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by KineticLensman 1064 days ago
> Absolutely no excuse why we haven't done it since then

Well there is the fact that Apollo had (at its peak) something like 400,000 people working on it and involved a spend of $164bn (in 2021 dollars) [0]. I think we could get back to the moon if we had that sort of commitment.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Costs

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Just imagine what we could accomplish if we were able to mobilize a massive number of people in this age.

A 21st century equivalent of the pyramids or the great wall of China.

What will our descendants look at and say "I can't believe they built this 2000 years ago!"?

apple silicon? ;)