the time could put together a program that would take man to the moon, land robots on Mars, circle Venus, send Voyager beyond the Solar System to mention a few fantastic accomplishments, yet today, with all the supposed better training, education, equipment and super computers all put together by the World's Richest man, they can't hold a candle to those pioneers of the 60s through 90s than those today with more finances available, the best computers and supposedly better educated people.

But hey, in today's more ultra modern world, we have the capability to access almost anything we want from our "phones"...but we watch anything except what might educate us.

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Really Sad when... 3825-87867 Feb 3 #1

Righteous. Stay encouraged, 3825-87867. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Feb 3 #2

There are still plenty of those people at NASA. llmart Feb 3 #4

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and SpaceX is about.... Mustellus Feb 3 #5

Musk's test methodology " break it until it works" bobalew Feb 3 #6