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ELI5 Why are most Americans news outlets keep saying we are flying to the moon? When in all actuality we are flying around it? (lemmy.world)
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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's Apollo 8, but with 60 more years of experience, more computer power than the entire world had at the time, and 10,000x the budget.

They are only going back to what they should have been doing in the 70s. I'm happy they are finally doing it, but I never understood why they abandoned it in the first place.