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[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Well, we currently know better the moon's surface than our oceans' bottom, so...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It's almost like building telescopes is a bit easier than month-long marine expeditions.

Well I guess it's not immediately apparent. But in hindsight, the kind of telescope you need to see the moon or Uranus isn't quite the investment that a dangerous expedition to unknown lands or the bottom of the sea entails. Nor an observatory or space-bourne telescope for that matter. And you can't use a telescope to discover a continent on earth unless you were already in space.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yup, if I'm not mistaken, more people went on the Moon than to Challenger Deep. I'm wondering if it would be the same case if the Cold War hadn't started the race to the Moon.