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Astronauts explain why no human has visited the moon in 50 years — and the reasons why are depressing (www.businessinsider.com)
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The last time a human visited the moon was in December 1972 during NASA's Apollo 17 mission. Since then, there have been many foiled plans to go back.

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[–] juliebean@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tl;dr politicians aren't willing to stick their neck out to give NASA the funding, and they tend to axe whatever programs their predecessor from the opposing party started. petty humans and their stupid money.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for that. Absolutely hate these youtube titles.