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As impressive as Starship is or will be, Saturn V has definitely earned a place in the history books that cannot be undone. The first airplane flew in 1903. Just 64 years later, Saturn V was launched for the first time. The fact that it has taken us 56 more years since then to outdo it says a lot.


> The fact that it has taken us 56 more years since then to outdo it says a lot.

Mostly that people stopped caring after it was proven that, yes, the US can land a person on the moon.


And by all excitement and history and nostalgia, if we are honest, the moon landing program was a massive waste of money. Like the Egyptian pyramids. The are impressive, yes ...


You're correct. On the scale of vanity projects of questionable utility, manned space flight is definitely up there.




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