7 thoughts on “No humanling or Earthoid now alive has ever walked on another world.”
It's as if Columbus came back to Queen Isabella and told her about what he'd seen, and she said, "Yeah, very nice, but the Moors are threatening to come back so we don't have any money for another trip."
Columbus could be reasonable sure to find food, water and breathable air at his destination and didn't have to pack his own. The free reaction mass also helped.
True, plus wind power was freely available, Sargasso Sea notwithstanding. The real limit on the length of voyages was how much food and fresh water the ships could carry.
It's as if Columbus came back to Queen Isabella and told her about what he'd seen, and she said, "Yeah, very nice, but the Moors are threatening to come back so we don't have any money for another trip."
Wish that were the case!
In the midnight hour, she cried Moor, Moor, Moor.
Headline is incorrect. Buzz Aldrin is still with us.
Columbus could be reasonable sure to find food, water and breathable air at his destination and didn't have to pack his own. The free reaction mass also helped.
Just quoting Boing Boing, but I see you're right. Good to know. Still sad that "moon shot" is now more metaphor than reality.
True, plus wind power was freely available, Sargasso Sea notwithstanding. The real limit on the length of voyages was how much food and fresh water the ships could carry.