tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732919976442735382.post2090762318812434772..comments2023-10-08T10:24:24.396+01:00Comments on Stephen's Liberal Journal: One Small StepStephen Glennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027718551675624433noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732919976442735382.post-26685351621824912042009-07-21T13:06:17.267+01:002009-07-21T13:06:17.267+01:00It was assumed that getting to the moon would be a...It was assumed that getting to the moon would be a step towards getting to the stars. That was a mistaken assumption.<br><br>Getting to the moon involved physics and technology which have been understood for centuries. Galileo and Newton would have understood the principles.<br><br>Getting to the stars, if it ever could be done, would involve some radically new understanding we don't have and don't have any signs of acquiring. It can't be done just by extending the technology we used to get to the moon, the distances are vastly vastly different.<br><br>So the moon landings proved to be something that had to be done at some time because it could be done, but after that, so what? All it really said was that if we put vast amounts of effort into it we could do it, but we knew that anyway. There are plenty of other pointless things we could do if we put huge amounts of effort into them.Matthew Huntbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18255872047710686115noreply@blogger.com