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hunter

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19. My grandfather was an engineer for the Apollo Project.
Tue Apr 25, 2023, 12:25 AM
Apr 2023

Bits of his metal took men to the moon and back. Some of it is in the Smithsonian.

Fifty years later we have robots who can do that kind of exploration without the heavy lifting.

I don't think natural born humans will ever have a significant presence in this solar system beyond low earth orbit.

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